Fin Graham’s fourth consecutive road race World Championship victory came from Belgium, where he collected nine medals for Great Britain’s paracyclists.
Graham, 25, launched an attack in the closing kilometer and held off France’s Thomas Peyroton Dartet for the C3 crown.
Two days prior to Ronse’s bronze time trial victory, he won.
To win a first world title in 2022 was a dream come true, and I had no idea what I would do with it now, to hold it for the fourth year in a row, he said.
It was incredible to do it in Belgium with that crowd. It was such a difficult race for me because I was made to work for it.
It marked the conclusion of our squad’s fantastic week. As a Paralympic champion, keeping this title is very special. It still feels like a pinch me to race in the rainbow stripes for another year. I’ll never get tired of watching the rainbow bands go down.
Morgan Newberry won the same color in the C5 equivalent earlier on Sunday while Sophie Unwin and her pilot Jenny Holl took bronze in the women’s B road race.
On Friday, both riders took home silver in their respective time trials.
Archie Atkinson won the bronze medal in the C4 road race, and Felix Barrow placed third in the T2 race.
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Source: BBC
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