Marlen Reusser holds off Zoe Backstedt to retain world time-trial cycling title

Swiss rider denies British challenger in Montreal Franziska Koch finishes third, Demi Vollering eighth Marlen Reusser retained her world time-trial title in Montreal on Sunday as her expected main challenger, Demi Vollering, finished a disappointing eighth.

Time-trial queen Reusser secured an ultimately comfortable victory, winning her second world championship after triumphing last year in Kigali – but not before…