Zurich 2024 Cycling World Championships: GB’s Fin Graham going for gold

On the bike is where Graham does his talking.

The pride of Strathpeffer – a small village in the Scottish highlands, he is one of Great Britain’s best hopes to win a rainbow jersey in Zurich.

Since 2022 he has claimed four world titles in the velodrome and two on the road.

After two silver medals in Tokyo, he briefly set a world record in the heats of the C3 individual pursuit – only to have his time beaten by team-mate Jaco van Gass mere minutes later.

“Classic Jaco,” joked Graham. “He did the same thing in Tokyo. It was so quick, at least give me a chance to see my record flash up on the screen!”

Van Gass beat Graham in the final, but the Scot finally got his first Paralympic gold on the penultimate day of the Games, outsprinting Frenchman Thomas Peyroton-Dartet in a dramatic finish.

Graham’s form means he is favourite for the road title on Zurich’s hilly course, and he also fancies his chances in Tuesday’s C1-3 time trial.

“Over the past two years I’ve lost out on the TT by a combined time of I think about two seconds, which is ridiculous over the distances we race,” he told BBC Sport.

“Second in Glasgow last year was really hard to take. My results had been so good and no GB rider had won the time trial before. I really wanted to win that.”