County Tyrone's Adam Rafferty has secured a top-10 finish in men's Under-23 individual time-trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Canada.
The Hagens Berman Jayco rider took bronze at last year's European Championships in France in the same event, and he finished the 31.3km course 56 seconds behind winner Ryan Gal of the Netherlands.
The rider, however, was not satisfied with his 10th-place finish in Montreal.
"Bit of a disappointing result to be honest, but that’s sport. Just looking forward to the road race now."
Reigning national road race champion Seth Dunwoody finished 56th.
The Bahrain Victorious rider had a crash early on in the race resulting in time lost and a bike change.
Both riders now turn their attention towards Friday’s road race, where they will be joined by Lidl-Trek’s Liam O’Brien and Rafferty’s Hagens Berman Jayco team-mate David Gaffney.
