GB Fails to Capture Medals at World Para-Cycling Championships in Zurich.

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Great Britain did not secure any Para-cycling medals on the third day of the Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.

Chris McDonald and his pilot Adam Duggleby finished fifth in the men's B individual time trial, finishing 2:09.33 behind the Dutch champions Tristan Bangma and Patrick Bos, and 1:18.22 off the podium.

Paralympic medalist Archie Atkinson, 20, took sixth in the men's C4 individual time trial, finishing 1:25.07 behind the bronze medalist. Will Bjergfelt also placed sixth in the C5 event, missing out on a medal by 1:01.07.

In the men's Under-23 individual time trial, 19-year-old Ben Wiggins, son of 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, finished 18th, while teammate Josh Charlton came in 20th. Ireland's Darren Rafferty finished sixth, 1:01.52 behind Spanish champion Ivan Romeo Abad and 20.84 seconds off the podium.

Debutants Dylan Sage and Finlay Tarling placed 12th and 24th, respectively, in the men's junior individual time trial, won by France's Paul Seixas.