Backstedt crossed the line in ninth place, 47 seconds behind leaders Italy who were joined in the front bunch by France and the USA. The home nation maintained their lead heading into lap four, 13 seconds ahead of the chasers. Junior national champion Amey headed into a battle for space between Czechia, Great Britain and Canada, pushing through his rivals to fifth place in an attempt to reel Belgium back in.
With a large gap to the podium, Amey was seemingly unstoppable, delivering a blistering ride that went on to see him fly past Belgium into fourth place with a 10 second lead.
With less than half a lap to go, he continued to blitz through the course, making up over 30 seconds to put him in second position just ahead of Italy and 29 seconds behind new leader USA. Cat Ferguson flew out of the changeover area at pace, finding herself neck and neck with Italy fighting between second and third place for the majority of the course.
The USA continued a good 20 second lead, while just two seconds separated Italy and Great Britian as they attempted to make ground on the leader. Mein took the opportunity that his team had built up for him with gusto and immediately put the power down to sneak ahead of Italy into the silver medal position.
With no signs of slowing down, Mein overtook Coote and began to slowly open the gap up to an impressive eight seconds. Mein crossed the finish line in style to be greeted by his ecstatic teammates as Great Britain won the team relay world title for the first time ever.
