The 43-year-old from Wales (pictured top) secured a maiden C1 road race victory over fellow London 2012 gold medallist Michael Teuber of Germany – who he had finished 58 seconds behind in the the time trial race – in the first major competition since last year's Games.

Spain's Juan Jose Mendez took the bronze medal.

More success came for British Paralympians in Italy as three-time gold medallist David Stone beat Hans-Peter Durst in the T2 time trial before the German took revenge in the road-race, leaving Stone with silver and Italian Giorgio Farroni with bronze.

Durst was gracious and thanked the pair for helping him to the victory.

"I would like to thank them both for helping me," he said after the race.

"I usually like to work more but I was suffering from hay fever."


After making their Paralympic debut at London 2012, Britons Lora Turnham and Fiona Duncan won silver in the tandem time trial in Italy, finishing nine seconds behind the strong the Canadian pairing of Robbi Weldon and Emilie Roy.

Polish pair Aleksandra Wnuczek and Iwona Podkościelna took bronze.

Turnham and Duncan failed to add to their medal haul in the road race where they suffered a crash, but both will be fit for next weekend's Road World Cup in Segovia, Spain.

Britain's Crystal Lane won bronze in both the C5 time trial and road race, finishing behind Germany's Kerstin Brachtendorf and Polish rider Anna Harkowska on both occasions.

The 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup continues in Segovia on June 14 until 16 and Matane in Canada on August 23 until 25.

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