Emma Pooley has ridden herself into the record books after becoming the first British woman to win the Road World Championships time trial.
Pooley, 27, beat Germany's Judith Arndt and New Zealand's Linda Melanie Villumsen to take gold in Geelong, Australia.
Her winning time of 32 minutes, 48.44 seconds on the 22.9 kilometre circuit was 15.17 seconds quicker than Arndt.
"The Olympic Games is pretty special, but in a way that was easier for me because I had no expectations and no pressure," said Pooley, who won the time trial silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.
"This time it was different. I trained specifically for this, doing a lot of hill training and intervals on my time trial bike.
"Now I get to wear the world champion's jersey with the stripes for a whole year."
Pooley now has the chance to claim a second gold in Saturday's road race.
"We've got a really strong team for that and we'll work out the best tactics for the race between now and then," added the now Swiss-based rider.