British duo Lizzie Armitstead and Alex Dowsett have secured medals at the Road Cycling World Championships in Virginia.
Armitstead's Boels-Dolmans team finished six seconds behind Germany's Velocio-Sram to secure silver in the women's event with their time of 47:35.72.
Dowsett and his Movistar teammates took bronze in the men's race after coming third, while BMC Racing claimed gold for a second year running with their time of 42:07.97.
Commonwealth champion Dowsett will take part in the men's individual time trial on Wednesday, while Armitstead will head up the British women's road race squad on the Saturday.
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Mark Langshaw
Mark Langshaw
