World time-trial champions Remco Evenepoel and Marlen Reusser both doubled up, winning the European titles in France on Wednesday, little more than 48 hours after arriving back from Rwanda.

Reusser thanked her Swiss team for organizing a smooth trip from Kigali via Ethiopia, some 6,500km (4,038 miles) away, and for finding a hotel with a "good bed".

"I was favorite but after a big trip you can't be too confident and I'm never that confident anyway. But I can't complain though because poor Remco actually raced on Sunday," she said.

Remco Evenepoel Dominates In France After Grueling Travel

Decked out in his Olympic champion gold helmet and the rainbow jersey worn by world champions, Belgian Evenepoel dominated in the wind-blown event in the Drome-Ardeche region.

Italy's Filippo Ganna barely had the time to celebrate his lead position before Evenepoel sped over the line, relegating him down to second, by 43sec, while Niklas Larsen of Denmark was third another 25sec back.

Evenepoel's exploit is doubly impressive considering he took the silver medal in the road race in Kigali on Sunday and then jumped on an overnight flight to Marseille, completing the trip by car.

The champion said the long trip hadn't been that bad, but revealed he'd been stressed by a faulty earpiece.

"Actually I felt quite fresh today, I went to bed early, was careful with what I ate and just hung out relaxing at the hotel," he said.

"Once down the ramp I felt good, but the radio wasn't working and I heard nothing from the coach until 1.5km from the end when he told me I was 30 seconds ahead. I sort of felt safe but went full gas from there," he said.

Marlen Reusser Claims Fourth European Time-Trial Title

For Reusser this was a fourth European title as she finished 49sec ahead of Norway's Mie Ottestad and 51sec ahead of another Norwegian Katrine Aalerud.

The 34-year-old qualified doctor, who stands at 1.80m tall, won the women's world time-trial, took a bronze in the mixed relay, and raced in Saturday's road race in Kigali.

"I'm going to ask my team to create a jersey that mixes the world and European one, maybe the Swiss one too, I'm Swiss champion, so that would be cool," she said.