Yesterday in Richmond the year’s main one-day race took place. The men’s elite set off to win the rainbow jersey. The finale of the race will surely go down as a classic of the genre. With a late attack, the most colorful and talented rider of the world peloton, Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, didn’t let it come down to a final sprint.
Peter Sagan’s decisive counterattack. At this moment he knows well that his final-sprint chances have dropped sharply — now he has to go full gas Photo: CorVos
Peter defended himself on the penultimate climb; on the last one, with a counterattack, he began the descent from the front and came down it in his trademark aerodynamic tuck. It was exactly this descent that created the advantage nobody could overturn.
Peter Sagan’s winning, attacking, trademark downhill
Australia’s Michael Matthews and Lithuania’s Ramūnas Navardauskas took important podium places.
This year’s main World Championships podium Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA
The world champion was riding an American Specialized (Specialized S-Works Tarmac) — another big success for the famous brand.
2015 World Championships, Richmond. Men’s elite road race.
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Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.
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