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Rui Costa wins world championship road race title as Chris Froome fails to finish

Image: Rui Costa outsprinted Joaquim Rodriguez at the death

Rui Costa is the new world champion after outsprinting Joaquim Rodriguez at the end of a mammoth men's road race which Chris Froome failed to finish.

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Men's road race result 1 Rui Costa (Por), 7:25:44
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa), same time
3 Alejandro Valverde (Ita), +15
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita), st
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr), +31
6 Peter Sagan (Svk), +34
7 Simon Clarke (Aus), st
8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz), st
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel), st
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi), st
Selected others
DNF Chris Froome (GB)
DNF Bradley Wiggins (GB)

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