2018 European Championships - Road Cycling, Men's Road Race - Glasgow, Britain - August 12, 2018 - Gold medallist Matteo Trentin of Italy celebrates on the podium. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Italian Matteo Trentin sprinted to victory in the European Championships road race on Sunday after world champion and favourite Peter Sagan pulled out on a difficult afternoon around the rain-soaked streets of Glasgow city centre.
Trentin took gold in a four-man dash for the line, outpacing Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel, who took silver, and Belgian bronze medal winner Wout van Aert after five hours 50 minutes of slog in the rain over 230.4km in the awkward conditions.
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