Denmark's Mads Pedersen poses in rainbow jersey after winning Elite Men's race at UCI Road World Championships in Harrogate, Britain, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Martyn Herman
HARROGATE, England (Reuters) - Denmark's Mads Pedersen withstood everything a wild day in Yorkshire could throw at him to ride to a shock victory in a thrilling climax to the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday.
With incessant rain reducing the most of the world's elite road racers to bedraggled wrecks, 23-year-old Pedersen proved more durable as he sprinted through the gloom to the rainbow jersey after nearly six-and-a-half hours of toil.
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