Pedersen reigns in the rain to claim shock rainbow jersey


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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