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USA’s McNulty transcends disruption of Montreal road race to claim ‘miracle’ world championship

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  • Arizona rider first US champion since Lance Armstrong.
  • Brandon McNulty, a UAE Emirates teammate of Tadej Pogacar, succeeded the Slovene as world champion with a solo win in the men’s UCI road race in Montreal.
  • Pidcock was one of the animators of the final hour of racing which was won by Demi Vollering of the Netherlands.
  • El País reported that in 2024 Noval, who will race for Netcompany Ineos in 2027, had been found working with José “Pepe” Martí, banned for 15 years in the aftermath of the Armstrong doping scandal and prohibited from associating with athletes in any sport.

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Pidcock was one of the animators of the final hour of racing which was won by Demi Vollering of the Netherlands. Martí met with Noval for physiological testing while under Celad surveillance, but Noval was not subjected to any sanction.

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Headline as published: USA’s McNulty transcends chaos of brutal Montreal road race to claim ‘miracle’ world championship

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Arizona rider first US champion since Lance Armstrong.

Pre-race favourite Evenpoel fails to add second gold.

Brandon McNulty, a UAE Emirates teammate of Tadej Pogacar, succeeded the Slovene as world champion with a solo win in the men’s UCI road race in Montreal.

In the biggest triumph of his career, the 28-year-old American took his country’s first win in the UCI’s blue riband event since Lance Armstrong’s lone victory in Oslo in 1993.

McNulty’s 50-second lead at the start of the closing lap of the hilly Montreal circuit was enough to hold on to the finish line, despite a last‑ditch attempt by Tom Pidcock to chase down the American that, at one point, reduced his advantage to just a handful of seconds.

Pidcock was one of the animators of the final hour of racing which was won by Demi Vollering of the Netherlands.

As the week of competition ended, the Spanish media said that one of the stars of the championships, the Spanish teenager Benjamín Noval, winner of the world junior road and time trial titles in Montreal, had escaped being sanctioned by the country’s anti-doping body Celad.

El País reported that in 2024 Noval, who will race for Netcompany Ineos in 2027, had been found working with José “Pepe” Martí, banned for 15 years in the aftermath of the Armstrong doping scandal and prohibited from associating with athletes in any sport. Martí met with Noval for physiological testing while under Celad surveillance, but Noval was not subjected to any sanction.

Shortened to 1 minute of reading, this version reads 8 on the Niral Score.

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Mundane Readneutralized from The Guardian Australia (Sport) 14.1 17 41 0.1 64.3

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