Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands won an attritional and dramatic men’s UCI World Road Race title in Glasgow, surviving an environmental protest, a high-speed crash and a broken racing shoe to claim the first road racing rainbow jersey of his career.
“It means everything,” the Dutchman said of his title. “It was one of the biggest goals I had left and to win it today was amazing. It almost completes my career, in my opinion….