27/09/2009: Road Race Man 262,2 km
(Cycling - Mendrisio 2009)

Cadel Evans became Australia’s first world road race champion with a superb solo win in Mendrisio. The 32-year-old attacked with four kilometres remaining, putting in a titanic effort on the final climb of the day to take the rainbow jersey ahead of Russian Alexandr Kolobnev and Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez who finished second and third respectively. Home favourite and world time-trial champion Fabian Cancellara, who had seen numerous attacks pegged back, finished fifth just behind Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez.

L’australiano Cadel Evans scatta sull’ultima salita e taglia da solo il traguardo di Mendrisio: secondo il russo Aleksandr Kolobnev, terzo lo spagnolo Joaquim Rodriguez. Il neo iridato: “Questa giornata è una risposta a tutti i piazzamenti”.

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