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The World Road Cycling Championships were held in Montreal, Canada. The men's group race was 273.4 km and took place on Sunday, the women's on Saturday.
Russian cyclist Alexander Vlasov took 37th place in the group race at the World Road Cycling Championships in Montreal, 6 minutes 48 seconds behind the winner.
Russian Kristina Novikova failed to finish the women's group race and retired after the second lap of eight.
MOSCOW, September 27 - RIA Novosti. Russian cyclist Alexander Vlasov took 37th place in the group race at the World Road Cycling Championships in Montreal (Canada).
The 273.4 km race took place on Sunday. The American Brandon McNulty won (6 hours 17 minutes 4 seconds), the second was the Australian Michael Matthews (13 seconds back), the third was the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel (+13). Vlasov was 6 minutes 48 seconds behind the winner.
On Saturday, Russian Kristina Novikova failed to finish in the women's group race. The cyclist retired after the second lap of eight.

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