Brandon McNulty Follows Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong as US Riders to Win Cycling World Title
- On Sunday, American Brandon McNulty won the elite men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, finishing the 273.4km course in 6:17:04.
- With teammates Quinn Simmons and Matteo Jorgenson controlling the front, McNulty launched his decisive attack with 33km remaining, overpowering rivals in a chaotic race.
- Australia's Michael Matthews secured silver in 6:17:17, while Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands claimed bronze, finishing 13 seconds behind McNulty.
- McNulty's victory marks the first time an American has won the elite men's road race title in 33 years, since Lance Armstrong's 1993 win in Oslo.
- Reflecting on the victory, McNulty said he was "lost for words," noting, "I knew something could happen but it would take a miracle, and I guess miracles happened.
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The new world champion, considered a great hope since adolescence, has always shared his dreams with his friend Matteo Jorgenson. ...
Joking with his wife before the biggest one-day cycling race, Brandon McNulty commented that it would take a miracle to become a world champion.
Team USA Won Brandon McNulty A World Championship With A Tactical Masterclass
Inside the hundred-meter mark, after 273.3 kilometers of racing, Brandon McNulty looked back one last time to see the chasing pack behind him sprinting it out for silver. He banged on his handlebars, put his hands to his head, and pumped his fist, not seeming quite sure how he should celebrate his country's first World Championship road race victory in 33 years and the biggest win of his career. McNulty's scattered exuberance tells part of the s…
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Joking with his wife before the biggest single-day race in cycling , Brandon McNulty said it would take a miracle to become world champion. Well, “I guess, today, miracles happen,” McNulty said after becoming the first American
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Brandon McNulty follows Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong as US riders to win cycling world title
Brandon McNulty is still marveling about becoming the first American to win the men’s road race at the cycling world champonships since Lance Armstrong in 1993. McNulty had been known mainly as a support rider to cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar…
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