Pre-race favourites Max van der Meulen and Josh Tarling were caught in a nasty crash that derailed their rainbow jersey hopes at the UCI Road World Championships. 😥 StanSportAU Wollongong2022 RideOfYourLife
He eventually bowed out after four laps of the 135km course and Germany's Emil Herzog went on to claim the title in a thrilling sprint finish with Portugal's Antonio Morgado.
The pair are teammates with Hagens Berman Axeon and with 1.9km left Herzog turned to Morgado and asked "can I win?" The answer was yes as Mordago made his move with 400m to go but Herzog had enough juice for a final reply."Finally he managed to get past Morgado. A fair sprint but what a race that was."Emil Herzog wins a tight finish in Wollongong. "I think last year I had a bit of bad luck. Today everything went perfect.
"I still can't believe it that everything worked out so well and that I'm now a world champion. That sounds so unreal." For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by
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