Spain’s Valverde sprints to road race world title, Canada’s Woods wins bronze
INNSBRUCK, Austria — Michael Woods fed off the crowd’s energy in a big way Sunday at the men’s road race world championship.
Woods, a 31-year-old from Ottawa, won bronze to become the first Canadian in the top three at the event since Steve Bauer finished third in 1984.
“My ears were ringing because the people were so loud and I could hear their cow bells,” Woods said. “Even before the race, I told myself I’d try to get inspiration and energy from what the fans bring to the race. There were so many fans today.”
Alejandro Valverde of Spain won gold and Romain Bardet of France took silver.