Rui Costa wins men's road race world title

Rui Costa on podium, elite men's road race, Road World Championships 2013

Rui Costa took the elite men's road race world title

for Portugal on Sunday after a dramatic conclusion to a race largely run out in appalling weather conditions in Italy. British hope Chris Froome withdrew during the race, in which there were no British finishers.

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