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Laura Weislo

Powless comes up agonisingly short at Glasgow Worlds: 'They were right there'

Neilson Powless of The United States crosses the finish line during the 96th UCI Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023 Men Elite Road Race

Neilson Powless was once again the United States' top finisher in the UCI Road World Championships, finishing 11th on the punchy, technical elite men's road race in Glasgow, Scotland. But the result is only a fraction of the story: Powless was agonisingly close to catching the winning move but came up short.

The elite group with new world champion Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands), podium finishers Wout van Aert (Belgium) and Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) and fourth-placed Mads Pedersen (Denmark) powered away from the larger group of favourites that Powless had survived through lap after lap of attrition. 

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