UCI Road World Championships: Germany’s Niklas Behrens wins under-23 men’s road race

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Niklas Behrens (Germany) scored the rainbow jersey in the U23 men’s road race the UCI Road World Championships, outpacing Martin Svrček (Slovakia) in a two-man sprint to the line in Zürich.

The pair proved the strongest men from a select chase group behind long-distance solo attacker Jan Christen (Switzerland), who attacked alone 51km from the finish.