Cycling: In the end, it didn't work out for John Degenkolb with the longed-for gold. This was won by the Pole Michal Kwiatkowski. After 252 kilometers, Degenkolb was ninth - a strong result considering that just two weeks ago he had to be treated in hospital for an inflammation in his leg. The German team was still strong - as our photo review of the race shows.
# At the beginning of the race, the field went into the first climbs together.
# After nine kilometers, a leading group of four broke away, which largely dominated the race.
# In the field, the Polish team took over the tracking work.
# Meanwhile, Cadel Evans hid in the field at his last World Cup.
# Nicolas Roche and Fabian Cancellara also held back.
# The same picture – round after round…
# By the last lap, a large field was chasing over the dam.
# Before that, however, the race had picked up speed. Poland got serious now...
# …and brought the field back to the breakaways.
# Then Italy took matters into their own hands.
# In the next top flight, one of the assets was Peter Kennaugh.
# Above all, Tony Martin tried to keep the pace at the front.
# Later he was caught again and positioned himself behind Kwiatkowski.
# As the race heated up, Tom Boonen also showed up.
# But it was Belarusian Vasil Kirienka who got close to a breakaway trio of Italy's Alessandro De Marchi, Denmark's Michael Valgren and France's Cyril Gautier.
# A little later it was Kirienka's turn.
# In the meantime, Australia controlled the pace in the field.
# Tactically clever, Michal Kwiatkowski completed the preliminary work of his teammates with a late attack. First he drove up to the front runners, only to leave them standing a little later. His celebration at the finish was emotional.
# The joy of 24-year-old Kwiatkowski's victory was written all over Maceij Paterski's face.
# In the end he didn't have the punch to get over the last hill with the front runners. Nevertheless, John Degenkolb drove a remarkably strong race and rounded off the tactically good performance of the German team with ninth place.
# The podium was completed by Simon Gerrans and Alejandro Valverde, who claimed his sixth World Championships medal – just one win away.