Bronze medal for the Tour de France champion as McNulty finishes 6th
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is officially under way after this weekend’s opening ceremony as Tadej Pogačar added to his recent Tour de France success with a bronze medal in Saturday’s Men’s Road Race in Japan.
Competing for the Slovenian national team in front of a few thousand fans at the Fuji International Speedway track on the outskirts of Tokyo, Pogačar went head-to-head with Wout Van Aert (Netherlands) to fight it out for the final medals after Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) took a solo victory on the 234km course.
Carapaz attacked with Brandon McNulty inside 30km to go, and the duo stayed together until 6km to go, before the Ecuadorian jumped clear after a long day of battle which included 4543m of elevation.
McNulty will be in action again on Wednesday, where he will be UAE Team Emirates’ sole participant in the Men’s 44.2km time trial.
Results
1.Richard Carapaz (Ecuador)
2.Wout Van Aert (Netherlands)
3.Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia)
6.Brandon McNulty (USA)
