The Richmond World Championships have been voted as a success with worthy winners all of whom took their victories with panache and lan. Lee Rodgers is in total agreement, but he also sees the importance of Peter Sagan using the opportunity of his win to talk of the World outside the bubble of professional sport. The World of Lowdown.What a World Championships that was. It had it all. A total upset in the mens elite time trial, a stellar U23 mens race, a display of ice cold composure worthy of a paid assassin in the womens race and a ride in the mens elite road race that simultaneously took the breath away, put smiles on peoples faces and reminded us, thanks to an impassioned speech by the winner at the end of the race, that sport can and should connect with the wider world and strive to have a positive impact on the society in which it functions.In the mens TT everyone, including me, had the winner coming from the tried and tested trio of Tony Martin, Rohan Dennis and TomDumoulin, but Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus was reading from an altogether different script. Adriano Malori of Italy took an excellent second and Jerome Coppel gave the French more reason to believe that the revival in their fortunes is more than just a flash in the pan.Vasil Kiryienka: A surprise for most peopleThe mens U23 road race will have done nothing but strengthened that hope, with Kevin Ledanois putting in a...
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