bardet, canada's michael woods and tom dumoulin of the netherlands.nished sixth and great britain, with adam yates 37. britain, with adam yates 37. simon yates failed to finish. yates failed to finish. the bbc‘s job and was was watching. job and was was watching. at the road cycling world championships. championships. for the men's final race, won by valverde of spain. valverde of spain. an emotional victory, but what a cracking race. victory, but what a cracking race. 38, almost totally his last shot at it. it. this time i managed to get it all the way there. the way there. myself into position, this is it, it is mine to lose. is mine to lose. because he had a chance to attack, but valverde covered that well. but valverde covered that well. after the finish, it is always great to watch. that is why we like sport. riders in the end, contesting all the way to that final hill climb. the way to that final hill climb. yes, the climb on the circuit, nearly eight kilometres long. nearly eight kilometres long. just unable to riders to stay there longer. long