Valgren saves crash-marred road race for Denmark with bronze medal at Worlds

Michael Valgren (Denmark) secures bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships
Michael Valgren (Denmark) secures bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)

World Championships road race bronze medallist Michael Valgren said that he "saved the day" for Denmark after the squad suffered a day of bad luck and crashes in the elite men's race on the roads of Flemish Brabant.

The talented Danish team was touted before the race as perhaps the strongest the country had ever sent to a Worlds, with triple Vuelta a España stage winner Magnus Cort heading up an eight-man selection that also included former world champion Mads Pedersen, Tour of Flanders champion Kasper Asgreen, and Valgren himself.

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