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event at the

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took place at the

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on 20 August. The medals were presented by

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, Canada and Emin Muftuoglu, Member of the UCI Management Committee.

Format

The competition began at 12:30 pm with a mass-start. The length of the course was 29.67 km (0.57 km + 6 laps of 4.85 km each).

Schedule

All times are

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Start list and result

References

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