Crash costs Kiwi higher placing at road cycling world championshipsStephen Barker, Barker Photograp Dion Smith, pictured winning a 2016 race, was the sole Kiwi to finish the 2017 world road cycling championship race in Norway. Auckland rider Dion Smith was the lone Kiwi rider to finish the gruelling 267km elite men's road race on the final day of the UCI road cycling world championships in Bergen, Norway. READ MORE:* Kiwi elected to world cycling body* Cycling fans get clobbered on Salmon Hill"Dion had great legs today and was flying. He was managing things well in the peloton until Nicky Terpstra took him down in a crash," said New Zealand team spokesman Craig Geater. RESULTS: Elite Men Road Race 267km: Peter Sagan (SVK) 6:28:11, 1; Alexander Kristoff (NOR) same time, 2; Michael Matthews (AUS) st, 3.

Source: Stuff September 24, 2017 20:03 UTC