something special was going to come, ijust didn t know when. the way i played the first round, it was pretty much the worst i could ve done. the second round was like, 0k, obviously played really well. today, ifelt everything kind of clicking. to the world cycling championships in glasgow, where the highlight on sunday was a dramatic men s road race won by matthieu van der poel. the event was held up for almost an hour after environmental protesters glued themselves to the road. police made five arrests. the race ended with 10 laps around glasgow, rain made the conditions treacherous and caught out van der poel. but the dutchman got back up and actually increased his lead, crossing the line a minute and a half ahead of wout van aert, with tadej pogacar third. i don t think we see a course like this often, but i felt confident as well. there s only one rider that s going to win, and the chances are very small
champion retained her title in the women s c4 500 metres time trial. five people were arrested after a protest stopped the men s elite road race for almost an hour. the environmental group this is rigged claimed responsibility. dutch rider mathieu van der poel won the race. there are widespread reports this morning that henry slade, england s experienced centre, is going to be dropped for the upcoming rugby union world cup. head coach steve borthwick will name his final 33 today. he s had plenty to think about after their disappointing defeat to wales in a warm up at the weekend. wales, scotland and ireland won t be naming their squads until later this month. we are expecting the england announcement at tain aem. 10am. before her death last year, dame deborahjames worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the signs
Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel crashed while leading the road race world championship, but managed to remount his bike and pull away to win the gold medal. Wout van
loss against sweden. three us players, inlcuding theirstar, megan rapinoe, missed in the deciding penalty shootout. now on bbc news: sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m paul scott at the bbc sport centre here s what s coming up. not to be: england fall short in their bid for netball world cup glory. over and out: megan rapinoe s dream of further world cup success comes to an end, as sweden book their place in the last 8. and bouncing back: mathieu van der poel recovers from this crash to become world road champion.