Hammond predicts few finishers in Worlds road race

Roger Hammond (Cervélo TestTeam) during Vuelta a España stage nine.

Roger Hammond (Cervélo TestTeam) during Vuelta a España stage nine. (Image credit: Sirotti)

Having completed the first Grand Tour of his 12-year pro career, Roger Hammond is hoping that the form he has emerged with from the Vuelta a España will enable him to produce a strong performance on the tough Worlds course in Mendrisio, Switzerland this coming Sunday. Speaking to Cyclingnews on Monday morning, the 35-year-old Briton said that the muscular damage he suffered when he had no option but to crash onto Julian Dean and Wouter Weylandt as the peloton sped into Puertollano towards the end of Vuelta stage 16 had improved significantly in subsequent days.

Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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