Mark Maloney on Kentucky sports

Amber Neben, who earlier in the week won the elite women’s time trial, was the top American cyclist in Saturday’s road race in the UCI Road World Championships at Varese, Italy.

Neben, from Irvine, Calif., finished 22nd, 1:56 behind the winner. Kristin Armstrong of Boise, Idaho, placed 39th and Kori Seehafer of Louisville, Colo., took 67th. Californians Brooke Miller, Katheryn Curi-Mattis and Christine Thorburn did not finish, the latter because of an early crash.

Olympic gold-medalist Nicole Cooke of Great Britain added the world title with a time of 3 hours, 42 minutes, 11 seconds for eight laps over a 17-kilometer circuit. Marianne Vos, the 2006 world champion from the Netherlands, and Judith Arndt of Germany finished 2-3 in the same time as Cook.

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