Mark Maloney on Kentucky sports

Tejay Van Garderen of Fort Collins, Colo., had the top finish by an American cyclist Friday in the UCI Road World Championships at Varese, Italy.

Van Garderen wound up 25th out of 167 riders in the 173-kilometer men’s U23 road race. He, along with Chad Beyer (39th, from Anaheim, Calif.) and Peter Stetina (52nd, from Boulder, Colo.) finished in the main peloton, 33 seconds behind the six-man lead breakaway. Kirk Carlsen (96th, from Sandown, N.H.) finished 12:01 off the pace. Chris Barton (Ojai, Calif.) dropped out after working to chase the breakaways.

Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo of Colombia claimed the gold medal, with Simone Ponzi of Italy taking the silver. The bronze went to John Degenkolb of Germany. All the medalists were timed in 4 hours, 17 minutes, 2 seconds.