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Brandon McNulty broke clear with 32km left on the Mount Royal circuit. No radios meant no one behind him could organize a chase — and he rode into the rainbow jersey as the first American road race champion since Lance Armstrong in 1993.
Isaac del Toro burned his legs dragging groups back together. Mathieu van der Poel spent an hour making the race he wanted. Both had nothing left when McNulty went — and behind him, without radios to coordinate a chase, cooperation kept collapsing. The USA also ran three cards deep with Quinn Simmons and Matteo Jorgenson, which meant rivals were never just chasing one man. Take away the radios, and the strongest riders in the world couldn't organize themselves against the one who timed it right.
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