Froome, Wiggins & Cavendish out of world road race

Tour de France champion Chris Froome abandoned the World Championship road race with some 100 kilometres left as Britain were ruled out of contention early on Sunday.

Froome pulled out with six 16.6km laps remaining after team mates Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish also abandoned.

About half the peloton had pulled out by the halfway point of the 272.3km, rain-hit race.

"There was a long way to go still and I knew it wasn't the day today," he told Sky Sports News.

"This has been a really big target for me. I've trained really hard for this. It is disappointing to not be up there now.

"It's disappointing but having said that I've got to bear in mind that this has been an amazing season for me regardless.

"This would have been a fantastic way to end it off but it is not to be."

Former world champion Cadel Evans of Australia crashed out and was sent to hospital for checks, his team said.

Following the crash, Cycling Australia confirmed on its Twitter account that former Tour de France winner Cadel Evans and David Tanner had "both been taken to hospital for precautionary scans of leg injuries".

The American team also suffered with Taylor Phinney, Chris Horner and Tejay van Garderen pulling out.

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