A half-century on, cycling’s world championship returns to Montreal

By IAN AUSTEN Montreal didn’t host any World Cup matches this summer. But during the coming week, fans of another sport centered in Europe will be keeping their eyes on the city as it hosts cycling’s UCI Road World Championships. For casual spectators, the Tour de France has come to define bike racing. But aside from the yellow jersey worn by that race’s winner, there’s no piece of clothing as coveted in cycling as the white jersey with a rainbow band of colors awarded to world champions. At…

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