FLORENCE, Italy — Bend’s Chris Horner reportedly crashed and did not finish the 169-mile road race at the cycling world championships Sunday.

Horner “suffered some pain to his ribs,” according to his team’s website, radioshackleopardtrek.com.

Rain throughout most of the race made the difficult and technical course even more so, with many crashes taking out riders during the 7½-hour event, according to the website.

The 41-year-old Horner — who won the Spanish Vuelta last month — was one of four grand tour champions to abandon the race. Australian Cadel Evans and Britain’s Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome were among other riders who crashed out.

Rui Costa of Portugal ended up winning the race, edging Joaquin Rodriguez of Spain in a two-man sprint finish. Costa’s winning time was 7 hours, 25 minutes, 44 seconds.

—From staff, wire reports