Waterford's Damien Vereker and pilot Mitchell McLaughlin were eighth in the Men's Individual B Road Race at the Paralympics this afternoon.
In the men's B road race, Vereker and Mitchell McLaughlin finished eighth in a race won by holders Tristan Bangma and Patrick Boss of the Netherlands (2:55.10).
The Irish pair were in sixth position after 4/9 laps of the 127.8km race, but had fallen to eighth by the finish with a time of 3:01.18.
Bangma and Bos finished two seconds ahead of compatriots Vincent ter Schure and Timo Fransen (2:55:12), with France's Alexandre Lloveras and Yoann Paillot taking bronze in 2:55:18.
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