2014 World Road Cycling Championships
81st edition: Sept 21 - Sept 28, 2014
Ponferrada, Spain
Under 23 Men's Road Race
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Friday, September 26: Men Under 23 Road Race, 10 laps of 18.2 km = 182 km
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Sven Bystron wins the men's under 23 road race championship. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: Australia brought a lot of confidence to the race. They worked hard most of the day at the front. Though there were numerous attacks, at the start of the final lap the peloton was intact.
Brayan Stiven Ramirez of Colombia went clear, but on the final climb Norwegian rider Sven Bystrom, who had been biding his time, trying not to expend any needless energy, exploded of the front. He shot past Ramirez, descended like an insane Viking and used his excellent time trialing skills to hold off the pack by seven seconds. The Australians seemed to have burned all their matches and could not catch the Norwegian. They did get an excellent consolation prize, Caleb Ewen won the field sprint for the silver medal.
Normally a domestique, this is Bystrom's first 2014 victory. In 2015 he will join his compatriot Alexander Kristoff on the Katusha team.
Men Under 23 road race photos |
Complete Results:
162 starters, 120 classified finishers, 42 did not finish
Winner's average speed: 40.051 km/ht
| 1 | Sven Erik Bystrom | NOR | 4hr 32min 39sec |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan | AUS | @ 7 seconds |
| 3 | Kristoffer Skjerping | NOR | |
| 4 | Tiesj Benoot | BEL | |
| 5 | Holst Enger Sondre | NOR | |
| 6 | Iuri Filosi | ITA | |
| 7 | Hernando Bohorquez Sanchez | COL | |
| 8 | Ilya Davidenok | KAZ | |
| 9 | Silvio Herklotz | GER | |
| 10 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | NED | |
| 11 | Dion Smith | NZL | |
| 12 | Fabian Lienhard | SUI | |
| 13 | Tanner Putt | USA | |
| 14 | Timo Roosen | NED | |
| 15 | Luka Pibernik | SLO | |
| 16 | Joaquim Silva | POR | |
| 17 | Odd Christian Eiking | NOR | |
| 18 | Angel Benito Diez Miguel | ESP | |
| 19 | Owain Doull | GBR | |
| 20 | Fernando Gaviria Rendon | COL | |
| 21 | Mike Teunissen | NED | |
| 22 | Magnus Cort Nielsen | DEN | |
| 23 | Artem Nych | RUS | |
| 24 | Markus Hoelgaard | NOR | |
| 25 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin | ERI | |
| 26 | Miguel Angel Lopez | COL | |
| 27 | Thomas Boudat | FRA | |
| 28 | Louis Meintjes | RSA | |
| 29 | Dylan Teuns | BEL | |
| 30 | Sam Oomen | NED | |
| 31 | James Oram | NZL | |
| 32 | Sindre Skjoestad Lunke | NOR | |
| 33 | Jasper De Buyst | BEL | |
| 34 | Scott Davies | GBR | |
| 35 | Robert Power | AUS | |
| 36 | Brayan Stiven Ramirez | COL | |
| 37 | Gregor Muhlberger | AUT | |
| 38 | Loic Vliegen | BEL | |
| 39 | Floris De Tier | BEL | |
| 40 | Mikel Iturria Segurola | ESP | 20" |
| 41 | Emanuel Buchmann | GER | 22" |
| 42 | Luca Chirico | ITA | 36" |
| 43 | Simon Pellaud | SUI | 42" |
| 44 | Anasse Ait El Abdia | MAR | |
| 45 | Oleg Zemlyakov | KAZ | |
| 46 | Rafael Ferreira Reis | POR | +1:03 |
| 47 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | KAZ | |
| 48 | Felix Grossschartner | AUT | |
| 49 | Mario Gonzalez Salas | ESP | |
| 50 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard | DEN | +1:11 |
| 51 | Gianni Moscon | ITA | +1:13 |
| 52 | Luis Enrique Davila | MEX | +2:01 |
| 53 | Federico Zurlo | ITA | |
| 54 | Roniel Campos | VEN | |
| 55 | Yonder Godoy | VEN | |
| 56 | Alexander Foliforov | RUS | |
| 57 | Robin Carpenter | USA | +2:31 |
| 58 | Caio Godoy Ormenese | BRA | |
| 59 | Alexey Vermeulen | USA | +2:48 |
| 60 | Iltjan Nika | ALB | +3:46 |
| 61 | Lukas Spengler | SUI | |
| 62 | Davide Martinelli | ITA | |
| 63 | Ryan Mullen | IRL | |
| 64 | Mario Vogt | GER | |
| 65 | Thery Schir | SUI | |
| 66 | Marc Soler Gimenez | ESP | |
| 67 | Jack Haig | AUS | |
| 68 | Maxat Ayazbayev | KAZ | |
| 69 | Quentin Jauregui | FRA | |
| 70 | Jeremy Leveau | FRA | |
| 71 | Michael Gogl | AUT | |
| 72 | Conor Dunne | IRL | +5:11 |
| 73 | Krists Neilands | LAT | +6:10 |
| 74 | Logan Owen | USA | |
| 75 | Ruben Guerreiro | POR | |
| 76 | Aleksey Rybalkin | RUS | |
| 77 | Milos Borisavljevic | SRB | |
| 78 | Samuel Spokes | AUS | +8:34 |
| 79 | Kevin Ledanois | FRA | +8:42 |
| 80 | Ricardo Ferreira | POR | +9:18 |
| 81 | Jan Dieteren | GER | |
| 82 | Alex Kirsch | LUX | +10:34 |
| 83 | Stefan Kueng | SUI | |
| 84 | Erik Baska | SVK | |
| 85 | Arakdiusz Owsian | POL | |
| 86 | Aliaksandr Riabushenko | BLR | |
| 87 | Sebastian Schonberger | AUT | +11:48 |
| 88 | Roman Kustadinchev | RUS | |
| 89 | Metkel Eyob | ERI | |
| 90 | Samir Jabrayilov | AZE | |
| 91 | Gasper Katrasnik | SLO | |
| 92 | Bartosz Warchol | POL | |
| 93 | Lukas Postlberger | AUT | |
| 94 | Matej Razingar | SLO | |
| 95 | Aleksandr Komin | RUS | |
| 96 | Pierre-Roger Latour | FRA | |
| 97 | Ignacio Prado | MEX | |
| 98 | Domen Novak | SLO | |
| 99 | Carlos Ramirez | COL | |
| 100 | Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz | POL | |
| 101 | Jack Wilson | IRL | |
| 102 | Ruben Zepuntke | GER | |
| 103 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | GBR | |
| 104 | Lennard Hofstede | NED | |
| 105 | Alex Peters | GBR | |
| 106 | Matti Manninen | FIN | |
| 107 | Soren Kragh Andersen | DEN | |
| 108 | Vadim Galeyev | KAZ | +11:54 |
| 109 | Meron Teshome Hagos | ERI | +18:24 |
| 110 | Rok Korosec | SLO | +19:07 |
| 111 | Serkan Balkan | TUR | +20:24 |
| 112 | Jeison Elias Vega Solano | CRC | |
| 113 | Nikolai Shumov | BLR | +20:47 |
| 114 | Jakobus Smit Willem | RSA | |
| 115 | Salaheddine Mraouni | MAR | |
| 116 | Abderrahmane Mansouri | ALG | +21:27 |
| 117 | Abdenour Yahmi | ALG | |
| 118 | Jayde Julius | RSA | +27:00 |
| 119 | Kevin Patte | RSA | |
| 120 | Valens Ndayisenga | RWA |
Men Under 23 road race photos:
Team presentations before the race. Norway put three men in the top five today. Photo ©Sirotti
Australia. Photo ©Sirotti
Lined up and ready to race. Photo ©Sirotti
And they are off...Photo ©Sirotti
The peloton races through Ponferrada. Photo ©Sirotti
Panorama. Photo ©Sirotti
Australia leads up a climb. Photo ©Sirotti
A lot of Aussie muscle at the front here...Photo ©Sirotti
Sven Bystrom finishes the world championship road race in grand style. Photo ©Sirotti
Caleb Ewen convincingly wins the field sprint. Photo ©Sirotti
World Champion Sven Erik Bystrom. Photo ©Sirotti
The podium, from left: Caleb Ewen, Sven Erik Bystrom and Kristoffer Skjerping. Photo ©Sirotti
Men Under 23 road race map and profile:
Men Under 23 road race map and profile