2019 World Road Cycling Championships
86th edition: Sept 22 - 29, 2019
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
World Road Cycling Championships podium history | 2018 edition | 2020 edition
Road race: Elite Men | Men Under 23 | Jr Men | Elite Women | Jr Women
Individual Time Trial: Elite Men | Men under 23 | Jr Men | Elite Women | Jr Women
Team Time Trial: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay
Sunday, September 29: Elite Men's Road Race, 285 261.8km
Leeds - Harrogate
Course map & profile | Race photos | Start list
Mads Pedersen is Champion of the World
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 12:50 PM, local time: 12C (54F), raining, with the wind from the north at 19 km/hr (12 mph). The rain is forecast to continue through the afternoon.
The race: Here is the organizer's race summary:
A perfectly timed attack by a rider that no one had mentioned as a potential race winner took the Men Elite Road Race by storm today, as Mads Pedersen of Denmark rode the Danes to their first ever world championship road race victory.
A wet and windy spell led to the changing of the route for the Men Elite Road Race and, thanks to the weather, it led to a real war of attrition and an exciting day's racing, leaving the winning rider Mads Pedersen so deserving of the world title.
The peloton was wary of potential breakaway threats from the get go and reined a few in early into the race, but with 240km to go a break stuck and including some very talented riders including Nairo Quintana and 2019 Vuelta a España winner, Primož Roglič.
It was a tiring and testing day and the peloton was being pulled hard by a surprise name. Time Trial World Champion Rohan Dennis (Aus), who would be released of his contract with Bahrain-Merida just after the race end, put in a tremendous shift at the front helped out by Julien Bernard (Fra). The Australian rider is a real talent, so it will be very interesting to see where he goes next.
The break continued to gain time with the peloton leaving them to it for a while but they were all back together as they raced into Harrogate.
The first visit to Parliament Street would see a crash that would seriously affect one of the pre-race favourites. Philippe Gilbert, who many thought had a real shot at the title suffered a heavy fall – Belgian teammate Remco Evenepoel helped the rider onto his new bike and tried to bring him back into the bunch but it was to no avail, with both riders ending up abandoning after the effort.
As the number of Harrogate circuit trips decreased, many riders called it a day to take an early shower after a really tough outing, including reigning champion Alejandro Valverde.
However, the riders that were left, whose legs felt good, started to make decisive moves and the Dutch pushed to the front of the bunch, bringing heavy favourite Mathieu van der Poel with them.
Lawson Craddock (USA) and Stefan Küng (SUI) then broke away taking a 30 second advantage with them and with the rain relentlessly pouring it became apparent that a breakaway could stay away if it had the right riders in it. Sensing this Mads Pedersen (Den), Mike Teunessen (Ned) and Giovanni Moscon (Ita) all followed the move. A move which would be followed by Mathieu van der Poel and 2018 European Road Race Champion, Matteo Trentin.
It would turn out to be the winning move, although no one could’ve predicted the rider whose winning move it was.
It was primed for 24-year-old van der Poel who would cap off his amazing debut road racing season with a world championship win, the script was written – until it wasn’t. On a fairly unassuming stretch of road, the cyclocross world champion’s legs gave up on him and the peloton swiftly swallowed him up in their chase attempt.
Moscon was next to be dropped and it was thought he had done enough to allow teammate Matteo Trentin to sprint for the win, however Pedersen was still looking strong.
Peter Sagan mounted a challenge of his own, matched by Danish rider Michael Valgren but the pair left it too late as it became a three-horse race between the breakaway group for the world title and a chance at immortality.
Switzerland’s Küng had been out front since 60km to go and it was showing on his face. As the three leading riders rode up Parliament Street it was time for someone to show their hand.
Trentin smelled blood around 200m out and backed himself for the win, Keung knew his race was run but Pedersen would not back down and the 23-year-old found enough in his legs to counter the attack and blow past the Italian, taking home Denmark’s first ever Elite Men Road Race world title in spectacular fashion.
What a day, what a ride, what a story and what a world championships.
Note: The race was re-routed. Here's the organizer's notice.
Due to heavy rain that continues to fall across the northern section of the Elite Men’s Road Race route, Yorkshire 2019 and the UCI have taken the decision to divert the route at Bishopdale Beck just outside Aysgarth, and to direct riders east up Temple Bank and along the A684 to Leyburn where the race will continue as normal.
The decision was made after extensive consultation with the UCI, our multi-agency partners, the environment agency and local mountain rescue teams. We consider the safety of spectators and riders as paramount and want everyone to enjoy the racing, but the conditions in the Dales puts that at risk.
This means, regrettably, that the race will not now pass through Bainbridge, Hawes, Buttertubs, Muker, Gunnerside, Reeth, and Grinton Moor. We know this will be hugely disappointing to the communities in these locations who have been planning events and celebrations to coincide with the race today. We are very sorry.
However, the Elite Men’s Road Race does go ahead today starting in Leeds at the later time of 9:00am. Spectators who were hoping to see the race in Wensleydale and Swaledale should head to West Witton, Wensley or Leyburn where they can view the race as it passes through just before 11:00am. There will also be nine laps of the Harrogate circuit before the finish on Parliament Street.
Note: Both the original map and a map of the route change are posted just below.
Complete results:
197 starters, 151 abandons, 46 classified finishers
261.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.540 km/hr
1 | Mads Pedersen | Denmark | 6hr 27min 28sec |
2 | Matteo Trentin | Italy | s.t. |
3 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland | @ 2sec |
4 | Gianni Moscon | Italy | 17 |
5 | Peter Sagan | Slovakia | 43 |
6 | Michael Valgren | Denmark | 45 |
7 | Alexander Kristoff | Norway | @ 1min 10sec |
8 | Greg Van Avermaet | Belgium | s.t. |
9 | Gorka Izagirre | Spain | s.t. |
10 | Rui Costa | Portugal | s.t. |
11 | Sonny Colbrelli | Italy | s.t. |
12 | Jakob Fuglsang | Denmark | s.t. |
13 | Zdenek Stybar | Czech Republic | s.t. |
14 | Carlos Betancur | Colombia | s.t. |
15 | John Degenkolb | Germany | s.t. |
16 | Ion Izagirre | Spain | 1:14 |
17 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Norway | s.t. |
18 | Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia | s.t. |
19 | Nils Politt | Germany | 1:22 |
20 | Niki Terpstra | Netherlands | s.t. |
21 | Toms Skujins | Latvia | 1:46 |
22 | Michael Albasini | Switzerland | 1:48 |
23 | Tony Gallopin | France | 1:50 |
24 | Michael Matthews | Australia | 1:57 |
25 | Alberto Bettiol | Italy | s.t. |
26 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | 2:20 |
27 | Marc Hirschi | Switzerland | s.t. |
28 | Julian Alaphilippe | France | 2:26 |
29 | Daniel Martinez | Colombia | 3:57 |
30 | Felix Grossschartner | Austria | 3:59 |
31 | Ben Swift | Great Britain | 6:38 |
32 | Yves Lampaert | Belgium | 7:48 |
33 | Oliver Naesen | Belgium | 8:07 |
34 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Norway | s.t. |
35 | Tim Wellens | Belgium | s.t. |
36 | Mike Teunissen | Netherlands | s.t. |
37 | Dylan Teuns | Belgium | s.t. |
38 | Esteban Chaves | Colombia | s.t. |
39 | Andrey Amador | Costa Rica | s.t. |
40 | Chad Haga | USA | 10:27 |
41 | Neilson Powless | USA | s.t. |
42 | Benoit Cosnefroy | France | 10:52 |
43 | Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | s.t. |
44 | Imanol Erviti | Spain | 14:48 |
45 | Lucas Eriksson | Sweden | s.t. |
46 | Petr Vakoc | Czech Republic | 19:25 |
Elite mens road race map & profile:
Elite men's road race course. There are now nine laps on the finishing Harrogate circuit.
Here's the organizer's route amendment.
Elite men's road race profile
World Championship photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
This photo of Ben Gastauer shows why only a quarter of the starters finished.
The peloton on the Harrogate circuit.
Philippe Gilbert on the Harrogate circle. He later abandoned.
José Joaquin Rojas made it to Harrogate, but didn't finish the race.
Andrey Amador leads a small group. He finished 39th.
Gianni Moscon and Stefan Küng lead the break that went the distance.
Mads Pedersen finishes ahead of Matteo Trentin and Stefan Kung
Mads Pedersen celebrates a well-earned victory.
Stefan Küng crosses the line third.
Gianni Moscon was fourth
Peter Sagan missed the move that mattered and finished fifth.
Jakob Fuglsang after the race. He finished 12th.
Mads Pedersen will get to wear this jersey for a year.
Silver medalist Matteo Trentin
The podium, from left: Matteo Trentin (2nd), Mads Pedersen & Stefan Küng (3rd)
Start list with back numbers, September 28 2019:
SPAIN | |
1 | VALVERDE Alejandro |
2 | CASTROVIEJO Nicolas |
3 | ERVITI Imanol |
4 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan |
5 | IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka |
6 | IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion |
7 | ROJAS Jose |
8 | SANCHEZ Luis Leon |
9 | SOLER Marc |
BELGIUM | |
10 | DECLERCQ Tim |
11 | EVENEPOEL Remco |
12 | GILBERT Philippe |
13 | LAMPAERT Yves |
14 | NAESEN Oliver |
15 | TEUNS Dylan |
16 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
17 | WELLENS Tim |
FRANCE | |
18 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
19 | BERNARD Julien |
20 | CAVAGNA Rémi |
21 | COSNEFROY Benoit |
22 | GALLOPIN Tony |
23 | LAPORTE Christophe |
24 | ROUX Anthony |
25 | SENECHAL Florian |
ITALY | |
26 | BETTIOL Alberto |
27 | CIMOLAI Davide |
28 | COLBRELLI Sonny |
29 | MOSCON Gianni |
30 | PUCCIO Salvatore |
31 | TRENTIN Matteo |
32 | ULISSI Diego |
33 | VISCONTI Giovanni |
NETHERLANDS | |
34 | LANGEVELD Sebastian |
35 | MOLLEMA Bauke |
36 | TERPSTRA Niki |
37 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
38 | VAN BAARLE Dylan |
39 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
40 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
41 | WEENING Pieter |
COLOMBIA | |
42 | BETANCUR Carlos |
43 | CHAVES Johan Esteban |
44 | HENAO Sebastian |
45 | HODEG Alvaro |
46 | MARTINEZ Daniel |
47 | MOLANO Juan |
48 | QUINTANA Nairo |
GERMANY | |
49 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
50 | ARNDT Nikias |
51 | BURGHARDT Marcus |
52 | DEGENKOLB John |
53 | GESCHKE Simon |
54 | KOCH Jonas |
55 | POLITT Nils |
56 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha |
SLOVENIA | |
57 | BOLE Grega |
58 | MOHORIC Matej |
59 | PER David |
60 | PIBERNIK Luka |
61 | POGACAR Tadej |
62 | POLANC Jan |
63 | ROGLIC Primoz |
64 | TRATNIK Jan |
AUSTRALIA | |
65 | CLARKE Simon |
66 | DENNIS Rohan |
67 | DOCKER Mitchell |
68 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
69 | HAAS Nathan |
70 | HAIG Jack |
71 | MATTHEWS Michael |
72 | SUTHERLAND Rory |
DENMARK | |
73 | ANDERSEN Michael |
74 | ASGREEN Kasper |
75 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
76 | JUUL JENSEN Christopher |
77 | MORKOV Michael |
78 | NIELSEN Magnus |
79 | PEDERSEN Casper Phillip |
80 | PEDERSEN Mads |
GREAT BRITAIN | |
81 | DOULL Owain |
82 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao |
83 | STANNARD Ian |
84 | SWIFT Ben |
85 | THOMAS Geraint |
86 | YATES Adam |
NORWAY | |
87 | BYSTROM Sven Erik |
88 | HAGEN Carl Fredrik |
89 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
90 | JANSEN Amund Grøndahl |
91 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
92 | LAENGEN Vegard Stake |
POLAND | |
93 | BODNAR Maciej |
94 | GOLAS Michal |
95 | MAJKA Rafal |
96 | OWSIAN Lukasz |
97 | POLJANSKI Pawel |
98 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz |
SWITZERLAND | |
99 | ALBASINI Michael |
100 | DILLIER Silvan |
101 | HIRSCHI Marc |
102 | KÜNG Stefan |
103 | SCHÄR Michael |
104 | WYSS Danilo |
AUSTRIA | |
105 | GOGL Michael |
106 | GROßSCHARTNER Felix |
107 | HALLER Marco |
108 | KONRAD Patrick |
109 | PERNSTEINER Hermann |
110 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas |
IRELAND | |
111 | BENNETT Sam |
112 | DUNBAR Eddie |
113 | DUNNE Conor |
114 | MARTIN Daniel |
115 | MULLEN Ryan |
116 | TOWNSEND Rory |
RUSSIA | |
117 | CHERNETSKY Sergey |
118 | EVTUSHENKO Alexander |
119 | KURIANOV Stepan |
120 | SIVAKOV Pavel |
121 | STRAKHOV Dmitrii |
122 | VLASOV Aleksander |
KAZAKHSTAN | |
123 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos |
124 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
125 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
126 | LUTSENKO Alexey |
127 | NATAROV Yuriy |
SOUTH AFRICA | |
128 | DE BOD Stefan |
129 | DLAMINI Nicholas |
130 | IMPEY Daryl |
131 | THOMSON Jay Robert |
CZECH REPUBLIC | |
132 | BARTA Jan |
133 | CERNY Josef |
134 | KREUZIGER Roman |
135 | SISR Frantisek |
136 | STYBAR Zdenek |
137 | VAKOC Petr |
CANADA | |
138 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
139 | DUCHESNE Antoine |
140 | HOULE Hugo |
141 | PERRY Benjamin |
142 | PICCOLI James |
143 | WOODS Michael |
PORTUGAL | |
144 | FARIA Rui |
145 | GONCALVES Jose |
146 | GUERREIRO Ruben |
147 | OLIVEIRA Nelson |
148 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
ECUADOR | |
149 | CEPEDA Jonathan |
150 | CARAPAZ Richard |
151 | CEPEDA Jefferson |
152 | NARVAEZ Jhonnatan |
SLOVAKIA | |
153 | BASKA Erik |
154 | CULLY Jan Andrej |
155 | SAGAN Juraj |
156 | SAGAN Peter |
ERITREA | |
157 | BERHANE Natnael |
158 | DEBESAY Mekseb |
159 | KUDUS Merhawi |
160 | TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel |
UNITED STATES | |
161 | CRADDOCK Lawson |
162 | HAGA Chad |
163 | HOWES Alex |
164 | POWLESS Neilson |
NEW ZEALAND | |
165 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
166 | BAUER Jack |
167 | BEVIN Patrick |
168 | SMITH Dion |
ESTONIA | |
169 | JAKIN Alo |
170 | KANGERT Tanel |
171 | RÄIM Mihkel |
172 | TAARAMAE Rein |
LUXEMBOURG | |
173 | GASTAUER Ben |
174 | JUNGELS Bob |
175 | KIRSCH Alex |
176 | WIRTGEN Tom |
LATVIA | |
177 | LIEPINS Emils |
178 | NEILANDS Krists |
179 | SKUJINS Toms |
BELARUS | |
180 | KIRYIENKA Vasil |
181 | RIABUSHENKO Aliaksandr |
UKRAINE | |
182 | PADUN Mark |
ROMANIA | |
183 | GROSU Eduard-Michael |
GREECE | |
184 | FARANTAKIS Stylianos |
185 | TZORTZAKIS Polychronis |
HUNGARY | |
186 | DINA Marton |
187 | KUSZTOR Peter |
COSTA RICA | |
188 | AMADOR Andrey |
SWEDEN | |
189 | ERIKSSON Lucas |
190 | MAGNUSSON Kim |
LITHUANIA | |
191 | BAGDONAS Gediminas |
192 | SISKEVICIUS Evaldas |
JAPAN | |
193 | ARASHIRO Yukiya |
194 | NAKANE Hideto |
ARGENTINA | |
195 | SEPULVEDA Eduardo |
CROATIA | |
196 | BARAC Antonio |
NAMIBIA | |
197 | COETZEE Dirk |
Saturday, September 28: Elite Women's Road Race, 149.4 km
Bradford - Harrogate (3 laps)
Annemiek van Vleuten finishes giving her masterclass in bicycle racing.
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 1:00 PM, local time: 16C (60F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast for the afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from winner Annmiek van Vleuten's Mitchelton-Scott team.
Double Giro Rosa champion Annemiek van Vleuten stormed to her debut UCI Road Race World Championship following a staggering solo attack with more than 100-kilometres to go in Yorkshire.
Riding for the Netherlands, Van Vleuten held off the chasing pack to climb onto the top step of the podium, with her Mitchelton-SCOTT teammate Amanda Spratt joining her on the podium in third.
Van Vleuten made her daring move on the lower slopes of Lofthouse with 105-kilometres remaining as she moved to the head of the thinning pack and upped the pace. The surge from the double time trial world champion was too much for her rivals as they dropped away and Van Vleuten was soon clear of the field.
The 36-year-old didn’t relent up the exposed ascent and stretched her advantage out to over one minute over the summit, while her Mitchelton-SCOTT teammate Spratt formed part of a select chase group behind.
However, that chasing group struggled to work together and as they faltered, Van Vleuten continued to extend her lead. The chasers got within in 45-seconds of bridging across, but as they reached the finishing circuit in Harrogate the gap stood at two-minutes.
Spratt was still part of the small chasing group who soon began to attack each other around the opening lap of the three finishing loops. The attacks played perfectly into the hands of Van Vleuten as the moves disrupted the tempo behind and the gap held steady at two-minutes.
Nobody could make inroads into the advantage and the difference remained over two-minutes as Van Vleuten raced onto the final lap. Meanwhile, Spratt moved into medal contention as she formed a two-rider chase behind her leading Mitchelton-SCOTT teammate.
Spratt was eventually distanced in the race for the runners-up spot, but there was no catching Van Vleuten as she pulled off the unthinkable and finished off her mammoth solo attack to claim the rainbow jersey in style.
Annemiek van Vleuten:
“It was a 100-kilometre time trial. It was crazy plan, it actually was not planned. I wanted to go hard on the climb. Then I had a gap…and my coach said just continue now, so it was a crazy plan.”
“This was really crazy, and I’m a little bit crazy. I train a lot and I think that also helped me today to be ready for such a big effort, because people know me, I train a lot of hours on the bike, that helped me today.”
“So many emotions, my mother was here, that’s really special for me. It was such a big dream for me to be world champion, I’ve been world champion in the time trial, but on the road you can wear it so much more often.”
“I was really enjoying the moment on the finish line, I really enjoyed all the people, they were crazy today here in Yorkshire, everyone was cheering for me, goose bumps!
Complete results:
149.4 kilometers raced at a average speed of 36.427 km/hr
1 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | 4hr 6min 5sec |
2 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | @ 2min 15sec |
3 | Amanda Spratt | Australia | 2:28 |
4 | Chloé Dygert Owen | USA | 3:24 |
5 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | 4:45 |
6 | Marianne Vos | Netherlands | 5:20 |
7 | Marta Bastianelli | Italy | s.t. |
8 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio | South Africa | s.t. |
9 | Lisa Brennauer | Germany | s.t. |
10 | Coryn Rivera | USA | s.t. |
11 | Christine Majerus | Luxembourg | s.t. |
12 | Arlenis Sierra | Cuba | s.t. |
13 | Amalie Dideriksen | Denmark | s.t. |
14 | Sofie De Vuyst | Belgium | s.t. |
15 | Emilia Fahlin | Sweden | s.t. |
16 | Alison Jackson | Canada | s.t. |
17 | Audrey Cordon-Ragot | France | s.t. |
18 | Alena Amialiusik | Belarus | s.t. |
19 | Amy Pieters | Netherlands | s.t. |
20 | Paula Andrea Patino | Colombia | s.t. |
21 | Elise Chabbey | Switzerland | s.t. |
22 | Anna Henderson | Great Britain | s.t. |
23 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma | Poland | s.t. |
24 | Elena Cecchini | Italy | s.t. |
25 | Mavi Garcia | Spain | s.t. |
26 | Ane Santesteban | Spain | s.t. |
27 | Chloe Hosking | Australia | s.t. |
28 | Lucinda Brand | Netherlands | s.t. |
29 | Susanne Andersen | Norway | s.t. |
30 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Denmark | s.t. |
31 | Lizzie Deignan | Great Britain | s.t. |
32 | Tatiana Guderzo | Italy | s.t. |
33 | Floortje Mackaij | Netherlands | s.t. |
34 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | 5:31 |
35 | Eider Merino | Spain | s.t. |
36 | Aude Biannic | France | s.t. |
37 | Nikola Noskova | Czech Republic | s.t. |
38 | Leah Thomas | USA | s.t. |
39 | Brodie Chapman | Australia | s.t. |
40 | Katrine Aalerud | Norway | 5:36 |
41 | Lucy Kennedy | Australia | 5:38 |
42 | Sara Poidevin | Canada | s.t. |
43 | Chantal Blaak | Netherlands | s.t. |
44 | Tayler Wiles | USA | s.t. |
45 | Eugenia Bujak | Slovenia | 5:46 |
46 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | 5:51 |
47 | Elisa Balsamo | Italy | 5:56 |
48 | Clara Koppenburg | Germany | 6:25 |
49 | Lisa Klein | Germany | 6:43 |
50 | Soraya Paladin | Italy | 7:02 |
51 | Vita Heine | Norway | 8:49 |
52 | Anastasia Chursina | Russia | 8:55 |
53 | Maria Novolodskaya | Russia | 9:02 |
54 | Tatsiana Sharakova | Belarus | 9:51 |
55 | Olga Shekel | Ukraine | s.t. |
56 | Demi Vollering | Netherlands | s.t. |
57 | Lisa Norden | Sweden | 9:53 |
58 | Joanna Van de Winkel | South Africa | s.t. |
59 | Ella Harris | New Zealand | s.t. |
60 | Omer Shapira | Israel | s.t. |
61 | Julie Leth | Denmark | s.t. |
62 | Hannah Barnes | Great Britain | s.t. |
63 | Alice Barnes | Great Britain | s.t. |
64 | Malgorzata Jasinska | Poland | s.t. |
65 | Juliette Labous | France | s.t. |
66 | Liane Lippert | Germany | s.t. |
67 | Ruth Winder | USA | s.t. |
68 | Pernille Mathiesen | Denmark | s.t. |
69 | Teniel Campbell | Trinidad & Tobago | 12:55 |
70 | Franziska Koch | Germany | s.t. |
71 | Katharine Hall | USA | s.t. |
72 | Anastasiya Kolesava | Belarus | s.t. |
73 | Kelly van den Steen | Belgium | s.t. |
74 | Lourdes Oyarbide | Spain | 13:50 |
75 | Angelika Tazreiter | Austria | s.t. |
76 | Letizia Paternoster | Italy | s.t. |
77 | Jesse Vandenbulcke | Belgium | 18:08 |
78 | Jarmila Machacova | Czech Republic | 19:13 |
79 | Marta Lach | Poland | 19:55 |
80 | Nicola Juniper | Great Britain | 23:47 |
81 | Blanca Liliana Moreno | Colombia | s.t. |
82 | Monika Brzezna | Poland | s.t. |
83 | Rasa Leleivyte | Lithuania | s.t. |
84 | Ariadna Gutierrez | Mexico | s.t. |
85 | Séverine Eraud | France | s.t. |
86 | Eugénie Duval | France | s.t. |
87 | Brenda Andrea Santoyo | Mexico | s.t. |
88 | Evita Muzic | France | s.t. |
Friday, September 27: Men Under 23 Road Race, 173 km.
Doncaster - Harrogate (2 laps)
Nils Eekhoff was first in the Men's Under-23 World Championship Road Race but he was disqualified for drafting a car after crashing. The winner is Samuele Battistella of Italy.
Here's a larger picture of the sprint. Eekhoff is ahead, but on the left is Samuele Battistella of Italy, who would be awarded the World Championship after Eeckhoff's disqualification. Sirotti photo
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 6:15 PM, local time: 12C (54F), rain showers, with the wind from the west-southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph).
The race: Here's the organizer's summary of the day's two races, the Men Under 23 and the Junior Women.
Doncaster’s new outdoor cycling track was built to act as a legacy of the UCI Road World Championships being held in Yorkshire, so it was only fitting that it got to celebrate that by hosting the start of two races on day six of the event; but they were not without their fair share of drama.
Megan Jastrab added to the USA’s medal haul at this year’s world championships with a strong showing in today’s Women Junior Road Race.
Setting off from Doncaster early this morning, the first attack of the day came from Kazakhstan’s Diana Bukanova who opened up a 25 second gap that soon doubled to 50 seconds thanks to a brisk 43kmph pace.
The day, it would turn out, would see more than its fair share of crashes and a mid-pack crash early on in the chase led to a few tangled bikes by the side of the road; with Spain’s Irati Puigdefabregas Ariz having to abandon.
With around 50km the solo break was reeled in and, one of the pre-race favourites, Jastrab decided to push the pace. With the Americans in such top form, the other riders at the front knew the danger and followed the attack; and soon enough, so did the peloton.
Cedrine Kerbaol (France) and Catalina Anais Soto Campos (Chile) went away and grabbed a 28 second lead with under 20km to go. Once again, a smart move was made by the peloton to close the gap on the two leaders with Italy and Britain pushing hard at the front.
Campos tried her best to evade the peloton’s advances, but with 3km to go an attack came from Jastrab once again, joined by Junior Women ITT champion Aigul Gareeva (Russia) and the pair went away.
The broken peloton was still advancing and although they would go on to catch Gareeva and push her into fourth, just outside the medals, they could not stop yet another American win as Megan Jastrab confirmed her position as pre-race favourite to take the gold medal and the rainbow jersey. Julie de Wilde (Belgium) finished just behind in second, ahead of Lieke Nooijen (the Netherlands) in third.
Late drama struck the Men U23 Road Race as Dutch rider Nils Eekhoff was disqualified despite crossing the line in first place. Judges held a meeting directly after the race and the team celebrations of the Netherlands were cut short, as it was deemed that the 21-year-old had illegally drafted behind a team car to get back into the bunch after an early crash.
Even before the dramatic final scenes, the story of the Men U23 Road Race was filled with thrills, spills and everything in between. The weather conditions once again added to the spectacle of the race and made for exciting conditions and a few strong riders decided to use this as a chance to open up a lead.
The Americans missed the move and they immediately set about trying to rectify that mistake by pulling extremely hard on the front of the peloton. British riders Stuart Balfour and Fred Wright both managed to make the move into 13 man breakaway and gave a great account of themselves throughout.
Things then went from bad to worse for the Americans who saw the rider they had been protecting, Kevin Vaermarke, go down in a crash, alongside home favourite Tom Pidcock; who needed a bike change.
Over the top of Greenhow Hill, the race blew apart and a move that would prove decisive was made by a select group including riders from Denmark, Norway, Great Britain and the Netherlands. Once again, the USA missed the move and it would prove to just not be their day.
Idar Andersen (Norway) and Szymon Sajnok (Poland) attacked on Parliament Street and were soon joined for the final lap of the circuit by Samuele Battistella (Italy), Tobias S. Foss (Norway), Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland) and Yorkshire’s Tom Pidcock; who had spectacularly managed to overcome a crash and bike change to ride up to the lead group; spurred on by rapturous applause.
This lead group were caught by two chasing riders that included Dutchman Nils Eekhoff who would go on to cross the line in first. As the group approached Parliament Street, the chess game began and it was Pidcock who went for the checkmate.
However, the young rider’s legs gave way just before the line and he could only finish fourth, agonisingly it would appear, close to the medal places.
Eekhoff retained enough energy to power his way to a sprint victory ahead of Battistella and Bissegger and celebrated arms aloft.
The result would not stand though, as despite the celebrations, it was announced almost immediately that there would be an investigation by the commissaires. Their decision would take over half an hour and would eventually disqualify the Dutch rider, pushing the positions up a place to see Battistella take gold, Bissegger take the silver and, much to the crowd’s delight, Pidcock take bronze.
Complete results:
173 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.384 km/hr
1 | Samuele Battistella | Italy | 3hr 53min 52sec |
2 | Stefan Bissegger | Switzerland | s.t. |
3 | Thomas Pidcock | Great Britain | s.t. |
4 | Sergio Higuita | Colombia | s.t. |
5 | Andreas Kron | Denmark | s.t. |
6 | Tobias Foss | Norway | s.t. |
7 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Netherlands | @ 38sec |
8 | Mikkel Bjerg | Denmark | s.t. |
9 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | France | s.t. |
10 | Torjus Sleen | Norway | s.t. |
11 | Stan Dewulf | Belgium | s.t. |
12 | Georg Zimmerman | Germany | s.t. |
13 | Kevin Geniets | Luxembourg | s.t. |
14 | Kaden Groves | Australia | s.t. |
15 | Jonas Rutsch | Germany | @ 40sec |
16 | Morten Hulgaard | Denmark | s.t. |
17 | Szymon Sajnok | Poland | 42 |
18 | Jake Stewart | Great Britain | 52 |
19 | Ilan Van Wilder | Belgium | 1:28 |
20 | Ide Schelling | Netherlands | 1:32 |
21 | Mauro Schmid | Switzerland | 2:01 |
22 | Vadim Pronskiy | Kazakhstan | 2:55 |
23 | Robin Froidevaux | Switzerland | 3:02 |
24 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Kazakhstan | s.t. |
25 | Tilen Finkst | Slovenia | s.t. |
26 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Canada | s.t. |
27 | Simon Guglielmi | France | s.t. |
28 | Fred Wright | Great Britain | s.t. |
29 | Matus Stocek | Slovakia | s.t. |
30 | Andre Carvalho | Portugal | s.t. |
31 | Attila Valter | Hungary | s.t. |
32 | Masahiro Ishigami | Japan | s.t. |
33 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Poland | s.t. |
34 | Daan Hoole | Netherlands | s.t. |
35 | Barnabas Peak | Hungary | s.t. |
36 | Johan Jacobs | Switzerland | s.t. |
37 | Aljaz Jarc | Slovenia | 3:06 |
38 | Jakub Otruba | Czech Republic | s.t. |
39 | Stuart Balfour | Great Britain | s.t. |
40 | Ziga Jerman | Slovenia | s.t. |
41 | Kevin Vermaerke | USA | 3:12 |
42 | Jasper Philipsen | Belgium | 5:08 |
43 | Idar Andersen | Norway | 5:11 |
44 | Leon Heinschke | Germany | s.t. |
45 | Joel Suter | Switzerland | 5:21 |
46 | Markus Wildauer | Austria | 7:44 |
47 | Patrick Haller | Germany | 7:46 |
48 | Alessandro Covi | Italy | 8:27 |
49 | Gleb Brussenskiy | Kazakhstan | 10:08 |
50 | Ben Healy | Ireland | 10:34 |
51 | Miguel Heidemann | Germany | s.t. |
52 | Filip Maciejuk | Poland | s.t. |
53 | Harry Sweeny | Australia | 10:39 |
54 | Markus Pajur | Estonia | 12:11 |
55 | Marijn Van Den Berg | Netherlands | 12:42 |
56 | Luc Wirtgen | Luxembourg | s.t. |
57 | Carlos Salgueiro | Portugal | s.t. |
58 | Santiago Calle | Colombia | s.t. |
59 | Jens Reynders | Belgium | s.t. |
60 | Patrick Gamper | Austria | s.t. |
61 | Tomas Barta | Czech Republic | s.t. |
62 | Mathias Norsgaard | Denmark | s.t. |
63 | Siim Kiskonen | Estonia | s.t. |
64 | Julian David Molano | Colombia | s.t. |
65 | Inigo Elosegui Momene | Spain | s.t. |
66 | Valeriy Fatkullin | Russia | s.t. |
67 | Venantas Lasinis | Lithuania | s.t. |
68 | Stefan Kolb | Austria | s.t. |
69 | Jaka Primozic | Slovenia | s.t. |
70 | Gregorio Ferri | Italy | s.t. |
71 | Matthew Walls | Great Britain | s.t. |
72 | Szymon Krawczyk | Poland | s.t. |
73 | Henok Mulueberhan | Eritrea | s.t. |
74 | Adam Kristof Karl | Hungary | s.t. |
75 | Artur Sowinski | Poland | s.t. |
76 | Joao Almeida | Portugal | s.t. |
77 | Evan Burtnik | Canada | s.t. |
78 | Giovanni Aleotti | Italy | s.t. |
79 | Oscar Nehuen Bazan Claveles | Argentina | s.t. |
80 | Théo Delacroix | France | s.t. |
81 | Roger Adriá Oliveras | Spain | s.t. |
82 | Gleb Kugaevskiy | Russia | s.t. |
83 | Marc Pritzen | South Africa | s.t. |
84 | Laurent Gervais | Canada | s.t. |
85 | Paul Wright | New Zealand | s.t. |
86 | Petr Rikunov | Russia | s.t. |
87 | Martin Bugge Urianstad | Norway | s.t. |
88 | Ludvik Holstad | Norway | s.t. |
89 | Xianjing Lyu | China | s.t. |
90 | Ian Garrison | USA | s.t. |
91 | Eddy Fine | France | s.t. |
92 | Arthur Kluckers | Luxembourg | s.t. |
93 | Jaakko Hänninen | Finland | s.t. |
94 | Vitor Zucco Schizzi | Brazil | s.t. |
95 | Colin Heiderscheid | Luxembourg | s.t. |
96 | Michel Ries | Luxembourg | s.t. |
97 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg | Norway | s.t. |
98 | Daniel Dina | Hungary | s.t. |
99 | Veljko Stojnic | Serbia | 12:47 |
100 | Matis Louvel | France | 12:55 |
101 | Petr Kelemen | Czech Republic | 15:53 |
102 | Mikhail Fokin | Russia | 18:02 |
103 | Adam Foltan | Slovakia | 20:35 |
104 | Lucas Kubis | Slovakia | s.t. |
105 | Matteo Jorgenson | USA | s.t. |
106 | Jason Oosthuizen | South Africa | s.t. |
107 | Samuel Jenner | Australia | s.t. |
108 | Luis Enrique Lopez Nolasco | Honduras | s.t. |
109 | Nicholas White | Australia | s.t. |
110 | Biniyam Ghirmay | Eritrea | 20:35 |
111 | Ziga Horvat | Slovenia | 20:37 |
112 | Shunsuke Imamura | Japan | s.t. |
113 | Ka Hoo Fung | Hong Kong | 25:03 |
Friday, September 27: Junior Women's Road Race, 86 km.
Doncaster - Harrogate
Megan Jastrab is the third American to earn a gold medal at the 2019 World Championships.
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 1:15 PM, local time: 13C (56F), rain, with the wind from the south at 21 km/hr (13 mph). Showers are likely to continue until about 5:00 PM.
Complete results:
86 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.313 km/hr
1 | Megan Jastrab | USA | 2hr 8min 0sec |
2 | Julie De Wilde | Belgium | s.t. |
3 | Lieke Nooijen | Netherlands | s.t. |
4 | Aigul Gareeva | Russia | s.t. |
5 | Elynor Backstedt | Great Britain | s.t. |
6 | Noemi Rüegg | Switzerland | @ 3sec |
7 | Blanka Vas | Hungary | s.t. |
8 | Léa Curinier | France | @ 5sec |
9 | Silje Mathisen | Norway | s.t. |
10 | Magdeleine Vallieres Mill | Canada | @ 7sec |
11 | Camilla Alessio | Italy | @ 9sec |
12 | Anna Shackley | Great Britain | s.t. |
13 | Silke Smulders | Netherlands | 11 |
14 | Mariia Miliaeva | Russia | 14 |
15 | Valeria Golayeva | Russia | s.t. |
16 | Noëlle Buri | Switzerland | s.t. |
17 | Catalina Anais Soto Campos | Chile | 18 |
18 | Dominika Wlodarczyk | Poland | s.t. |
19 | Sofia Collinelli | Italy | s.t. |
20 | Eluned King | Great Britain | 21 |
21 | Lina Svarinska | Latvia | s.t. |
22 | Sofiia Shevchenko | Ukraine | 27 |
23 | Matilde Vitillo | Italy | 30 |
24 | Natalia Krzeslak | Poland | 33 |
25 | Maeve Gallagher | Ireland | s.t. |
26 | Akvile Gedraityte | Lithuania | 38 |
27 | Iuliia Galimullina | Russia | s.t. |
28 | Radka Paulechova | Slovakia | 43 |
29 | Julia Borgström | Sweden | 1:07 |
30 | Nina Berton | Luxembourg | s.t. |
31 | Ella Wyllie | New Zealand | s.t. |
32 | Ines Cantera Carrasco | Spain | s.t. |
33 | Amelia Sharpe | Great Britain | s.t. |
34 | Abi Smith | Great Britain | s.t. |
35 | Amaia Lartitegi Ormazabal | Spain | 1:12 |
36 | Cédrine Kerbaol | France | s.t. |
37 | Alessia Patuelli | Italy | 1:17 |
38 | Stella Nightingale | New Zealand | s.t. |
39 | Lara Gillespie | Ireland | 1:18 |
40 | Naia Amondarain Gaztanaga | Spain | 1:20 |
41 | Gabrielle Lehnert | USA | s.t. |
42 | Friederike Stern | Germany | 1:22 |
43 | Kelsey Van Schoor | South Africa | 1:27 |
44 | Shirin Van Anrooij | Netherlands | s.t. |
45 | Amandine Fouquenet | France | s.t. |
46 | Ysoline Corbineau | France | s.t. |
47 | Elise Marie Olsen | Norway | s.t. |
48 | Maria Bertelsen | Denmark | s.t. |
49 | Anna Iwamoto | Japan | s.t. |
50 | Ulyana Sukhorebrik | Kazakhstan | 1:33 |
51 | Glorija Van Mechelen | Belgium | s.t. |
52 | Nika Jancic | Slovenia | 1:35 |
53 | Lucy Mayrhofer | Germany | s.t. |
54 | Nikola Wielowska | Poland | 1:45 |
55 | Mette Egtoft Jensen | Denmark | 1:47 |
56 | Kristina Nenadovic | France | 1:54 |
57 | Ana Ahacic | Slovenia | 2:00 |
58 | Mille Troelsen | Denmark | 2:10 |
59 | Nora Jencusova | Slovakia | s.t. |
60 | Anna-Helene Zdun | Germany | 2:18 |
61 | Diana Bukanova | Kazakhstan | 2:28 |
62 | Annika Liehner | Switzerland | 2:36 |
63 | Yareli Acevedo Mendoza | Mexico | 2:51 |
64 | Wilma Olausson | Sweden | 3:05 |
65 | Jade Lenaers | Belgium | 3:26 |
66 | Veronika Jandova | Czech Republic | 4:04 |
67 | Kristyna Burlova | Czech Republic | s.t. |
68 | Carolina Vargas Atehortua | Colombia | 4:06 |
69 | Victoria Velasco Fuentes | Mexico | s.t. |
70 | Daniela Soler Espinosa | Colombia | 4:09 |
71 | Anne Dorthe Ysland | Norway | s.t. |
72 | Karolina Stepien | Poland | 4:20 |
73 | Ava Sykes | USA | 4:43 |
74 | Julia Leite Braga | Brazil | 4:52 |
75 | Melissa Rouiller | Switzerland | 5:06 |
76 | Frances Janse Van Rensburg | South Africa | s.t. |
77 | Dorka Jordan | Hungary | 6:14 |
78 | Femke Gerritse | Netherlands | 7:11 |
79 | Paula Leonhardt | Germany | s.t. |
80 | Ilse Pluimers | Netherlands | s.t. |
81 | Zoe Ta-Perez | USA | s.t. |
82 | Dina Scavone | Belgium | s.t. |
83 | Daniela Campos | Portugal | 13:21 |
84 | Laury Milette | Canada | 13:26 |
85 | Camille Primeau | Canada | 13:46 |
86 | Lucy O'Donnell | Ireland | s.t. |
87 | Katia Elizabeth Martinez Minarro | Mexico | 13:49 |
88 | Simona Zahorcova | Slovakia | 13:52 |
89 | Metka Mikuz | Slovenia | 14:06 |
90 | Anastassiya Lynnik | Kazakhstan | 24:20 |
91 | Tjasa Susnik | Slovenia | 25:13 |
Thursday, September 26: Junior Men's Road Race, 148.1 km
Richmond - Harrogate
Quinn Simmons is the new Junior Mens Road Race Champion of the World.
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 12:45 PM, local time: 16C (61F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is a 30% chance of showers during the afternoon
The race: Here's the organizer's race report.
Just as it did in 2015, the Men Junior Road Race got underway in Richmond; albeit this time it was the North Yorkshire town and not the capital of Virginia.
However, it seemed no one remembered to tell Team USA that they weren’t on familiar tarmac as the American group of riders looked extremely comfortable on the roads of Yorkshire throughout the day.
It was thought that the first part of this race would be a gentle roll into the Dales, but a nervy start saw Andrea Piccolo (Italy), one of the early race favourites, break a wheel and USA rider Michael Garrison take a spill; amidst a few other slight crashes.
Both the British and American teams pushed hard from the front and a breakaway formed earlier than the predicted Kidstones climb. Originally made up of two riders the group had grown to ten.
As the Kidstones climb approached, a 3.9km ride with a max gradient of 11.3%, Walker had been joined by a handful of riders, but the interesting story was originating back in the peloton where the American riders Michael Garrison and eventual winner, Quinn Simmons had set a heavy pace at the front of the peloton with Simmons even screaming ‘let’s go’ to his team to really put the pressure on.
Magnus Sheffield (USA) and Lewis Askey (GB) broke free of the peloton but by the climb at Summerscales, the full group was back together.
The American riders had a game plan in mind and were fully committed to executing it and Simmons and Sheffield engaged time trial mode, a mode known all too well to Team USA after Chloe Dygert’s spectacular showing earlier in the week, and went clear off the front with around 35km to go.
Just 2km later and Simmons went on a solo attack and many thought it was potentially too soon, despite his strong showing and eagerness to push on. This would turn out to be a foolish assumption as the Colorado-born rider stormed further and further ahead, opening up a 39 second advantage ahead of the chasing Alessio Martinelli (Italy) – it became apparent towards the closing stages that, bar some bad luck, these riders would take first and second respectively.
The battle for third place was just hotting up though, time trial silver medallist Enzo Leijnse (Holland) rode clear of the peloton before being joined by Gianmarco Garofoli (Italy) and another monster effort from Magnus Sheffield saw him rein in the group too.
It was an effort that would be sustained and rewarded as Sheffield thrust his way over the line to take bronze and joined his compatriot Simmons in his celebrations.
Complete results:
1 | Quinn Simmons | USA | 3hr 38min 4sec |
2 | Alessio Martinelli | Italy | @ 56sec |
3 | Magnus Sheffield | USA | @ 1min 33sec |
4 | Enzo Leijnse | Netherlands | s.t. |
5 | Gianmarco Garofoli | Italy | s.t. |
6 | Vegard Stokke | Norway | s.t. |
7 | Alfie George | Great Britain | 1:45 |
8 | Frederik Wandahl | Denmark | s.t. |
9 | Jakub Boucek | Czech Republic | s.t. |
10 | Milan Paulus | Belgium | s.t. |
11 | Thibault D'Hervez | France | s.t. |
12 | Michael Garrison | USA | s.t. |
13 | Antonio Tiberi | Italy | s.t. |
14 | Marco Brenner | Germany | s.t. |
15 | Leo Hayter | Great Britain | s.t. |
16 | Alex Baudin | France | s.t. |
17 | Matthew Riccitello | USA | 1:48 |
18 | Georg Steinhauser | Germany | 1:54 |
19 | Pavel Bittner | Czech Republic | 2:20 |
20 | Ramses Debruyne | Belgium | 2:25 |
21 | Patrick Eddy | Australia | 2:53 |
22 | Lewis Askey | Great Britain | 4:39 |
23 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera | Spain | 4:55 |
24 | Carlos Rodriguez | Spain | 7:02 |
25 | Robin Juel Skivild | Denmark | s.t. |
26 | Kevin Vauquelin | France | 8:27 |
27 | Fredrik Gjesteland Finnesand | Norway | 8:43 |
28 | Sam Watson | Great Britain | 8:45 |
29 | Hannes Wilksch | Germany | s.t. |
30 | Max Walker | Great Britain | 9:18 |
31 | Sakarias Koller Løland | Norway | s.t. |
32 | Drew Christensen | New Zealand | s.t. |
33 | Henri Treimuth | Estonia | 10:15 |
34 | August Höglund | Sweden | 10:16 |
35 | Tord Gudmestad | Norway | 11:39 |
36 | Reuben Thompson | New Zealand | 12:21 |
37 | Thomas Silva | Uruguay | s.t. |
38 | Lars Boven | Netherlands | 14:21 |
39 | Tomas Aguirre Marza | Mexico | s.t. |
40 | Ricardo Pena Salas | Mexico | 14:25 |
41 | Elia Blum | Switzerland | 14:58 |
42 | Mats Wenzel | Luxembourg | s.t. |
43 | Alex Vandenbulcke | Belgium | 16:24 |
44 | Hjalmar Klyver | Sweden | 16:49 |
45 | Renus Uhiriwe | Rwanda | s.t. |
46 | Maksym Bilyi | Ukraine | s.t. |
47 | Joshua Gudnitz | Denmark | s.t. |
48 | Vinicius Rangel Costa | Brazil | s.t. |
49 | Igor Arrieta Lizarraga | Spain | s.t. |
50 | Bruno Stocek | Czech Republic | s.t. |
51 | Fran Miholjevic | Croatia | s.t. |
52 | Raphael Parisella | Canada | s.t. |
53 | Andrii Ponomar | Ukraine | s.t. |
54 | Emil Iwersen | Denmark | s.t. |
55 | João Carvalho | Portugal | s.t. |
56 | Maximilian Kabas | Austria | s.t. |
57 | Joonas Kurits | Estonia | s.t. |
58 | Jago Willems | Belgium | s.t. |
59 | Jakub Toupalik | Czech Republic | s.t. |
60 | German Dario Gomes | Colombia | s.t. |
61 | Lukas Carreau | Canada | s.t. |
62 | Marek Bugar | Slovakia | s.t. |
63 | Bostijan Murn | Slovenia | s.t. |
64 | Aljaz Colnar | Slovenia | s.t. |
65 | Gianni Lamperti | USA | 16:58 |
66 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Norway | 17:00 |
67 | Logan Currie | New Zealand | s.t. |
68 | Tiano Da Silva | South Africa | 17:05 |
69 | Archie Ryan | Ireland | 17:17 |
70 | Michel Hessmann | Germany | s.t. |
71 | Hidde Van Veenendaal | Netherlands | s.t. |
72 | Loïc Bettendorff | Luxembourg | 25:08 |
Wednesday, Sept 25: Elite men individual time trial, 54 km
Northallerton – Harrogate
Rohan Dennis on his Gold Medal winning ride
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 1:00 PM, local time: 16C (61F), cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 5 km/hr (3 mph)
The race: Here's the organizer's race summary.
Rohan Dennis silenced all his critics with a ride full of conviction in today's Men Elite Individual Time Trial to make it back to back world championships for the Australian.
A drier day in Yorkshire, saw the Elite Men take to the time trial course set over a distance of 54km from Northallerton to Harrogate.
The crowd in the start town was something to be remarked, as fans lined the streets to cheer on some of the world’s best riders off the ramp ahead of a challenging day’s racing.
The early time was set by a rider that Tour de Yorkshire fans will be very familiar with thanks to his third-place finish in the race this year, Eddy Dunbar of Ireland. He set a time that would be overtaken by British rider John Archibald, who would then see Luke Durbridge of Australia dethrone him, before Britain took back the lead after a very strong ride from Alex Dowsett.
Dowsett would spend some time in the hotseat but it was eventual bronze medallist Filippo Ganna of Italy who would take over his spot and, despite the early juggling of the lead, this would stand until the two favourites raced into Harrogate.
UCI hour record holder Victor Campenaerts did have high hopes going into the race, but after a crash and two bike changes along the route, the Belgian could only manage eleventh place – however, considering the hardships he faced on the course, this is a more than respectable position.
The two real stories of the day came from the two riders of whom storylines were expected, Remco Evenepoel and Rohan Dennis.
Just a year removed from the junior level in which he took both the road race and the time trial, 19-year-old Remco Evenepoel came into the elite event and gave a fantastic account of himself, only losing out thanks to a masterclass from Rohan Dennis. On any other day, Evenepoel would have destroyed the field, which says a lot about just how bright this young Belgian’s future truly is.
However, despite all of the stellar efforts seen before him, the day belongs to Australia’s Rohan Dennis.
It’s unusual that the reigning champion in a race such as this would come into the event as an unknown entity, however after dropping out of the Tour de France back in July, and not taking to the road in a professional setting since, it was unclear as to how in-form the world champion would be. The answer came pretty quickly. At the top of his game.
Fastest at every intermediate time split, Rohan Dennis put on a show for the rows of fans lining the route and, despite twelfth place finisher Primoz Roglic trying his best to ruin the party on the way to the finish by racing alongside, nothing would take away from the Australian’s celebrations as he raced past the line arms aloft, to rapturous applause; before embracing his wife and child.
Complete results:
54 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.782 km/hr
1 | Rohan Dennis | Australia | 1hr 5min 5sec |
2 | Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | @ 1min 9sec |
3 | Filippo Ganna | Italy | 1:55 |
4 | Patrick Bevin | New Zealand | 1:57 |
5 | Alex Dowsett | Great Britain | 2:02 |
6 | Lawson Craddock | USA | 2:07 |
7 | Tanel Kangert | Estonia | 2:07 |
8 | Nelson Oliveira | Portugal | 2:10 |
9 | Tony Martin | Germany | 2:27 |
10 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland | 2:46 |
11 | Victor Campenaerts | Belgium | 2:49 |
12 | Primoz Roglic | Slovenia | 3:00 |
13 | Luke Durbridge | Australia | 3:01 |
14 | John Archibald | Great Britain | 3:11 |
15 | Dylan Van Baarle | Netherlands | 3:36 |
16 | Edoardo Affini | Italy | 3:37 |
17 | Kasper Asgreen | Denmark | 3:38 |
18 | Pierre Latour | France | 3:44 |
19 | Chad Haga | USA | 3:57 |
20 | Maciej Bodnar | Poland | 4:00 |
21 | Jos Van Emden | Netherlands | 4:01 |
22 | Nils Politt | Germany | 4:10 |
23 | Kamil Gradek | Poland | 4:12 |
24 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Spain | 4:19 |
25 | Alexey Lutsenko | Kazakhstan | 4:29 |
26 | Edward Dunbar | Ireland | 4:47 |
27 | Hugo Houle | Canada | 4:57 |
28 | Benjamin Thomas | France | 4:58 |
29 | Martin Toft Madsen | Denmark | 4:58 |
30 | Daniel Martinez | Colombia | 5:04 |
31 | Vasil Kiryienka | Belarus | 5:16 |
32 | Ryan Mullen | Ireland | 5:16 |
33 | Jan Barta | Czech Republic | 5:22 |
34 | Bob Jungels | Luxembourg | 5:37 |
35 | Claudio Imhof | Switzerland | 6:11 |
36 | Jan Tratnik | Slovenia | 6:14 |
37 | Danill Fominykh | Kazakhstan | 6:50 |
38 | Josef Cerny | Czech Republic | 6:55 |
39 | Lluis Mas | Spain | 7:02 |
40 | Matthias Brändle | Austria | 7:22 |
41 | Stefan De Bod | South Africa | 7:25 |
42 | Alexander Evtushenko | Russia | 8:14 |
43 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Argentina | 8:44 |
44 | Chun Kai Feng | Taiwan | 9:22 |
45 | Ramunas Navardauskas | Lithuania | 10:36 |
46 | Jan Andrej Cully | Slovakia | 10:54 |
47 | Muradjan Halmuratov | Uzbekistan | 12:14 |
48 | Yves Lampaert | Belgium | 13:16 |
49 | Runar Orn Agustsson | Iceland | 14:45 |
50 | Ahmad Wais | Syria | 14:45 |
51 | Eduard Michael Grosu | Romania | 14:55 |
52 | Gustavo Miño | Paraguay | 15:31 |
53 | Khaled Alkhalifah | Kuwait | 15:33 |
54 | Saied Jafer Alali | Kuwait | 15:52 |
55 | Hendrikus Coetzee | Namibia | 15:54 |
56 | Nazir Jaser | Syria | 24:58 |
57 | Christopher Symonds | Ghana | 28:01 |
Tuesday, Sept 24: Elite women individual time trial, 30.3 km
Ripon - Harrogate
Chloe Dygert on her way to becoming Champion of the World.
The race: Here's the organizer's summary of the Men under-23 and Elite women's time trial.
They say that Yorkshire roads forge champions and today was a day that made that statement ring true; as inclement weather struck day three of this year’s world championships.
Today’s action began with the Men Under 23 Individual Time Trial and despite the rain, the crowds turned out in force in Ripon. The weather, which would go on to be described as ‘biblical’, played a huge part in proceedings as the race saw thrills, spills and the confirmation of a star rider by the name of Mikkel Bjerg.
All eyes were on the young Danish rider who was on a hat trick, having won this race in both 2017 and 2018, and he would not disappoint manoeuvring his way through treacherous conditions to take the title.
It was clear that Bjerg was the hot favourite, but there were plenty of strong riders in the field that would give him a run for his money; one of which was fellow countryman Johan Price-Pejtersen who had beaten his compatriot at both the Danish National Championships and the European Championships.
This battle for time would be, unfortunately, short lived as Price-Pejtersen suffered a heavy crash and came in over 11 minutes down.
Another Dane, Matthias Jorgensen held on to second place for a while but Bjerg’s biggest threats came from an American duo, Ian Garrison and Brandon McNulty.
McNulty finished last year but couldn’t do enough to beat teammate Garrison, finishing in Harrogate a second down.
Despite being the last rider of the ramp in increasingly worse conditions, Bjerg showed his class and put on a dominant display to take his third world title in as many years and truly put his stamp on world cycling at such a young age.
The Elite Women ITT was expected to see history repeat itself and see yet another hat trick of rainbows, this time for Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands.
However, a dominant performance, one unrivalled at this level, saw 22-year-old American, Chloe Dygert finish almost two minutes in front of returning favourite van Vleuten and a minute and a half in front of runner up, Anna van der Breggen.
The early pace came from Belarusian Alena Amialiusik, but the real story of the day would come from Dygert, who passed no less than eight riders on her way to victory.
It’s becoming a case of always the bridesmaid and never the bride for Anna van der Breggen, as the reigning road race world champion finished second for the fourth time in five years.
She put in a great ride and set a fantastic time that on any other day would’ve seen the Dutch rider finish first overall, but it was not to be and her eyes will now be on retaining Saturday’s road race crown.
With van der Breggen sat in second place behind Dygert, only van Vleuten could change the standings, but the 37-year-old could only finish with a bronze medal after the two dominant displays ahead of her.
Complete results:
30.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.098 km/hr
1 | Chloe Dygert | USA | 42min 11sec |
2 | Anna van der Breggen | Netherlands | @ 1min 32sec |
3 | Annemiek van Vleuten | Netherlands | 1:53 |
4 | Amber Neben | USA | 2:38 |
5 | Lisa Klein | Germany | 2:41 |
6 | Marlen Reusser | Switzerland | 3:02 |
7 | Leah Thomas | USA | 3:13 |
8 | Lucinda Brand | Netherlands | 3:16 |
9 | Alena Amialiusik | Belarus | 3:18 |
10 | Lisa Brennauer | Germany | 3:20 |
11 | Amanda Spratt | Australia | 3:58 |
12 | Karol-Ann Canuel | Canada | 4:23 |
13 | Omer Shapira | Israel | 4:30 |
14 | Lisa Norden | Sweden | 4:31 |
15 | Juliette Labous | France | 4:32 |
16 | Alice Barnes | Great Britain | s.t. |
17 | Elisa Longo Borghini | Italy | 4:36 |
18 | Pernille Mathiesen | Denmark | s.t. |
19 | Anastasia Chursina | Russia | 4:38 |
20 | Anna Kiesenhofer | Austria | 4:40 |
21 | Vita Heine | Norway | 4:57 |
22 | Elise Chabbey | Switzerland | 5:09 |
23 | Louise Norman Hansen | Denmark | 5:16 |
24 | Kelly Murphy | Ireland | 5:33 |
25 | Tatsiana Sharakova | Belarus | s.t. |
26 | Hayley Simmonds | Great Britain | 5:35 |
27 | Olga Zabelinskaya | Uzbekistan | 5:43 |
28 | Olga Shekel | Ukraine | 5:53 |
29 | Eri Yonamine | Japan | 5:55 |
30 | Audrey Cordon-Ragot | France | 5:57 |
31 | Katrine Aalerud | Norway | 6:00 |
32 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio | South Africa | 6:16 |
33 | Julie Van De Velde | Belgium | 6:23 |
34 | Anna Turvey | Ireland | s.t. |
35 | Vittoria Bussi | Italy | 6:29 |
36 | Anna Plichta | Poland | 6:34 |
37 | Rotem Gafinovitz | Israel | 6:52 |
38 | Teniel Campbell | Trinidad & Tobago | 7:18 |
39 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez | Spain | 7:19 |
40 | Tiffany Keep | South Africa | s.t. |
41 | Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez | Spain | 7:53 |
42 | Gillian Ellsay | Canada | 8:00 |
43 | Andrea Ramirez | Mexico | 8:33 |
44 | Maria Novolodskaya | Russia | 8:39 |
45 | Desiet Kidane Tekeste | Eritrea | s.t. |
46 | Valeriya Kononenko | Ukraine | 8:56 |
47 | Agua Marina Espinola | Paraguay | 9:09 |
48 | Maria Yapura Plaza | Argentina | 9:11 |
49 | Agusta Edda Bjornsdottir | Iceland | 9:39 |
50 | Ting Ting Chang | Taiwan | 10:12 |
51 | Ana Paula Polegatch | Brazil | 10:29 |
52 | Latefa Alyaseen | Kuwait | 19:37 |
53 | Noura Alameeri | Kuwait | 20:30 |
Tuesday, Sept 24: Men under 23 individual time trial, 30.3 km
Ripon - Harrogate
Mikkel Berg riding to a rainbow jersey.
Weather at the finish city of Harrogate at 1:00 PM, local time: 15C (59F), raining, with the wind from the east-southeast at 13 km/hr (8 mph). Occasional rain should continue through the afternoon.
A wet day in Northern England. Here's one of the American riders after his ride. He left nothing on the table.
Complete results:
30.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.074 km/hr
1 | Mikkel Bjerg | Denmark | 40min 20sec |
2 | Ian Garrison | USA | @ 27sec |
3 | Brandon McNulty | USA | 28 |
4 | Mathias Norsgaard | Denmark | 38 |
5 | Brent Van Moer | Belgium | 44 |
6 | Morten Hulgaard | Denmark | 56 |
7 | Nils Eekhoff | Netherlands | 1:01 |
8 | Byron Munton | South Africa | 1:27 |
9 | Markus Wildauer | Austria | 1:39 |
10 | Daan Hoole | Netherlands | 1:47 |
11 | Thibault Guernalec | France | 1:50 |
12 | Tobias Foss | Norway | 1:52 |
13 | Marc Hirschi | Switzerland | 1:52 |
14 | Charlie Quarterman | Great Britain | 1:53 |
15 | Ben Healy | Ireland | 1:58 |
16 | Kevin Geniets | Luxembourg | 2:03 |
17 | Inigo Elosegui | Spain | 2:04 |
18 | Iver Knotten | Norway | 2:06 |
19 | Alexys Brunel | France | 2:07 |
20 | Patrick Gamper | Austria | 2:09 |
21 | Ethan Vernon | Great Britain | 2:13 |
22 | Antonio Puppio | Italy | 2:25 |
23 | Stefan Bissegger | Switzerland | 2:34 |
24 | Ognjen Ilic | Serbia | 2:35 |
25 | Miguel Heidemann | Germany | 2:46 |
26 | Barnabas Peak | Hungary | 2:46 |
27 | Matteo Sobrero | Italy | 2:48 |
28 | Joao Almeida | Portugal | 2:50 |
29 | Liam Magennis | Australia | 2:51 |
30 | Filip Maciejuk | Poland | 2:55 |
31 | Biniyam Ghirmay | Eritrea | 2:56 |
32 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Canada | 2:56 |
33 | Juri Hollmann | Germany | 3:01 |
34 | Jakub Otruba | Czech Republic | 3:02 |
35 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Kazakhstan | 3:04 |
36 | Diego Ferreyra | Chile | 3:20 |
37 | Ilan Van Wilder | Belgium | 3:24 |
38 | Shoi Matsuda | Japan | 3:30 |
39 | Vadim Pronskiy | Kazakhstan | 3:34 |
40 | Chih Hao Sergio Tu | Taiwan | 3:39 |
41 | Michael O'Loughlin | Ireland | 3:40 |
42 | Andre Carvalho | Portugal | 3:41 |
43 | Ben Katerberg | Canada | 3:41 |
44 | James Fouche | New Zealand | 3:52 |
45 | Shunsuke Imamura | Japan | 3:57 |
46 | Xabier Azparren | Spain | 4:00 |
47 | Petr Rikunov | Russia | 4:06 |
48 | Yahor Shpakovski | Belarus | 4:08 |
49 | Jaka Primozic | Slovenia | 4:18 |
50 | Daniel Habtemichael | Eritrea | 4:18 |
51 | Jason Oosthuizen | South Africa | 4:44 |
52 | Emil Dima | Romania | 4:44 |
53 | Samuel Oros | Slovakia | 4:56 |
54 | Attila Valter | Hungary | 5:40 |
55 | Hasani Hennis | Anguilla | 6:41 |
56 | Tyler Cole | Trinidad & Tobago | 7:21 |
57 | Lorant Balazsi | Romania | 7:30 |
58 | David Maidana | Paraguay | 7:39 |
59 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Denmark | 11:35 |
Monday, Sept 23: Junior men's individual time trial, 28km
The race: Here's the organizer's summary of the junior women's & men's individual time trial.
The second day of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships got underway with aplomb as 50 riders from 31 nations took on the Women Junior Individual Time Trial with a further 64 riders from 35 nations taking part in the Men Junior Individual Time Trial.
In stark contrast to the previous day’s racing, there was nothing but blue skies as the riders rode off the start ramp in the women’s time trial, and blue was a colour that would be seen for a while as France’s Lea Curinier set a fantastic early time of 22.51 across the 13.7km course and with that, a place on the hot seat.
The Netherlands’ Leonie Bos and Sweden’s Wilma Olausson took the lead time respectively, before another Dutch rider helped to further cement the Netherlands, after yesterday’s stunning win, as time trial specialists in the form of Shirin van Anrooij who sped over the line to set a time of 22.19.
Van Anrooij was sat on the very edge of the hot seat awaiting the fates of rivals Aigul Gareeva of Russia, Sofia Collinelli of Italy and home favourite Elynor Backstedt.
Despite an earlier slip, Gareeva was motoring but her efforts almost ended in disaster as the 18-year-old Russian took a wrong turn just before the ascent finish on Parliament Street costing her around 10 seconds. Despite this her stellar effort was rewarded with the fastest time, having still managed to beat the leader van Anrooij by 3.61 seconds.
Italy’s Camilla Alessio sat in the bronze medal position to complete the live podium ahead of the last rider on the track Backstedt’s finish, but would not hold on as the British rider who finished third last year in the same event at the World Championships took third once more and with it, the bronze medal.
The men’s route took in two laps of the Harrogate circuit and 27.6km of terrain. It would turn out to be a day of almost disasters as after the women’s winner Gareeva suffered some misfortune but still managed to hold on to a lead, eventual men’s winner Antonio Tiberi suffered similar issues, albeit not of his own doing.
Coming into the first corner, the Italian suffered a mechanical and had to change his bike but this wouldn’t stop the 18 year old from putting the hammer down and setting a fantastic winning time of 38.28 – almost 8 seconds ahead of his closest rival the Netherlands’ Enzo Leijnse and another 12 seconds ahead of Germany’s Marco Brenner in third.
Early on in proceedings two British riders, Leo Hayter and Oscar Julien-Nilsson had given the home crowd something to cheer about, with Julien-Nilsson spending a little time in the hot seat before the Netherlands’ Enzo Leijnse took his spot atop of the leaderboard.
Germany’s Marco Brenner put in a wonderful performance to eventually take third place and at just 17, it’s clear that the young German will be one to watch in coming years and even as a rider to look out for in the Men Junior Road Race on Thursday 26th September.
Leijnse can be proud of a great day’s work and deserved his silver medal, but the spirited efforts of the Italian Tiberi proved too much for the Dutchman who took home the rainbow jersey amidst a few happy, disbelieving tears.
New junior world time trial champion Antonio Tiberi.
Complete results:
27.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.050 km/hr
1 | Antonio Tiberi | Italy | 38min 28sec |
2 | Enzo Leijnse | Netherlands | @ 8sec |
3 | Marco Brenner | Germany | 12 |
4 | Quinn Simmons | USA | 20 |
5 | Michel Hessmann | Germany | 28 |
6 | Andrea Piccolo | Italy | 30 |
7 | Lars Boven | Netherlands | 44 |
8 | Leo Hayter | Great Britain | 51 |
9 | Oscar Nilsson-Julien | Great Britain | 1:00 |
10 | Finn Fisher-Black | New Zealand | 1:05 |
11 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Norway | 1:14 |
12 | William Blume Levy | Denmark | 1:19 |
13 | Andrii Ponomar | Ukraine | 1:27 |
14 | Fredrik Gjesteland Finnesand | Norway | 1:30 |
15 | German Dario Gomes | Colombia | 1:33 |
16 | Henri Treimuth | Estonia | 1:41 |
17 | Michael Garrison | USA | 1:54 |
18 | Hugo Page | France | 2:00 |
19 | Patrick Eddy | Australia | 2:02 |
20 | Kevin McCambridge | Ireland | 2:03 |
21 | Joshua Gudnitz | Denmark | 2:15 |
22 | Artjom Mirzojev | Estonia | 2:16 |
23 | Andrea Piras | Italy | 2:18 |
24 | Fran Miholjevic | Croatia | 2:25 |
25 | Jacob Rubuliak | Canada | 2:26 |
26 | Maximilian Kabas | Austria | 2:28 |
27 | Logan Currie | New Zealand | 2:35 |
28 | Lars Van Ryckeghem | Belgium | 2:35 |
29 | Reuben Thompson | New Zealand | 2:49 |
30 | Kevin Vauquelin | France | 2:50 |
31 | Maksym Bilyi | Ukraine | 2:50 |
32 | Bostijan Murn | Slovenia | 2:58 |
33 | Branko Huys | Belgium | 2:59 |
34 | Carlos Rodriguez | Spain | 3:04 |
35 | Dmitriy Noskov | Kazakhstan | 3:09 |
36 | Fabio Christen | Switzerland | 3:17 |
37 | Gal Glivar | Slovenia | 3:19 |
38 | Maxim Popugayev | Kazakhstan | 3:28 |
39 | Damon Fouchee | South Africa | 3:33 |
40 | Fernando Tercero Lopez | Spain | 3:37 |
41 | Iakov Gusev | Russia | 3:42 |
42 | Mathias Vacek | Czech Republic | 3:42 |
43 | Yuri Butrekhin | Russia | 3:51 |
44 | Finley Newmark | Ireland | 3:57 |
45 | Zygimantas Norutis | Lithuania | 3:57 |
46 | Takumi Yamada | Japan | 4:11 |
47 | Elia Blum | Switzerland | 4:18 |
48 | Tullatorn Sosalam | Thailand | 4:21 |
49 | Loïc Bettendorff | Luxembourg | 4:30 |
50 | Nicolas Vinokourov | Kazakhstan | 4:31 |
51 | Carlo Jurisevic | Croatia | 4:31 |
52 | Kacper Majewski | Poland | 4:41 |
53 | Pavel Bittner | Czech Republic | 4:50 |
54 | Joe Michotte | Luxembourg | 4:54 |
55 | Tristan Jussaume | Canada | 4:55 |
56 | Michal Galka | Poland | 4:55 |
57 | Thomas Silva | Uruguay | 5:02 |
58 | Pavol Kramarcik | Slovakia | 5:05 |
59 | Felipe Pizarro | Chile | 5:18 |
60 | Kristians Belohvosciks | Latvia | 5:30 |
61 | Yugi Tsuda | Japan | 5:50 |
62 | Oded Kogut | Israel | 6:57 |
63 | Phurit Rodvilai | Thailand | 7:02 |
Monday, Sept 23: Junior women's individual time trial, 13.7 km
Aigul Gareeva won the junior women's individual time trial.
Complete Results:
13.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.916 km/hr
1 | Gareeva, Aigul | Russia | 22min 16sec |
2 | Anrooij, Shirin van | Netherlands | @ 4sec |
3 | Backstedt, Elynor | Great Britain | 00' 11'' |
4 | Alessio, Camilla | Italy | 00' 15'' |
5 | Olausson, Wilma | Sweden | 00' 17'' |
6 | Bos, Leonie | Netherlands | 00' 21'' |
7 | Ta-Perez, Zoe | United States | 00' 26'' |
8 | Collinelli, Sofia | Italy | 00' 35'' |
9 | Jastrab, Megan | United States | 00' 44'' |
10 | Wyllie, Ella | New Zealand | 00' 51'' |
11 | Rüegg, Noemi | Switzerland | 00' 52'' |
12 | Janse van Rensburg, Frances | South Africa | 00' 57'' |
13 | de Wilde, Julie | Belgium | 01' 11'' |
14 | Curinier, Léa | France | 01' 15'' |
15 | Liehner, Annika | Switzerland | 01' 17'' |
16 | Soto, Catalina | Chile | 01' 20'' |
17 | Leonhardt, Paula | Germany | 01' 21'' |
18 | Acevedo, Yareli | Mexico | 01' 21'' |
19 | Miliaeva, Maria | Russia | 01' 23'' |
20 | Gillespie, Lara | Ireland | 01' 24'' |
21 | Mayrhofer, Lucy | Germany | 01' 25'' |
22 | Vallieres-Mill, Magde.. | Canada | 01' 25'' |
23 | Jencusova, Nora | Slovakia | 01' 25'' |
24 | Jancic, Nika | Slovenia | 01' 33'' |
25 | Jandová, Veronika | Czech Republic | 01' 36'' |
26 | Sharpe, Amelia | Great Britain | 01' 36'' |
27 | Sukhorebrik, Ulyana | Kazachstan | 01' 38'' |
28 | Kerbaol, Cedrine | France | 01' 38'' |
29 | Ysland, Anne | Norway | 01' 39'' |
30 | Primeau, Camille | Canada | 01' 46'' |
31 | Gerritse, Femke | Netherlands | 01' 49'' |
32 | Byberg, Tuva | Norway | 01' 52'' |
33 | Campos, Daniela | Portugal | 01' 59'' |
34 | Gedraityte, Akvile | Lithuania | 02' 00'' |
35 | Shevchenko, Sofia | Ukraine | 02' 04'' |
36 | Amondarain, Naia | Spain | 02' 14'' |
37 | Burlova, Kristýna | Czech Republic | 02' 18'' |
38 | Berton, Nina | Luxembourg | 02' 19'' |
39 | Krzeslak, Natalia | Poland | 02' 20'' |
40 | Kowalska, Julia | Poland | 02' 39'' |
41 | Jensen, Mette | Denmark | 02' 40'' |
42 | Soler, Daniela | Colombia | 02' 40'' |
43 | Schoor, Kelsey van | South Africa | 02' 50'' |
44 | Bukanova, Diana | Kazachstan | 03' 01'' |
45 | Velasco, Victoria | Mexico | 03' 09'' |
46 | Puigdefabregas, Irati | Spain | 03' 12'' |
47 | Bertelsen, Maria | Denmark | 03' 23'' |
48 | Svarinska, Lina | Latvia | 03' 36'' |
49 | Ahacic, Ana | Slovenia | 03' 52'' |
50 | Jordan, Dorka | Hungary | 04' 05'' |
Sunday, Sept 22: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay, 28 km
The Dutch were the fastest team in the world.
Weather at Harrogate at 1:00 PM, local time: 16C (61F), with the wind from east at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There are occasional rain showers that are forecast to continue through the afternoon.
Site: Harrogate.
The race: Yorkshire will be making history by hosting the first ever Team Time Trial Mixed Relay with national teams consisting of three male riders and three female riders. The male riders will set off first and the women will replace them on the road as soon as the second male rider has crossed the finish line. Final timings will then be taken when the second female rider crosses the finish line and the fastest team will be declared the winner.
The course has been designed to ensure it is as spectacular to watch as it is to ride, and tactics will certainly play their part as riders must judge their efforts to ensure their team is given the best possible chance of victory.
Results:
1 | NETHERLANDS | 38min 27.6sec |
2 | GERMANY | @ 22.75sec |
3 | GREAT BRITAIN | 51.27 |
4 | ITALY | 55.89 |
5 | FRANCE | 1:23.04 |
6 | SWITZERLAND | 1:26.94 |
7 | SLOVENIA | 1:57.40 |
8 | DENMARK | 2:04.38 |
9 | BELGIUM | 2:32.71 |
10 | SPAIN | 2:42.82 |
11 | UCI WORLD CYCLING CENTRE | 3:28.42 |
The Netherlands team celebrates its victory.