2014 World Road Cycling Championships
81st edition: Sept 21 - Sept 28, 2014
Ponferrada, Spain
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Time Trial Training day photos | Photo gallery of riders training on the Worlds course |
Road Races: Elite men | Elite women | Junior men | Junior women | Men Under 23 |
Individual Time Trial: Elite men | Elite women | Junior men | Junior women | Under 23 men |
Team Time Trial: Elite Women | Elite Men |
Sunday, September 28: Elite Men's Road Race, 14 laps of 18.2 km = 254.8 km
Elite men's road race map and profile | Elite men's road race photos |
Michal Kwiatkowski has time to celebrate his win. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: For much of the race rain had been falling, but by the start of the final lap the rain had stopped and the roads were drying.
At the start of the bell lap four riders had a 40-second lead: Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus), Alessandro De Marchi (Italy), Cyril Gautier (France), Michael Andersen (Denmark). Spain (Jonathan Castroviejo especially) was doing a lot of the work chasing the break.
With thirteen kilometers to go the gap had been cut down to 25 seconds. The peloton was strung out because of the high speed, but it looked like a lot of riders had survived to contest the finale. Several Italians moved up to the front of the pack.
As the penultimate climb, the Confederacion, began, Castroviejo swung off. There was one Spaniard at the front with several Italians behind him. The lead quartet still had fifteen seconds.
With eight kilometers remaining, the climb had reduced the peloton considerably and the break had only 9 seconds. Michal Kwiatkowski left the peloton and bridged to the break.
Kwiatkoski went on by the break, which was caught, and started the final climb alone. Back in the pack Joaquin Rodriguez dropped the hammer and pulled five riders with him to chase Kwiatkowski. With two kilometers to go Kwiatkowski had seven seconds.
Kwiatkowski did it. He held his lead to the end to become the world champion. He slowed well before the line and it looked like the chaser might catch him, but he timed his celebration right. Simon Gerrans was second.
Complete Results: 204 starters, 109 did not finish (DNF), 95 classified finishers
Weather: Rain, 15C
Winner's average speed: 39.288 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Time | |
| 1 | Michal Kwiatkowski | POL | 6hr 29min 7sec |
| 2 | Simon Gerrans | AUS | @ 1 seconds |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte | ESP | |
| 4 | Matti Breschel | DEN | |
| 5 | Greg Van Avermaet | BEL | |
| 6 | Tony Gallopin | FRA | |
| 7 | Philippe Gilbert | BEL | 4" |
| 8 | Alexander Kristoff | NOR | 7" |
| 9 | John Degenkolb | GER | |
| 10 | Nacer Bouhanni | FRA | |
| 11 | Fabian Cancellara | SUI | |
| 12 | Ben Swift | GBR | |
| 13 | Sonny Colbrelli | ITA | |
| 14 | Michael Matthews | AUS | |
| 15 | Ramunas Navardauskas | LTU | |
| 16 | Daryl Impey | RSA | |
| 17 | Maciej Paterski | POL | |
| 18 | Bauke Mollema | NED | |
| 19 | Warren Barguil | FRA | |
| 20 | Michael Valgren Andersen | DEN | |
| 21 | Daniele Bennati | ITA | |
| 22 | Tom Dumoulin | NED | |
| 23 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa | POR | |
| 24 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti | ESP | |
| 25 | Brent Bookwalter | USA | |
| 26 | Nicolas Roche | IRL | |
| 27 | Rigoberto Uran Uran | COL | |
| 28 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | NOR | |
| 29 | Petr Vakoc | CZE | 14" |
| 30 | Alex Howes | USA | |
| 31 | Chris Anker Sörensen | DEN | |
| 32 | Giovanni Visconti | ITA | |
| 33 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | ESP | 17" |
| 34 | Fabio Aru | ITA | |
| 35 | Yury Trofimov | RUS | |
| 36 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez | ESP | |
| 37 | Lars Petter Nordhaug | NOR | |
| 38 | Dominik Nerz | GER | 21" |
| 39 | Simon Geschke | GER | 24" |
| 40 | Vincenzo Nibali | ITA | 27" |
| 41 | Giampaolo Caruso | ITA | 31" |
| 42 | Grega Bole | SLO | 38" |
| 43 | Peter Sagan | SVK | 42" |
| 44 | Andriy Grivko | UKR | 50" |
| 45 | Alessandro De Marchi | ITA | +1:03 |
| 46 | Alexandr Kolobnev | RUS | +1:05 |
| 47 | Kristijan Durasek | CRO | |
| 48 | Jan Bakelants | BEL | |
| 49 | Tom Boonen | BEL | |
| 50 | Sergei Chernetski | RUS | |
| 51 | Jonathan Castroviejo | ESP | |
| 52 | Ben Gastauer | LUX | |
| 53 | Matthias Brandle | AUT | +1:27 |
| 54 | Tiago Machado | POR | +1:32 |
| 55 | Simon Clarke | AUS | +2:10 |
| 56 | Ben Hermans | BEL | |
| 57 | Wouter Poels | NED | +2:19 |
| 58 | Michal Golas | POL | +2:31 |
| 59 | Vasil Kiryienka | BLR | +2:32 |
| 60 | Cyril Gautier | FRA | +2:36 |
| 61 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | FRA | |
| 62 | Romain Bardet | FRA | |
| 63 | Paul Martens | GER | +2:39 |
| 64 | Sep Vanmarcke | BEL | +3:42 |
| 65 | Imanol Erviti | ESP | +4:08 |
| 66 | Michael Albasini | SUI | +5:12 |
| 67 | Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes | POR | |
| 68 | Georg Preidler | AUT | |
| 69 | Danilo Wyss | SUI | |
| 70 | Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio | COL | |
| 71 | Christopher Juul Jensen | DEN | |
| 72 | Kristjan Fajt | SLO | +6:11 |
| 73 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | RSA | |
| 74 | Damiano Caruso | ITA | |
| 75 | Ilnur Zakarin | RUS | |
| 76 | Jonathan Monsalve | VEN | |
| 77 | Sylvain Chavanel | FRA | |
| 78 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | KAZ | |
| 79 | Jesus Herrada Lopez | ESP | |
| 80 | Manuel Quinziato | ITA | |
| 81 | Adam Hansen | AUS | |
| 82 | Peter Kennaugh | GBR | +6:14 |
| 83 | Zdenek Stybar | CZE | +7:01 |
| 84 | Daniel Martin | IRL | +8:25 |
| 85 | Andrey Amador B | CRC | +11:59 |
| 86 | Jack Bauer | NZL | +13:43 |
| 87 | Peter Velits | SVK | |
| 88 | Andrey Zeits | KAZ | +14:53 |
| 89 | Johan Van Summeren | BEL | |
| 90 | Stef Clement | NED | +15:23 |
| 91 | Jan Barta | CZE | |
| 92 | Mykhaylo Kononenko | UKR | |
| 93 | Andriy Khripta | UKR | +15:34 |
| 94 | Miyataka Shimizu | JPN | +20:22 |
| 95 | George Bennett | NZL | |
| DNF | Andre Fernando Cardoso | POR | |
| DNF | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho | POR | |
| DNF | José Joao Costa Mendes | POR | |
| DNF | Daniel Navarro Garcia | ESP | |
| DNF | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil | ESP | |
| DNF | Kévin Reza | FRA | |
| DNF | Geoffrey Soupe | FRA | |
| DNF | Wilco Kelderman | NED | |
| DNF | Steven Kruijswijk | NED | |
| DNF | Tom Jelte Slagter | NED | |
| DNF | Dylan Van Baarle | NED | |
| DNF | Pieter Weening | NED | |
| DNF | Rohan Dennis | AUS | |
| DNF | Cadel Evans | AUS | |
| DNF | Heinrich Haussler | AUS | |
| DNF | Mathew Hayman | AUS | |
| DNF | Rory Sutherland | AUS | |
| DNF | Jelle Vanendert | BEL | |
| DNF | Tim Wellens | BEL | |
| DNF | Stephen Cummings | GBR | |
| DNF | Christopher Froome | GBR | |
| DNF | David Millar | GBR | |
| DNF | Luke Rowe | GBR | |
| DNF | Geraint Thomas | GBR | |
| DNF | Adam Yates | GBR | |
| DNF | Simon Yates | GBR | |
| DNF | Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle | COL | |
| DNF | Winner Anacona Gomez | COL | |
| DNF | Julian David Arredondo | COL | |
| DNF | Carlos Alberto Betancur | COL | |
| DNF | Sebastian Henao Gomez | COL | |
| DNF | Carlos Julian Quintero | COL | |
| DNF | Miguel Angel Rubiano | COL | |
| DNF | Johannes Fröhlinger | GER | |
| DNF | André Greipel | GER | |
| DNF | Christian Knees | GER | |
| DNF | Tony Martin | GER | |
| DNF | Paul Voss | GER | |
| DNF | Maciej Bodnar | POL | |
| DNF | Bartosz Huzarski | POL | |
| DNF | Bartlomiej Matysiak | POL | |
| DNF | Przemyslaw Niemiec | POL | |
| DNF | Michal Podlaski | POL | |
| DNF | Pawel Poljanski | POL | |
| DNF | Eric Marcotte | USA | |
| DNF | Kiel Reijnen | USA | |
| DNF | Andrew Talansky | USA | |
| DNF | Tejay Van Garderen | USA | |
| DNF | Martin Velits | SVK | |
| DNF | Dmytro Krivtsov | UKR | |
| DNF | Sergiy Lagkuti | UKR | |
| DNF | Oleksandr Polivoda | UKR | |
| DNF | Roman Maikin | RUS | |
| DNF | Andrei Solomennikov | RUS | |
| DNF | Jure Kocjan | SLO | |
| DNF | Kristijan Koren | SLO | |
| DNF | Luka Mezgec | SLO | |
| DNF | Jan Polanc | SLO | |
| DNF | Michael Morkov | DEN | |
| DNF | Nicki Sörensen | DEN | |
| DNF | Essaïd Abelouache | MAR | |
| DNF | Tarik Chaoufi | MAR | |
| DNF | Mohamed Er-Rafai | MAR | |
| DNF | Mouhssine Lahsaini | MAR | |
| DNF | Abdelati Saadoune | MAR | |
| DNF | Bernhard Eisel | AUT | |
| DNF | Marco Haller | AUT | |
| DNF | Patrick Konrad | AUT | |
| DNF | Riccardo Zoidl | AUT | |
| DNF | Natnael Berhane | ERI | |
| DNF | Mekseb Debesay | ERI | |
| DNF | Daniil Fominykh | KAZ | |
| DNF | Carlos Galviz | VEN | |
| DNF | Carlos Jose Ochoa | VEN | |
| DNF | Xavier Quevedo | VEN | |
| DNF | Azzedine Lagab | ALG | |
| DNF | Oleg Berdos | ROU | |
| DNF | Andrei Nechita | ROU | |
| DNF | Serghei Tvetcov | ROU | |
| DNF | Philip Deignan | IRL | |
| DNF | Alo Jakin | EST | |
| DNF | Gert Joeaar | EST | |
| DNF | Rein Taaramae | EST | |
| DNF | Jacques Janse Van Rensburg | RSA | |
| DNF | Aleksejs Saramotins | LAT | |
| DNF | Toms Skujins | LAT | |
| DNF | Greg Henderson | NZL | |
| DNF | Rafael Andriato | BRA | |
| DNF | Cristian Egidio Da Rosa | BRA | |
| DNF | Murilo Antonio Fischer | BRA | |
| DNF | Emanuel Kiserlovski | CRO | |
| DNF | Matija Kvasina | CRO | |
| DNF | Yukiya Arashiro | JPN | |
| DNF | Yukihiro Doi | JPN | |
| DNF | Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas | CRC | |
| DNF | Lucas Gaday Orozco | ARG | |
| DNF | Maximiliano Ariel Richeze | ARG | |
| DNF | Eduardo Sepulveda | ARG | |
| DNF | Ryan Anderson | CAN | |
| DNF | Christian Meier | CAN | |
| DNF | Michael Woods | CAN | |
| DNF | Segundo Navarrete | ECU | |
| DNF | Tobias Ludvigsson | SWE | |
| DNF | Georgios Bouglas | GRE | |
| DNF | Yauheni Hutarovich | BLR | |
| DNF | Kanstantsin Siutsou | BLR | |
| DNF | Ignatas Konovalovas | LTU | |
| DNF | Zydrunas Savickas | LTU | |
| DNF | Gatis Smukulis | LAT |
Tom Boonen at the start. Photo ©Sirotti
Team Australia.Photo ©Sirotti
Team USA. Photo ©Sirotti
Tejay Van Garderen. Photo ©Sirotti
Germany. Photo ©Sirotti
John Degenkolb. Photo ©Sirotti
France. Photo ©Sirotti
Warren Barguil, Sylvain Chavanel and Nacer Bouhanni. Photo ©Sirotti
Christopher Froome. Photo ©Sirotti
Simon Gerrans. Photo ©Sirotti
Cadel Evans. Photo ©Sirotti
Fabian Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti
The Norwegians: Alexander Kristoff, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Lars-Petter Norhaug. Photo ©Sirotti
Philippe Gilbert. Photo ©Sirotti
Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti
Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti
The defending world champion, Rui Costa of Portugal. Photo ©Sirotti
Peter Sagan. Photo ©Sirotti
Lined up at the start. Photo ©Sirotti
Just some bikies ready to go for a ride. Photo ©Sirotti
2014 Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali. Photo ©Sirotti
The Italians, with Fabio Aru in front, lead the pack in the rain. Photo ©Sirotti
Chris Froome. Photo ©Sirotti
André Greipel. Photo ©Sirotti
Peter Sagan. Photo ©Sirotti
Nicolas Roche. Photo ©Sirotti
Tony Martin. Photo ©Sirotti
Fabian Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti
Michal Kwiatkowski slows well before the line. Photo ©Sirotti
But he's got it...Photo ©Sirotti
Michal Kwiatkowski right after the race. Photo ©Sirotti
Michal Kwiatkowski, the new world road champion. Photo ©Sirotti
The podium, from left: Simon Gerrans, Michal Kwiatkowski, Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti
Elite men's road race map and profile:
Elite men's road race map and profile
Saturday, September 27: Elite Women's Road Race, 7 laps of 18.2 km = 127.4 km
Elite women's road race complete results, photos, map and profile |
Elite Women's Road Race finish. It couldn't get any closer. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: A big crash sent several riders to the hospital during the second lap. Still, the peloton still had plenty of top riders to contend for the title.
Near the top of the final climb of the final lap a powerful group of four got away: Marianne Vos (3 times world road champion, 7 times world cyclocross champion), Emma Johansson, Elisa Longo Borghini and Evelyn Stevens. That should have been the race and probably another rainbow jersey for Vos, but they were not able to work together.
Near the finish the slowing quartet was caught. Vos tried a last desperate surge, but she was caught by the speeding sprinters. Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand Prevot won the close sprint. The judges had to look at the photo to determine the winner.
Elite women's road race complete results, photos, map and profile |
Results: 134 starters, 75 did not finish (DNF), 59 classified finishers
Weather: Partly cloudy, rainy, 22C
Winner's average speed: 36.513 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Time | |
| 1 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot | FRA | 3hr 29min 21sec |
| 2 | Lisa Brennauer | GER | |
| 3 | Emma Johansson | SWE | |
| 4 | Giorgia Bronzini | ITA | |
| 5 | Tiffany Cromwell | AUS | |
| 6 | Shelley Olds | USA | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Armitstead | GBR | |
| 8 | Linda Melanie Villumsen | NZL | |
| 9 | Hanna Solovey | UKR | |
| 10 | Marianne Vos | NED | |
| Elite women's road race complete results, photos, map and profile | |||
Saturday, September 27: Junior Men Road Race, 7 laps of 18.2 km = 127.4 km
Junior men's road race complete results, photos, map and profile |
Jonas Bokeloh wins the Junior Men's Road Race. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: Already the German Road Champion, Jonas Bokeloh can now put a rainbow jersey in his closet.
Worried about a dangerous break, Bokeloh took the risk and crossed to a pair of escapees on a climb with about eight kilometers to go. The peloton (now about 40 riders strong) caught them, setting things up for a sprint.
Despite his recent efforts in the break, Bokeloh still had the suds to win the final rush to the line. Very impressive. We should see more of this young man in the future.
Junior men's road race complete results, photos, map and profile
Results: 187 starters, 77 riders did not finish (DNF), 110 classified finishers
Weather: Sunny, 18C
Winner's average speed: 40.877 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Age | Time | |
| 1 | Jonas Bokeloh | GER | 18 | 3hr 7min 0sec |
| 2 | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | RUS | 17 | |
| 3 | Peter Lenderink | NED | 18 | |
| 4 | Edoardo Affini | ITA | 18 | |
| 5 | Magnus Klaris | DEN | 18 | |
| 6 | Izidor Penko | SLO | 18 | |
| 7 | Lucas Eriksson | SWE | 18 | |
| 8 | Lorenzo Fortunato | ITA | 18 | |
| 9 | Léo Danes | FRA | 18 | |
| 10 | Sjoerd Bax | NED | 18 | |
| Junior men's road race complete results, photos, map and profile | ||||
Friday, September 26: Men Under 23 Road Race, 10 laps of 18.2 km = 182 km
Men Under 23 road race complete results, photos, map and profile |
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 complete results, photos, map and profile
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 | |
| Men Under 23 road race complete results, photos, map and profile | |||
Friday, September 26: Junior Women Road Race, 4 laps of 18.2 km = 72.8 km
Junior women road race complete results, photos, map and profile |
Amalie Dideriksen wins her second consecutive junior women's world road race championship. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: Amalie Dideriksen proved that she is becoming a complete rider. Last year at the Tuscan world championships she won the Junior Women's title from a small breakaway. This year, because the Italians set a red-hot pace, the peloton broke up. She was able to bridge to the leading group.
Then when there was some consolidation after the final descent, Italian Sofia Bertizzolo tried an early sprint. But Dederiksen was too powerful and blasted by Bertizzolo to win her second consecutive world championship.
After the race Dideriksen told l'Equipe, "We had to control the attacks of the Italians on the last lap. I knew the danger would come from them. They launched the sprint from far, but I was confident." It looks like she was confident with good reason.
Junior women road race complete results, photos, map and profile
Results: 85 classified finishers, 8 riders did not finish.
Weather: Sunny, 10C
Winner's average speed: 35.517 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Age | Time | |
| 1 | Amalie Dideriksen | DEN | 18 | 2hr 2min 59sec |
| 2 | Sofia Bertizzolo | ITA | 17 | |
| 3 | Agnieszka Skalniak | POL | 17 | |
| 4 | Nikola Noskova | CZE | 17 | |
| 5 | Lisa Klein | GER | 18 | |
| 6 | Greta Richioud | FRA | 18 | |
| 7 | Jeanne Korevaar | NED | 18 | |
| 8 | Jelena Eric | SRB | 18 | |
| 9 | Saartje Vandenbroucke | BEL | 18 | |
| 10 | Mathilde Cartal | FRA | 18 | |
| Junior women road race complete results, photos, map and profile | ||||
Thursday, September 25: Road Race training day, no racing
Photo gallery of riders training on the Worlds course |
Wednesday, September 24: Elite Men 57.10 km Individual Time Trial
Elite men's individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile |
Bradley Wiggins on his gold-medal ride. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: Last year, while earning his third consecutive world time trial championship, Tony Martin beat second-place Bradley Wiggins by 46 seconds. Today the order was reversed, Wiggins kept Martin from earning his fourth world time trial title, beating the German by 26 seconds.
Wiggins was behind Martin at the first time check, but was ahead at the second check and kept his lead to the end by riding a sizzling 60.7 km/hr.
Though Wiggins is the 2012 Olympic time trial champion and won the 2012 Tour de France largely through his skill at riding against the clock, this is Sir Bradley's first world chrono title.
Elite men's individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile
Results:
Winner's average speed: 60.718 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Age | Time | |
| 1 | Bradley Wiggins | GBR | 34 | 56min 25.5sec |
| 2 | Tony Martin | GER | 29 | @ 26.23 seconds |
| 3 | Tom Dumoulin | NED | 24 | 40.64 |
| 4 | Vasil Kiryienka | BLR | 33 | 47.92 |
| 5 | Rohan Dennis | AUS | 24 | 57.74 |
| 6 | Adriano Malori | ITA | 26 | +1:11.62 |
| 7 | Nelson Filipe Oliveira | POR | 25 | +1:21.63 |
| 8 | Anton Vorobyev | RUS | 24 | +1:29.66 |
| 9 | Jan Barta | CZE | 30 | +1:43.41 |
| 10 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas | ESP | 27 | +1:44.20 |
| Elite men's individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile | ||||
Tuesday, September 23: Elite Women 29.5 km Individual Time Trial
Elite women individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile |
Lisa Brennauer on her gold-medal ride. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: Lisa Brennauer is having a good week at the world championships. On Sunday she was part of the Specialized-Lululemon team that won the women's team time trial. Today she did it on her own, winning the elite women's individual time trial world championship. That's two gold medals for the talented German racer.
At the first time split Brennauer was fifth, well behind leader Anna Solovey. By the second check at km 21.31, she had hammered her way to second, still behind Solovey by about four seconds. In the final stretch she must have gone all out because the was more than 18 seconds ahead of Solovey at the finish.
"The last four kilometers were super important," explained Brennauer. "I knew I had to make sure I wasn't cooked going into the climb and then the last four kilometers had to be full gas."
Elite women individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile
Results:
Weather: partly cloudy and rainy, 19C
Winner's average speed: 29.50 km @ 45.615 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Time | Average speed km/hr | |
| 1 | Lisa Brennauer | GER | 38min 48.2sec | 45.615 |
| 2 | Anna Solovey | UKR | @ 18.68 sec | 45.252 |
| 3 | Evelyn Stevens | USA | 21.25 | 45.202 |
| 4 | Mieke Kroeger | GER | 38.29 | 44.877 |
| 5 | Ann-Sofie Duyck | BEL | 45.31 | 44.744 |
| 6 | Karol-Ann Canuel | CAN | 51.26 | 44.632 |
| 7 | Ellen Van Dijk | NED | +1:11.64 | 44.253 |
| 8 | Alison Powers | USA | +1:14.17 | 44.207 |
| 9 | Linda Melanie Villumsen | NZL | +1:14.28 | 44.205 |
| 10 | Trixi Worrack | GER | +1:15.25 | 44.187 |
| Elite women individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile | ||||
Tuesday, September 23: Junior Men 29.5 km Individual Time Trial
Junior men individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile |
Gold medal winner Lennard Kemna. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: It looks like Germany has found someone to fill Tony Martin's shoes. Winner Lennard Kemna was the fastest rider at both the 12.23 and the 31.31 kilometer time checks before rolling in with a decisive 45-second lead over American rider Adrien Costa, who came in second. Just before finishing Kemna caught French hope Corentin Ermenault.
After the race Kemna remarked, "I find it hard to realize that I am world champion. The last kilometers were difficult, but I knew I had the best time. I stayed focused as much as possible, especially being careful not to fall. I have prepared for this race against the clock since the beginning of the year, following the example of Tony Martin who is my role model."
Results:
Weather: Partly cloudy, 15C
Winner's average speed: 48.861 km/hr
| Rider | Nation | Time | Avg speed km/hr | |
| 1 | Lennard Kamna | GER | 36min 13.5sec | 48.861 |
| 2 | Adrien Costa | USA | @ 44.66sec | 47.877 |
| 3 | Michael Storer | AUS | 58.11 | 47.589 |
| 4 | Filippo Ganna | ITA | +1:05.94 | 47.422 |
| 5 | Zeke Mostov | USA | +1:19.13 | 47.145 |
| 6 | Tom Wirtgen | LUX | +1:29.86 | 46.921 |
| 7 | Sven Reutter | GER | +1:34.27 | 46.83 |
| 8 | Michael O'Loughlin | IRL | +1:42.81 | 46.654 |
| 9 | Jaime Restrepo | COL | +1:43.89 | 46.632 |
| 10 | Matthew Gibson | GBR | +1:46.81 | 46.572 |
| 11 | Jan Tschernoster | GER | +1:47.53 | 46.558 |
| Junior men individual time trial complete results, photos, map and profile | ||||
Monday, September 22: Under 23 Men 36.15 km Individual Time Trial
Men Under 23 time trial complete results, photos, course map and profile |
Campbell Flakemore earning the narrowest of victories. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: Australia isn't leaving much on the table for everyone else. This morning the Australian junior women took three of the four top places, including the gold and bronze medals.
This afternoon Campbell Flakemore surged in the final kilometers to pull slightly ahead of Ireland's Ryan Mullen. Flakemore beat Mullen by just 48/100s of a second. Last year Flakemore was fourth in this event, which was won by his compatriot Damien Howson.
Mullen was philosophical in his disappointment, saying that it was terrible to learn of such a narrow loss, "but you have to accept it because it is the strongest who wins."
Complete Results:
Winner's average speed: 49.5 km/hr.
| Rider | Country | Age | ||
| 1 | Campbell Flakemore | AUS | 22 | 43min 49.9sec |
| 2 | Ryan Mullen | IRL | 20 | @ 0.48 seconds |
| 3 | Stefan Kueng | SUI | 21 | 9.22 |
| 4 | Rafael Ferreira Reis | POR | 22 | 19.32 |
| 5 | Maximilian Schachmann | GER | 20 | 37.84 |
| 6 | Jonathan Dibben | GBR | 20 | 38.28 |
| 7 | Andreas Vangstad | NOR | 22 | 44.88 |
| 8 | Louis Meintjes | RSA | 22 | 48.36 |
| 9 | Frederik Frison | BEL | 22 | +1:07.22 |
| 10 | James Oram | NZL | 21 | +1:09.57 |
| Men Under 23 time trial complete results, photos, course map and profile | ||||
Monday, September 22: Junior Women 13.9 km Individual Time Trial
Junior women individual time trial complete results, photos, course map and profile |
Macey Stewart riding in the rain to a gold medal. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: The Australian junior women held a time trial school for the rest of the world to watch and learn from. The antipodean women earned three of the top four places and took the gold and bronze medals along the way. By any measure it was an impressive display of power.
On the rainy, slippery roads track specialist Macey Stewart surprised herself with the win, because she had only started riding road races in January. She was leading at the check point halfway through the race and sustained her lead to the end.
Macey now has the Olympic games in Rio as her main goal. She is certainly well on her way to success there.
Complete Results:
Weather: light rain, 13C
Winner's average speed: 41.41 km/hr
| Rider | Country | Time | Avg Speed | |
| 1 | Macey Stewart | AUS | 20min 8.4sec | 41.41 km/hr |
| 2 | Pernille Mathiesen | DEN | @ 10.79 seconds | 41.043 |
| 3 | Anna-Leeza Hull | AUS | 13.31 | 40.959 |
| 4 | Alexandra Manly | AUS | 13.81 | 40.942 |
| 5 | Emma White | USA | 26.47 | 40.522 |
| 6 | Greta Richioud | FRA | 26.63 | 40.517 |
| 7 | Melissa Lowther | GBR | 27.69 | 40.482 |
| 8 | Aafke Soet | NED | 28.23 | 40.465 |
| 9 | Daria Pikulik | POL | 38.91 | 40.118 |
| 10 | Daria Egorova | RUS | 44.73 | 39.932 |
| Junior women individual time trial complete results, photos, course map and profile | ||||
Sunday, September 21: Men's Team Time Trial (57.10 km)
Elite mens' team time trial complete results, photos, race map & profile |
Team BMC on a gold-medal ride. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: By winning the Mens Elite Team Time Trial today, BMC stopped Omega Pharma-Quick Step at two consecutive world championships. And BMC won decisively, beating the second and third-place teams by more than a half minute.
Said jubilant BMC general manager Jim Ochowicz, "This was special because it was everybody on the team – not just the six riders. It is really all the riders and all the staff and (sponsor) Andy Rihs and all of us who have thought about this since they started this world championship three years ago. It has always been high on our priority list, it has been a goal of the team every year and now we have done it. So it is a great moment in our organization."
Team Sky with Bradley Wiggins finished a surprising fourth.
Results:
Winner's average speed: 53.95 km/hr
| 1 | BMC RACING TEAM | USA | 1hr 3min 29.8sec |
| 2 | ORICA GREENEDGE | AUS | @ 31.84 seconds |
| 3 | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP | BEL | 35.22 |
| 4 | TEAM SKY | GBR | 37.29 |
| 5 | TINKOFF-SAXO | RUS | 46.59 |
| 6 | MOVISTAR TEAM | ESP | 51.37 |
| 7 | TREK FACTORY RACING | USA | +1:01.47 |
| 8 | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | NED | +1:26.60 |
| 9 | CANNONDALE | ITA | +1:28.56 |
| 10 | GARMIN SHARP | USA | +1:44.80 |
| Elite mens' team time trial complete results, photos, race map & profile | |||
Sunday, September 21: Women's Team Time Trial (36.15 km)
Elite womens' team time trial complete results, photos, map, profile |
Specialized-Lululemon powering to the gold medal. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: I think l'Equipe summed it up perfectly with their headline "Specialized Invincible". The Women's Elite Team Trial event is only three years old, but Specialized has won it every time, including today at Ponferrada.
The disappointment of the day was with the Rabobank Liv team. First, they had mechanical problems, but were still on target for a medal. Then the woman thought to be the team's anchor, Marianne Vos (three times world road race champion, including winning the title in 2013), was dropped and then they lost another rider. But worse was waiting for them. While leading the reduced team, Annemiek van Vleuten ran into the barriers, taking down her teammates.
Complete results:
Winner's average speed: 49.78 km/hr
| 1 | SPECIALIZED - LULULEMON | USA | 43min 33.3sec | |
| Chantal Blaak | NED | 25 | ||
| Lisa Brennauer | GER | 26 | ||
| Karol-Ann Canuel | CAN | 26 | ||
| Carmen Small | USA | 34 | ||
| Evelyn Stevens | USA | 31 | ||
| Trixi Worrack | GER | 33 | ||
| 2 | ORICA - AIS | AUS | @ 1min 17.56sec | |
| Annette Edmondson | AUS | 23 | ||
| Melissa Hoskins | AUS | 23 | ||
| Emma Johansson | SWE | 31 | ||
| Jessie Maclean | AUS | 29 | ||
| Valentina Scandolara | ITA | 24 | ||
| Amanda Spratt | AUS | 27 | ||
| 3 | ASTANA BEPINK WOMENS TEAM | ITA | +2:19.64 | |
| Alena Amialiusik | BLR | 25 | ||
| Simona Frapporti | ITA | 26 | ||
| Doris Schweizer | SUI | 25 | ||
| Alison Tetrick | USA | 29 | ||
| Silvia Valsecchi | ITA | 32 | ||
| Susanna Zorzi | ITA | 22 | ||
| 4 | OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES | USA | +2:25.75 | |
| Annie Ewart | CAN | 21 | ||
| Lauren Hall | USA | 35 | ||
| Janel Holcomb | USA | 36 | ||
| Leah Kirchmann | CAN | 24 | ||
| Brianna Walle | USA | 30 | ||
| Jade Wilcoxson | USA | 36 | ||
| 5 | BOELS DOLMANS CYCLING TEAM | NED | +2:26.33 | |
| Elizabeth Armitstead | GBR | 26 | ||
| Jessie Daams | BEL | 24 | ||
| Romy Kasper | GER | 26 | ||
| Christine Majerus | LUX | 27 | ||
| Katarzyna Pawlowska | POL | 25 | ||
| Eleonora Van Dijk | NED | 27 | ||
| Elite womens' team time trial complete results, photos, map, profile | ||||
Saturday, September 20: Time trial training day. Photos of Teams training on the course |