2022 World Road Cycling Championships

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Road Race: Elite Men | Elite Women | Junior Women | Men Under 23 | Junior Men

Time Trial: Team Time Trial | Junior Women | Junior Men | Men Under 23 | Elite Women | Elite Men

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Sunday, September 25: Elite Men Road Race, 266.9 km

Course map & profile | Race photos

Remco Evenepoel is Champion of the World. Sirotti photo

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The race: Early in the race Mathieu van der Poel (winner of this year's Tour of Flanders) abandoned. He had been in police custody the night before the race over a dispute with children who were knocking on his door. He wasn't back in his hotel until 4:00 AM.

Here's the report from winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl:

Remco Evenepoel blazed into the history books Sunday, when he soloed to victory in Wollongong and brought home a world title that his home country had been waiting for since 2012. Just two weeks after becoming the first Belgian in 44 years to triumph in a Grand Tour, Remco scored his 15th win of the season – again, in spectacular fashion – and made sure the prestigious rainbow jersey remained in the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team.

It was the crowning achievement of what has already been a stellar season for the 22-year-old from Schepdaal, only four years after his Junior World Title, a performance not seen since the ‘80s. The dominant victory, which came after a 25km solo ride, also saw Evenepoel join a select group of riders who have won a Monument, a Grand Tour and the World Championships in the same season – another confirmation of his huge talent.

“After a Monument and a Grand Tour, now I’ve also won the Worlds! I won all the races I dreamed of this year and I don’t know if I’ll ever have another season like this again, so I want to enjoy every moment of it. It’s a perfect day for our team and for Belgium! It’s been a long year and it’s amazing to finish it off like this”, said Remco, the first rider in history to win La Vuelta and the Worlds in the space of just weeks.

One week after capturing the bronze medal in the individual time trial race, Remco started the 266.9km road race as one of the main favourites, and with 75 kilometers to go joined a strong group that powered away from the peloton and bridged across to the original breakaway, where he linked up with Pieter Serry, who did some strong pulls that took the advantage to more than two minutes. After his teammate peeled off the front, Evenepoel was one of the most active riders in the group, shutting down several accelerations and putting in a couple of digs of his own, which helped the leaders maintain their comfortable margin over the bunch.

Then, on the penultimate lap, just before the short but sharp Mt Ousley climb, he took off and was joined only by Alexey Lutsenko, and after a couple of kilometers of sharing the workload, he rode the Kazakh off his wheel, going into time trial mode and ensuring himself an unassailable lead with just one lap to go. As the kilometers ticked off, nothing and no one could stop Remco from powering to a historic success, and the Belgian phenomenon claimed the victory at the end of a sensational ride by more than two minutes, the biggest winning margin at the World Championships since 1968.

“After making my move and being joined by Alexey, I realised that I wanted to be alone as I felt that I could take the victory, so I attacked again, on the climb this time, and once I had a margin I just kept pushing. On the final lap I felt my legs exploding, but I knew I was close to the finish, so I was quite confident and really calm. Winning the rainbow jersey is something I’ve been dreaming about and I got goosebumps when I arrived at the finish, knowing what I had achieved”, added Remco, the fifth different rider in the history of our team to become Road Race World Champion.

Complete results:

Photos

266.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.575 km/hr

169 riders entered, 66 did not finish, 103 classified finishers.

1	Remco Evenepoel	Belgium	6hr 16min 8sec
2	Christophe Laporte	France	@ 2min 21sec
3	Michael Matthews	Australia	s.t.
4	Wout Van Aert	Belgium	s.t.
5	Matteo Trentin	Italy	s.t.
6	Alexander Kristoff	Norway	s.t.
7	Peter Sagan	Slovakia	s.t.
8	Alberto Bettiol	Italy	s.t.
9	Ethan Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.
10	Mattias Jensen	Denmark	s.t.
11	Ivan García Cortina	Spain	s.t.
12	Jan Tratnik	Slovenia	s.t.
13	Lorenzo Rota	Italy	s.t.
14	Ben Tulett	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Mikkel Honoré	Denmark	s.t.
16	Rasmus Tiller	Norway	s.t.
17	Mauro Schmid	Switzerland	s.t.
18	Neilson Powless	United States	s.t.
19	Tadej Pogacar	Slovenia	s.t.
20	Stefan Küng	Switzerland	s.t.
21	Kevin Geniets	Luxembourg	s.t.
22	Romain Bardet	France	s.t.
23	Attila Valter	Hungary	s.t.
24	Alexey Lutsenko	Kazakhstan	s.t.
25	Bauke Mollema	Netherlands	s.t.
26	Benoit Cosnefroy	France	s.t.
27	Dylan Van Baarle	Netherlands	s.t.
28	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Netherlands	s.t.
29	Valentin Madouas	France	2:31
30	Jan Polanc	Slovenia	s.t.
31	Sergio Higuita	Colombia	s.t.
32	Jhonatan Narváez	Ecuador	s.t.
33	Nicola Conci	Italy	s.t.
34	Quinten Hermans	Belgium	2:34
35	Magnus Cort	Denmark	3:01
36	Nickolas Zukowsky	Canada	s.t.
37	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Norway	s.t.
38	Silvan Dillier	Switzerland	s.t.
39	Yukiya Arashiro	Japan	s.t.
40	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	s.t.
41	Anders Skaarseth	Norway	s.t.
42	Zdenek Stybar	Czech Republic	s.t.
43	Nathan Van Hooydonck	Belgium	s.t.
44	Nelson Oliveira	Portugal	s.t.
45	Bob Jungels	Luxembourg	s.t.
46	Andrea Bagioli	Italy	s.t.
47	Jasper Stuyven	Belgium	s.t.
48	Yves Lampaert	Belgium	s.t.
49	Jai Hindley	Australia	s.t.
50	Simon Clarke	Australia	s.t.
51	Julian Alaphilippe	France	s.t.
52	Nikias Arndt	Germany	3:08
53	Fred Wright	Great Britain	s.t.
54	Biniam Girmay	Eritrea	s.t.
55	Michael Morkov	Denmark	s.t.
56	Jakob Fuglsang	Denmark	s.t.
57	Alexander Kamp	Denmark	3:28
58	Emīls Liepins	Latvia	4:50
59	Michael Kukrle	Czech Republic	s.t.
60	Joao Almeida	Portugal	5:16
61	Jan Maas	Netherlands	6:11
62	Tobias Bayer	Austria	s.t.
63	Davide Ballerini	Italy	s.t.
64	Matus  Stocek	Slovakia	s.t.
65	Marek Canecky	Slovakia	s.t.
66	Nairo Quintana	Colombia	s.t.
67	Heinrich Haussler	Australia	s.t.
68	Jaka Primozic	Slovenia	s.t.
69	Merhawi Kudus	Eritrea	6:17
70	Anthon Charmig	Denmark	6:20
71	Eduardo Sepulveda	Argentina	s.t.
72	Jannik Steimle	Germany	s.t.
73	Keegan Swenson	United States	s.t.
74	Daryl Impey	South Africa	s.t.
75	Jesús Ezquerra	Spain	s.t.
76	Stanisław Aniolkowski	Poland	s.t.
77	Roger Adrià	Spain	s.t.
78	Magnus Sheffield	United States	s.t.
79	Ben Swift	Great Britain	s.t.
80	Quentin Pacher	France	8:10
81	Wouter Poels	Netherlands	s.t.
82	Marc Soler	Spain	9:31
83	Ivo Oliveira	Portugal	s.t.
84	Tobias Foss	Norway	s.t.
85	Samuele Battistella	Italy	s.t.
86	Scott McGill	United States	10:23
87	Eduard Prades	Spain	s.t.
88	Simon Pellaud	Switzerland	11:28
89	Fabian Lienhard	Switzerland	s.t.
90	Florian Sénéchal	France	s.t.
91	Nick Schultz	Australia	s.t.
92	Mikkel Bjerg	Denmark	s.t.
93	Wilson Estiben Peña	Colombia	s.t.
94	Andreas Leknessund	Norway	s.t.
95	Luc Wirtgen	Luxembourg	s.t.
96	Lukasz  Owsian	Poland	s.t.
97	Felix Gall	Austria	s.t.
98	Stan Dewulf	Belgium	s.t.
99	Daan Hoole	Netherlands	s.t.
100	Ben Turner	Great Britain	11:40
101	Pavel Sivakov	France	14:28
102	Jake Stewart	Great Britain	15:05
103	Connor Swift	Great Britain	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Elite men's road race map & profile

Elite men's road race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Racing along the coast.

Wout van Aert, who finished fourth.

Wouter Poels

INEOS Grenadiers rider Luke Rowe

A well-earned world championship.

Here comes the first group of chasers.

The field sprint, won by France's Christophe Laporte

The podium, from left: Christophe Laporte (2nd), Remco Evenepoel (1st) & Michael Matthews (3rd)

The new World Champion.

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Saturday, September 24: Elite Women Road Race, 164.3 km

Course map & profile

Annemiek van Vleuten is again the world champion. Sirotti photo

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The race: Here is a machine translation of the report from winner Annemiek van Vleuten's Movistar team.

The Dutchwoman, against all odds and despite her elbow fracture on Wednesday, makes use of an unpredictable attack 1 km from the finish in Wollongong to win her fourth World Cup, second on the road, and wear the rainbow with Movistar Team in her last big 'tour' in 2023.

A day to never forget. With the same emotion that occurred on September 30, 2018, this September 24, 2022 will be etched forever in the memory of the fans and the Movistar Team squad. For the fifth time in the structure, and the first time for her women's team, one of her runners will wear the most beautiful jersey in cycling. And she could not be other than the most brilliant cyclist of recent times and leader of the blue team: Annemiek van Vleuten.

One kilometer short of the 164 that the World Championship road course presented in Wollongong (Australia), after a really tough race for her due to the elbow injury suffered last Wednesday in the Mixed Relay, 'Miek' threw from a select group of favorites the most unexpected attack. Focused, due to her fracture, on supporting Marianne Vos's options, the fatigue of her teammate encouraged the Dutchwoman to look for a single 'shot'. She was a kilometer from the end, with the small platoon always on the lookout, but unable to catch up with her again. Kopecky (BEL / SDW) and Persico (ITA / VAL) would accompany the incredulous and ecstatic world champion in the box.

Van Vleuten, winner of the World Championships for the fourth time after his two time trial rainbows -Bergen (2017) and Innsbruck (2018)- and, until today, the only one in line with a 105 km breakaway in Yorkshire '19, will thus wear the most coveted in the year of his departure, 2023, together with a Movistar Team that can boast from today of having welcomed five world champions: Annemiek, Indurain (1995, CRI), Olano (1998, CRI), Costa (2013) and the aforementioned 'Bala'. Our team continues to make history.

The podium, from left: Lotte Kopecky (2nd), Annemiek van Vleuten (1st) & Silvia Persico (3rd). Sirotti photo

Annemiek van Vleuten:
"I can not believe it. I was waiting for the moment to come when they would tell me that this was not reality. But I was working for Marianne! So, in the end, there came a time when I was left alone in the chasing group, that she couldn't get back, and I thought: 'OK, I know I can't sprint, because of my broken elbow, but I can try it'. I have waited until the last moment to boot, I only had one option, one. I gave it my all and I thought they could catch me ahead of the sprint… but they haven't come back in.

"It has been hell. I couldn't get up on the saddle, like I like to do. My legs felt like they were going to explode on the way up. I had to run completely differently than I usually do, because I wanted to start at Mount Keira, but with the elbow, it was impossible. Marianne was our leader and I came out of a gregarious… and here I am, world champion.

"The two road titles have a history. This morning I was hesitating whether to wear the earrings my father gave me, because I didn't think I would have any options, but I thought: 'Well, if they always give me good luck in the end'. I wanted to race like in Yorkshire, it was not possible due to the injury, and in the end, although it was not 105 km of attack, it was an incredible last kilometer. Two rainbows, with something to tell behind.

"I already wanted to win on Wednesday, it was a shame to crash because I knew we had a nice option, perhaps the best after what happened in the ITT, but here we are. In 2020 I could not enjoy the rainbow well due to the pandemic; Now I'm going to savor it to the fullest."

Complete results:

164.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.282 km/hr

129 riders entered, 3 did not start, 48 did not finish, 78 classified finishers.

1	Annemiek van Vleuten	Netherlands	4hr 24min 25sec
2	Lotte Kopecky	Belgium	@ 1sec
3	Silvia Persico	Italy	s.t.
4	Liane Lippert	Germany	s.t.
5	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Denmark	s.t.
6	Arlenis Sierra	Cuba	s.t.
7	Juliette Labous	France	s.t.
8	Katarzyna Niewiadoma	Poland	s.t.
9	Elise Chabbey	Switzerland	s.t.
10	Elisa Longo Borghini	Italy	s.t.
11	Ashleigh Moolman	South Africa	s.t.
12	Niamh Fisher-Black	New Zealand	s.t.
13	Marlen Reusser	Switzerland	0:11
14	Marianne Vos	Netherlands	0:13
15	Alexandra Manly	Australia	s.t.
16	Pfeiffer Georgi	Great Britain	s.t.
17	Sofia Bertizzolo	Italy	s.t.
18	Alison Jackson	Canada	s.t.
19	Justine Ghekiere	Belgium	s.t.
20	Ricarda Bauernfeind	Germany	s.t.
21	Brodie Chapman	Australia	s.t.
22	Simone Boilard	Canada	s.t.
23	Veronica Ewers	USA	s.t.
24	Ellen Van Dijk	Netherlands	s.t.
25	Mavi García	Spain	s.t.
26	Anna Shackley	Great Britain	s.t.
27	Amanda Spratt	Australia	1:25
28	Paula Andrea Patiño	Colombia	4:50
29	Eri Yonamine	Japan	s.t.
30	Ane Santesteban	Spain	s.t.
31	Silvia Zanardi	Italy	4:57
32	Noemi Rüegg	Switzerland	s.t.
33	Carina Schrempf	Austria	s.t.
34	Julie De Wilde	Belgium	s.t.
35	Grace Brown	Australia	s.t.
36	Floortje Mackaij	Netherlands	s.t.
37	Olivia Baril	Canada	s.t.
38	Leah Thomas	United States	s.t.
39	Mari Hole Mohr	Norway	s.t.
40	Ella Wyllie	New Zealand	s.t.
41	Evita Muzic	France	s.t.
42	Urška Pintar	Slovenia	s.t.
43	Julie Van De Velde	Belgium	5:01
44	Olga Zabelinskaya	Uzbekistan	7:37
45	Dominika Wlodarczyk	Poland	s.t.
46	Leah Kirchmann	Canada	s.t.
47	Riejanne Markus	Netherlands	7:39
48	Elena Cecchini	Italy	s.t.
49	Elisa Balsamo	Italy	s.t.
50	Anna Henderson	Great Britain	s.t.
51	Shirin Van Anrooij	Netherlands	s.t.
52	Jelena Eric	Serbia	s.t.
53	Marie Le Net	France	s.t.
54	Omer Shapira	Israel	9:30
55	Anne Dorthe Ysland	Norway	9:32
56	Eugenia Bujak	Slovenia	s.t.
57	Romy Kasper	Germany	s.t.
58	Sarah Roy	Australia	9:54
59	Rasa Leleivytė	Lithuania	9:58
60	Marta Jaskulska	Poland	12:07
61	Kristen Faulkner	USA	s.t.
62	Julia Borgström	Sweden	s.t.
63	Elena Hartmann	Switzerland	12:23
64	Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka	Poland	12:42
65	Špela Kern	Slovenia	s.t.
66	Lina Marcela Hernández	Colombia	s.t.
67	Ingvild Gaskjenn	Norway	s.t.
68	Coralie Demay	France	s.t.
69	Diana Peñuela	Colombia	s.t.
70	Elizabeth Holden	Great Britain	s.t.
71	Marta Bastianelli	Italy	s.t.
72	Franziska Koch	Germany	15:51
73	Nina Berton	Luxembourg	s.t.
74	Hayley Preen	South Africa	s.t.
75	Heidi Franz	United States	s.t.
76	Nathalie Eklund	Sweden	s.t.
77	Julie Leth	Denmark	s.t.
78	Kateřina Nash	Czech Republic	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

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Saturday, September 24: Junior Women Road Race, 4 laps, 67.2 km

Course map & profile

What an athlete! After winning the time trial championship a few days ago, in the road race Zoe Bäckstedt left her nearest chaser more than two minutes behind! UCI Photo

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The race: Here's the report from British Cycling.

All eyes were on Zoe Backstedt in today’s junior women’s road race, as she defended her world title with a perfectly executed ride on her 18th birthday. The afternoon saw further success for Great Britain’s women as Pfeiffer Georgi claimed the under-23 silver medal in the elite women’s road race.

Junior women’s road race
Dominating from the start, Backstedt set a fast pace after being led into the first climb by teammate Izzy Sharp. On the first descent, Backstedt went clear and attacked hard, taking an initial 18 second lead and by the end of the first lap had ridden well clear of the peloton, taking a 47 second lead.

By the halfway point of the 62.7km course, Backstedt had opened up the lead to an impressive 02:14, leaving no doubt in people’s minds that this was her race to win. The young rider crossed the finish line in tears as she was announced Junior Women’s Road Race World Champion, claiming an incredible second world title of the week.

In the peloton, Great Britain teammates Awen Roberts and Grace Lister rode exceptionally well, keeping control of the group, pulling back breakaway riders and blocking potential splits. Roberts rode well up the climbs, but a move from Dutch Nienke Vinke saw the peloton split and the Brit couldn’t hold on into the final lap.

Roberts crossed the finish line 16th overall, with Lister in 31st and Izzy Sharp completed the 62.7km course in 37th position.

On the momentous win, Backstedt said: “It’s pretty crazy; I’m 18 and World Champion. You don’t get used to being on the podium with that gold medal, it’s different every time. I was in tears on the podium, everyone singing happy birthday to me, it’s an incredible feeling.”

Complete results:

67.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.653 km/hr

72 riders entered, 15 did not finish, 57 classified finishers.

1	Zoe Bäckstedt	Great Britain	1hr 47min 5sec
2	Eglantine Rayer	France	@ 2min 7sec
3	Nienke Vinke	Netherlands	s.t.
4	Francesca Pellegrini	Italy	2:19
5	Maho Kakita	Japan	2:21
6	Malwina Mul	Poland	s.t.
7	Julia Kopecky	Czech Republic	s.t.
8	Eleonora Ciabocco	Italy	s.t.
9	Xaydee Van Sinaey	Belgium	s.t.
10	Alizee Rigaux	France	s.t.
11	Noëlle Rüetschi	Switzerland	s.t.
12	Fleur Moors	Belgium	s.t.
13	Daniela Schmidsberger	Austria	s.t.
14	Jette Simon	Germany	s.t.
15	Justyna Czapla	Germany	s.t.
16	Awen Roberts	Great Britain	s.t.
17	Bonnie Rattray	New Zealand	s.t.
18	Febe Jooris	Belgium	2:46
19	Babette Van Der Wolf	Netherlands	s.t.
20	Jade Linthoudt	Belgium	s.t.
21	Talia Appleton	Australia	s.t.
22	Anna Van Der Meiden	Netherlands	s.t.
23	Gaia Segato	Italy	s.t.
24	Elisabeth Ebras	Estonia	s.t.
25	Rosita Reijnhout	Netherlands	s.t.
26	Samantha Scott	USA	s.t.
27	Julie Bego	France	s.t.
28	Bronte Stewart	Australia	s.t.
29	Eliska Kvasnickova	Czech Republic	3:27
30	Lise Ménage	France	3:31
31	Grace Lister	Great Britain	3:56
32	Titia Ryo	France	3:58
33	Jule Märkl	Germany	5:06
34	Chloe Patrick	USA	6:04
35	Lucia Ruiz Pérez	Spain	s.t.
36	Fiona Zimmermann	Switzerland	s.t.
37	Izzy Sharp	Great Britain	6:22
38	Lucy Stewart	Australia	s.t.
39	Katherine Sarkisov	USA	s.t.
40	Federica Venturelli	Italy	s.t.
41	Eloise Camire	Canada	s.t.
42	Hannah Kunz	Germany	s.t.
43	Isabelle Carnes	Australia	s.t.
44	Violetta Kazakova	Kazakhstan	s.t.
45	Anabelle Thomas	Canada	s.t.
46	Wilma Aintila	Finland	s.t.
47	Alice Toniolli	Italy	s.t.
48	Laura Lizette Sander	Estonia	6:26
49	Laura Ruiz Pérez	Spain	7:38
50	Angie Mariana Londoño	Colombia	8:26
51	Arabella Tuck	New Zealand	8:33
52	Belinda Bailey	Australia	8:37
53	Lucía García	Spain	s.t.
54	Makala Jaramillo	USA	8:38
55	Seana Littbarski-Gray	Germany	s.t.
56	Nataliia Safroniuk	Ukraine	s.t.
57	Kiara Lylyk	Canada	12:37

 

Course map & profile:

Junior women road race map

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Friday, September 23: Men Under 23 Road Race, 10 laps, 169.8 km

Course map & profile

Yevgeniy Federov is world champion. Sirotti photo

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The race: Here's the report from winner Yevgeniy Federov's pro team Astana Qazaqstan.

Our young rider Yevgeniy Fedorov took the biggest victory of his career, winning the U23 road race today at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia.

In a head-to-head final sprint against Czech rider Mathias Vacek, the rider of Astana Qazaqstan Team became the strongest, bringing a huge success to the National Team of Kazakhstan, exactly 10 years after Alexey Lutsenko’s victory in 2012 in Valkenburg, Netherlands.

“I am so happy, and I still can’t believe I did it! It’s so emotional! Together with the team we were working hard to prepare for this race and three weeks at La Vuelta gave me a lot in this matter. I wanted to show a good result here and I promised to myself to do all possible in the fight for the gold medal. But I knew it wouldn’t be easy at all. The expectations were high, and I also put some pressure on myself, but in the end, I won and now I am super happy”, – said Yevgeniy Fedorov.

It was day of racing in the rain. Sirotti photo

“It was a tough day on the road, and we spent the whole day under the rain. The pace of the race was high and all day long we were riding full gas. I was keeping on trying constantly during the final part of the distance – firstly I tried with 4 laps to go, then, again with 2 laps to go. It never worked out. Well, then I had to spend a lot of energy to bridge to a new group of attackers which, I realized, could be a good one. At the end of the day, I found myself in a group of four riders with some good chances for the final. Inside the last five kilometers we remained just two with Mathias Vacek, while the group was riding always really close behind our shoulders. Together we worked hard, we gave all we had to stay away and to reach the finish line. I went in front with some 300 meters to go and launched my sprint, I just gave all I had in the legs, and it was enough to become the World Champion! That’s unbelievable! I want to thank all my teammates, all my teams, both, National and Astana Qazaqstan, all the people around me, who were helping and supporting me on my way to this result”, – added Yevgeniy Fedorov.

The podium, from left: Matthias Vacek (2nd), Yevgeniy Fedorov (1st) & Soren Waerenskjold (3rd). Sirotti photo

Complete results:

169.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.963 km/hr

132 riders entered, 3 did not start, 59 did not finish, 70 classified finishers

1	Yevgeniy Fedorov	Kazakhstan	3hr 57min 8sec
2	Mathias Vacek	Czech Republic	@ 1sec
3	Soren Waerenskjold	Norway	0:03
4	Madis Mihkels	Estonia	s.t.
5	Olav Kooij	Netherlands	s.t.
6	Pavel Bittner	Czech Republic	s.t.
7	Matthew Dinham	Australia	s.t.
8	Paul Penhoet	France	s.t.
9	Matevz Govekar	Slovenia	s.t.
10	Jenno Berckmoes	Belgium	s.t.
11	Michel Hessmann	Germany	s.t.
12	Erik Fetter	Hungary	s.t.
13	Per Strand Hagenes	Norway	s.t.
14	Samuel Watson	Great Britain	s.t.
15	Alexandre Balmer	Switzerland	s.t.
16	Martin Svrcek	Slovakia	s.t.
17	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Belgium	s.t.
18	Bastien Tronchon	France	0:08
19	Alec Segaert	Belgium	0:23
20	Romain Gregoire	France	s.t.
21	Raul García Pierna	Spain	0:58
22	Pau Miquel Delgado	Spain	s.t.
23	Nicolo Buratti	Italy	s.t.
24	Vito Braet	Belgium	1:14
25	Lorenzo Milesi	Italy	s.t.
26	Jakub Toupalík	Czech Republic	s.t.
27	Tobias Andresen	Denmark	s.t.
28	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Belgium	1:43
29	Mathis le Berre	France	2:55
30	Maurice Ballerstedt	Germany	3:34
31	Hannes Wilksch	Germany	s.t.
32	Casper van Uden	Netherlands	3:37
33	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Germany	s.t.
34	Cedric Pries	Luxembourg	s.t.
35	NicoloParisini	Italy	s.t.
36	Colby Simmons	United States	s.t.
37	Fabian Weiss	Switzerland	s.t.
38	Gleb Brussenskiy	Kazakhstan	s.t.
39	Nils Brun	Switzerland	s.t.
40	Tim van Dijke	Netherlands	s.t.
41	Robert Donaldson	Great Britain	s.t.
42	Martin Marcellusi	Italy	s.t.
43	Embret Svestad-Bardseng	Norway	s.t.
44	Logan Currie	New Zealand	s.t.
45	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Denmark	3:42
46	Dries De Pooter	Belgium	5:13
47	Petr Kelemen	Czech Republic	5:43
48	Sean Flynn	Great Britain	s.t.
49	Pierre-Pascal  Keup	Germany	s.t.
50	Nicolas Rivard	Canada	s.t.
51	Mihael Stajnar	Slovenia	s.t.
52	Davide De Pretto	Italy	8:43
53	Fran Miholjevic	Croatia	s.t.
54	Enekoitz Azparren Irurzun	Spain	s.t.
55	Luke Lamperti	United States	s.t.
56	Maksym Bilyi	Ukraine	9:39
57	Hamza Amari	Algeria	s.t.
58	German Dario Gomez	Colombia	s.t.
59	Nicolas Vinokurov	Kazakhstan	s.t.
60	Callum Ormiston	South Africa	s.t.
61	Arnaud Tendon	Switzerland	s.t.
62	Matthew Riccitello	United States	s.t.
63	Carson Miles	Canada	s.t.
64	Jannis Peter	Germany	s.t.
65	Tord Gudmestad	Norway	s.t.
66	Jokin Murguialday	Spain	s.t.
67	Mats Wenzel	Luxembourg	s.t.
68	Oliver Stockwell	Great Britain	s.t.
69	Felix Engelhardt	Germany	s.t.
70	Leo Hayter	Great Britain	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Men Under 23 road race map.

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Friday, September 23: Junior Men Road Race, 8 laps, 135.6 km

Course map & profile

Emil Herzog is World Chamion. Sirotti photo

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The race: Here is a machine-translation of the German Cycling Federation's report.

Emil Herzog is the new junior road world champion. The 17-year-old prevailed in the two-man sprint against the Portuguese Antonio Morgado, who had a decisive influence on the final.

After his teammates provided valuable support in the first laps, Herzog was on his own in the final. The wet streets of Wollongong were no obstacle for the 17-year-old to push the pace again and again - especially on the long descent - and give the race the decisive turn. Herzog made sure that a group of five was formed around the Estonian Romet Pajur, and he also wore down fellow favorites like the Swiss Jan Christen or the French Thibaud Gruel. None worked more than the German. While the competition tried to save energy, Herzog didn't bother with tactical gimmicks, but drove for all or nothing.

When the Portuguese Antonio Morgado stole away at the end of the penultimate lap, Herzog let his competitors take control for a moment. But when nobody reacted, everyone only had their eyes on Herzog and the Portuguese already had a 40-second lead, Herzog followed suit and made the connection. Morgado immediately attached himself to Herzog's rear wheel, leaving the German to take the lead over the last few kilometers in order to conserve his own strength. But Herzog remained vigilant, gave it his all down the home straight and clinched the title.

Just after the race. Sirotti photo

“That was probably the hardest sprint of my life. I saw him coming from the right and we were neck and neck. When I finally had a small hole, I just didn't stop pedaling, "said Herzog, who didn't mind the rain, after the race. He still couldn't believe his triumph: "I worked hard for it and last year I was unlucky at the World Cup. Everything went perfectly this year. Everything worked out and now I'm world champion. That sounds so unrealistic."

The Junior men's podium, from left: Antonio Morgado (2nd), Emil Herzog (1st) & Vlad Van Mechelen (3rd). Sirotti photo

Complete results:

108 riders entered, 2 did not start, 46 did not finish, 60 classified finishers.

135.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.571 km/hr

1	Emil Herzog	Germany	3hr 11min 7sec
2	Antonio Morgado	Portugal	s.t.
3	Vlad Van Mechelen	Belgium	@ 55sec
4	Paul Magnier	France	s.t.
5	Artem Shmidt	USA	s.t.
6	Menno Huising	Netherlands	s.t.
7	Thibaud Gruel	France	s.t.
8	Aron Ragilo Frank	Estonia	s.t.
9	Zachary Walker	Great Britain	s.t.
10	Pavel Novak	Czech Republic	s.t.
11	Viggo Moore	USA	s.t.
12	Jan Christen	Switzerland	s.t.
13	Jørgen Nordhagen	Norway	0:59
14	Matteo Scalco	Italy	2:22
15	Romet Pajur	Estonia	2:48
16	Milan Kadlec	Czech Republic	s.t.
17	Benjamin Eckerstorfer	Austria	s.t.
18	Gonçalo Tavares	Portugal	s.t.
19	Oscar Chamberlain	Australia	5:30
20	Jed Smithson	Great Britain	6:27
21	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	7:16
22	Cameron Rogers	Australia	s.t.
23	Natan Gregorcic	Slovenia	s.t.
24	Noa Isidore	France	s.t.
25	Martin Barta	Czech Republic	s.t.
26	Léandre Lozouet	France	s.t.
27	Matys Grisel	France	7:23
28	Yoel Ghebregergish	Eritrea	10:05
29	Louis Leidert	Germany	11:18
30	Jerome Gauthier	Canada	11:50
31	Nicolas Gojkovic	Croatia	s.t.
32	Fabian Wünstel	Germany	s.t.
33	Hubert Grygowski	Poland	s.t.
34	Mil Morang	Luxembourg	s.t.
35	Simone Gualdi	Italy	s.t.
36	Pau Marti	Spain	s.t.
37	Hamish Mckenzie	Australia	s.t.
38	Daniel Lima	Portugal	s.t.
39	Aljaz Turk	Slovenia	s.t.
40	Samuel Novak	Slovakia	s.t.
41	Sente Sentjens	Belgium	s.t.
42	Mikal Uglehus	Norway	s.t.
43	Joël Tinner	Switzerland	s.t.
44	Anton Skutnabb	Finland	s.t.
45	Max Van Der Meulen	Netherlands	s.t.
46	Yago Aguirre	Spain	s.t.
47	William Eaves	Australia	s.t.
48	Maxence Place	Belgium	s.t.
49	Toby Evans	New Zealand	s.t.
50	Mauro Brenner	Germany	s.t.
51	Michael Leonard	Canada	s.t.
52	Mihnea-Alexandru Harasim	Romania	s.t.
53	Felix Hamel	Canada	s.t.
54	Viego Tijssen	Netherlands	s.t.
55	Diego Pescador	Colombia	s.t.
56	Alex Gustin	USA	11:55
57	Kazuma Fujimura	Japan	s.t.
58	Tiago Nunes	Portugal	13:31
59	Jose Kleinsmit	South Africa	13:36
60	Yonas Abraham	Eritrea	13:39

 

Course map & profile:

Men's junior road race map.

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