2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial

The Men's junior time trial of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 23 September 2014. The course of the race was 29.50 km (18.33 mi) with the start and finish in Ponferrada.[2]

Men's junior time trial
2014 UCI Road World Championships
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates23 September 2014
Stages1
Distance29.50 km (18.33 mi)
Winning time36' 13.49"[1]
Medalists
   Gold  Lennard Kämna (DEU)
   Silver  Adrien Costa (USA)
   Bronze  Michael Storer (AUS)
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Lennard Kämna became the first German rider to win the world title since Marcel Kittel in 2006, with a winning margin of almost 45 seconds over his nearest competitor. The silver medal went to American rider Adrien Costa, with the bronze medal going to Australia's Michael Storer; Costa and Storer were the only riders to get within a minute of Kämna's time.

Qualification edit

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.[3]

For the event, competing riders used numbers 2 to 70, as number 1 was left unused.[4] Number 1 was scheduled to be worn by the defending World Champion, Igor Decraene, but three weeks prior to the championships – on 30 August 2014 – Decraene was killed in Zulte, Belgium, while returning from a house party.[5]

Champion Name Note
Outgoing World Champion   Igor Decraene (BEL) Did not participate (deceased)[5]
African Champion   Ivan Venter (RSA)
European Champion   Lennard Kämna (DEU)
Oceanian Champion   Michael Storer (AUS)
Pan American Champion   Jaime Restrepo (COL)
Asian Champion   Kim Ji-Hun (KOR) Did not participate

Course edit

The course of the men's junior time trial was 29.50 km (18.33 mi); it was held over the same course as the women's time trial. The time trial started in the centre of Ponferrada and passed through La Martina, Posada del Bierzo and Carracedelo before returning to Ponferrada. The total incline of the course was 172 m (564 ft). A few kilometres before the finish there was a climb, with an incline of over 100 m (330 ft) and a maximum inclination of 7%. A short stretch before riding into Ponferrada was made for the championships.[6]

Schedule edit

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).[7]

Date Time Event
23 September 2014 10:00–12:40 Men's junior time trial
23 September 2014 13:00 Victory ceremony

Participating nations edit

69 cyclists from 40 nations took part in the men's junior time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[4]

Prize money edit

The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of 1,380.[8]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Amount[8] €767 €383 €230 €1,380

Final classification edit

[1]

Rank Rider Time
1   Lennard Kämna (DEU) 36' 13.49"
2   Adrien Costa (USA) + 44.66"
3   Michael Storer (AUS) + 58.11"
4   Filippo Ganna (ITA) + 1' 05.94"
5   Zeke Mostov (USA) + 1' 19.13"
6   Tom Wirtgen (LUX) + 1' 29.86"
7   Sven Reutter (DEU) + 1' 34.27"
8   Michael O'Loughlin (IRL) + 1' 42.81"
9   Jaime Restrepo (COL) + 1' 43.89"
10   Matthew Gibson (GBR) + 1' 46.81"
11   Jan Tschernoster (DEU) + 1' 47.53"
12   Niklas Larsen (DEN) + 1' 51.55"
13   Mikołaj Gutek (POL) + 1' 58.45"
14   Corentin Ermenault (FRA) + 2' 01.63"
15   Tobias Foss (NOR) + 2' 01.77"
16   Mark Padun (UKR) + 2' 10.57"
17   Szymon Sajnok (POL) + 2' 17.32"
18   Nikolay Ilichev (RUS) + 2' 21.66"
19   Gino Mäder (SUI) + 2' 22.71"
20   Senne Leysen (BEL) + 2' 22.99"
21   Edoardo Affini (ITA) + 2' 34.67"
22   Vitaliy Novakovskyi (UKR) + 2' 36.20"
23   Alisher Zhumakan (KAZ) + 2' 37.00"
24   Martin Palm (BEL) + 2' 45.51"
25   Jérémy Defaye (FRA) + 2' 46.05"
26   Anders Hardahl (DEN) + 2' 55.93"
27   Anton Ivashkin (BLR) + 2' 56.25"
28   Gustav Basson (RSA) + 2' 56.35"
29   Hampus Anderberg (SWE) + 2' 56.92"
30   Ivo Oliveira (POR) + 3' 00.96"
31   Izidor Penko (SLO) + 3' 03.41"
32   Adrián Jaramillo (ECU) + 3' 03.54"
33   Erlend Blikra (NOR) + 3' 07.45"
34   Mark Downey (IRL) + 3' 09.49"
35   Martin Schäppi (SUI) + 3' 10.48"
36   Andrej Petrovski (MKD) + 3' 27.13"
37   Daniel Felipe Martínez (COL) + 3' 27.46"
38   Yuriy Natarov (KAZ) + 3' 28.71"
39   Kevin Geniets (LUX) + 3' 30.05"
40   Ilya Volkau (BLR) + 3' 30.94"
41   Onur Balkan (TUR) + 3' 34.33"
42   Facundo Crisafulli (ARG) + 3' 35.36"
43   Petr Rikunov (RUS) + 3' 36.42"
44   Ivan Venter (RSA) + 3' 36.84"
45   Tiago Antunes (POR) + 3' 38.71"
46   Gustaf Andersson (SWE) + 3' 40.94"
47   Pier-André Côté (CAN) + 3' 41.33"
48   André Gohr (BRA) + 3' 44.80"
49   Jon Božič (SLO) + 3' 50.26"
50   Ekke-Kaur Vosman (EST) + 3' 54.03"
51   Alihan Demirbağ (TUR) + 3' 55.35"
52   David Zverko (SVK) + 3' 57.09"
53   Diego López (ESP) + 4' 00.15"
54   Islam Mansouri (ALG) + 4' 15.59"
55   Xavier Cañellas (ESP) + 4' 18.54"
56   Keigo Kusaba (JPN) + 4' 24.98"
57   Norman Vahtra (EST) + 4' 34.99"
58   Abderrahim Zahiri (MAR) + 4' 48.48"
59   El Mehdi Chokri (MAR) + 4' 52.87"
60   Emil Dima (ROU) + 5' 19.51"
61   Zoheir Benyoub (ALG) + 5' 21.21"
62   Brian Carro (URU) + 5' 23.26"
63   Roman Shukurov (UZB) + 5' 30.31"
64   Elgun Alizada (AZE) + 5' 40.09"
65   Dávid Karl (HUN) + 6' 16.39"
66   Kanan Gahramanli (AZE) + 6' 46.04"
67   Ayman Elsayed Imam (EGY) + 7' 07.40"
68   Mohamed Eleiwa Helal (EGY) + 7' 35.12"
69   Ulugbek Saidov (UZB) + 8' 38.99"

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Results / Résultats: Men Juniors Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Juniors" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Racing Programme". mundialciclismoponferrada. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Competition Guide Appendices" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Start List / Liste de départ: Men Juniors Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Juniors" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 23 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Wereldkampioen tijdrijden Igor Decraene (18) stapt uit het leven" [World time trial champion Igor Decraene (18) loses his life] (in Dutch). hln.be. 30 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Individual time trial elite women (course)" (PDF). mundialciclismoponferrada .com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Sport Competition Schedule" (PDF). mundialciclismoponferrada.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Competitions Guide" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 5 September 2014.