Netherlands tops medal count in home European Championships

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Elia Viviani won the ultimate prize, wheels of cheese(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The UEC Road Championships wrapped up on Sunday, with Elia Viviani (Italy) taking his country's ninth medal of the event, but the absence of any Dutch riders on the elite men's road race podium did not stop the home country from taking the biggest haul of prizes of the event.

Despite being pan flat, the Alkmaar circuit provided plenty of excitement, with most of the road races coming down to a small breakaway decided by wits, patience and tactics. The Trentino 2020 committee is planning to keep to a similar type of parcours. With challenging mountainous routes in the Olympic Games and World Championships on tap for next season, they're hoping to attract talented riders who might be excluded from those events.

"I think the OC [organising committee] made the right choices," Italian national coach Davide Cassani said. "Shorter time trials means giving a greater opportunity to youngsters, and encourage them to focus on the discipline: Evenepoel must be my favorite. The road race course is beautiful, too: the first road stint (only for the Elite Men) is fairly challenging, also featuring the Monte Bondone, and then the final circuit will make the race interesting with the not-so-tough Povo climb. [Peter] Sagan, [Mathieu] Van der Poel and [Matteo] Trentin will be on call on the day. We are up for some great days in a land that loves cycling and loves to ride."

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Row 0 - Cell 0	Row 0 - Cell 1	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	5	2	3	10
2	Italy	4	1	4	9
3	Germany	1	3	2	6
4	Denmark	1	3	0	4
5	Belgium	1	1	0	2
6	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
7	Russia	0	2	0	2
8	Poland	0	1	0	1
9	Estonia	0	0	1	1
Row 10 - Cell 0	France	0	0	1	1
Row 11 - Cell 0	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Row 12 - Cell 0	Switzerland	0	0	1	1

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Elite Men Road Race
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Elia Viviani (Italy)	3:30:52
2	Yves Lampaert (Belgium)	0:00:01
3	Pascal Ackermann (Germany)	0:00:08

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Elite Men Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)	0:24:55
2	Kasper Asgreen (Denmark)	0:00:18
3	Edoardo Affini (Italy)	0:00:20

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Women's Road Race
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Amy Pieters (Netherlands)	2:56:02
2	Elena Cecchini (Italy)	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Lisa Klein (Germany)	Row 2 - Cell 2

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Women's Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands)	0:28:07
2	Lisa Klein (Germany)	0:00:30
3	Lucinda Brand (Netherlands)	0:00:52

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Under 23 Men Road Race
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Dainese (Italy)	3:08:53
2	Niklas Larsen (Denmark)	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Rait Ärm (Estonia)	Row 2 - Cell 2

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U23 Men Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Johan Price-Pejtersen (Denmark)	0:25:53
2	Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)	0:00:11
3	Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland)	0:00:12

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Women's Under 23 Road Race
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Letizia Paternoster (Italy)	2:15:00
2	Marta Lach (Poland)	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Lonneke Uneken (Netherlands)	Row 2 - Cell 2

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Women's Under-23 Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Hannah Ludwig (Germany)	0:29:20
2	Maria Novolodskaya (Russian Federation)	0:00:38
3	Elena Pirrone (Italy)	0:00:39

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Junior Men Road Race
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Andrii Ponomar (Ukraine)	2:32:27
2	Maurice Ballerstedt (Germany)	0:00:21
3	Andrea Piccolo (Italy)	Row 2 - Cell 2

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Junior Men Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Andrea Piccolo (Italy)	0:26:52
2	Lars Boven (Netherlands)	0:00:12
3	Enzo Leijnse (Netherlands)	0:00:14

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Junior Women Road Race
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ilse Pluimers (Netherlands)	1:44:14
2	Sofie van Rooijen (Netherlands)	0:00:05
3	Kristina Nenadovic (France)	Row 2 - Cell 2

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Junior Women Time Trial
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Shirin van Anrooij (Netherlands)	0:30:18
2	Aigul Gareeva (Russian Federation)	0:00:02
3	Wilma Olausson (Sweden)	0:00:42

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Mixed Team Relay
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Netherlands	0:52:49
Row 1 - Cell 0	Bauke Mollema	Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0	Amy Pieters	Row 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0	Ramon Sinkeldam	Row 3 - Cell 2
Row 4 - Cell 0	Floortje Mackaij	Row 4 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 0	Koen Bouwman	Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 0	Riejanne Markus	Row 6 - Cell 2
2	Germany	0:00:14
Row 8 - Cell 0	Lisa Klein	Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 0	Jasha Sütterlin	Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 0	Mieke Kröger	Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 0	Justin Wolf	Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 0	Lisa Brennauer	Row 12 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 0	Marco Mathis	Row 13 - Cell 2
3	Italy	0:01:25
Row 15 - Cell 0	Vittoria Guazzini	Row 15 - Cell 2
Row 16 - Cell 0	Edoardo Affini	Row 16 - Cell 2
Row 17 - Cell 0	Elisa Longo Borghini	Row 17 - Cell 2
Row 18 - Cell 0	Manuele Boaro	Row 18 - Cell 2
Row 19 - Cell 0	Silvia Valsecchi	Row 19 - Cell 2
Row 20 - Cell 0	Davide Martinelli	Row 20 - Cell 2