Bold attack nets Le Gac world title

Olivier Le Gac brought home a gold medal for France in the junior road race World Championships in Offida, Italy, on Sunday. It was the second gold medal of the day for France after Pauline Ferrand Prevot won the women's race earlier in the day.

Le Gac turned on the magic in the final few kilometres. The French rider broke away from a large group during the most difficult climb of the route, gaining a few seconds on them which he managed to maintain despite trouble with his gears in the final 700 metres.

"I still can’t believe what I did," said Le Gac after winning. "When I started the last climb, I gave it everything I had, but I was still afraid that they would overtake me. But I am a stubborn Breton and in the end I did it."

Australian Jay McCarthy came in behind Le Gac, while the bronze medal went to Jasper Stuyven, defending World Champion.

Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Olivier Le Gac (France)3:32:05
2Jay McCarthy (Australia)0:00:03
3Jasper Stuyven (Belgium)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Joshua Edmondson (Great Britain)Row 3 - Cell 2
5Jan Polanc (Slovenia)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Calvin Watson (Australia)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Rafael Reis (Portugal)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Jasha Sütterlin (Germany)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Kristian Dyrnes (Norway)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Mikhail Akimov (Russian Federation)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Vladislav Belevantsev (Russian Federation)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Jens Adams (Belgium)Row 12 - Cell 2
14Lawson Craddock (United States Of America)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Dronin Roman (Uzbekistan)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Daan Olivier (Netherlands)0:00:07
17Thomas Moses (Great Britain)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Kirill Yatsevich (Russian Federation)Row 18 - Cell 2
20Daniel Paulus (Austria)0:00:09
21Houssam Nasri (Tunisia)0:00:11
22Damien Howson (Australia)0:00:14
23Alexander Sulimov (Russian Federation)0:00:18
24Emilien Viennet (France)0:00:21
25Mario Vogt (Germany)0:00:25
26Andrea Toniatti (Italy)0:01:06
27Bob Jungels (Luxembourg)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg)0:01:34
29Luca Chirico (Italy)0:01:51
30Ricardo Ferreira (Portugal)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Anthony Haspot (France)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Ruben Zepuntke (Germany)0:02:36
33Alexander Grigoriev (Russian Federation)0:02:40
34Lukas Pöstlberger (Austria)0:02:47
35Daniel Hoelgaard (Norway)0:02:59
36Emiel Wastyn (Belgium)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Oscar Riesebeek (Netherlands)0:03:03
38Kristoffer Skjerping (Norway)0:03:04
39Sven Erik Bystrøm (Norway)Row 38 - Cell 2
40Maxat Ayazbayev (Kazakhstan)0:03:11
41Grzegorz Haba (Poland)0:03:14
42Anders Newbury (United States Of America)0:03:23
43Michael Valgren Andersen (Denmark)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Daniel Vesely (Czech Republic)0:04:08
45Felix Baur (Switzerland)0:04:31
46Mike Teunissen (Netherlands)0:05:09
47Ryan Eastman (United States Of America)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Sébastien Bergeret (France)0:05:42
49Michal Kosior (Poland)0:05:50
50David Desmecht (Belgium)0:05:56
51Fabio Nappa (Germany)Row 50 - Cell 2
52Mads Hardahl (Denmark)Row 51 - Cell 2
53Florian Senechal (France)Row 52 - Cell 2
54Hamza Dallagi (Tunisia)0:06:02
55Joël Peter (Switzerland)0:06:05
56Brecht Ruyters (Belgium)Row 55 - Cell 2
57Velickovic Aleksa SRB199308260:06:13
58Dylan Teuns (Belgium)0:06:56
59Andrea Manfredi (Italy)0:08:03
60Petr Vakoc (Czech Republic)0:08:57
61Rick Ottema (Netherlands)0:09:23
62Simon Pavlin (Slovenia)0:10:42
63Fabian Thiel (Germany)0:11:23
64Michael Boros (Czech Republic)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Marco Peinhaupt (Austria)0:12:10
66Emils Liepins (Latvia)0:12:11
67Sten Sarv (Estonia)0:12:14
68Sagyndyk Myrzakhozhayev (Kazakhstan)0:13:45
69Kris Dahl (Canada)0:14:09
70Ivan Tsissaruk (Kazakhstan)0:15:06
71Adam Yates (Great Britain)0:15:07
72Pawel Kister (Poland)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Paul Lynch (United States Of America)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Martin Kunz (Austria)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Maximilian Kuen (Austria)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Tim Mikelj (Slovenia)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Jack Wilson (Ireland)Row 76 - Cell 2
78Tom Schwarmes (Luxembourg)0:15:12
79Felix Donath (Germany)0:15:15
80Josef Cerny (Czech Republic)0:15:54
81Nejc Bester (Slovenia)0:17:35
82Koji Nagase (Japan)0:18:33
83Till Drobisch (Namibia)0:19:56
84Blaz Bogataj (Slovenia)0:21:49
85Nikolaos Ioannidis (Greece)Row 84 - Cell 2
86Aleksandar Aleksiev (Bulgaria)Row 85 - Cell 2
87Dmytro Volovod (Ukraine)Row 86 - Cell 2
88Leandro Silva (Brazil)0:23:28
89Péter Palotai (Hungary)0:24:05
90Marlen Zmorka (Ukraine)0:24:55
91Timur Tascan (Turkey)Row 90 - Cell 2
92Shaymanov Denis (Uzbekistan)Row 91 - Cell 2
93Romans Blinovs (Latvia)Row 92 - Cell 2
94Craig Logan (Canada)0:26:31
95Veaceslav Colotenco (Republic of Moldova)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Ferenc Stubán (Hungary)0:26:33
97Mihkel Räim (Estonia)0:26:36
98Simon Pellaud (Switzerland)Row 97 - Cell 2
99Tomasz Kudelski (Poland)0:28:21
100Eduard Michael Grosu (Romania)0:31:52
DNFMike De Bie (Belgium)Row 100 - Cell 2
DNFDylan Van Baarle (Netherlands)Row 101 - Cell 2
DNFDanny Van Poppel (Netherlands)Row 102 - Cell 2
DNFRomain Guyot (France)Row 103 - Cell 2
DNFEamon Lucas Franck (United States Of America)Row 104 - Cell 2
DNFNathaniel Geoffrion (United States Of America)Row 105 - Cell 2
DNFJesper Herbæk Kousgaard (Denmark)Row 106 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Kamp Egested (Denmark)Row 107 - Cell 2
DNFAsbjørn Kragh Andersen (Denmark)Row 108 - Cell 2
DNFFrederik Thalund Jensen (Denmark)Row 109 - Cell 2
DNFNikita Kapralov (Russian Federation)Row 110 - Cell 2
DNFLeonel Coutinho (Portugal)Row 111 - Cell 2
DNFJoão Leal (Portugal)Row 112 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel Magalhães (Portugal)Row 113 - Cell 2
DNFJean-Samuel Deshaies (Canada)Row 114 - Cell 2
DNFRyan Macdonald (Canada)Row 115 - Cell 2
DNFFrédéric Poisson (Canada)Row 116 - Cell 2
DNFGiacomo Berlato (Italy)Row 117 - Cell 2
DNFGraziano Di Luca (Italy)Row 118 - Cell 2
DNFTomáš Koudela (Czech Republic)Row 119 - Cell 2
DNFDawid Nowatkowski (Poland)Row 120 - Cell 2
DNFLuka Pibernik (Slovenia)Row 121 - Cell 2
DNFKanstantsin Khviyuzau (Belarus)Row 122 - Cell 2
DNFPavel Ragel (Belarus)Row 123 - Cell 2
DNFNikita Zharoven (Belarus)Row 124 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel Spokes (Australia)Row 125 - Cell 2
DNFAndris Vosekalns (Latvia)Row 126 - Cell 2
DNFJozef Binoshaj (Albania)Row 127 - Cell 2
DNFMarjus Huqi (Albania)Row 128 - Cell 2
DNFLuiz Cocuzzi (Brazil)Row 129 - Cell 2
DNFBruno Petroucic (Brazil)Row 130 - Cell 2
DNFIsa Ayoob (Bahrain)Row 131 - Cell 2
DNFAli Mohamed Habib (Bahrain)Row 132 - Cell 2
DNFEdison Bravo (Chile)Row 133 - Cell 2
DNFMario Gonzalez Salas (Spain)Row 134 - Cell 2
DNFCarlos Jimenez Lozano (Spain)Row 135 - Cell 2
DNFCarlos Verona Quintanilla (Spain)Row 136 - Cell 2
DNFJörgen Matt (Estonia)Row 137 - Cell 2
DNFMikael Myllymäki (Finland)Row 138 - Cell 2
DNFFelix English (Ireland)Row 139 - Cell 2
DNFEwen Mcdonald (Ireland)Row 140 - Cell 2
DNFGerbert Joze Jurgen Barth (Namibia)Row 141 - Cell 2
DNFAndrei Chiritoiu (Romania)Row 142 - Cell 2
DNFAndrei Voicu (Romania)Row 143 - Cell 2
DNFLouis Meintjes (South Africa)Row 144 - Cell 2
DNFJovanovic Uros SRB19930519Row 145 - Cell 2
DNFJakub Buco (Slovakia)Row 146 - Cell 2
DNFJohan Schwabik (Slovakia)Row 147 - Cell 2
DNFJurai Spanik (Slovakia)Row 148 - Cell 2
DNFKristoffer Fransson (Sweden)Row 149 - Cell 2
DNFKim Magnusson (Sweden)Row 150 - Cell 2
DNFErik Nyqvist (Sweden)Row 151 - Cell 2
DNFYoussef Kouki (Tunisia)Row 152 - Cell 2
DNFMevlüt Erkan (Turkey)Row 153 - Cell 2
DNFFatih Keles (Turkey)Row 154 - Cell 2
DNFYaroslav Rubaha (Ukraine)Row 155 - Cell 2
DNSSang-Hoon Park (Korea)Row 156 - Cell 2
DNSEugeniu Cozonac (Republic of Moldova)Row 157 - Cell 2

 

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