Lecuisinier wins for France

Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier gave France another gold medal and another rainbow jersey in the junior men’s road race after sprinting away from the remnants of a successful break to beat Belgium’s Martijn Degreve and the Netherlands’s Steven Lammertink into second and third respectively.

Lecuisinier punched clear in the final 150 metres of the 126km event in which the French squad dominated the race with their superior numbers and better tactics, proving it is possible for a break to succeed on the flat course.

“It’s a really great day, I’m so happy,” said an ecstatic Lecuisinier at the finish in Rudersdal, just north of Copenhagen. “I want to thank all the French team today – they did a very good job for me to win.”

After leading out Lecuisinier, France’s Florian Senechal claimed fourth, with Erik Zabel’s son, Rick, rounding out the top five.

Second-placed Degreve said: “We didn’t have any real communication with the other riders in the break. I just talked to Rob Leemans and he attacked inside the last 2km, which was really good for me, but Pierre-Henri was too strong.”

As to be expected with junior riders, the racing was aggressive from the start and the French immediately made their mark, getting four riders into a 13-man group. Although the break didn’t last a lap it was a springboard for Alexis Gougeard (France) and Daan Myngheer (Belgium) to jump clear. Their lead barely grew passed the 40 second mark as a continuous flurry of attacks kept the duo’s lead pegged back. However their effort held out until the seventh lap when they were finally reclaimed by the peloton. Another flurry of attacks from a number of riders including British rider Matthew Holmes and Australian Calvin Watson followed and a large group of about 25 riders broke clear. In the penultimate lap of a race, however, a break of six, with two riders apiece from France, Belgium and the Netherlands created a 20 second cushion and this proved to be the attack of the race thanks to the presence of several big nations.

Despite the efforts of the Italian squad, led by European junior time trial champion Alberto Bettiol, and several hard turns by Great Britain, the move stayed away. The margin was also aided on the final lap after a bad-looking crash at the front of the peloton when a German rider misjudged the apex and brought down about 15 others.

Up ahead, on the last significant incline of the course, Slik faded off the back and re-joined the peloton, leaving the remaining five to press on alone.

Leemans surged away in the finale, got a gap and seemed set to win, even insight of the line. However the slight gradient up to the finish hurt his speed and the other riders started their sprint early to avoid being caught by the rapidly approaching peloton.

Lammertink went first but then eased. Lecuisinier then made his own, more decisive move and quickly got a gap than gave him the time to understand and celebrate the significance of his victory.

Lecuisinier’s success means France has now claimed two gold medals in this year’s road events.

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Full Results
1Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (France)2:48:58
2Martijn Degreve (Belgium)Row 1 - Cell 2
3Steven Lammertink (Netherlands)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Florian Senechal (France)0:00:03
5Rick Zabel (Germany)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Roman Ivlev (Russian Federation)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Daniel Hoelgaard (Norway)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Nicolas Marini (Italy)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Stan Godrie (Netherlands)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Frederik Plesner (Denmark)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Søren Andersen (Denmark)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Sondre H Enger (Norway)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Niccolo' Bonifazio (Italy)Row 12 - Cell 2
14Martin Otonicar (Slovenia)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Kevin Deltombe (Belgium)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Calvin Watson (Australia)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Adrien Legros (France)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Alexander Mazhechev (Russian Federation)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Aksel Nõmmela (Estonia)Row 18 - Cell 2
20Luka Pibernik (Slovenia)Row 19 - Cell 2
21Doron Hekic (Slovenia)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Richard Dijkshoorn (Netherlands)Row 21 - Cell 2
23Jade Julius (South Africa)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Owain Doull (Great Britain)Row 23 - Cell 2
25Jan Dieteren (Germany)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Boris Vallée (Belgium)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Emil Andersson (Sweden)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Guy Gabay (Israel)Row 27 - Cell 2
29Jack Wilson (Ireland)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Roman Semyonov (Kazakhstan)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Joaquin Torres Parraga (Spain)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Maarten Van Trijp (Netherlands)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Vitaliy Marukhin (Kazakhstan)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Jon Dibben (Great Britain)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Théry Schir (Switzerland)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Daniel Paulus (Austria)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Ben Einhoren (Israel)Row 36 - Cell 2
38Michal Vakoc (Czech Republic)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Rob Leemans (Belgium)Row 38 - Cell 2
40Cristian Raileanu (Republic of Moldova)Row 39 - Cell 2
41Dion Smith (New Zealand)Row 40 - Cell 2
42Vadim Zhuravlev (Russian Federation)Row 41 - Cell 2
43Daan Myngheer (Belgium)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Olivier Le Gac (France)Row 43 - Cell 2
45Volodymyr Dzhus (Ukraine)Row 44 - Cell 2
46Antoine Mores (Luxembourg)Row 45 - Cell 2
47Thomas Zechmeister (Czech Republic)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark)Row 47 - Cell 2
49Sandis Eislers (Latvia)Row 48 - Cell 2
50Mihkel Räim (Estonia)Row 49 - Cell 2
51António Barbio (Portugal)Row 50 - Cell 2
52José Alfredo Aguirre (Mexico)Row 51 - Cell 2
53Lukas Spengler (Switzerland)Row 52 - Cell 2
54Hiroki Nishimura (Japan)Row 53 - Cell 2
55Krists Neilands (Latvia)Row 54 - Cell 2
56Alexey Vermeulen (United States Of America)Row 55 - Cell 2
57Yuriy Vasyliv (Germany)Row 56 - Cell 2
58Tormod Jacobsen (Norway)Row 57 - Cell 2
59Sviatoslav Lupitskyi (Ukraine)Row 58 - Cell 2
60Paul Lynch (United States Of America)Row 59 - Cell 2
61Nikolaos Ioannidis (Greece)Row 60 - Cell 2
62Ivar Slik (Netherlands)Row 61 - Cell 2
63Silvio Herklotz (Germany)Row 62 - Cell 2
64João Leal (Portugal)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Adam De Vos (Canada)Row 64 - Cell 2
66Aleksey Rybalkin (Russian Federation)Row 65 - Cell 2
67Emil Vinjebo (Denmark)Row 66 - Cell 2
68Romain Faussurier (France)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Christophe Braun (Luxembourg)Row 68 - Cell 2
70Sergio Escutia (Mexico)Row 69 - Cell 2
71Marlen Zmorka (Ukraine)Row 70 - Cell 2
72Alistair Slater (Great Britain)Row 71 - Cell 2
73David Edwards (Australia)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Mate Radonics (Hungary)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Pierre-Roger Latour (France)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Tobias Derler (Austria)0:00:13
77Paulius Siskevicius (Lithuania)Row 76 - Cell 2
78Bradley Linfield (Australia)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Miloš Borisavljevic (Serbia)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Guillaume Martin (France)Row 79 - Cell 2
81Ábel Kenyeres (Hungary)Row 80 - Cell 2
82Marko Pavlic (Slovenia)Row 81 - Cell 2
83Dennis Paulus (Austria)0:00:17
84Arakdiusz Owsian (Poland)Row 83 - Cell 2
85Josip Rumac (Croatia)Row 84 - Cell 2
86Bruno Maltar (Croatia)Row 85 - Cell 2
87Matej Mohoric (Slovenia)Row 86 - Cell 2
88Mathew Lipscomb (United States Of America)Row 87 - Cell 2
89Roy Goldstein (Israel)0:00:21
90Marcus Fåglum Karlsson (Sweden)Row 89 - Cell 2
91Aku Silvénius (Finland)0:00:24
92Matthew Holmes (Great Britain)Row 91 - Cell 2
93Med Amine Mahmoudi (Tunisia)0:00:26
94Ryan Mullen (Ireland)Row 93 - Cell 2
95Fraser Gough (New Zealand)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Michel Hübsch (Luxembourg)0:00:29
97Naoya Uchino (Japan)Row 96 - Cell 2
98Alexander Edmonson (Australia)0:00:37
99Simone Andreetta (Italy)0:00:39
100Davide Martinelli (Italy)Row 99 - Cell 2
101Nick Schultz (Australia)0:00:50
102Pawel Samol (Poland)0:00:57
103Alexander Kamp Egested (Denmark)0:01:02
104Tilegen Maidos (Kazakhstan)0:01:09
105Miguel Ángel Benito (Spain)0:01:10
106Alexis Gougeard (France)0:01:18
107Isaac Yaguaro (Venezuela)0:01:27
108Ludwig Halleröd (Sweden)0:01:43
109Alex Darville (United States Of America)0:02:11
110Mario Daško (Slovakia)0:02:34
111Sang-Hoon Park (Korea)0:02:42
112Amir Kolahdouz (Islamic Republic of Iran)0:03:12
113Gilles Heymes (Luxembourg)Row 112 - Cell 2
114Oskar Nisu (Estonia)0:03:28
115Olli Teivaala (Finland)Row 114 - Cell 2
116William David Muñoz Perez (Colombia)Row 115 - Cell 2
117Tom Schwarmes (Luxembourg)0:03:32
118Julian Barrientos (Argentina)0:04:21
119Lubos Malovec (Slovakia)Row 118 - Cell 2
120Francisco Jose Medina Abril (Spain)0:04:23
121Bálint Varró (Hungary)0:04:26
122Sam Lowe (Great Britain)0:04:48
123Erik Baška (Slovakia)Row 122 - Cell 2
124Tom Bohli (Switzerland)0:04:59
125Amaury Capiot (Belgium)0:05:10
126Stefan Kueng (Switzerland)0:08:31
127Fabrizio Von Nacher Suess (Mexico)Row 126 - Cell 2
128Djordje Stevanovic (Serbia)Row 127 - Cell 2
129Tsz Chin Wong (Hong Kong, China)Row 128 - Cell 2
130Hayden Mccormick (New Zealand)0:08:38
131Juan Ignacio Curuchet (Argentina)Row 130 - Cell 2
132James Oram (New Zealand)Row 131 - Cell 2
133Rasmus Lund (Denmark)0:09:00
134Benjamin Dietrich (Germany)0:09:12
135Daniel Turek (Czech Republic)Row 134 - Cell 2
136Ondrej Tkadlec (Czech Republic)Row 135 - Cell 2
137Timur Yambulatov (Uzbekistan)0:10:08
138Kristopher Jorgenson (United States Of America)0:10:14
139Alberto Bettiol (Italy)0:11:43
140Jackson Law (Australia)Row 139 - Cell 2
141Ohko Shimizu (Japan)0:13:01
142Ahmet Orken (Turkey)0:13:35
143Colby Wait-Molyneux (United States Of America)0:15:40
144Yohan Patry (Canada)Row 143 - Cell 2
145Benjamin Perry (Canada)Row 144 - Cell 2
146Olivier Le Court De Billot (Mauritius)0:15:51
DNFPascal Ackermann (Germany)Row 146 - Cell 2
DNFDylan Groenewegen (Netherlands)Row 147 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Cataford (Canada)Row 148 - Cell 2
DNFKristoffer Skjerping (Norway)Row 149 - Cell 2
DNFIoannis Spanopoulos (Greece)Row 150 - Cell 2
DNFAmado Goncalco Duarte Basilio (Portugal)Row 151 - Cell 2
DNFEzequiel Linaza (Argentina)Row 152 - Cell 2
DNFPatryk Komisarek (Poland)Row 153 - Cell 2
DNFKostadin Petrov (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)Row 154 - Cell 2
DNFPeteris Janevics (Latvia)Row 155 - Cell 2
DNFMohammadreza Eimanigoloujeh (Islamic Republic of Iran)Row 156 - Cell 2
DNFLuis Gomes (Portugal)Row 157 - Cell 2
DNFVelickovic Aleksa (Serbia)Row 158 - Cell 2
DNFDaniel Biedermann (Austria)Row 159 - Cell 2
DNFMaral-Erdene Batmunkh (Mongolia)Row 160 - Cell 2
DNFSatjakul Sianylam (Thailand)Row 161 - Cell 2
DNFRicardo Teixeira (Portugal)Row 162 - Cell 2
DNFAlexey Ryabkin (Russian Federation)Row 163 - Cell 2
DNFRoope Nurmi (Finland)Row 164 - Cell 2
DNFMatteo Cigala (Italy)Row 165 - Cell 2
DNFAlex Frame (New Zealand)Row 166 - Cell 2
DNFIlar Arslanov (Russian Federation)Row 167 - Cell 2
DNFÉmile Jean (Canada)Row 168 - Cell 2

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