Worlds: Mohoric wins junior men's road race

Matej Mohoric of Slovenia won the Junior men’s world road race title with a perfect-timed attack over the top of the Cauberg.

He has dominated junior racing this year and had the strength and speed to attack with one kilometre to go and hold off the chasing peloton. Caleb Ewan (Australia) won the sprint for second place, with Josip Rumac (Croatia) taking the bronze medal.

The race was a constant battle, with attacks going off the front and then being pulled back following frantic chases. A move of 11 riders gained 20 seconds with two laps to go but was then quickly chased down. Another move of 12 riders surged away but yet again they were pulled back as the last lap started.

A sprint finish was expected but after the final climb of the Cauberg, Mohoric attacked hard. Ewan, Rumac and Italy’s Federico Zurlo tried to go after him but the big Slovenian managed hold off everyone and win the world title.

“I couldn’t believe that I’d won. The course is harder than it looks and there was also a headwind at the top of the Cauberg, that’s why the race finished with a virtual sprint,” Mohoric said.

“I’m not a real sprinter but didn’t want to go on the attack on the last climb because I thought it was too early. I waited until the one kilometre to go kite and then went for it and managed to hold off the peloton.”

Rumac went close to victory but was happy to have secured the bronze medal.

“The world championships were my main goal this year, so I'm disappointed to have missed out on the win but I have no reason to be unhappy,” he said.

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Full Results
1Matej Mohoric (Slovenia)3:00:45
2Caleb Ewan (Australia)Row 1 - Cell 2
3Josip Rumac (Croatia)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Federico Zurlo (Italy)Row 3 - Cell 2
5Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Kevin Deltombe (Belgium)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Thomas Boudat (France)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Tom Bohli (Switzerland)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Søren Kragh Andersen (Denmark)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Fridtjof Røinås (Norway)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Tiesj Benoot (Belgium)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Phil Bauhaus (Germany)Row 12 - Cell 2
14Tom Vessey (New Zealand)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Giacomo Peroni (Italy)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Alexandre Darville (United States of America)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Lukas Spengler (Switzerland)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Dries Van Gestel (Belgium)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Poland)Row 18 - Cell 2
20Piotr Havik (Netherlands)Row 19 - Cell 2
21Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Lubos Malovec (Slovakia)Row 21 - Cell 2
23Hiroki Nishimura (Japan)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Milos Borisavljevic (Serbia)Row 23 - Cell 2
25Merijn Korevaar (Netherlands)Row 24 - Cell 2
26Arne Egner (Germany)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Bradley Linfield (Australia)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Vitaliy Marukhin (Kazakhstan)Row 27 - Cell 2
29Silvio Herklotz (Germany)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Kolya Shumov (Belarus)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Oliviero Troia (Italy)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Markus Hoelgaard (Norway)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Alex Peters (Great Britain)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Jenthe Biermans (Belgium)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Germain Burton (Great Britain)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Benjamin Perry (Canada)Row 36 - Cell 2
38Oskar Nisu (Estonia)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Tobias Derler (Austria)Row 38 - Cell 2
40Roman Lutsyshyn (Ukraine)Row 39 - Cell 2
41Dennis Paulus (Austria)Row 40 - Cell 2
42Lennard Hofstede (Netherlands)Row 41 - Cell 2
43Jan Brockhoff (Germany)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Anatoliy Budiak (Ukraine)Row 43 - Cell 2
45Felix Pouilly (France)Row 44 - Cell 2
46Quentin Jauregui (France)Row 45 - Cell 2
47Ildar Arslanov (Russian Federation)Row 46 - Cell 2
48Yuri Kobashi (Japan)Row 47 - Cell 2
49Jure Miskulin (Slovenia)Row 48 - Cell 2
50Anthony Turgis (France)Row 49 - Cell 2
51Dylan Kowalski (France)Row 50 - Cell 2
52Alexey Vermeulen (United States of America)Row 51 - Cell 2
53Sean Hambrook (New Zealand)Row 52 - Cell 2
54Nathan Van Hooydonck (Belgium)Row 53 - Cell 2
55Fredrik Ludvigsson (Sweden)Row 54 - Cell 2
56Riccardo Donato (Italy)Row 55 - Cell 2
57Jose Tito Hernandez Jaramillo (Colombia)0:00:12
58Diyas Shagayev (Kazakhstan)Row 57 - Cell 2
59Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spain)Row 58 - Cell 2
60Caio Godoy Ormenese (Brazil)Row 59 - Cell 2
61Erik Baska (Slovakia)Row 60 - Cell 2
62Kristian Aasvold (Norway)Row 61 - Cell 2
63Ruslan Giliazov (Russian Federation)Row 62 - Cell 2
64Maciej Kasperkiewicz (Poland)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Patryk Stosz (Poland)Row 64 - Cell 2
66Elie Gesbert (France)Row 65 - Cell 2
67Francisco Valinho (Portugal)Row 66 - Cell 2
68Aydar Gareyshin (Russian Federation)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Mathias Rask Jeppesen (Denmark)Row 68 - Cell 2
70Peteris Janevics (Latvia)Row 69 - Cell 2
71Gian Friesecke (Switzerland)Row 70 - Cell 2
72Geoffrey Curran (United States of America)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Emil Vinjebo (Denmark)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Niklas Eg (Denmark)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Mads Pedersen (Denmark)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Nico Denz (Germany)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Dominic Von Burg (Switzerland)0:00:17
78Oskar Svendsen (Norway)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Francesco Rosa (Italy)0:00:25
80Abderahmane Mansouri (Algeria)Row 79 - Cell 2
81David Per (Slovenia)Row 80 - Cell 2
82Michael Vakoc (Czech Republic)Row 81 - Cell 2
83Nigel Ellsay (Canada)Row 82 - Cell 2
84Chun Wing Leung (Hong Kong, China)Row 83 - Cell 2
85Sam Oomen (Netherlands)Row 84 - Cell 2
86Maximilian Schachmann (Germany)0:00:28
87Carlos Henrique Dos Santos (Brazil)Row 86 - Cell 2
88Ryan Mullen (Ireland)Row 87 - Cell 2
89Joachim Vanreyten (Belgium)0:00:33
90Petter Schmidt (Norway)0:00:43
91Yerlan Pernebekov (Kazakhstan)Row 90 - Cell 2
92Jo Biehl (Luxembourg)Row 91 - Cell 2
93Artem Nych (Russian Federation)Row 92 - Cell 2
94Christopher Lawless (Great Britain)Row 93 - Cell 2
95Vladislau Dubovski (Belarus)Row 94 - Cell 2
96Stylianos Farantakis (Greece)0:00:47
97Oscar Gonzalez Del Campo Garcia-Villarrubia (Spain)Row 96 - Cell 2
98Marcus Fåglum-Karlsson (Sweden)Row 97 - Cell 2
99Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Norway)Row 98 - Cell 2
100Hayden McCormick (New Zealand)0:00:50
101Cormac Clarke (Ireland)0:00:53
102Kilian Frankiny (Switzerland)0:01:01
103Frederik Plesner (Denmark)0:01:33
104Suguru Tokuda (Japan)0:01:39
105Ryan Felgate (South Africa)0:01:45
106Will Stephenson (Great Britain)0:01:54
107Aksel Nõmmela (Estonia)0:02:03
108Gregor Muhlberger (Austria)0:02:11
109Patrick Bosman (Austria)Row 108 - Cell 2
110Robert-Jon McCarthy (Australia)0:02:16
111Nicholas Schultz (Australia)Row 110 - Cell 2
112Mario Dasko (Slovakia)0:02:28
113Umberto Orsini (Italy)0:02:46
114Jose Alfredo Aguirre Infante (Mexico)0:02:59
115Ruben Guerreiro (Portugal)Row 114 - Cell 2
116William David Muñoz Perez (Colombia)0:05:10
117Gasper Katrasnik (Slovenia)0:05:49
118Aliaksandr Riabushenko (Belarus)Row 117 - Cell 2
119Kristen Kivistik (Estonia)Row 118 - Cell 2
120Luís Gomes (Portugal)0:07:15
121Haitam Gaiz (Morocco)0:07:22
122Igor Minchenko (Russian Federation)Row 121 - Cell 2
123Gregory Daniel (United States of America)0:08:56
HDJulian Barrientos (Argentina)Row 123 - Cell 2
HDChristophe Braun (Luxembourg)Row 124 - Cell 2
HDKarim El Ouafi (Morocco)Row 125 - Cell 2
HDHamza Fatnassi (Tunisia)Row 126 - Cell 2
HDAli Nouisri (Tunisia)Row 127 - Cell 2
DNFFeritcan Samli (Turkey)Row 128 - Cell 2
DNFChristopher Prendergast (Canada)Row 129 - Cell 2
DNFGregely Varró (Hungary)Row 130 - Cell 2
DNFNicolas D`Angelo (Monaco)Row 131 - Cell 2
DNFViktor Okishev (Kazakhstan)Row 132 - Cell 2
DNFJose Luis Rodriguez (Chile)Row 133 - Cell 2
DNFAbderrahim Aouida (Morocco)Row 134 - Cell 2
DNFSergey Luchshenko (Kazakhstan)Row 135 - Cell 2
DNFMustapha Droueche (Algeria)Row 136 - Cell 2
DNFMarko Polumirac (Serbia)Row 137 - Cell 2
DNFOfek Hason (Israel)Row 138 - Cell 2
DNFGerman Nicolas Tivani Perez (Argentina)Row 139 - Cell 2
DNFPita Cristian David (Ecuador)Row 140 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Wachter (Austria)Row 141 - Cell 2
DNFMartin Otonicar (Slovenia)Row 142 - Cell 2
DNFDavid Klein (Luxembourg)Row 143 - Cell 2
DNFAviv Yechezkel (Israel)Row 144 - Cell 2
DNFSzymon Rekita (Poland)Row 145 - Cell 2
DNFKrists Neilands (Latvia)Row 146 - Cell 2
DNFStefan Stefanovic (Serbia)Row 147 - Cell 2
DNFAndrea Terenzi (San Marino)Row 148 - Cell 2
DNFBálint Varró (Hungary)Row 149 - Cell 2
DNFÁbel Kenyeres (Hungary)Row 150 - Cell 2
DNFLukas Talacka (Lithuania)Row 151 - Cell 2
DNFFerhat Sezer (Turkey)Row 152 - Cell 2
DNFKota Yokoyama (Japan)Row 153 - Cell 2
DNFRyan Gibbons (South Africa)Row 154 - Cell 2
DNFBruno Maltar (Croatia)Row 155 - Cell 2
DNFTaylor Eisenhart (United States of America)Row 156 - Cell 2
DNFAndrejs Podans (Latvia)Row 157 - Cell 2
DNFHenrik Luostarinen (Finland)Row 158 - Cell 2
DNFAndrei Covalciuc (Republic of Moldova)Row 159 - Cell 2
DNFRaimondas Rumsas (Lithuania)Row 160 - Cell 2
DNFRohan Du Plooy (South Africa)Row 161 - Cell 2
DNFVictor Langellotti (Monaco)Row 162 - Cell 2
DNFMiguel Bryon (United States of America)Row 163 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew Doyle (Ireland)Row 164 - Cell 2
DNFRostyslav Chernysh (Ukraine)Row 165 - Cell 2
DNFEmre Sahin (Turkey)Row 166 - Cell 2
DNFBruno Jean Jacques Dabbaghian (Lebanon)Row 167 - Cell 2
DNFKarim Ahmad Firdaus Abdul (Malaysia)Row 168 - Cell 2
DNFAbderrahmane Bechlagheme (Algeria)Row 169 - Cell 2
DNFGay Sagiv (Israel)Row 170 - Cell 2
DNFRicardo Van Dongen (Netherlands)Row 171 - Cell 2
DNFGustav Höög (Sweden)Row 172 - Cell 2
DNFMantas Petrusevicius (Lithuania)Row 173 - Cell 2
DNFAnuar Mohamad Azrul Taufiq (Malaysia)Row 174 - Cell 2

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