Brandon McNulty, Mikkel Bjerg and Corentin Ermenault on the U23 men's podium(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Yuriy Natarov (Kazakhstan)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ka Hoo Fung (Hong Kong)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Saymon Musie Mehari (Eritrea)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Omer Goldshtein (Israel)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Edoardo Affini (Italy)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Martin Schappi (Switzerland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nathan Van Hooydonck (Belgium)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Awet Habtom Tekle (Eritrea)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mathias Norsgaard Jorgensen (Denmark)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Michael O'Loughlin (Ireland)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spain)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Paolo Baccio (Italy)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Colombia)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sixth place for Senne Leysen (Belgium)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Fifth place for Callum Scotson (Australia)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Regan Gough (New Zealand)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tobias S. Foss (Norway)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ivo Oliveira (Portugal)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Markus Freiberger (Austria)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vitaliy Novakovskyi (Ukraine)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Kevin Geniets (Luxembourg)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Julian Braun (Germany)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Iver Johan Knotten (Norway)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Patrick Haller (Germany)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pavel Sivakov (Russian Federation)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Scott Davies (Great Britain) en route to 10th in the U23 time trial(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brandon McNulty (USA)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brandon McNulty (USA)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Corentin Ermenault (France)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark) is U23 TT world champion(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The U23 men's podium in Bergen(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brandon McNulty, Mikkel Bjerg and Corentin Ermenault on the U23 men's podium(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Brandon McNulty (USA) rides to the silver medal(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brandon McNulty (USA)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark) on his world title-winning ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Neilson Powless (USA)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Calum Scotson (Australia)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Remi Cavagna (France)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Brandon McNulty (USA)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Corentin Ermenault (France) won the bronze(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dane Mikkel Bjerg turned the tables in the U23 time trial world championship race in Bergen, Norway, turning last year's silver in the junior ranks into gold ahead of rival Brandon McNulty (United States). Frenchman Corentin Ermenault edged out Tom Wirtgen (Luxembourg) at the death to take home the bronze medal.
Bjerg, 18, ended his long spell in the hot seat after setting the quickest time of 47:06 over the hilly 37.2km course from the second wave of riders, beating 19-year-old McNulty, who started three minutes earlier, by 1:05.
He had a long time to discuss the reversal of last year's junior Worlds event with McNulty, as the pair spent close to two hours and thirty minutes waiting for the final riders to finish.
"It's unbelievable," Bjerg said. "I can't really understand right now. I knew that the course was really tough, so I lost some weight before the big day today. I tried to pace it as good as possible on the climb. I could see on my power meter that I was in for a top 5 or a medal if I was lucky. I could see when the other split times came that I did a pretty good effort. It's crazy."
"I think me and Brandon we did pretty similar last year, and he came back and I think his effort today is also really remarkable. For sure this is the biggest result of my career and I will try to do it again next year."
Neilson Powless (USA) was on track to make the medals when, after the final climb, he dropped his chain and when he reached down to try to re-seat it, he hit the barriers and crashed. Second fastest at the fifth check, Powless regained his composure and went on to finish ninth.
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Full Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark)
0:47:06.48
2
Brandon McNulty (United States Of America)
0:48:12.40
3
Corentin Ermenault (France)
0:48:23.13
4
Tom Wirtgen (Luxembourg)
0:48:24.85
5
Callum Scotson (Australia)
0:48:27.73
6
Senne Leysen (Belgium)
0:48:28.19
7
Kasper Asgreen (Denmark)
0:48:37.19
8
Edoardo Affini (Italy)
0:48:41.71
9
Neilson Powless (United States Of America)
0:48:43.61
10
Scott Davies (Great Britain)
0:48:49.50
11
Pavel Sivakov (Russian Federation)
0:48:53.72
12
Remi Cavagna (France)
0:49:00.21
13
Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Spain)
0:49:18.11
14
Yuriy Natarov (Kazakhstan)
0:49:24.54
15
Izidor Penko (Slovenia)
0:49:28.09
16
Mathias Norsgaard Jorgensen (Denmark)
0:49:31.31
17
Tobias S. Foss (Norway)
0:49:31.79
18
Marc Hirschi (Switzerland)
0:49:34.94
19
Julian Braun (Germany)
0:49:36.11
20
Patrick Haller (Germany)
0:49:45.58
21
Ivo Oliveira (Portugal)
0:49:45.62
22
Regan Gough (New Zealand)
0:49:46.78
23
Piotr Brozyna (Poland)
0:49:53.05
24
Szymon Sajnok (Poland)
0:49:53.74
25
Alexander Cowan (Canada)
0:50:04.88
26
Dmitrii Strakhov (Russian Federation)
0:50:08.76
27
Iver Johan Knotten (Norway)
0:50:09.48
28
Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Colombia)
0:50:19.33
29
Martin Schappi (Switzerland)
0:50:24.48
30
Paolo Baccio (Italy)
0:50:26.06
31
Andreas Miltiadis (Cyprus)
0:50:35.17
32
Kevin Geniets (Luxembourg)
0:50:35.77
33
Barnabas Peak (Hungary)
0:50:47.46
34
Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mexico)
0:50:54.00
35
Patrick Gamper (Austria)
0:50:54.18
36
Markus Freiberger (Austria)
0:50:57.64
37
Ka Hoo Fung (Hong Kong, China)
0:50:57.66
38
Awet Habtom Tekle (Eritrea)
0:50:58.27
39
Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spain)
0:51:04.29
40
Vitaliy Novakovskyi (Ukraine)
0:51:25.45
41
Saymon Musie Mehari (Eritrea)
0:51:38.45
42
Matic Groselj (Slovenia)
0:51:44.70
43
Rei Onodera (Japan)
0:51:46.49
44
Atsushi Oka (Japan)
0:52:20.40
45
Jason Andrey Huertas Araya (Costa Rica)
0:52:24.42
46
El Mehdi Chokri (Morocco)
0:52:26.41
47
Mauricio Moreira (Uruguay)
0:52:30.99
48
Eriks Toms Gavars (Latvia)
0:52:43.74
49
Nathan Van Hooydonck (Belgium)
0:53:06.79
50
Omer Goldshtein (Israel)
0:53:26.17
51
Andrej Petrovski (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
