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
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivier Le Gac (France) | 3:32:05 |
| 2 | Jay McCarthy (Australia) | 0:00:03 |
| 3 | Jasper Stuyven (Belgium) | |
| 4 | Joshua Edmondson (Great Britain) | |
| 5 | Jan Polanc (Slovenia) | |
| 6 | Calvin Watson (Australia) | |
| 7 | Rafael Reis (Portugal) | |
| 8 | Jasha Sütterlin (Germany) | |
| 9 | Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland) | |
| 10 | Kristian Dyrnes (Norway) | |
| 11 | Mikhail Akimov (Russian Federation) | |
| 12 | Vladislav Belevantsev (Russian Federation) | |
| 13 | Jens Adams (Belgium) | |
| 14 | Lawson Craddock (United States Of America) | |
| 15 | Dronin Roman (Uzbekistan) | |
| 16 | Daan Olivier (Netherlands) | 0:00:07 |
| 17 | Thomas Moses (Great Britain) | |
| 18 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan) | |
| 19 | Kirill Yatsevich (Russian Federation) | |
| 20 | Daniel Paulus (Austria) | 0:00:09 |
| 21 | Houssam Nasri (Tunisia) | 0:00:11 |
| 22 | Damien Howson (Australia) | 0:00:14 |
| 23 | Alexander Sulimov (Russian Federation) | 0:00:18 |
| 24 | Emilien Viennet (France) | 0:00:21 |
| 25 | Mario Vogt (Germany) | 0:00:25 |
| 26 | Andrea Toniatti (Italy) | 0:01:06 |
| 27 | Bob Jungels (Luxembourg) | |
| 28 | Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg) | 0:01:34 |
| 29 | Luca Chirico (Italy) | 0:01:51 |
| 30 | Ricardo Ferreira (Portugal) | |
| 31 | Anthony Haspot (France) | |
| 32 | Ruben Zepuntke (Germany) | 0:02:36 |
| 33 | Alexander Grigoriev (Russian Federation) | 0:02:40 |
| 34 | Lukas Pöstlberger (Austria) | 0:02:47 |
| 35 | Daniel Hoelgaard (Norway) | 0:02:59 |
| 36 | Emiel Wastyn (Belgium) | |
| 37 | Oscar Riesebeek (Netherlands) | 0:03:03 |
| 38 | Kristoffer Skjerping (Norway) | 0:03:04 |
| 39 | Sven Erik Bystrøm (Norway) | |
| 40 | Maxat Ayazbayev (Kazakhstan) | 0:03:11 |
| 41 | Grzegorz Haba (Poland) | 0:03:14 |
| 42 | Anders Newbury (United States Of America) | 0:03:23 |
| 43 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Denmark) | |
| 44 | Daniel Vesely (Czech Republic) | 0:04:08 |
| 45 | Felix Baur (Switzerland) | 0:04:31 |
| 46 | Mike Teunissen (Netherlands) | 0:05:09 |
| 47 | Ryan Eastman (United States Of America) | |
| 48 | Sébastien Bergeret (France) | 0:05:42 |
| 49 | Michal Kosior (Poland) | 0:05:50 |
| 50 | David Desmecht (Belgium) | 0:05:56 |
| 51 | Fabio Nappa (Germany) | |
| 52 | Mads Hardahl (Denmark) | |
| 53 | Florian Senechal (France) | |
| 54 | Hamza Dallagi (Tunisia) | 0:06:02 |
| 55 | Joël Peter (Switzerland) | 0:06:05 |
| 56 | Brecht Ruyters (Belgium) | |
| 57 | Velickovic Aleksa SRB19930826 | 0:06:13 |
| 58 | Dylan Teuns (Belgium) | 0:06:56 |
| 59 | Andrea Manfredi (Italy) | 0:08:03 |
| 60 | Petr Vakoc (Czech Republic) | 0:08:57 |
| 61 | Rick Ottema (Netherlands) | 0:09:23 |
| 62 | Simon Pavlin (Slovenia) | 0:10:42 |
| 63 | Fabian Thiel (Germany) | 0:11:23 |
| 64 | Michael Boros (Czech Republic) | |
| 65 | Marco Peinhaupt (Austria) | 0:12:10 |
| 66 | Emils Liepins (Latvia) | 0:12:11 |
| 67 | Sten Sarv (Estonia) | 0:12:14 |
| 68 | Sagyndyk Myrzakhozhayev (Kazakhstan) | 0:13:45 |
| 69 | Kris Dahl (Canada) | 0:14:09 |
| 70 | Ivan Tsissaruk (Kazakhstan) | 0:15:06 |
| 71 | Adam Yates (Great Britain) | 0:15:07 |
| 72 | Pawel Kister (Poland) | |
| 73 | Paul Lynch (United States Of America) | |
| 74 | Martin Kunz (Austria) | |
| 75 | Maximilian Kuen (Austria) | |
| 76 | Tim Mikelj (Slovenia) | |
| 77 | Jack Wilson (Ireland) | |
| 78 | Tom Schwarmes (Luxembourg) | 0:15:12 |
| 79 | Felix Donath (Germany) | 0:15:15 |
| 80 | Josef Cerny (Czech Republic) | 0:15:54 |
| 81 | Nejc Bester (Slovenia) | 0:17:35 |
| 82 | Koji Nagase (Japan) | 0:18:33 |
| 83 | Till Drobisch (Namibia) | 0:19:56 |
| 84 | Blaz Bogataj (Slovenia) | 0:21:49 |
| 85 | Nikolaos Ioannidis (Greece) | |
| 86 | Aleksandar Aleksiev (Bulgaria) | |
| 87 | Dmytro Volovod (Ukraine) | |
| 88 | Leandro Silva (Brazil) | 0:23:28 |
| 89 | Péter Palotai (Hungary) | 0:24:05 |
| 90 | Marlen Zmorka (Ukraine) | 0:24:55 |
| 91 | Timur Tascan (Turkey) | |
| 92 | Shaymanov Denis (Uzbekistan) | |
| 93 | Romans Blinovs (Latvia) | |
| 94 | Craig Logan (Canada) | 0:26:31 |
| 95 | Veaceslav Colotenco (Republic of Moldova) | |
| 96 | Ferenc Stubán (Hungary) | 0:26:33 |
| 97 | Mihkel Räim (Estonia) | 0:26:36 |
| 98 | Simon Pellaud (Switzerland) | |
| 99 | Tomasz Kudelski (Poland) | 0:28:21 |
| 100 | Eduard Michael Grosu (Romania) | 0:31:52 |
| DNF | Mike De Bie (Belgium) | |
| DNF | Dylan Van Baarle (Netherlands) | |
| DNF | Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands) | |
| DNF | Romain Guyot (France) | |
| DNF | Eamon Lucas Franck (United States Of America) | |
| DNF | Nathaniel Geoffrion (United States Of America) | |
| DNF | Jesper Herbæk Kousgaard (Denmark) | |
| DNF | Alexander Kamp Egested (Denmark) | |
| DNF | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen (Denmark) | |
| DNF | Frederik Thalund Jensen (Denmark) | |
| DNF | Nikita Kapralov (Russian Federation) | |
| DNF | Leonel Coutinho (Portugal) | |
| DNF | João Leal (Portugal) | |
| DNF | Samuel Magalhães (Portugal) | |
| DNF | Jean-Samuel Deshaies (Canada) | |
| DNF | Ryan Macdonald (Canada) | |
| DNF | Frédéric Poisson (Canada) | |
| DNF | Giacomo Berlato (Italy) | |
| DNF | Graziano Di Luca (Italy) | |
| DNF | Tomáš Koudela (Czech Republic) | |
| DNF | Dawid Nowatkowski (Poland) | |
| DNF | Luka Pibernik (Slovenia) | |
| DNF | Kanstantsin Khviyuzau (Belarus) | |
| DNF | Pavel Ragel (Belarus) | |
| DNF | Nikita Zharoven (Belarus) | |
| DNF | Samuel Spokes (Australia) | |
| DNF | Andris Vosekalns (Latvia) | |
| DNF | Jozef Binoshaj (Albania) | |
| DNF | Marjus Huqi (Albania) | |
| DNF | Luiz Cocuzzi (Brazil) | |
| DNF | Bruno Petroucic (Brazil) | |
| DNF | Isa Ayoob (Bahrain) | |
| DNF | Ali Mohamed Habib (Bahrain) | |
| DNF | Edison Bravo (Chile) | |
| DNF | Mario Gonzalez Salas (Spain) | |
| DNF | Carlos Jimenez Lozano (Spain) | |
| DNF | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spain) | |
| DNF | Jörgen Matt (Estonia) | |
| DNF | Mikael Myllymäki (Finland) | |
| DNF | Felix English (Ireland) | |
| DNF | Ewen Mcdonald (Ireland) | |
| DNF | Gerbert Joze Jurgen Barth (Namibia) | |
| DNF | Andrei Chiritoiu (Romania) | |
| DNF | Andrei Voicu (Romania) | |
| DNF | Louis Meintjes (South Africa) | |
| DNF | Jovanovic Uros SRB19930519 | |
| DNF | Jakub Buco (Slovakia) | |
| DNF | Johan Schwabik (Slovakia) | |
| DNF | Jurai Spanik (Slovakia) | |
| DNF | Kristoffer Fransson (Sweden) | |
| DNF | Kim Magnusson (Sweden) | |
| DNF | Erik Nyqvist (Sweden) | |
| DNF | Youssef Kouki (Tunisia) | |
| DNF | Mevlüt Erkan (Turkey) | |
| DNF | Fatih Keles (Turkey) | |
| DNF | Yaroslav Rubaha (Ukraine) | |
| DNS | Sang-Hoon Park (Korea) | |
| DNS | Eugeniu Cozonac (Republic of Moldova) |
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