Van der Poel wins junior men's world title

Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) added the junior road race world title to his cyclo-cross crown with a devastating attack on the final ascent of Via Salviati. He then powered to the finish alone and even had to time to close his jersey and pull out a Dutch flag and celebrate in style.

Mads Pedersen (Denmark) won the sprint for second place three seconds after van der Poel, while Iltjan Nika claimed the bronze medal for Albania.

Logan Owen (USA) finished in fourth place, for a second consecutive world championship, just ahead of Italy’s Lorenzo Rota. Britain's Scott Davies finished seventh.

Van der Poel is the son of former professional and cyclo-cross world champion Adri van der Poel and he is the grandson of French legend Raymond Poulidor.

"This is special because it's my first international title on the road," van der Poel said.

"My attack was not prepared but I felt it was the moment to go. My dad gives me some advice but then I'm the one who has to race."

Van der Poel rode a smart race and used his bike handling skills and power to devastating effect. He dropped European champion Franck Bonnamour (France) on the steep slopes of Via Salviati and held a lead of 12 seconds at the summit of the climb. Although a group of 22 riders gave chase behind, he was able to hold on to win by three seconds at the finish.

Despite his world road race title, van der Poel announced he will focus on cyclo-cross for at least the next four years.

"I enjoy cyclo-cross more than road races so I'm going to focus on that for now but I will do some road races too. I've got a team already," he said.

"Boom and Stybar did cyclo-cross before switching to the road and they’re idols for me, so they prove you don’t have to make the change right now. There's time."

Iltjan Nika secured the first ever world road race championship medal for Albania.

"I didn’t know that. Let’s hope it's just the beginning for Albania," he said.

"You had to race with your head, not just the legs. We're one of the smaller nations and I only had two teammates. I live here in Toscana, race in a team that is from here and I know these roads, it was like racing at home." 

Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mathieu van Der Poel (Netherlands)3:33:14
2Mads Pedersen (Denmark)0:00:03
3Iltjan Nika (Albania)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Logan Owen (United States Of America)Row 3 - Cell 2
5Lorenzo Rota (Italy)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Lucas Eriksson (Sweden)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Scott Davies (Great Britain)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Artem Nych (Russian Federation)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Sergey Shemyakin (Kazakhstan)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Benjamin Brkic (Austria)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Lorenzo Fortunato (Italy)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Gracjan Szelag (Poland)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Anatoliy Budyak (Ukraine)Row 12 - Cell 2
14Anders Skaarseth (Norway)Row 13 - Cell 2
15Daniel Martínez (Colombia)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Aliaksandr Riabushenko (Belarus)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Victor Langellotti (Monaco)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Piotr Konwa (Poland)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Robert Power (Australia)Row 18 - Cell 2
20Franck Bonnamour (France)Row 19 - Cell 2
21Jonas Abrahamsen (Norway)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Alessandro Fedeli (Italy)0:00:08
23Caio Godoy Ormenese (Brazil)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Simone Velasco (Italy)0:01:00
25Christoffer Lisson (Denmark)0:01:09
26Matic Safaric Kolar (Slovenia)Row 25 - Cell 2
27Julian Schulze (Germany)Row 26 - Cell 2
28Geoffrey Curran (United States Of America)Row 27 - Cell 2
29José Santoyo (Mexico)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Evgeny Kobernyak (Russian Federation)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Juan Felipe Osorio (Colombia)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Sam Oomen (Netherlands)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Pietro Andreoletti (Italy)0:02:05
34Mark Padun (Ukraine)0:02:07
35Laurens De Plus (Belgium)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Daniel Fitter (Australia)0:02:24
37Kristjan Kumar (Slovenia)0:02:40
38Piet Allegaert (Belgium)Row 37 - Cell 2
39Nikolay Cherkasov (Russian Federation)0:03:34
41Stef Krul (Netherlands)0:03:57
42Nathan Van Hooydonck (Belgium)Row 40 - Cell 2
43David Rivière (France)Row 41 - Cell 2
44Rémy Rochas (France)0:03:59
45Yonas Tekeste Haile (Eritrea)Row 43 - Cell 2
46William Barta (United States Of America)Row 44 - Cell 2
47Alex Aranburu (Spain)Row 45 - Cell 2
48Kristian Aasvold (Norway)Row 46 - Cell 2
49Patrick Müller (Switzerland)Row 47 - Cell 2
50Mathias Van Gompel (Belgium)Row 48 - Cell 2
51Julien Van Den Brande (Belgium)Row 49 - Cell 2
52Yerlan Pernebekov (Kazakhstan)Row 50 - Cell 2
53Jhonatan Casillas (Mexico)Row 51 - Cell 2
54Gregely Varró (Hungary)Row 52 - Cell 2
55Stylianos Farantakis (Greece)0:04:05
56Seid Lizde (Italy)0:04:07
57Adrian Auerbacher (Germany)0:04:14
58Andrej Petrovski (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)0:05:48
59Marco König (Germany)0:06:11
60Juraj Bellan (Slovakia)Row 58 - Cell 2
61Ryan Cavanagh (Australia)Row 59 - Cell 2
62Tom Wirtgen (Luxembourg)Row 60 - Cell 2
63Amanuel Mengis Ghebreindrias (Eritrea)0:06:17
64Elie Gesbert (France)0:06:31
65Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spain)0:06:36
66Yevgeniy Gidich (Kazakhstan)Row 64 - Cell 2
67Zeke Mostov (United States Of America)Row 65 - Cell 2
68Pontus Kastemyr (Sweden)0:06:38
69Davy Gunst (Netherlands)0:07:00
70Gustav Höög (Sweden)Row 68 - Cell 2
71Abderrahmane Bechlagheme (Algeria)Row 69 - Cell 2
72Marius Sylta (Norway)Row 70 - Cell 2
73Jonas Gregaard (Denmark)Row 71 - Cell 2
74Mykyta Zubenko (Ukraine)Row 72 - Cell 2
75Áquila Roux (Brazil)0:07:54
76Gaspar Gonçalves (Portugal)0:09:04
77Thomas Terrettaz (Switzerland)0:09:10
78David Ribeiro (Portugal)0:09:45
79Lennard Kämna (Germany)Row 77 - Cell 2
80Michael Svendgaard (Denmark)0:10:17
81Aleksandr Komin (Russian Federation)Row 79 - Cell 2
82Petter Theodorsen (Norway)Row 80 - Cell 2
83Magnus Klaris (Denmark)Row 81 - Cell 2
84Martin Schäppi (Switzerland)Row 82 - Cell 2
85Michal Paluta (Poland)Row 83 - Cell 2
86Andrejs Podans (Latvia)Row 84 - Cell 2
87Pita Cristian David (Ecuador)Row 85 - Cell 2
88Stepan Kurianov (Russian Federation)Row 86 - Cell 2
89Matias Arriagada (Chile)Row 87 - Cell 2
90Stepan Kochurov (Russian Federation)Row 88 - Cell 2
91Gordian Banzer (Liechtenstein)Row 89 - Cell 2
92Vladislav Galyanov (Uzbekistan)Row 90 - Cell 2
93Ekke-Kaur Vosman (Estonia)Row 91 - Cell 2
94Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Belarus)Row 92 - Cell 2
95David Per (Slovenia)Row 93 - Cell 2
96Onur Balkan (Turkey)Row 94 - Cell 2
97Mario Stock (Austria)Row 95 - Cell 2
98Eduardo Estrada (Colombia)Row 96 - Cell 2
99Yam Poliak (Israel)Row 97 - Cell 2
100Ryan Felgate (South Africa)Row 98 - Cell 2
101Juan Camacho Del Fresno (Spain)Row 99 - Cell 2
102Jaap De Jong (Netherlands)Row 100 - Cell 2
103Hampus Anderberg (Sweden)0:10:50
104William Elliott (Canada)0:11:01
105Dmitriy Rive (Kazakhstan)0:11:33
106Saya Kuroeda (Japan)0:12:25
107Linas Rumšas (Lithuania)Row 105 - Cell 2
108Uladzimir Gorohovik (Belarus)0:12:28
109Larry Valvasori (Luxembourg)Row 107 - Cell 2
110Abderrahmane Mansouri (Algeria)0:12:31
111Rémi Aubert (France)0:12:35
112Aurélien Paret-Peintre (France)Row 110 - Cell 2
113Michal Schlegel (Czech Republic)Row 111 - Cell 2
114Lukas Schlemmer (Austria)0:13:14
115Florian Schipflinger (Austria)Row 113 - Cell 2
116Matthew Gibson (Great Britain)0:13:17
117James Knox (Great Britain)0:13:22
118Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain)Row 116 - Cell 2
119Mateusz Kazimierczak (Poland)0:13:27
120Eric Süßemilch (Germany)Row 118 - Cell 2
121Atsushi Oka (Japan)0:14:46
122Vasili Strokov (Belarus)0:14:51
123János Pelikán (Hungary)0:14:55
124Brent Luyckx (Belgium)0:15:02
125Ayden Toovey (Australia)Row 123 - Cell 2
126Mathias Rask Jeppesen (Denmark)Row 124 - Cell 2
127Ben Ganon (Israel)0:15:05
128Luc Turchi (Luxembourg)0:17:30
129Edward Dunbar (Ireland)0:17:44
DNFVladimir Cludin (Republic of Moldova)Row 128 - Cell 2
DNFOmer Goldstein (Israel)Row 129 - Cell 2
DNFKarlis Jirgensons (Latvia)Row 130 - Cell 2
DNFElgun Alizada (Azerbaijan)Row 131 - Cell 2
DNFDániel Móricz (Hungary)Row 132 - Cell 2
DNFSean Mackinnon (Canada)Row 133 - Cell 2
DNFAdam Jamieson (Canada)Row 134 - Cell 2
DNFAdhanom Zemekael (Eritrea)Row 135 - Cell 2
DNFBalázs Rózsa (Hungary)Row 136 - Cell 2
DNFMaksim Nidodirov (Belarus)Row 137 - Cell 2
DNFVlad Dobre (Romania)Row 138 - Cell 2
DNFPetr Fiala (Czech Republic)Row 139 - Cell 2
DNFTomas Harag (Slovakia)Row 140 - Cell 2
DNFJairo Lopez (Mexico)Row 141 - Cell 2
DNFKwong Lau (Hong Kong, China)Row 142 - Cell 2
DNFChris Jooste (South Africa)Row 143 - Cell 2
DNFLucas Motta (Brazil)Row 144 - Cell 2
DNFMartin Duben (Slovakia)Row 145 - Cell 2
DNFAdrian Dumitru Zamfir (Romania)Row 146 - Cell 2
DNFRaivis Sarkans (Latvia)Row 147 - Cell 2
DNFLuka Kotur SRBRow 148 - Cell 2
DNFHusnudin Hakimov (Uzbekistan)Row 149 - Cell 2
DNFLucian Buga (Romania)Row 150 - Cell 2
DNFGrigoriy Shtein (Kazakhstan)Row 151 - Cell 2
DNFAxel Journiaux (France)Row 152 - Cell 2
DNFAbdelghani Fellah (Algeria)Row 153 - Cell 2
DNFFederico Olei (San Marino)Row 154 - Cell 2
DNFCésar Martingil (Portugal)Row 155 - Cell 2
DNFFacundo Crisafulli (Argentina)Row 156 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Wachter (Austria)Row 157 - Cell 2
DNFDomen Novak (Slovenia)Row 158 - Cell 2
DNFRidion Kopshti (Albania)Row 159 - Cell 2
DNFMark Downey (Ireland)Row 160 - Cell 2
DNFMarco-Tapio Niemi (Finland)Row 161 - Cell 2
DNFMiguel Bryon (United States Of America)Row 162 - Cell 2
DNFJustin Oien (United States Of America)Row 163 - Cell 2
DNFDylan Foley (Ireland)Row 164 - Cell 2
DNFKota Yokoyama (Japan)Row 165 - Cell 2
DNFCristofer Jurado (Panama)Row 166 - Cell 2
DNFIvan Venter (South Africa)Row 167 - Cell 2
DNFHendrik Pineda (Canada)Row 168 - Cell 2
DNFFélix Lapointe (Canada)Row 169 - Cell 2
DNFAndrei Covalciuc (Republic of Moldova)Row 170 - Cell 2
DNFSvetikas Gintaras (Lithuania)Row 171 - Cell 2
DNFAndrea Maccagli (San Marino)Row 172 - Cell 2
DNFMartynas Stasikelis (Lithuania)Row 173 - Cell 2
DNFPatryk Krzywda (Poland)Row 174 - Cell 2
DNFSapar Serdarov (Turkmenistan)Row 175 - Cell 2
DNFSergey Medvedev (Uzbekistan)Row 176 - Cell 2
DNFAndrei Grigoriev (Republic of Moldova)Row 177 - Cell 2
DNFGerman Nicolas Tivani Perez (Argentina)Row 178 - Cell 2
DNFFethi Acar (Turkey)Row 179 - Cell 2
DNFEnes Talha Ay (Turkey)Row 180 - Cell 2
DNFNako Georgiev (Bulgaria)Row 181 - Cell 2
DNFCristian Cornejo (Chile)Row 182 - Cell 2
DNFZoheir Benyoub (Algeria)Row 183 - Cell 2
DNFHichem Amari (Algeria)Row 184 - Cell 2
DNFKristoffer Halvorsen (Norway)Row 185 - Cell 2
DNFMartijn Budding (Netherlands)Row 186 - Cell 2
DNFNijat Niftaliyev (Azerbaijan)Row 187 - Cell 2
DNFEno Rrucaj (Albania)Row 188 - Cell 2
DNFZahar Slugin (Turkmenistan)Row 189 - Cell 2
DNFCarlo Noia (San Marino)Row 190 - Cell 2
DNFZiga Rucigaj (Slovenia)Row 191 - Cell 2
DNFSantiago Quiroga (Argentina)Row 192 - Cell 2
DNFFilip Cengic (Croatia)Row 193 - Cell 2

 

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.

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