World Championships: Jakob Egholm wins junior men's road race
Danish rider takes solo victory
Jakob Egholm of Denmark won the junior men's rainbow jersey at the UCI Road World Championships in Qatar after a combined late attack with teammate Julius Johansen.
Johansen got away first and then Egholm joined him before surging away alone. Egholm struggled in the final kilometres but managed to stay clear and win alone by seven seconds on the field.
Johansen and late chaser Alexys Brunel (France) were swept up in the final kilometres, with Niklas Markl (Germany) and Reto Muller (Switzerland) leading home the front group to take the silver and bronze medals. Italy's Luca Mozzato finished fourth.
Time trial world champion Brandon McNulty (USA) was in the attack that decided the race, but spent perhaps too much energy chasing and finished 16th. Australia's Harry Sweeney was tenth after an 18-rider attack shaped the race and stayed clear of the peloton containing many of the expected favourites.
Egholm struggled to believe he had won the world title before celebrating with his Danish teammates.
"I can't believe it. It's too crazy. I wasn't expecting this," he said.
"I haven't won a race since the Morbihan Nations Cup in May. I went into the race with the expectation of working for my teammate who's a sprinter. We were convinced it would be a bunch sprint. But when we went in the breakaway I started to sit in the back of the group and take it as easy as I could. With 10km to go I took a turn and then my teammate Julius (Johansen) went for it. Nobody was on my wheel, so I thought maybe I could go after him and we could make it to the finish line. Sadly he didn't have the power left in the legs to follow me all the way, so I figured why not, just go for it. If I couldn't do it, I couldn't do it. I had nothing to lose."
"I didn't think I had the power to do it in my legs, but apparently I have. Maybe it was luck, but I'm world champion now and I can thank my team. I just can't believe it."
"It's so unbelievable, it's so crazy I wouldn't have dreamed it. It's something the best in the world do, but I didn't think I was one of the best. I just signed a contract with the Danish Giant team. I'm really looking forward to the U23 next year. It gives me some opportunities I wouldn't have had before. But first I want to enjoy this win. It will stay with me for the rest of my life."
Crash sparks key attack
185 riders started the 133km race and there were a series of crashes as riders tried to grab bidons twice on each lap and at several pinch points on the twisting Pearl circuit.
The decisive attack was launched by Brunel after 80km and a crash soon after created the confusion that allowed the attack of the race to form.
11 riders were in the initial breakaway, and they were joined by others as nations gathered and realised they needed to have riders in the move. Italy was one of several major nations to have only a single rider in the breakaway, and they to tried to lead the chase. However with three Danish and three Slovenian riders in the 18-rider front group, plus the USA's McNulty, the gap remained close to a minute as the kilometres and 15km laps of the circuit ticked down.
Several riders suffered in the heat, with Ivar Knotten of Norway falling to the ground and shaking, seemingly due to the extreme conditions and his effort to stay in the attack of the race. It was reported later that he had recovered from dehydration and exhaustion.
The French and Dutch squads tried to lead the chase but failed to close to the gap on the attackers. Italy's Moreno Marchetti tried to inspire a counter-attack but the move was controlled by the peloton. The front group led by a minute with one final lap left to race as McNulty generously helped control some attacks. They would fight for the rainbow jersey.
After several moves were pulled back, Johansen accelerated away with nine kliometres to go, tucked into an aero position as he used all his energy to distance his rivals. Egholm saw his chance and surged across to his teammate. He then continued on alone when he realised Johansen was tired.
Brunel made a brave chase but was eventually caught by the rest of the attack. Egholm seemed to struggle too after a huge effort to hold a 20 second lead but found some inspiration and energy in the final two kilometre and was able to stay away and savour a solo world championship victory.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jakob Egholm (Denmark) | 2:58:19 |
2 | Niklas Markl (Germany) | 0:00:07 |
3 | Reto Muller (Switzerland) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Luca Mozzato (Italy) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Ziga Horvat (Slovenia) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Ziga Jerman (Slovenia) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Ide Schelling (Netherlands) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jaka Primozic (Slovenia) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Sedrik Ullebo (Norway) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Harry Sweeny (Australia) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Adrian Bustamante (Colombia) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Jacob Eriksson (Sweden) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Brent Van Moer (Belgium) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Alexys Brunel (France) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Andreas Kron (Denmark) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Brandon Mcnulty (United States Of America) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Nicolas Debeaumarche (France) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Julius Johansen (Denmark) | 0:00:14 |
19 | Marc Hirschi (Switzerland) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Ilya Gorbushin (Kazakhstan) | 0:01:39 |
21 | Michele Gazzoli (Italy) | 0:01:45 |
22 | Nils Eekhoff (Netherlands) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Tomas Contte (Argentina) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Tanguy Turgis (France) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Nicolas Malle (France) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Batuhan Ozgur (Turkey) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Adam Karl (Hungary) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Linus Kvist (Sweden) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa (Canada) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Bartosz Rudyk (Poland) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Maximilian Hamberger (Germany) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Denis Marian Vulcan (Romania) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Felix Gross (Germany) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Pol Hernandez Vallejo (Spain) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Hakon Aalrust (Norway) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Jason Huertas (Costa Rica) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Adrian Foltan (Slovakia) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Colin Heiderscheid (Luxembourg) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Hamza Mansouri (Algeria) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Alex Jaime Fernandez (Spain) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Eugene Kakizaki (Japan) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | James Fouche (New Zealand) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Richard Holec (Czech Republic) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Robert Stannard (New Zealand) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Joab Schneiter (Switzerland) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Luc Wirtgen (Luxembourg) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Lars Van Den Berg (Netherlands) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Matus Stocek (Slovakia) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Gage Hecht (United States Of America) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Abdelraouf Bengayou (Algeria) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Klidi Jaku (Albania) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Kristers Ansons (Latvia) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Joao Almeida (Portugal) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Daniel Viegas (Portugal) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Alexandros Agrotis (Cyprus) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Vadim Pronskiy (Kazakhstan) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Cameron Beard (United States Of America) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Ayumu Watanabe (Japan) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Jonas Rutsch (Germany) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Jo Shigemitsu (Japan) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Dan-Mihai Babaita (Romania) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Lars Andersson (Sweden) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Moreno Marchetti (Italy) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Devin Shortt (South Africa) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Oguzhan Tiryaki (Turkey) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Florian Kierner (Austria) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Joakim Kjemhus (Norway) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Florentin Lecamus (France) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Ruben Apers (Belgium) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Clement Betouigt-Suire (France) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Abderahim Amari (Algeria) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Thai Phan Hoang (Vietnam) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Luis Villalobos (Mexico) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Anton Popov (Russian Federation) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Samuel Oros (Slovakia) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Vladislav Stepanov (Russian Federation) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Raphael Kockelmann (Luxembourg) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Fernando Islas (Mexico) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Davide Baldaccini (Italy) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Filippo Zana (Italy) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Erik Bergstrom (Sweden) | 0:02:02 |
84 | Jakub Otruba (Czech Republic) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Warut Paekrathok (Thailand) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Aynur Galeev (Russian Federation) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Martin Lavric (Slovenia) | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Barnabas Peak (Hungary) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Pedro Teixeira (Portugal) | 0:02:06 |
90 | Bastian Flicke (Germany) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Vladyslav Shcherban (Ukraine) | 0:02:09 |
92 | Michel Ries (Luxembourg) | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Frederik Madsen (Denmark) | 0:02:16 |
94 | Timofei Sherstnev (Russian Federation) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Sasha Weemaes (Belgium) | 0:02:31 |
96 | Andreas Leknessund (Norway) | 0:02:35 |
97 | Viktor Potocki (Croatia) | 0:02:42 |
98 | Awet Habtom (Eritrea) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Jarno Mobach (Netherlands) | 0:02:49 |
100 | Nikita Sokolov (Kazakhstan) | 0:03:14 |
101 | Clement Davy (France) | 0:03:22 |
102 | Saymon Musie (Eritrea) | 0:03:37 |
103 | Daniil Marukhin (Kazakhstan) | 0:03:46 |
104 | Nadjib Assal (Algeria) | 0:04:08 |
105 | Tomas Person (Slovakia) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Daan Hoole (Netherlands) | 0:04:22 |
107 | Jake Gray (Ireland) | 0:05:44 |
108 | Gerben Thijssen (Belgium) | 0:06:07 |
109 | Dennis Van Der Horst (Netherlands) | 0:07:01 |
110 | Thanakhan Chaiyasombat (Thailand) | 0:07:45 |
111 | Ian Garrison (United States Of America) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Jason Oosthuizen (South Africa) | 0:09:20 |
DNF | Mathias Larsen (Denmark) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mikkel Bjerg (Denmark) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Szymon Krawczyk (Poland) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Felix Gall (Austria) | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Inigo Elosegui Momene (Spain) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lothar Verhulst (Belgium) | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nickolas Zukowsky (Canada) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nahuel Omar D Aquila Silva (Argentina) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ludvik Holstad (Norway) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Valere Thiebaud (Switzerland) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Lujan Molina (Argentina) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jair Kelly (Aruba) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Saad Alsaadi (Bahrain) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Campbell Stewart (New Zealand) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Misch Leyder (Luxembourg) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ratchanon Yaowarat (Thailand) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karim Shiraliyev (Azerbaijan) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rene Ukiniwabo (Rwanda) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nik Cemazar (Slovenia) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tyler Stites (United States Of America) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ognjen Ilic (Serbia) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vojtech Sedlacek (Czech Republic) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Iver Knotten (Norway) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stanislav Koniaev (Russian Federation) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Veljko Stojnic (Serbia) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charles-Etienne Chretien (Canada) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ronan Tuomey (Ireland) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tegshbayar Batsaikhan (Mongolia) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Xeno Young (Ireland) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maccie Carter (Australia) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Filip Kvasina (Croatia) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joseph Villalobos (Costa Rica) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Keitaro Sawada (Japan) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benneng Yu (People's Republic Of China) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Friedrich (Austria) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yurii Burchenia (Ukraine) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev (Kazakhstan) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Vergara (Chile) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomas Capek (Czech Republic) | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Damean Oosthuizen (South Africa) | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mikolaj Konieczny (Poland) | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Robin Froidevaux (Switzerland) | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniil Nikulin (Ukraine) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ahmet Orencik (Turkey) | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fran Majoli (Croatia) | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Markus Wildauer (Austria) | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alastair Christie-Johnston (Australia) | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tyler Cole (Trinidad And Tobago) | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Reyner Alpizar (Costa Rica) | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mikayil Safarli (Azerbaijan) | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sheng Sha (People's Republic Of China) | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Long San Lao (Macao, China) | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Saar Hershler (Israel) | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | John Jimenez (Costa Rica) | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yousef Alyousef (Saudi Arabia) | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Goran Dermanovic (Bosnia And Herzegovina) | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Igor Chzhan (Kazakhstan) | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tamaz Tsereteli (Georgia) | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Xin Cai (People's Republic Of China) | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chi Son Ieong (Macao, China) | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Farhan Al Farizi (Qatar) | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Youssof Mrad (Lebanon) | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gassem Hassan (Qatar) | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Noofal Al Habsi (Oman) | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ahmed Al Bishri (Saudi Arabia) | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mohammed Al Hasani (Oman) | Row 178 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ebrahim Hajizadehasl (Islamic Republic Of Iran) | Row 179 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sabri Tafa (Albania) | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pouria Hosseini (Islamic Republic Of Iran) | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Abdullah Alrashdi (Saudi Arabia) | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Matthew Staples (Canada) | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
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