Oscar Chamberlain won the junior men's time trial world title in Sterling, beating Great Britain’s Ben Wiggins and Germany’s Louis Leidert with a perfectly paced ride.
The Australian was 12 seconds down at the first intermediate time check after 10km but then used his power on the four rolling hills and dug deep on the cobbled climb to the finish in the shadow of Sterling Castle.
Chamberlain set a time of 28:29, beating Wiggins -Bradley Wiggins’ son- by 24 seconds. Germany’s Louis Leidert was third at 34 seconds.
Chamberlain is riding for theAG2R Citroën U19 Team this season and finished second to teammate Matys Grisel at the Junior edition of Paris-Roubaix.
“I woke up this morning and had the goal to win. Getting tenth in the road race gave me a little more fire in my belly and I brought it home,” Chamberlain said.
“Now the dream is to do this in the elites, a ride in the pro peloton would be a dream come true.
“There was a headwind on the way out and I knew that some of the guys had pretty fast times, but I got a big gear going and thought I was pretty close. I knew I wasn’t winning and that pushed me a bit.
“On the four small rollers, I gave it everything because I knew that there someone like me would lose some time. I just gave everything I could on the cobbles. They killed me and it felt like I wasn’t moving but then at the line I got the good news and hoped it was good enough."
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