Aleksandr Riabushenko wins U23 Euros
Lambrecht and Vendrame on the podium
Aleksandr Riabushenko from Belarus emerged as a winner atop the Cadoudal hill in Plumelec, ahead of Belgium’s Björg Lambrecht and Italy’s Andrea Vendrame to become the U23 European road race champion.
“I came here for winning”, Riabushenko told Cyclingnews after the finish.
“At least I was confident that I could make the top three. My tactic consisted of waiting for the last three or four laps and not losing my legs before. This kind of uphill finale is exactly my cup of tea. I want to become an Amstel Gold Race winner in the future.”
A three-man leading group formed of Piotr Brozyna (Poland), Federico Olei (San Marino) and Dusan Rajovic (Serbia) and they highlighted the first half of the race with a maximum advantage of four minutes. It was together again after just half way. Pavel Sivakov (Russia) and Jonathan Dibben (Great-Britain) made solo attempts after that but a trio then had more chance of success with Tour de l’Avenir overall winner David Gaudu (France), Tour de l’Avenir stage 1 winner Vincenzo Albanese (Italy) as well as Artem Nych (Russia).
They had 25 seconds approaching the last three kilometers but Belgium and Great Britain led the charge. Albanese was the last man to be caught with 200 metres to go. “I always knew we’d catch them”, Riabushenko firmly said. “This kind of sprint was perfect for me and I was backed by a very good team in the finale. I also like this area for racing. As a junior I came second to Mathieu Van der Poel in nations cup Trophée Centre-Morbihan. Coming here I was completely aware of the big tradition of cycling in this part of Europe with Tour de France stages finishes like last year’s team time trial.”
The new U23 European champion is the son of Svyatoslav Riabushenko who was the last national champion of the USSR. He represented the Community of the Independent States at the Olympic road race won by the late Fabio Casartelli in Barcelona in 1992.
“I grew up in Minsk but I’ve spent the past three seasons in Italy racing in Tuscany and now for Palazzago under coach Olivano Locatelli, like Yaroslav Popovych before and more recently Fabio Aru”, the 20 year old said.
“I live near Bergamo in the same house Aru used to stay in too. I want to become a pro but I haven’t spoken to any team yet. Maybe I’d better do one more year as an amateur to become stronger.”
Second placed Björg Lambrecht who usually races for the U23 Lotto-Soudal team is in no hurry to turn pro as he’s 19, but third placed Andrea Vendrame was hopeful that his bronze medal is a call to professional outfits.
“I’ve had a difficult season with a bad accident during a training ride on April 7 when a car took me out,” the Venetian explained.
“I had a broken jaw and the surgery was complicated. It was a two-month break in my season so to just stand here on the podium is like a victory for me. I’m a versatile rider. I can sprint well in short hills like this one.”
Riabushenko will also race for Belarus at the flat world championships in Doha, Qatar. “It might not be a bunch sprint finish,” he warned with a big smile.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Aliaksandr Riabushenko (Belarus) | 3:32:43 |
2 | Bjorg Lambrecht (Belgium) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Andrea Vendrame (Italy) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Benoit Cosnefroy (France) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Gabriel Cullaigh (Great Britain) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Filippo Ganna (Italy) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Vincenzo Albanese (Italy) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Kevin Geniets (Luxembourg) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Poland) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Patrick Müller (Switzerland) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Kilian Frankiny (Switzerland) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Szymon Rekita (Poland) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Krists Neilands (Latvia) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Mark Downey (Ireland) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Stylianos Farantakis (Greece) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Valentin Madouas (France) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Alex Aranburu (Spain) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Pavel Sivakov (Russian Federation) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Gonzalo Serrano (Spain) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Gian Friesecke (Switzerland) | 0:00:04 |
21 | Pit Leyder (Luxembourg) | 0:00:06 |
22 | Michal Paluta (Poland) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Lucas Eriksson (Sweden) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Michal Schlegel (Czech Republic) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Sebastian Schönberger (Austria) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Ivan Centrone (Luxembourg) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Hampus Anderberg (Sweden) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Leo Vincent (France) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Nuno Bico (Portugal) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Martin Schäppi (Switzerland) | 0:00:09 |
31 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (Netherlands) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Bjornar Overland (Norway) | 0:00:12 |
33 | David Per (Slovenia) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Matthias Reutimann (Switzerland) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Jon Irisarri (Spain) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Sasu Halme (Finland) | 0:00:17 |
37 | Simone Consonni (Italy) | 0:00:19 |
38 | Antwan Tolhoek (Netherlands) | 0:00:20 |
39 | Lennard Hofstede (Netherlands) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | André Carvalho (Portugal) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Eddie Dunbar (Ireland) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Izidor Penko (Slovenia) | 0:00:30 |
43 | Aksel Nõmmela (Estonia) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Samir Jabrayilov (Azerbaijan) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Iltjan Nika (Albania) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Luís Gomes (Portugal) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Ismail Iliasov (Azerbaijan) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Michael O'loughlin (Ireland) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Tom Wirtgen (Luxembourg) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Nans Peters (France) | 0:00:37 |
51 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Roman Lehky (Czech Republic) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Georg Zimmermann (Germany) | 0:00:39 |
54 | Artem Nych (Russian Federation) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Tobias Foss (Norway) | 0:00:42 |
56 | Nikolay Cherkasov (Russian Federation) | 0:00:51 |
57 | Raimondas Rumšas (Lithuania) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Benjamin Declercq (Belgium) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Jan Tschernoster (Germany) | 0:00:58 |
60 | Ivo Emanuel Oliveira (Portugal) | 0:01:05 |
61 | Giovanni Carboni (Italy) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Oliver Wood (Great Britain) | 0:01:31 |
63 | Edward Ravasi (Italy) | 0:01:41 |
64 | David Gaudu (France) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Christian Koch (Germany) | 0:01:44 |
66 | Lennard Kämna (Germany) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Jan Marcus Faaglum Karlsson (Sweden) | 0:02:35 |
68 | Jasper De Laat (Netherlands) | 0:02:50 |
69 | Kolya Shumov (Belarus) | 0:02:56 |
70 | Jonathan Dibben (Great Britain) | 0:03:00 |
71 | Larry Valvasori (Luxembourg) | 0:03:11 |
72 | Pontus Kastemyr (Sweden) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Jon Bozic (Slovenia) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Jaime Castrillo (Spain) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Aleksander Vlasov (Russian Federation) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Paul Ourselin (France) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Matthew Teggart (Ireland) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Lubos Malovec (Slovakia) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Uladzimir Gorohovik (Belarus) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Guy Sagiv (Israel) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Stefan Stefanovic (Serbia) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Martin Salmon (Germany) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Michael Kukrle (Czech Republic) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Jaakko Hänninen (Finland) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Piotr Brozyna (Poland) | 0:03:25 |
86 | Mark Stewart (Great Britain) | 0:05:14 |
87 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Belgium) | 0:06:07 |
88 | Emiel Planckaert (Belgium) | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Omer Goldshtein (Israel) | 0:06:52 |
90 | Héctor Carretero (Spain) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Venantas Lasinis (Lithuania) | 0:07:48 |
92 | Lukas Spengler (Switzerland) | 0:07:50 |
93 | Serkan Balkan (Turkey) | 0:07:52 |
94 | Kristo Enn Vaga (Estonia) | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Remy Mertz (Belgium) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Kanan Gahramanli (Azerbaijan) | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Onur Balkan (Turkey) | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Gorazd Per (Slovenia) | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Alexandr Kulikovskiy (Russian Federation) | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Jan Petelin (Luxembourg) | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Linas Rumšas (Lithuania) | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | János Pelikán (Hungary) | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Michail Mavrikakis (Greece) | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Josten Vaidem (Estonia) | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Patrick Haller (Germany) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Daire Feeley (Ireland) | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Pavel Camrda (Czech Republic) | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Peter Lenderink (Netherlands) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Jan Kovar (Czech Republic) | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Rinat Udod (Ukraine) | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Vasili Strokov (Belarus) | 0:07:58 |
112 | Valerii Taradai (Ukraine) | 0:11:04 |
113 | Alan Banaszek (Poland) | 0:11:32 |
114 | Mateusz Grabis (Poland) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Eriks Toms Gavars (Latvia) | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Victor Langellotti (Monaco) | 0:11:43 |
117 | Matic Grošelj (Slovenia) | 0:12:44 |
118 | Antonijo Barac (Bosnia Herzegovnia) | 0:15:44 |
119 | Elgun Alizada (Azerbaijan) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Kostyantyn Ashurov (Ukraine) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Mustafa Koklu (Turkey) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juraj Bellan (Slovakia) | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tomas Harag (Slovakia) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kristian Zimany (Slovakia) | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pavol Kvietok (Slovakia) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ridion Kopshti (Albania) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Gamper (Austria) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enver Asanov (Azerbaijan) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anton Ivashkin (Belarus) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexei Chnyrko (Belarus) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lionel Taminiaux (Belgium) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nedzad Mahmic (Bosnia Herzegovnia) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Josip Rumac (Croatia) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andreas Miltiadis (Cyprus) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gert Kivistik (Estonia) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karl Patrick Lauk (Estonia) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peeter Pung (Estonia) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Oskari Vainionpää (Finland) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dániel Móricz (Hungary) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marton Dina (Hungary) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Viktor Filutas (Hungary) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Balázs Rózsa (Hungary) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aviv Yechzkel (Israel) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Justas Beniušis (Lithuania) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrej Petrovski (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ivan Lutsenko (Republic of Moldova) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cees Bol (Netherlands) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sergey Rozin (Russian Federation) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Federico Olei (San Marino) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dusan Rajovic (Serbia) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gasper Katrasnik (Slovenia) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fethi Acar (Turkey) | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Enes Talha Ay (Turkey) | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fethullah Köse (Turkey) | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Illya Klepikov (Ukraine) | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timur Maleev (Ukraine) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kostyantyn Rybaruk (Ukraine) | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
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