2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial explained

Men's junior time trial
Series:2014 UCI Road World Championships
Date:23 September 2014
Stages:1
Distance:29.50
Unit:km
Time:36' 13.49"[1]
Speed:48.861
Type:medals
First:Lennard Kämna
First Nat:DEU
Second:Adrien Costa
Second Nat:USA
Third:Michael Storer
Third Nat:AUS
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The Men's junior time trial of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 23 September 2014. The course of the race was 29.5km (18.3miles) with the start and finish in Ponferrada.[2]

Lennard Kämna became the first German rider to win the world title since Marcel Kittel in 2006, with a winning margin of almost 45 seconds over his nearest competitor. The silver medal went to American rider Adrien Costa, with the bronze medal going to Australia's Michael Storer; Costa and Storer were the only riders to get within a minute of Kämna's time.

Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.[3]

For the event, competing riders used numbers 2 to 70, as number 1 was left unused.[4] Number 1 was scheduled to be worn by the defending World Champion, Igor Decraene, but three weeks prior to the championships – on 30 August 2014 – Decraene was killed in Zulte, Belgium, while returning from a house party.[5]

ChampionNameNote
Did not participate (deceased)
African Champion
Oceanian Champion
Pan American Champion
Asian Champion Did not participate

Course

The course of the men's junior time trial was 29.5km (18.3miles); it was held over the same course as the women's time trial. The time trial started in the centre of Ponferrada and passed through La Martina, Posada del Bierzo and Carracedelo before returning to Ponferrada. The total incline of the course was 172m (564feet). A few kilometres before the finish there was a climb, with an incline of over 100m (300feet) and a maximum inclination of 7%. A short stretch before riding into Ponferrada was made for the championships.[6]

Schedule

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).[7]

DateTimeEvent
23 September 2014 10:00–12:40 Men's junior time trial
23 September 2014 13:00 Victory ceremony

Participating nations

69 cyclists from 40 nations took part in the men's junior time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[4]

Prize money

The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of 1,380.[8]

Position1st2nd3rdTotal
Amount€767€383€230€1,380

Final classification

[1]

RankRiderTime
136' 13.49"
2+ 44.66"
3+ 58.11"
4+ 1' 05.94"
5+ 1' 19.13"
6+ 1' 29.86"
7+ 1' 34.27"
8+ 1' 42.81"
9+ 1' 43.89"
10+ 1' 46.81"
11+ 1' 47.53"
12+ 1' 51.55"
13+ 1' 58.45"
14+ 2' 01.63"
15+ 2' 01.77"
16+ 2' 10.57"
17+ 2' 17.32"
18+ 2' 21.66"
19+ 2' 22.71"
20+ 2' 22.99"
21+ 2' 34.67"
22+ 2' 36.20"
23+ 2' 37.00"
24+ 2' 45.51"
25+ 2' 46.05"
26+ 2' 55.93"
27+ 2' 56.25"
28+ 2' 56.35"
29+ 2' 56.92"
30+ 3' 00.96"
31+ 3' 03.41"
32+ 3' 03.54"
33+ 3' 07.45"
34+ 3' 09.49"
35+ 3' 10.48"
36+ 3' 27.13"
37+ 3' 27.46"
38+ 3' 28.71"
39+ 3' 30.05"
40+ 3' 30.94"
41+ 3' 34.33"
42+ 3' 35.36"
43+ 3' 36.42"
44+ 3' 36.84"
45+ 3' 38.71"
46+ 3' 40.94"
47+ 3' 41.33"
48+ 3' 44.80"
49+ 3' 50.26"
50+ 3' 54.03"
51+ 3' 55.35"
52+ 3' 57.09"
53+ 4' 00.15"
54+ 4' 15.59"
55+ 4' 18.54"
56+ 4' 24.98"
57+ 4' 34.99"
58+ 4' 48.48"
59+ 4' 52.87"
60+ 5' 19.51"
61+ 5' 21.21"
62+ 5' 23.26"
63+ 5' 30.31"
64+ 5' 40.09"
65+ 6' 16.39"
66+ 6' 46.04"
67+ 7' 07.40"
68+ 7' 35.12"
69+ 8' 38.99"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results / Résultats: Men Juniors Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Juniors. Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 23 September 2014. 23 September 2014. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054902/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/05RES00.pdf. 2015-01-29. dead.
  2. Web site: Racing Programme . mundialciclismoponferrada . 15 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141112051628/http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/program-2 . 2014-11-12 . dead .
  3. Web site: Competition Guide Appendices. UCI. 1 September 2014. 9 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141009084740/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/57/45/GB_ANNEXE2014_21_08_HD_English.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Start List / Liste de départ: Men Juniors Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Juniors. Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 23 September 2014. 23 September 2014. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092533/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/05STL00.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Wereldkampioen tijdrijden Igor Decraene (18) stapt uit het leven. hln.be. 30 August 2014. Dutch. World time trial champion Igor Decraene (18) loses his life.
  6. Web site: Individual time trial elite women (course). mundialciclismoponferrada .com. 15 April 2014.
  7. Web site: Sport Competition Schedule. mundialciclismoponferrada.com. 2 September 2014.
  8. Web site: Competitions Guide. uci.ch. 5 September 2014.