2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race

The Men's junior road race of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 27 September 2014. The course of the race was 127.40 km (79.16 mi) with the start and finish in Ponferrada.[1]

Men's junior road race
2014 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates27 September 2014
Stages1
Distance127.40 km (79.16 mi)
Winning time3h 07' 00"
Medalists
   Gold  Jonas Bokeloh (DEU)
   Silver  Alexandr Kulikovskiy (RUS)
   Bronze  Peter Lenderink (NED)
Events at the 2014 UCI
Road World Championships
Participating nations
Qualification
Elite events
Elite road racemenwomen
Elite time trialmenwomen
Elite team time trialmenwomen
Under-23 events
Under-23 road racemen
Under-23 time trialmen
Junior events
Junior road racemenwomen
Junior time trialmenwomen

In a sprint finish of 32 riders, Jonas Bokeloh became the first German rider since Holger Loew in 1996, to win the junior world title. He out-sprinted Russia's Alexandr Kulikovskiy and Peter Lenderink of the Netherlands for the gold medal.

Qualification
See also: 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the final UCI Juniors Nations' Cup ranking as of 15 August 2014. The first ten nations in this classification qualified six riders to start, the next five nations qualified five riders to start and the next five nations qualified four riders to start. Spain, as the organising nation, were entitled five riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the opportunity to send three riders to start. Moreover, continental champions were qualified to take part in the race, on top of the nation numbers. The outgoing World Champion, Mathieu van der Poel, did not compete as he was no longer eligible to contest junior races.[2]

Tour Position Number of riders Nations
UCI Juniors Nations' Cup ranking[2] 1–10 12 to enter, 6 to start  France
 Denmark
 Belgium
 Germany
 United States
 Russia
 Italy
 Norway
 Slovenia
 Netherlands
11–15 10 to enter, 5 to start   Switzerland
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Sweden
 Ireland
16–20 8 to enter, 4 to start  Kazakhstan
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 Japan
 Slovakia
Organizing nation N/A 10 to enter, 5 to start  Spain
Other nations N/A 6 to enter, 3 to start TBD
Champion Name
African Champion Abderrahim Zahiri (MAR)
Pan American Champion Wilmar Paredes (COL)
Asian Champion Grigoriy Shtein (KAZ)
European Champion (under-23) Edoardo Affini (ITA)
Oceanian Champion Lucas Hamilton (AUS)

Course

The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of seven laps. The circuit was 18.20 km (11.31 mi) long and included two hills. The total climbing was 306 m (1,004 ft) per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.[3]

The first 4 km (2.5 mi) were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattened and the remaining 5.1 km (3.2 mi) were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after 11 km (6.8 mi) at a 16% negative gradient.

The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of 1.1 km (0.68 mi), at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of 4.5 km (2.8 mi) was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.

Schedule

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).[4]

Date Time Event
27 September 201409:00–12:15Men's junior road race
27 September 201412:35Victory ceremony

Participating nations

187 cyclists from 55 nations took part in the men's junior road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[5]

  • Albania (2)
  • Algeria (3)
  • Argentina (2)
  • Australia (4)
  • Austria (3)
  • Azerbaijan (2)
  • Belgium (6)
  • Belarus (3)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Canada (4)
  • Chile (1)
  • Colombia (4)
  • Croatia (1)
  • Czech Republic (1)
  • Denmark (6)
  • Ecuador (1)
  • Egypt (2)
  • El Salvador (1)
  • Estonia (3)
  • Finland (3)
  • France (6)
  • Great Britain (5)
  • Germany (6)
  • Hungary (2)
  • Ireland (5)
  • Israel (3)
  • Italy (7)
  • Japan (4)
  • Kazakhstan (5)
  • Latvia (3)
  • Liechtenstein (1)
  • Luxembourg (3)
  • Morocco (4)
  • Mexico (3)
  • Macedonia (1)
  • Netherlands (6)
  • Norway (6)
  • Poland (3)
  • Portugal (3)
  • Romania (2)
  • Russia (6)
  • Serbia (2)
  • Slovakia (4)
  • Slovenia (6)
  • South Africa (3)
  • Spain (5) (host)
  • Sweden (4)
  • Switzerland (5)
  • Turkey (3)
  • Ukraine (3)
  • Uruguay (1)
  • United States (6)
  • Uzbekistan (3)
  • Venezuela (3)
  • Vietnam (1)

Prize money

The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of €3,450.[6]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Amount[6] €1,533 €1,150 €767 €3,450

Results

Final classification

Of the race's 187 entrants, 110 riders completed the full distance of 127.4 km (79.2 mi).

Riders who failed to finish

77 riders failed to finish the race.

References
  1. "Racing Programme". mundialciclismoponferrada. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. "Competition Guide Appendices" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "HILLS PROFILES" (PDF). mundialciclismoponferrada.com. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  4. "Sport Competition Schedule" (PDF). mundialciclismoponferrada.com. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. "Start List / Liste de départ: Men Juniors Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Junior" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  6. "Competitions Guide" (PDF). uci.ch. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
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