Junior time trials: Gustav Wang takes another Danish gold, Alena Ivanchenko beats back Zoe Bäckstedt
Russian rider continues her domination in junior time trialing with a narrow victory to claim Russia's second straight junior world time trial crown.
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BRUGES, Belgium (VN) — Gustav Wang gave Denmark its second gold medal in as many days, smashing the junior TT by 20 seconds over his nearest rival.
Wang was the 23rd of 79 starters to roll down the ramp in Knokke-Heist and had a long wait in the “hot seat” to be crowned champion. It would be a tense wait with some of the pre-race favorites, including European junior TT champion Alec Segaert (Belgium) setting off in the final group of riders.
In the end, nobody could best Wang’s time of 25:37.42 on the 22.3km course. Britain’s Joshua Tarling scored the silver medal while Segaert had to settle for bronze at 29 seconds behind the winner.
Wang is the second Dane to take home a rainbow jersey after Johan Price-Pejtersen won the under-23 men’s TT. At 18, he is in his final year as a junior and he was happy to finally have his chance after the junior events were canceled in 2020.
“It feels amazing. I dreamed about this since I won nationals the first time in 2019 in junior and it was canceled last year. So, it feels really good to prove that I’m the best in the world,” Wang said. “It’s just amazing to have two Danish guys on the top of the podium in u23 and junior.”
"It feels really good to prove that I´m the best in the world" – Gustav Wang#Flanders2021 pic.twitter.com/231WETE0Vv
— UCI (@UCI_cycling) September 21, 2021
Ivanchenko beats Bäckstedt in junior women’s TT
Zoe Bäckstedt sat in the “hot seat” until the very last rider in the junior women’s time trial Tuesday.
The 16-year-old Bäckstedt, daughter of Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Bäckstedt, was among the top favorites for the rainbow stripes in the third day of racing at the UCI road world championships.
Russian rider Alena Ivanchenko had other ideas.
Starting last, Ivanchenko confirmed her European junior world time trial win earlier this month was no fluke, and eked out a 10-second winning margin.
“I am very happy. It is very cool to have this jersey,” she said. “The part of the course on the pavé it was very hard for me. This course is not good for me because I prefer more mountains, so to win today is very nice.”
Ivanchenko, 17, stopped the clock in 25 minutes, 5 seconds (46.166kph) to win. Antonia Niedermaier of Germany was third at 25 seconds slower.
“I am happy with it, and disappointed because I didn’t get the win, that’s what everyone comes here for,” Bäckstedt said. “To be 16, and this is my first worlds, so I have to be happy with being on the podium. I got some messages from my dad in the morning to say good luck, but it would have been nice to see him at the finish. I want to have fun racing my bike.”
American Olivia Cummins punched into the top-10 with eighth, at 2:15 back. U.S. junior time trial champion Makayla MacPherson was 32nd among 55 starters.
Juniors racing — back at the world championships after being sidelined in 2020 — continues Tuesday with the junior men’s time trial.
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World Championships MJ - ITT Results
Time Trial | Rank | Name | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | WANG Gustav | Denmark | 25:37 |
2 | TARLING Joshua | Great Britain | 0:20 |
3 | SEGAERT Alec | Belgium | 0:29 |
4 | BÉVORT Carl-Frederik | Denmark | 0:30 |
5 | LE HUITOUZE Eddy | France | 0:33 |
6 | UIJTDEBROEKS Cian | Belgium | 0:41 |
7 | CHRISTEN Jan | Switzerland | 0:45 |
8 | PICKERING Finlay | Great Britain | 0:52 |
9 | BONETTO Samuele | Italy | 0:53 |
10 | BRENNSÆTER Trym | Norway | 0:58 |
11 | RAFFERTY Darren | Ireland | 1:06 |
12 | GIERYK Kacper | Poland | 1:07 |
13 | ROMEO Iván | Spain | 1:08 |
14 | GUSTIN Alex | United States | 1:11 |
15 | VERVENNE Jonathan | Belgium | 1:11 |
16 | DEL GROSSO Tibor | Netherlands | 1:21 |
17 | SVRČEK Martin | Slovakia | 1:25 |
18 | LÜHRS Luis-Joe | Germany | 1:26 |
19 | BIBIC Dylan | Canada | 1:29 |
20 | KÄRSTEN Moritz | Germany | 1:32 |
21 | KHOMIAKOV Artemii | Russia | 1:32 |
22 | MIHKELS Madis | Estonia | 1:35 |
23 | CARSWELL Jack | New Zealand | 1:35 |
24 | BESSEGA Tommaso | Italy | 1:38 |
25 | BOWER Lewis | New Zealand | 1:39 |
26 | REMKHE Andrey | Kazakhstan | 1:40 |
27 | KOCKELMANN Mathieu | Luxembourg | 1:41 |
28 | PAJUR Romet | Estonia | 1:42 |
29 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | France | 1:42 |
30 | VARENYK Maksym | Ukraine | 1:42 |
31 | KESSLER Cole | United States | 1:44 |
32 | KOPECKÝ Matyáš | Czech Republic | 1:48 |
33 | TELECKÝ Štěpán | Czech Republic | 1:48 |
34 | ZARAKOVSKIY Daniil | Russia | 1:49 |
35 | BRINKMAN Joost | Netherlands | 1:52 |
36 | SCHRETTL Marco | Austria | 1:54 |
37 | TARASKIN Maxim | Kazakhstan | 1:57 |
38 | GAJDULEWICZ Mateusz | Poland | 1:57 |
39 | LEONARD Michael | Canada | 2:00 |
40 | TAVARES Gonçalo | Portugal | 2:02 |
41 | ŠPOLJAR Jaka | Slovenia | 2:04 |
42 | VARGAS Brayan | Colombia | 2:10 |
43 | ETXEBERRIA Haimar | Spain | 2:14 |
44 | MORGADO António | Portugal | 2:15 |
45 | RAVNØY Johan | Norway | 2:16 |
46 | SZIJÁRTÓ Zétény | Hungary | 2:17 |
47 | KERVINEN Leevi | Finland | 2:20 |
48 | KÄLLBERG Axel | Finland | 2:20 |
49 | POLUPAN Dmytro | Ukraine | 2:22 |
50 | GROZEV Gabriel | Bulgaria | 2:23 |
51 | STOLIĆ Mihajlo | Serbia | 2:24 |
52 | DONZÉ Robin | Switzerland | 2:26 |
53 | SCULLY Conal | Ireland | 2:28 |
54 | VENCKUS Jomantas | Lithuania | 2:29 |
55 | FLANNERY Liam | Bermuda | 2:32 |
56 | KAĻVERŠS Matīss | Latvia | 2:32 |
57 | MÉSZÁROS Bence | Hungary | 2:33 |
58 | SULTANOV Samandar | Uzbekistan | 2:33 |
59 | DEL TORO Isaac | Mexico | 2:40 |
60 | URY Noé | Luxembourg | 2:42 |
61 | HARASIM Mihnea-Alexandru | Romania | 2:43 |
62 | SANCHEZ Matias | Mexico | 2:47 |
63 | IOANNOU Constantinos | Cyprus | 2:50 |
64 | ARRIETA Yan Luis | Cuba | 3:03 |
65 | MOLANO Estiven Brayan | Colombia | 3:07 |
66 | MILLER Alexander | Bermuda | 3:09 |
67 | GOJKOVIĆ Nicolas | Croatia | 3:13 |
68 | COGOLJEVIĆ Dejan | Serbia | 3:19 |
69 | ROGORA Kiya | Ethiopia | 3:26 |
70 | BONILLA Pablo Sandino | Uruguay | 3:28 |
71 | MIMOUNI Oussama Abdellah | Algeria | 3:28 |
72 | MIRANDA Cristopher | Panama | 3:28 |
73 | EGGETT Jason | South Africa | 3:39 |
74 | TUYIZERE Etienne | Rwanda | 3:39 |
75 | MANSOURI Khaled | Algeria | 4:15 |
76 | TROMAN Vladislav | Uzbekistan | 4:32 |
77 | SEGARRA Derex | Puerto Rico | 4:43 |
78 | ITURRIETA Miguel | Chile | 5:10 |
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World Championships WJ - ITT Results
Time Trial | Rank | Name | Team | Time |
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1 | IVANCHENKO Alena | Russia | 25:05 |
2 | BÄCKSTEDT Zoe | Great Britain | 0:10 |
3 | NIEDERMAIER Antonia | Germany | 0:25 |
4 | VAN DER MEIDEN Anna | Netherlands | 1:25 |
5 | LEECH Madelaine | Great Britain | 1:26 |
6 | UIJEN Elise | Netherlands | 1:29 |
7 | RAYER Eglantine | France | 1:51 |
8 | CUMMINS Olivia | United States | 2:15 |
9 | JOORIS Febe | Belgium | 2:18 |
10 | AHTOSALO Anniina | Finland | 2:20 |
11 | KVASNIČKOVÁ Eliška | Czech Republic | 2:21 |
12 | LANTZSCH Selma | Germany | 2:22 |
13 | CHRISTENSEN Amalie | Norway | 2:32 |
14 | SODERQVIST Karin | Sweden | 2:43 |
15 | EBRAS Elisabeth | Estonia | 2:44 |
16 | VANHOVE Marith | Belgium | 2:45 |
17 | SANDER Laura Lizette | Estonia | 2:47 |
18 | SZALIŃSKA Tamara | Poland | 2:48 |
19 | WRÓBLEWSKA Maja | Poland | 2:56 |
20 | PUIGDEFABREGAS Laia | Spain | 3:00 |
21 | AINTILA Wilma | Finland | 3:00 |
22 | BRADBURY Nicole | Canada | 3:03 |
23 | BOBNAR Nika | Slovenia | 3:05 |
24 | AUERBACH-LIND Laura | Denmark | 3:08 |
25 | LUND Victoria | Denmark | 3:10 |
26 | ZIMMERMANN Fiona | Switzerland | 3:12 |
27 | IMAZ Nahia | Spain | 3:13 |
28 | MANDRAKOVA Yelena | Kazakhstan | 3:14 |
29 | CIPRESSI Carlotta | Italy | 3:23 |
30 | LOPEZ Gabriela | Colombia | 3:23 |
31 | KUSKOVA Anna | Uzbekistan | 3:24 |
32 | MACPHERSON Makayla | United States | 3:26 |
33 | SCHMIDSBERGER Daniela | Austria | 3:27 |
34 | BOULAIS Flavie | France | 3:29 |
35 | UJFALUSI Lilly | Canada | 3:29 |
36 | MARUSCHUK Alla | Ukraine | 3:30 |
37 | MISYURINA Margarita | Uzbekistan | 3:32 |
38 | BATYRBEKOVA Bota | Kazakhstan | 3:38 |
39 | GILFANOVA Kristina | Russia | 3:45 |
40 | SCHREIBER Marie | Luxembourg | 3:45 |
41 | STRAINYTĖ Aukse | Lithuania | 3:48 |
42 | KURNICKÁ Tereza | Slovakia | 3:50 |
43 | BARALE Francesca | Italy | 3:53 |
44 | REBRAKOVA Olena | Ukraine | 3:54 |
45 | KOPECKY Julia | Czech Republic | 3:57 |
46 | GALOF Pija | Slovenia | 4:01 |
47 | ERMANE-MARCENKO Evelina | Latvia | 4:04 |
48 | MORENO Sara Juliana | Colombia | 4:08 |
49 | OLIVIER Chante | South Africa | 4:20 |
50 | GAILLARD Anaëlle | Switzerland | 4:27 |
51 | TONKOVA Ivana | Bulgaria | 4:36 |
52 | SILTUMENA Kitija | Latvia | 4:44 |
53 | THOMPSON Caitlin | South Africa | 4:59 |
54 | TORRES Serena Jeanette | El Salvador | 5:01 |
55 | KOUKOUMA Eleni | Cyprus | 6:37 |
Results provided by ProCyclingStats.