Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial, 32.8 kms Tuesday, October 6, 1998

Complete Starting List     Results Report Well day one of the World Championships in Limburg. A very cold and becoming wet Limburg. Make that freezing cold. The strong northerly wind did not help either. I went out for several hours myself this morning and despite riding fairly constantly I never got warm. The time trials started off down in the valley (Maas) in the centre of Maastricht. The first sections were largely uneventful although the 6 degree temperature certainly didn't provide for loose joints. The only real problems were the ascent of the Bemelerberg and the wind on the exposed parts of the course around Margraten. While the Junior Women did not have to contend with the second climb on the circuit - the Cauberg (coming out of Valkenburg), the Under-23 men did. It came at the end of the time trial and is a 12 per cent 1 km drain on the legs. Mostly it can be done in the big ring. This part of the circuit is actually quite technical because the riders come down a long and very fast hill into the heart of Valkenburg, then have to negotiate a very sharp left hand turn (less than 90 degrees) and are immediately confronted with the climb. While time trial riders were not as challenged by this technical aspect in the road race where the bunch will have to slow down more - the riders at the back will get dropped very easily. Once over the Cauberg, the riders had a very fast downhill (gentle) finish in Vilt. Norwegian Thor Hushovd kept the World ITT in the country when he won the Under-23 race over 32.8 kms at an average speed of 45.419 in trying conditions. Last year in San Sebastian, Kurt Arvensen was successful. But the national coach said that Hushovd has "more talent than Arvensen. He is very elegant and strong for a young rider (20 years). He won the Paris-Roubaix in spring and was second in the GP des Nations a month ago in his age category." But it hasn't all been smooth sailing. Earlier this year he had to take a long time out to get over a knee injury. He said after the win today: "I pushed myself too hard, and I had to stop racing for six months so that my knees could recover. It was a big surprise to take the title. I hoped for a medal but I considered victory impossible. As I am still only 20 I will wait at least a year before becoming a professional." Frenchman Frédéric Finot was only 3 seconds behind Hushovd. He said later: "I was aiming to be in the first 5. A medal, it was beyond my hopes." Finot is 21 and rides for the French club Vaulx-en-Velin. He came third in the GP des Nations. He is definitely a rider who has endurance and a good sprint in smaller groups. Overall, there was very little atmosphere on Day 1 of the Worlds. The weather definitely kept the crowds away - the parcours was very empty. Tomorrow, the women ride their time trial and the weather is predicted to worsen - the rain will come to join the cold. Maastricht - Vilt, 32.9 kms 1. Thor Hushovd (Norway) 43.20 2. Frédéric Finot (France) 43.23 3.51 3. Gianmario Ortenzi (Italy) 43.30 10.64 4. David George (South Africa) 43.37 16.82 5. Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary) 43.41 21.00 6. Sébastien Wolski (Poland) 43.54 34.38 7. Raimondas Vilcinskas (Lithuania) 44.09 48.96 8. Denis Bondarenko (Russia) 44.11 51.06 9. Cadel Evans (Australia) 44.13 53.05 10. Florian Wiesinger (Austria) 44.17 57.43 11. David Zabriskie (USA) 44.20 1.00.44 12. Marco Pinotti (Italy) 44.26 1.06.64 13. Oleg Joukov (Russia) 44.31 1.11.30 14. Ondrej Slobodnik (Slovakia) 44.36 1.16.37 15. Stephan Schreck (Germany) 44.37 1.17.00 16. Martin Cotar (Croatia) 44.38 1.18.01 17. Thorsten Rund (Germany) 44.40 1.20.00 18. Geoffrey Demeyere (Belgium) 44.40 1.20.11 19. Brent Aucutt (USA) 44.40 1.20.14 20. Mathew Hayman (Australia) 44.41 1.21.42 21. Marcel Duijn (Netherlands) 44.50 1.30.05 22. Marlon Perez (Colombia) 44.54 1.34.12 23. Sandro Guettinger (Switzerland) 45.03 1.43.20 24. Florent Brard (France) 45.05 1.45.16 25. Christian Poos (Luxembourg) 45.09 1.49.09 26. Dmitri Fofonov (Kazakstan) 45.11 1.50.81 27. Robert Hunter (South Africa) 45.24 2.03.66 28. Unai Uriarte (Spain) 45.25 2.04.75 29. Angel Sainz (Spain) 45.25 2.05.11 30. Jochen Summer (Austria) 45.39 2.19.35 31. Serguei Jakovlev (Kazakstan) 45.39 2.19.47 32. Marius Sabaliauskas (Lithuania) 45.40 2.19.96 33. Csaba Szekeres (Hungary) 45.41 2.21.02 34. Sebastien Mattozza (Belgium) 45.43 2.22.73 35. Benoït Joachim (Luxembourg) 45.52 2.31.90 36. Matej Stare (Slovenia) 45.55 2.34.85 37. Mikael Wranquist (Sweden) 45.59 2.38.97 38. Serguei Avdeev (Ukraine) 46.03 2.43.33 39. Coen Boerman (Netherlands) 46.03 2.43.62 40. Manuel Ribeiro (Portugal) 46.06 2.45.70 41. Kristoffer Ingeby (Sweden) 46.12 2.52.32 42. Warren Clark (New Zealand) 46.15 2.55.10 43. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukraine) 46.34 3.13.74 44. Luis Castaneda (Colombia) 46.35 3.15.55 45. Michal Prusa (Czech Republic) 46.37 3.16.86 46. Matt Bottrill (Great Britain) 46.46 3.25.99 47. Pavel Zugaj (Poland) 47.04 3.43.96 48. Nic Hutchings (Great Britain) 47.17 3.56.97 49. Sergei Krushevskiy (Uzbekistan) 47.18 3.57.93 50. Oskari Kargu (Estonia) 47.35 4.14.98 51. Radoslav Rogina (Croatia) 47.41 4.20.97 52. Damir Iratov (Uzbekistan) 47.44 4.24.44 53. Nobuo Tamaki (Japan) 47.47 4.26.88 54. Alexandre Choupikov (Belorussia) 47.49 4.29.50 55. Panagiotis Lekkas (Greece) 48.11 4.51.02 56. Martin Rys (Czech Republic) 48.12 4.51.69 57. Pascal Choquette (Canada) 48.25 5.04.82 58. Schusaku Takahashi (Japan) 48.47 5.26.84 59. Markku Ainsalu (Estonia) 48.52 5.32.21 60. Gareth Barry (Zimbabwe) 49.05 5.45.57 61. Khaled Awaad (Egypt) 50.21 7.01.08 62. Mohamed Kholafy (Egypt) 51.00 7.39.97 63. Samir Kovacevic (BIH) 51.50 8.30.08 Did not start: Gordon Bearman (New Zealand) DNS Dmitri Parfimovitch (Russia) DNS Complete Starting List - Country and Date of Birth Albania: Piro Cahshali 01-07-1978 Tauland Hasijam 24-09-1977 Armando Kalemi 01-11-1977 Olsi Kellici 10-09-1978 Australia: Cadel Evans 14-02-1977 Mathew Hayman 20-04-1978 Austria: Jochen Summer 28-05-1977 Florian Wiesinger 20-01-1976 Belgium: Geoffrey Demeyere 31-10-1976 Sébastien Mattozza 11-10-1977 BIH: Samir Kovacevic 30-01-1976 Belorussia Alexandre Choupikov 28-05-1976 Alexandre Kozlov 31-08-1979 Serguei Mikhailovski 12-10-1976 Vadzim Verkmavodka 25-08-1977 Brazil: Pedro Romero Dos Santos 21-02-1978 Canada: Pascal Choquette 04-10-1978 Colombia: Mauricio Alberto Ardil Cano 21-05-1979 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango 10-01-1976 Croatia: Martin Cotar 14-01-1977 Radoslav Rogina 03-03-1979 Czech Republic: Tomas Lejska 31-08-1979 Michal Precechtel 24-10-1977 Michal Prusa 24-05-1978 Martin Rys 14-04-1979 Egypt: Mohamed Kholafy 11-03-1977 Khaled Saad 03-07-1976 Spain: Luis Murcia 09-09-1978 José Antonio Pecharroman 10-06-1978 Angel Sainz de la Maza 27-09-1978 Unai Uriarte 05-01-1976 Estonia: Markku Ainsalu 09-11-1979 Oskari Kargu 08-04-1976 France: Florent Brard 07-02-1976 Frédéric Finot 20-03-1977 Loïc Lamouller 16-05-1978 Fabrice Salonson 17-11-1979 Great Britain: Matt Bottrill 13-02-1975 Nic Hutchings 05-03-1977 Germany: Torsten Nitsche 22-05-1977 Thorsten Rund 25-02-1976 Ronny Scholz 24-04-1978 Stephan Schreck 15-07-1978 Greece: Panagiotis Lekkas 05-07-1978 Hungary: Laszlo Bodrogi 11-12-1976 Csaba Szekeres 30-01-1977 Aurel Vig 25-02-1978 Israel: Izak Boygen 21-04-1979 Boris Yezulak 21-08-1977 Italy: Maurizio Caravaggio 22-05-1976 Danilo Di Luca 02-01-1976 Gianmario Ortenzi 24-06-1976 Marco Pinotti 25-02-1976 Japan: Takshi Miyazawa 27-02-1978 Shusaku Takahashi 03-08-1977 Akihiro Takaoka 15-10-1977 Nobuo Tamaki 30-07-1977 Kazakstan: Dmitri Fofonov 15-08-1976 Serguei Jakovlev 21-04-1976 Dmitriy Muravyev 02-11-1979 Latvia: Raivis Belohvosciks 21-01-1976 Lithuania: Linas Balciunas 14-02-1978 Marius Sabaliauskas 15-11-1978 Raimondas Vilcinskas 05-07-1977 Luxembourg: Benoît Joachim 14-01-1976 Kim Kirchen 03-07-1978 Christian Poos 05-11-1977 Moldavia: Leonid Baciu 06-08-1977 Ilie Jentimir 17-01-1976 Ivan Pripa 14-06-1976 Valeriy Zayts 19-09-1977 Mexico: Miguel Angel Meza Flores 19-05-1977 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio 30-07-1977 Netherlands: Coen H. Boerman 11-11-1976 Huub Bres 19-01-1978 Marcel Duijn 12-05-1977 Remmert Wielinga 27-04-1978 Nigeria: Christopher Ikmianse 19-07-1977 Texman Okuwdaue 20-06-1978 Samuel Ozazuwa 12-04-1977 Norway: Thor Hushovd 18-01-1978 New Zealand: Gordon Bearman 29-05-1979 Warren Clark 26-10-1977 Poland: Tomasz Lisowicz 23-02-1977 Marcin Sapa 10-02-1976 Kamil Wolski 14-06-1977 Pawel Zugaj 01-10-1979 Portugal: José Oliveira 12-07-1978 Manuel Ribeiro 19-02-1979 South Africa: David George 23-02-1976 Robert Hunter 22-04-1977 Tiaan Kannemeyer 14-12-1978 Russia: Denis Bondarenko 05-06-1978 Kirill Goloubev 17-11-1978 Oleg Joukov 09-02-1976 Dmitri Parfimovitch 10-02-1976 Maxim Smirnov 10-02-1976 Slovenia: Matija Kotnik 15-07-1979 Matej Stare 20-02-1978 Tadej Valjavec 13-04-1977 Switzerland: Martin Elmiger 23-09-1978 Cédric Fragniere 16-02-1976 Sandro Güttinger 10-10-1979 Marcel Strauss 15-08-1976 Slovakia: Dalibor Grebeci 11-03-1977 Ondrej Slobodnik 15-11-1976 Sweden: Kristoffer Ingeby 28-01-1979 Mikael Wranquist 03-07-1977 Uganda: William Maliyamurigu 28-03-1977 Ibrahim Zziwa 23-09-1976 Ukraine: Serguei Avdeev 24-09-1976 Yuriy Krivtsov 07-02-1979 USA: Brent Aucutt 08-03-1976 Seth Pelusi 27-11-1976 Justion Spinelli 31-08-1979 David Zabriskie 12-01-1979 Uzbekistan: Damir Iratov 15-01-1978 Sergei Krushevskiy 19-05-1976 Zimbabwe: Gareth Barry 17-08-1979