Saturday 13 October- 9:00 - Junior Men's Road Race - 121 km (10 laps)
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The first of two races today is the 121 kilometre (10 lap) Junior Men's road race. 164 riders are on the start list, and it will be a nervous first few laps before the field sorts itself out. The junior men always seem to have the most crashes, but thankfully it's not raining today.
The course clearly favours the strongest rider, as we saw yesterday with Nicole Cooke and Yaroslav Popvych's victories in the Junior Women's and U23 Men's road races. Today should be no different, although the junior men's is always one of the toughest to pick. Expect Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel), Jukka Vastaranta (Fin), Kieran Page (GBr), Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) and Urkrainians Oleksandr Kvachuk and Vitaly Kondrut to perform well.
9:20 GMT - Lap 1
Alexey Kolessov (Kazakhstan) leads the peloton through on the first
lap, but he only has a small gap to the peloton.
Lap 1 time: 17:49 (40.75 km/h)
9:38 GMT - Lap 2
Alexey Kolessov (Kazakhstan) has been joined by Greek rider Georgios
Tentsos, and the pair maintain a slender 8 second lead at the conclusion
of the second lap. The Kazakhs and Ukranians are prominent at the front
of the peloton.
Lap 2 time: 18:16 (39.75 km/h)
Total time: 36:05 (40.24 km/h)
9:56 GMT - Lap 3
Seven laps to go and there has been a more serious attack. Six riders,
including Matti Brechell (Den) Bartosz Kolendo (Pol), Mathieu Claude (Fra),
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa), Norbert Poels (Ned), and Stanislav Belov
(Rus) have ridden away to a 1:24 lead as they cross the line. Belov is
probably the most dangerous rider in the break.
Lap 3 time: 17:04 (42.54 km/h)
Total time: 53:09 (40.97 km/h)
10:14 GMT - Lap 4
The break maintains its advantage through the fourth lap, still leading
the peloton by 1:19. The Kazakhs and the Ukranians are leading the chase,
as they completely missed the move.
Lap 4 time: 18:20 (39.6 km/h)
Total time: 1:11:29 (40.62 km/h)
10:32 GMT - Lap 5
It's status quo at the halfway point, with a break of six riders (Matti
Brechell (Den) Bartosz Kolendo (Pol), Mathieu Claude (Fra), Luis Leon
Sanchez Gil (Spa), Norbert Poels (Ned), and Stanislav Belov (Rus)) holding
their 1:22 advantage over a disorganised peloton.
Lap 5 time: 18:00 (40.33 km/h)
Total time: 1:29:29 (40.57 km/h)
10:50 GMT - Lap 6
Four laps to go, and there is some agitation in the bunch. Two riders,
Nebojsa Jovanovic (Yug) and Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) have set off in pursuit
of the six leaders, and are 1:18 down. The peloton is another 16 seconds
back.
Lap 6 time: 17:59 (40.37 km/h)
Total time: 1:47:28 (40.53 km/h)
11:05 GMT - Lap 7
With three laps to go, the gap is starting to come down at last. The six
leaders have around 50 seconds to the peloton, which is starting to get
serious about reeling them in. Most of the favourites are prominent near
the front of the bunch.
Lap 7 time: 18:29 (39.28 km/h)
Total time: 2:05:57 (40.35 km/h)
11:23 GMT - Lap 8
Half of the break has been caught, with Sanchez Gil, Brechell and Belov
being joined by Oleksandr Kvachuk. The four have a 13 second lead on the
peloton with Luca Conati (Ita) and Przemyslaw Pietrzak (Pol) pursuing
them.
Lap 8 time: 17:42 (41.02 km/h)
Total time: 2:23:39 (40.43 km/h)
11:40 GMT - Lap 9
One lap to go, and Ukrainian Oleksander Kvachuck is going for gold. He
missed out by just 0.4 of a second in the TT, but has this one in the
bag it seems. He leads Lokvist (Swe), Perget (Fra), Roy (Fra) and Nevens
(Bel) by 1:01 with just 12 kilometres to go. It's looking like the second
Ukranian gold in consecutive races.
The peloton is chasing...in pieces, a further 30-40 seconds behind Lokvist's group.
Lap 9 time: 17:03 (42.58 km/h)
Total time: 2:40:42 (40.66 km/h)
11:57 GMT - Lap 10
Just as his compatriot Yaroslav Popovych did yesterday in the U23 men's
road race, Ukrainian Oleksandr Kvachuk crosses the line alone to win the
junior men's race, courtesy of a well timed move at the end of Lap 8.
The Dutchman Niels Scheuneman and Mathieu Perget (Fra) are second and
third, 1:07 behind.
Lap 10 time: 18:01 (40.30 km/h)
Total time: 2:58:43 (40.62 km/h)
Results
Unofficial 1 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) 2.58.43 (40.62 km/h) 2 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) 1.07 3 Mathieu Perget (Fra) 4 Sven Nevens (Bel) 5 Jérémy Roy (Fra) 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) 1.08 7 Luca Conati (Ita) 1.23 8 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) 9 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) 10 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger)
