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World Championships - CM
Verona, Italy, September 27-October 3, 2004
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Race 3 - Tuesday September 28: Time Trial - Junior Men, 24.05km
German junior sandwich takes gold and bronze
Czech rider takes silver
By Tim Maloney, European editor
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A first year junior at just 17 years old, German rider Patrick Gretsch came home the winner today in the Junior Men's World Championship TT over 24km. Gretsch said post-race that "I expected beforehand to get into the top ten, but to win here really comes as a surprise. It is unbelievable. It was a really great moment for me to stand there and hear the German anthem playing while wearing the rainbow jersey. This is great."
Like yesterday's U23 Men's TT, the silver medalist sulked a little on the podium. Lanky Czech rider Roman Kreuziger started fast and slowed in the second half, but managed to finish second, 0'15 behind Gretsch. Kreuziger explained his bittersweet feelings, saying, "I was second in the world cyclo-cross championships (in France last January) and second again today. I'm not really disappointed by that I want to win, certainly, but second place is also a good result."
Just 1'00 behind Kreuziger was another German, Stefan Schäfer, and in fact, the junior time trial was a close affair, with the first six riders covered by 0'28.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Carretti (Italy) in action
- Manuele Boaro (Italy) in action
- Patrick Gretsch (Germany) brings it home
- Patrick Gretsch (Germany) is the new junior world TT champ
- Patrick Gretsch (Germany) with his winner's bouquet
- The winners smile on the podium: Roman Kreuziger (2nd), Patrick Gretsch (1st), and Stefan Schäfer (3rd)
- The podium of the junior men's TT: Roman Kreuziger (2nd), Patrick Gretsch (1st), and Stefan Schäfer (3rd)
- Germany won the gold and bronze with Gretsch (L) and Schäfer (R)
- Patrick Gretsch (Germany) makes his way to the podium
- Operatic podium girls Verona style
- This podium is making me dizzy
Images by Shane Stokes/irishcycling.com
- Ciaran Kelly (Ireland) in the zone
- Ciaran Kelly (Ireland) warms up
- Martin Munroe (Irl) takes a drink
- Martin Munroe (Irl) before the start
Images by Mitch Friedman Photography
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- Soon to be World Champ Patrick Gretsch gets pinned
- Roman Kreuziger (Cze) waits to ride
- American Chris Stockburger gets caught by 7th place Berendt Hanson Anders (Den)
- Patrick Gretsch (Ger) is the new World Jr TT Champ
- The podium of the junior men's TT: Roman Kreuziger (2nd), Patrick Gretsch (1st), and Stefan Schäfer (3rd)
Results
1 Patrick Gretsch (Germany) 30.29.37 (47.328 km/h) 2 Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) 0.15.53 3 Stefan Schäfer (Germany) 0.16.33 4 Michael Schär (Switzerland) 0.17.01 5 Viktor Renäng (Sweden) 0.18.47 6 Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldavia) 0.28.76 7 Anders Berendt Hansen (Denmark) 0.37.03 8 Robert Gesink (Netherlands) 0.37.25 9 Alexander Slivkin (Russia) 0.43.25 10 Jerome Coppel (France) 0.49.66 11 Maxime Bouet (France) 0.59.53 12 Rafaâ Chtioui (Tunisia) 0.59.68 13 Simon Spilak (Slovenia) 1.01.76 14 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) 1.11.62 15 Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Belgium) 1.21.32 16 Maksym Kovalchuk (Ukraine) 1.24.76 17 Ben Hermans (Belgium) 1.25.67 18 Zdenek Machac (Czech Republic) 1.30.80 19 Kristjan Koren (Slovenia) 1.31.33 20 Manuele Boaro (Italy) 1.32.46 21 Yury Yazepchyk (Bielorussia) 1.35.61 22 Harley Goss (Australia) 1.35.90 23 Janis Ozols (Latvia) 1.37.37 24 Johan Lindgren (Sweden) 1.41.55 25 Thijs Van Amerongen (Netherlands) 1.43.09 26 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (South Africa) 1.46.01 27 Alessandro Carretti (Italy) 1.46.56 28 Gatis Smukulis (Latvia) 1.48.08 29 André Steensen (Denmark) 1.48.50 30 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) 1.49.73 31 Tanel Kangert (Estonia) 1.51.40 32 Ian Stannard (Great Britain) 1.52.97 33 Yevhen Nikolenko (Ukraine) 1.54.17 34 Timofey Kritskiy (Russia) 1.56.13 35 Lukasz Modzelewski (Poland) 1.58.92 36 Bolat Raimbekov (Kazakhstan) 1.59.68 37 Nick Clesen (Luxembourg) 2.01.16 38 Andreas Simon (Austria) 2.05.73 39 Panagiotis Potsakis (Greece) 2.07.14 40 Alberto Ibanez Vanes (Spain) 2.12.63 41 Adam Switters (USA) 2.15.71 42 Duncan Viljoen (South Africa) 2.20.23 43 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spain) 2.21.58 44 Ervin Korts-Laur (Estonia) 2.21.60 45 Chris Stockburger (USA) 2.26.17 46 Carlos Julian Quintero (Colombia) 2.26.53 47 Raphael Tremblay (Canada) 2.28.63 48 Eric Boily (Canada) 2.35.59 49 Alexander Egger (Austria) 2.38.57 50 Martin Munroe (Ireland) 2.44.02 51 Ciaran Kelly (Ireland) 2.44.83 52 Roman Kireyev (Kazakhstan) 2.50.29 53 Rodrick Muscat (Malta) 2.50.83 54 Jaroslaw Marycz (Poland) 2.56.68 55 Dejan Stefanovic (Serbia-Montenegro) 2.58.62 56 Egidijus Jursys (Lithuania) 2.59.77 57 Edwin Crossling (New Zealand) 2.59.87 58 Julien Schopfer (Switzerland) 3.13.36 59 Andrew Thompson (New Zealand) 3.21.85 60 Slavomir Benc (Slovakia) 3.33.90 61 Madaras Laszlo (Roumania) 3.36.01 62 Ruslan Karimov (Uzbekistan) 3.36.96 63 Stoica Marius-Nicolae (Roumania) 3.38.83 64 Eligijus Dalisanskas (Lithuania) 3.41.05 65 Samuel Coelho (Portugal) 3.42.90 66 Ante Radic (Croatia) 3.43.66 67 Nadiradze Giorgi (Georgia) 4.18.41 68 Aliaksei Sakavets (Bielorussia) 4.39.51 69 Makkharashvili Archil (Georgia) 4.44.00 70 Ryuta Morimoto (Japan) 4.59.13 71 Shawn Pullicino (Malta) 5.27.74 72 Tal Eizinbad (Israel) 5.42.44 73 Anton Mikhailov (Israel) 5.50.60 74 Luis Pulido Naranjo (Mexico) 6.40.09 km 11.8 1 Patrick Gretsch (Germany) 16.06.41 2 Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) 0.03.53 3 Stefan Schäfer (Germany) 0.10.29 4 Viktor Renäng (Sweden) 0.12.11 5 Michael Schär (Switzerland) 0.13.16 6 Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldavia) 0.13.61 7 Robert Gesink (Netherlands) 0.15.91 8 Anders Berendt Hansen (Denmark) 0.18.72 9 Jerome Coppel (France) 0.27.43 10 Maxime Bouet (France) 0.31.29 11 Alexander Slivkin (Russia) 0.31.46 12 Ben Hermans (Belgium) 0.31.54 13 Simon Spilak (Slovenia) 0.32.23 14 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) 0.37.16 15 Rafaâ Chtioui (Tunisia) 0.38.57 16 Manuele Boaro (Italy) 0.40.14 17 Zdenek Machac (Czech Republic) 0.43.65 18 Maksym Kovalchuk (Ukraine) 0.44.92 19 Michiel Van Aelbroeck (Belgium) 0.46.52 20 Kristjan Koren (Slovenia) 0.48.11 21 Yury Yazepchyk (Bielorussia) 0.48.49 22 André Steensen (Denmark) 0.50.17 23 Yevhen Nikolenko (Ukraine) 0.50.91 24 Gatis Smukulis (Latvia) 0.51.58 25 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (South Africa) 0.52.92 26 Johan Lindgren (Sweden) 0.53.62 27 Ian Stannard (Great Britain) 0.55.27 28 Alessandro Carretti (Italy) 0.58.93 29 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) 0.59.87 30 Panagiotis Potsakis (Greece) 1.00.74 31 Eric Boily (Canada) 1.04.37 32 Harley Goss (Australia) 1.04.61 33 Tanel Kangert (Estonia) 1.04.71 34 Lukasz Modzelewski (Poland) 1.05.30 35 Thijs Van Amerongen (Netherlands) 1.05.91 36 Janis Ozols (Latvia) 1.05.95 37 Ervin Korts-Laur (Estonia) 1.06.76 38 Nick Clesen (Luxembourg) 1.07.61 39 Timofey Kritskiy (Russia) 1.08.90 40 Roman Kireyev (Kazakhstan) 1.11.14 41 Bolat Raimbekov (Kazakhstan) 1.14.54 42 Duncan Viljoen (South Africa) 1.16.09 43 Andreas Simon (Austria) 1.16.83 44 Adam Switters (USA) 1.16.97 45 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spain) 1.17.83 46 Alexander Egger (Austria) 1.19.75 47 Alberto Ibanez Vanes (Spain) 1.20.90 48 Carlos Julian Quintero (Colombia) 1.24.32 49 Martin Munroe (Ireland) 1.25.10 50 Jaroslaw Marycz (Poland) 1.28.15 51 Chris Stockburger (USA) 1.28.29 52 Julien Schopfer (Switzerland) 1.29.02 53 Edwin Crossling (New Zealand) 1.34.05 54 Dejan Stefanovic (Serbia-Montenegro) 1.34.71 55 Raphael Tremblay (Canada) 1.34.84 56 Andrew Thompson (New Zealand) 1.42.12 57 Egidijus Jursys (Lithuania) 1.42.15 58 Rodrick Muscat (Malta) 1.42.76 59 Eligijus Dalisanskas (Lithuania) 1.48.80 60 Ciaran Kelly (Ireland) 1.50.15 61 Ante Radic (Croatia) 1.56.50 62 Ruslan Karimov (Uzbekistan) 1.56.86 63 Slavomir Benc (Slovakia) 1.59.45 64 Nadiradze Giorgi (Georgia) 2.01.55 65 Madaras Laszlo (Roumania) 2.04.49 66 Samuel Coelho (Portugal) 2.11.38 67 Aliaksei Sakavets (Bielorussia) 2.23.53 68 Stoica Marius-Nicolae (Roumania) 2.28.20 69 Makkharashvili Archil (Georgia) 2.35.39 70 Ryuta Morimoto (Japan) 2.36.31 71 Tal Eizinbad (Israel) 2.50.20 72 Shawn Pullicino (Malta) 3.11.85 73 Anton Mikhailov (Israel) 3.25.25 74 Luis Pulido Naranjo (Mexico) 5.30.37
