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UCI Road World Championships 2011: U23 Men time trial

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January 1 - September 25, Copenhagen, Den🌃mark, Road - CM

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The U-23 men have taken to♑ the time trial course.  Who will be the fastest through the streets of Copenhagen?

Welcome to Cyclingnew෴s' live c🔯overage of the UCI World Championships!  The Junior women went this morning, and now we will follow the U-23 men.

Our leader so far is Anton Vorobev of Russia, with a ꦬtime of 43: 36.12.  Second is Jasper Hamelink of the Netherlands at 44:40.07, with Damien Howson (Australia) third at 44:53.09.

Ouch, that hurts!&nbsꦺp; Michael Hepburn of Australia had set the best halfway time, but now he will be lucky to place well.  He took a turn too fast, went down, and had to change bikes.

The U-23 men will ride two laps of a 17.6 km course.  They go from the city center to Hel🌱lerup, and then back, finishing up at City Hall Sq꧑uare.

Hepburn is having trouble getting ba𝓰ck in his rhythm.  He doesn't look as fluid as earlier, and is definitely more careful on the🍎 corners.

But he was still fast enough to take over first place!  Good for him -- even i🏅f he is not expected to stay there until the end.

Our weather today?  “Dry with sunny spells.”  High of about 16°C. Some have feared the wind here, but it is suཧpposed to be light today.   And fortunately we are having one of those sunny spells now.

Jose Goncalves of Portugal really turns on the speed as he approaches the finish line aheadജ of  of Kazakhi Daniil Fominykh.  Neith𓂃er will be in the top ten.

We had 65 rider🌱s scheduled to take to the start today including riders from such “exotic” cycling lands as Panama, Greece, Albania and Eritrea.

Ou♔r slowe𝐆st time so far is Tesfom Okubarmariam Issak of Eritrea, at 50:26.46.

The riders are going off at 1:30 intervals.  They have been divided into five groups of 12 t🔴o 13 riders, with a gap of  32 minutes between each group.  Right now we are approaching the last riders of the next-to-last group.

There are some difficulties along the way.  There are any number of speed bumps in the road, and some cobblestones as🍷 well.  Also, the entire route is not blocked off. We have seen at least one rider have a near collision with a “civilian” cyclist.

Arthur Van Overbergh🥂e of Belgium completes his first lap of the course.

Michel Koch of Germany is 12thജ at the half♎way marker.  His goal is top 15 today.

The absolute top favourite today to take the gold is Luke Durbridge of Australia.  The 20 year-old won the junior title in 2009.  𒈔What has he done this year?  He won the Chrono Champenois, the national U-23 time trial title, the prologue time trial at the Olympia's Tour, plus the first stage of the Olympia's Tour.  Not to mention his national title in points racing on the track and his Worlds team pursuit title.

Right now the last riders out of the fourth group 🀅are☂ on the road. In about 16 minutes the last 13 riders will be at the start.

Le Bon of France catches and passes Van Re🅺nsburg of South Africa just before the halfway mark.

Five more minutes, and the ✱next batch of riders will be underway.

Koch꧒ will have to wait and see if he makes his top 15 goal.  He🌃 is currently tenth at 45.37.10.

The final group has started!

Lawson Craddock of the US, the next to go, is only 19 years old.  He rides for the Trek-Livestrong U23 team.  This season he has won stages at Le Tri𓆏ptyque des Monts et Chateaux (a time trial) and at the Tour de la Guadeloupe. He has the best Worlds experience, having won the Junior TT title last year.

Andrei  Krasilnikau of Belrussia is 22 and rides ꦡfor the Garmin developmental t🎀eam.

Eek, they are leaving fast and furious now!  Vegard Stake Laengen, 22, of Norway, rides for Joker Merida.
 

Kevin De Jonghe is Belgium's top starter.  He is Belgian U-23 time trial champ, and hs several wins this season as well.
 

Only eight more riders to go!

Laengenℱ weavses way through an S-curve.  He is putting in a good time so far.

Durbridge is now on his way.  He is considered the best bet for golꦯd here.

Hepburn coolly watches his countryman go.  He has had a visit from the medics and is now sporting some gauz𒐪e and tape.

Le Bon hits the finish line in 11th p▨lace, about 2 minutes down.

Quaade sets a new best time atﷺ the first in🌱termediate time check, eight seconds faster than Hepburn.

Bob Jungels of Luxe🦹mbourg is underway now.&ဣnbsp; And Mark Christian of Great Britain is at the other end of the course, finishing currently 19th.

Jungels was 2010 Juniors �🐬�World time trial champion.  And this year he won both the time trail and road race at the Games of the Small States of Europe.

Christian, 🃏by the way, was the last one of the fourth group. There will now be a gap until the next ridꦿer crosses the finish line.

And the final rider is on the course!  The last rider to leave the blocks today is Yoann Paillot of France.  He has this honour because he won the U-23 European time trial title.
 

Quaade hits the halfway marker.  He is up out of the sa𒈔ddle as he sets another best time, but only 3.37 seꦚconds faster than Hepburn.

Durbridge powers ꦗhis way along.  How will he measure up at ❀the halfway point?

C🐬raddock is way down at the halfway mark, 37th place.  But he's stil young, his tiﷺme will come.

Laengen 20th at the intermediate tim𒁏e check, 1.1♏6 down.

De Jonghe of Belgium is also not putting in a top team,ꦆ 20th at the half.

Durbridge is alr൲eady approaching his 1:30 man🉐 Novak as they near the halfway marker.

And Novak is going well, too, fifth fastest.

Durbridge of course sets a new best intermedi🤡ate time, topping Quaade by 15 seconds.

Quaade must have gone out too fast.  He was only second at the next intermediate chec🐭k, behind Hepburn.

Paillot is now over the midway 𓂃point (in 10th place). Things are winding down now.

Quaade comes in to the finish.

Over a number of speed bumps he goes!

Up out of the saddle and powering🃏 to the finish -- he crosses the line at 43:22.81, for a new best time!

♋The Danish crowd is beside its🦩elf.  He is totally out of breath, laying on the ground.

Durbridge is nearing the final intermediate ti🔯me check with a massive lead over Quaade.

We assume that Craddock has now finished too.....but no one is telli𒁃ng us.

Oh, here comes Craddock now.💦  He was slower underway than we thought.&n🌜bsp; He finishes nearly four minutes down.

Speaking of slow, Durbrid🦄ge has pဣassed Krasilnikau, who started seven and a half minutes before him.

Laengen comes into the finish, about 2.23 down.

Belgium's De Jonghe is the next to finish, in 16th place at t💯he ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmoment.

Durbridge goes under the fla꧙mme rouge 🐽-- we don't know the Danish term.....

Durbridge motors in towards the finish line.

He crosses the finish line in 42.37 -- we have our World Champioღn!

Sixth place for Dumoulin.

Oh wait, he can't be in yet. ✨ That must hv👍e been the last intermediate time check.

S&uuಞml;tterin of Germany is now over the li༒ne, just missing out on the top ten.

Dumoulin rolls over the cobbles now.

Jungels too miss⭕es 🐟out on the top ten as he finishes 2.28 down.

Matteo Mammini of Italy comes in at nearly three minut💃es down.

Dumoulin does well, with an eighth place finish.

Paillot hits all those🅘 speed bumps on his way to the finsh line.

Thirteenth place for him.

That's it!  We have Austr♒alian bookend winners, with a Dane in th✨e middle.

Gold for Luke Durbridge, silver for Rasmus Quaade, and bronze f🐼or Michae🐎l Hepburn.

Congratulations not only to those three but to all wꦓho rode here.  Simly being nominated to the World Championships is a real honour.

And here our top ten:

On𝓀ce more, congratulations to them and all ✱who rode today.

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