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2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race

Men's junior road race
2014 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates 27 September 2014
Stages 1
Distance 127.40 km (79.16 mi)
Winning time 3h 07' 00"
Medalists
   Gold  Jonas Bokeloh (DEU)
   Silver  Alexandr Kulikovskiy (RUS)
   Bronze  Peter Lenderink (NED)
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   Gold  Jonas Bokeloh (DEU)
   Silver  Alexandr Kulikovskiy (RUS)
   Bronze  Peter Lenderink (NED)
2014 UCI Road World Championships
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Participating nations
Elite events
Elite road race   men   women
Elite time trial   men   women
Elite team time trial   men   women
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race   men  
Under-23 time trial   men  
Junior events
Junior road race   men   women
Junior time trial   men   women
 
Qualification

The Men's junior road race of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 27 September 2014. The course of the race was 127.40 km (79.16 mi) with the start and finish in Ponferrada.

In a sprint finish of 32 riders, Jonas Bokeloh became the first German rider since Holger Loew in 1996, to win the junior world title. He out-sprinted Russia's Alexandr Kulikovskiy and Peter Lenderink of the Netherlands for the gold medal.

Qualification was based mainly on the final UCI Juniors Nations' Cup ranking as of 15 August 2014. The first ten nations in this classification qualified six riders to start, the next five nations qualified five riders to start and the next five nations qualified four riders to start. Spain, as the organising nation, were entitled five riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the opportunity to send three riders to start. Moreover, continental champions were qualified to take part in the race, on top of the nation numbers. The outgoing World Champion, Mathieu van der Poel, did not compete as he was no longer eligible to contest junior races.

The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of seven laps. The circuit was 18.20 km (11.31 mi) long and included two hills. The total climbing was 306 m (1,004 ft) per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.

The first 4 km (2.5 mi) were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattened and the remaining 5.1 km (3.2 mi) were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after 11 km (6.8 mi) at a 16% negative gradient.

The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of 1.1 km (0.68 mi), at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of 4.5 km (2.8 mi) was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).

187 cyclists from 55 nations took part in the men's junior road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of 3,450.


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