September 23, 2008 (Varese Italy) – Adriano Malori (Italy) is the first champion to be crowned at the 2008 Road World Championships, Sept. 23-28, winning the U23 Men’s 33.55km ITT. Canada’s David Veilleux placed 20th and while Éric Boily was 39th.

Canadian Sport News Report

David Veilleux of Cap-Rouge, Que., finished 20th in the men’s under-23 time trial on Tuesday to open the 2008 world road cycling championships.

Adriano Malori of Italy, the last rider to start, won the gold medal clocking the 33.5 kilometre race in 42 minutes and 35.989 seconds. Patrick Gretsch of Germany, crashed with three kilometres to go but still took the silver at 49.67 seconds back and Cameron Meyer of Australia was third 1:04.36 from the winning time.

Veilleux, 36th in the same event last year, clocked 43:44.70 and produced a particularly strong finish with the seventh fastest time on the last split.

The first racer of the day Veilleux said he was careful early on after some heavy rains in the morning made the course slippery. He was also coming off a recent ankle injury suffered at the Tour de Missouri earlier this month. Overall, the 20-year-old was pleased with his result particularly that his primary focus is the road race on Friday.

Eric Boily of Jonquiere, Que., who has been battling a stomach flu, was 39th more than three minutes off the winning time. There were 62 entries.

Competition continues Wednesday with the women’s elite time trial.

Results

1. Adriano Malori (Italy) 41:36.0 (48.389 km/h)
2. Patrick Gretsch (Germany) 00:49.7
3. Cameron Meyer (Australia) 01:04.4
4. Marcel Wyss (Switzerland) 01:11.6
5. Stefano Borchi (Italy) 01:24.3
6. Peter Stetina (United States of America) 01:24.6
7. Kristjan Koren (Slovenia) 01:24.8
8. Rui Costa (Portugal) 01:26.8
9. Andreas Henig (Germany) 01:32.7
10. Artem Ovechkin (Russian Federation) 01:37.5
11. Jaime Suaza (Colombia) 01:40.4
12. Tony Gallopin (France) 01:48.2
13. Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukraine) 01:49.0
14. Duarte Arevalo (Colombia) 01:49.1
15. Johan Lindgren (Sweden) 01:49.5
16. Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 01:51.5
17. Serrano Fernandeeszp (Spain) 01:54.4
18. Dennis van Winden (Netherlands) 01:55.6
19. Travis Meyer (Australia) 01:58.1
20. David Veilleux (Canada) 2:08.72
21. Nicolas Boisson (France) 02:11.6
22. Gatis Smukulis (Latvia) 02:12.8
23. Jan Ghyselinck (Belgium) 02:21.6
24. Gert Joeaar (Estonia) 02:23.3
25. Amador Bikkazakocvrac (Ukraine) 02:25.4
26. Navardauskas (Lithuania) 02:26.8
27. Siarhei Papok (Belarus) 02:27.1
28. Ervin Korts-Laur (Estonia) 02:30.3
29. Matthias Brandle (Austria) 02:32.6
30. Michael Faerk Christensen (Denmark) 02:38.6
31. Martin Hacecky (Czech Republic) 02:40.5
32. Dmitry Sokolov (Russian Federation) 02:44.4
33. Russell Hampton (Great Britain) 02:49.0
34. Arturo Mora Ortiz (Spain) 02:50.9
35. Andrei Krasilnikau (Belarus) 02:53.4
36. Alex Dowsett (Great Britain) 02:59.2
37. Martijn Keizer (Netherlands) 03:03.3
38. Gabor Fejes (Hungary) 03:06.5
39. Eric Boily (Canada) 3:09.76
40. Gideoni Monteiro (Brazil) 03:11.6
41. Clinton Avery (New Zealand) 03:18.1
42. Van Garderen T (United States of America) 03:21.1
43. Mukhamedov T (Uzbekistan) 03:23.9
44. Kostelnicak M (Slovakia) 03:44.2
45. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan) 03:48.9
46. Vitor Rodrigues (Portugal) 03:53.7
47. Trautmanis M (Latvia) 04:26.2
48. Nicolas Schnyder (Switzerland) 04:30.9
49. Vadim Izotov (Kazakhstan) 04:33.6
50. Pantano Gomez J (Colombia) 04:41.9
51. Joze Jovanov (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) 05:02.4
52. Mastrangelo R (Argentina) 05:06.1
53. Godoy S (Argentina) 05:14.3
54. Belmokhtar A (Algeria) 05:19.4
55. Kratochvila J (Czech Republic) 05:30.0
56. Victor Mironov (Republic of Moldova) 05:56.7
57. Jakub Novak (Slovakia) 06:08.3
58. Siskevicius E (Lithuania) 06:15.6
59. Ahmad Lutfi M (Malaysia) 07:13.5
60. Tamas Iszkadi (Hungary) 08:27.6
DNF Sergiu Cioban (Republic of Moldova)
DNF Ole Jorgen Jensen (Norway)
DNS Hossein Nateghi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
DNS Marco Coledan (Italy)