Roth was out front for the entire day as he instigated an early break of 7 riders that built up a lead of over 9 min but was caught after 145km by the lead chase group. Roth joined the leaders that stayed away until the finish as Germany missed the key split and was caught behind when crosswinds caused the peloton to spinter at 170km to go.
“My role for today was to try and get in the early breakaway,” explained Roth in a team release. “It’s a hard thing to do, but luckily the first move I covered was the break of the day. Once we got up the road, it was just about managing my effort as best as possible; keep the group rolling, stay hydrated and do everything necessary to survive a long day.”
The lead pack of 30 riders included many of the heavy hitters along with Sagan, Cavendish and Boonen were Elia Viviani and Giacomo Nizzolo from Italy, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway), Niki Terpstra (Netherlands), Alexander Kristoff (Norway) and Olympic champ Greg van Avermaet (Belgium). Belgium had six riders in the break and two in the chase group and was very much in control for Boonen.
Roth stayed out of trouble at the back and recouperated from his earlier efforts in the break. Behind his teammates Antoine Duchesne, Hugo Houle and Guillaume Boivin were in the chasing group that also contained Germany’s Andre Greipel along with his teammates Jon Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel. Fellow Canucks Ryan Anderson and Adam de Vos were sidelined earlier on.
“We didn’t have a lot of information, but we heard that there was a selection coming up fast, so we backed off and waited for them to catch us. Once we got to the circuit it was … just get to the next lap, and then the next one,” added Roth.
As the finish line approached the Germans behind became frustrated as Degenkolb sprayed one of the Belgian riders with his water battle in despair. Soon after both he and Kittel abandoned as the gap to the leaders was approaching 3 min. On the final lap it was every man for himself as the attacks began but nothing would stick until 2km to go when Tom Leezer (Ned) made a bid for glory but was caught as the bunch came together for the final sprint to the line. Cavendish launched but missed his lead out by teammate Adam Blythe as Sagan on the outside timed his move perfectly to take his second rainbow jersey.“For the finale, I actually wasn’t feeling too bad, so I just wanted to do the best result I could. A gap opened up just in front of me in the last kilometre, so I wasn’t able to be with the front guys sprinting, which was a bit disappointing,” said Roth at the finish.
Roth crossed the line in 15th for one his most satifying races and the best Canadian finish in Elite Men’s race at the Road Worlds since Hamilton 2003 where Michael Barry was seventh. Roth persevered in the heat, wind and at times severe pace for an amazing day in the saddle to bring home an stellar Canadian performance.
“I also have to say thanks to all the staff who worked so hard. Our prep camp in Israel played a huge part in the team being prepared for this kind of race, so I have to give a special thanks to [team supporter] Sylvan Adams who made it possible,” he concluded.
Team manager Kevin Field said, “I assigned break duty to Ryan because I trust 100% he can do it when asked. And it was a good chance for us to have a reliable guy up the road before the echelons started. For us, the race played out exactly like we expected, and it was super important having Ryan up there.”
Results
1. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) 5:40:43
2. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
3. Tom Boonen (Belgium)
4. Michael Matthews (Australia)
5. Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy)
6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
7. Alexander Kristoff (Norway)
8. William Bonnet (France)
9. Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
10. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)
11. Jacopo Guarnieri (Italy)
12. Adam Blythe (Great Britain)
13. Natnael Berhane (Eritrea) 0:04
14. Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium) 0:09
15. Ryan Roth (Canada)
16. Truls Korsaeth (Norway)
17. Tom Leezer (Netherlands)
18. Nick Dougall (South Africa)
19. Michal Kolar (Slovakia) 0:13
20. Elia Viviani (Italy) 0:14
21. Mathew Hayman (Australia) 0:21
22. Anas Ait El Abdia (Morocco) 2:48
23. Oliver Naesen (Belgium) 4:00
24. Jasper Stuyven (Belgium)
25. Daniele Bennati (Italy)
26. Alexsandr Porsev (Russian Federation) 5:26
27. Aidis Kruopis (Lithuania)
28. Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Argentina)
29. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark)
30. Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway)
31. Yauheni Hutarovich (Belarus)
32. Nacer Bouhanni (France)
33. Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spain)
34. Marco Haller (Austria)
35. Yukiya Arashiro (Japan)
36. Michael Schar (Switzerland)
37. Dylan Groenewegen (Netherlands)
38. Stefan Kueng (Switzerland)
39. Juraj Sagan (Slovakia)
40. Maciej Bodnar (Poland)
41. Iljo Keisse (Belgium)
42. Andre Greipel (Germany)
43. Taylor Phinney (United States Of America)
44. Koen De Kort (Netherlands)
45. Zdenek Stybar (Czech Republic)
46. Manuel Quinziato (Italy)
47. Jens Debusschere (Belgium)
48. Dylan Van Baarle (Netherlands)
49. Ben Swift (Great Britain)
50. Mitchell Docker (Australia)
51. Zakkari Dempster (Australia) 0:05:33
52. Scott Thwaites (Great Britain)
53. Robin Carpenter (United States Of America) 0:06:03
DNF Jens Keukeleire (Belgium)
DNF Mauro Abel Richeze (Argentina)
DNF Mekseb Debesay (Eritrea)
DNF Ryan Mullen (Ireland)
DNF Marc Sarreau (France)
DNF Arnaud Demare (France)
DNF Hugo Houle (Canada)
DNF Gediminas Bagdonas (Lithuania)
DNF Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan)
DNF David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spain)
DNF Jack Bauer (New Zealand)
DNF Francisco Ventoso (Spain)
DNF Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spain)
DNF Reto Hollenstein (Switzerland)
DNF Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan)
DNF Youcef Reguigui (Algeria)
DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
DNF Nikolas Maes (Belgium)
DNF Joseph Rosskopf (United States Of America)
DNF Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland)
DNF Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spain)
DNF Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spain)
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Austria)
DNF Dion Smith (New Zealand)
DNF Matt Brammeier (Ireland)
DNF Lukasz Wisniowski (Poland)
DNF Antoine Duchesne (Canada)
DNF Vegard Stake Laengen (Norway)
DNF Daniel Hoelgaard (Norway)
DNF Michael Morkov (Denmark)
DNF Lars Ytting Bak (Denmark)
DNF Guillaume Boivin (Canada)
DNF Jos Van Emden (Netherlands)
DNF Matti Breschel (Denmark)
DNF Christopher Juul Jensen (Denmark)
DNF John Degenkolb (Germany)
DNF Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Russian Federation)
DNF Marcel Kittel (Germany)
DNF Sonny Colbrelli (Italy)
DNF Jasha Sutterlin (Germany)
DNF Jean-Pierre Drucker (Luxembourg)
DNF Christophe Laporte (France)
DNF Nelson Oliveira (Portugal)
DNF Tony Martin (Germany)
DNF Gregory Rast (Switzerland)
DNF Bob Jungels (Luxembourg)
DNF Nils Politt (Germany)
DNF Sam Bennett (Ireland)
DNF Heinrich Haussler (Australia)
DNF Sergiy Lagkuti (Ukraine)
DNF Soren Kragh Andersen (Denmark)
DNF Soufiane Haddi (Morocco)
DNF Azzedine Lagab (Algeria)
DNF Alexey Vermeulen (United States Of America)
DNF Chad Haga (United States Of America)
DNF Clint Hendricks (South Africa)
DNF Ryan Gibbons (South Africa)
DNF Daniel Turek (Czech Republic)
DNF Andriy Vasylyuk (Ukraine)
DNF Mihkel Raim (Estonia)
DNF Vitaliy Buts (Ukraine)
DNF Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Colombia)
DNF Omar Alberto Mendoza Cardona (Colombia)
DNF Ian Stannard (Great Britain)
DNF Maksym Averin (Azerbaijan)
DNF Lukasz Owsian (Poland)
DNF Maciej Paterski (Poland)
DNF Matti Manninen (Finland)
DNF Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
DNF Danny Van Poppel (Netherlands)
DNF Mark Renshaw (Australia)
DNF Adrian Banaszek (Poland)
DNF Stephen Cummings (Great Britain)
DNF Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands)
DNF Luka Pibernik (Slovenia)
DNF Jiri Polnicky (Czech Republic)
DNF Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands)
DNF Fabio Sabatini (Italy)
DNF Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Colombia)
DNF Adam De Vos (Canada)
DNF Brayan Stiven Ramirez Chacon (Colombia)
DNF Ruslan Tleubayev (Kazakhstan)
DNF Daniel Oss (Italy)
DNF Andzs Flaksis (Latvia)
DNF Yoann Offredo (France)
DNF Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
DNF Cyril Lemoine (France)
DNF Anton Vorobyev (Russian Federation)
DNF Karol Domagalski (Poland)
DNF Maxim Belkov (Russian Federation)
DNF Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uruguay)
DNF Silvan Dillier (Switzerland)
DNF Sergey Lagutin (Russian Federation)
DNF Andrei Nechita (Romania)
DNF Martin Elmiger (Switzerland)
DNF Pirmin Lang (Switzerland)
DNF Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Spain)
DNF Kristoffer Skjerping (Norway)
DNF Diego Rubio (Spain)
DNF Andriy Kulyk (Ukraine)
DNF Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain)
DNF Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania)
DNF Luke Rowe (Great Britain)
DNF Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)
DNF Walter Alejandro Vargas Alzate (Colombia)
DNF Daniel Mclay (Great Britain)
DNF Adrien Petit (France)
DNF Geoffrey Soupe (France)
DNF Luke Durbridge (Australia)
DNF Caleb Ewan (Australia)
DNF Steele Von Hoff (Australia)
DNF Matteo Trentin (Italy)
DNF Sondre Holst Enger (Norway)
DNF Roman Maikin (Russian Federation)
DNF Eric Marcotte (United States Of America)
DNF Vojtech Hacecky (Czech Republic)
DNF Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic)
DNF Frantisek Sisr (Czech Republic)
DNF Andrii Bratashchuk (Ukraine)
DNF Mykhaylo Kononenko (Ukraine)
DNF Jose Goncalves (Portugal)
DNF Sergio Paulinho (Portugal)
DNF Grega Bole (Slovenia)
DNF Luka Mezgec (Slovenia)
DNF Metkel Eyob (Eritrea)
DNF Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea)
DNF Issak Tesfom Okubamariam (Eritrea)
DNF Meron Teshome Hagos (Eritrea)
DNF Alo Jakin (Estonia)
DNF Gert Joeaar (Estonia)
DNF Salaheddine Mraouni (Morocco)
DNF Abderrahmane Mehdi Hamza (Algeria)
DNF Ryan Anderson (Canada)
DNF Siarhei Papok (Belarus)
DNF Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus)
DNF Francisco Chamorro (Argentina)
DNF Maris Bogdanovics (Latvia)
DNF Burr Ho (Hong Kong, China)
DNF Bonaventure Uwizeyimana (Rwanda)
DNF Rene Corella (Mexico)
DNF Hassen Ben Nasser (Tunisia)
DNF Tedros Redae (Ethiopia)
DNF Jonas Ahlstrand (Sweden)
DNF Myagmarsuren Baasankhuu (Mongolia)
DNS Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia)
DNS Vegard Breen (Norway)
October 17th, 2016 at 12:57 pm
Would be nice if you credited Cycling Canada with a large portion of your report since they provided it. http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/sport/road/news/roth-15th-in-elite-mens-world-championship-road-race/
October 18th, 2016 at 6:29 am
Hi Katie,
Yes we did use Ryan Roth’s quotes from the team release and have included that now which we usually do – sorry we missed that. Pls review again as otherwise I think you’ll find that the two reports are quite different and unique.
Regards,
Benjamin
October 18th, 2016 at 12:51 pm
The last couple of months have been good for Canadian cyclists on the road, this is a nice way to cap the season. Congrats to Ryan for this result!