September 26, 2014 (Ponferrada, Spain) – Norway’s Sven Erik Bystrom soloed in for the biggest victory of his career claiming the U23 men’s 182km road race as Caleb Ewan (Australia) took the silver in the bunch sprint that followed while Bystrom’s fellow Norge, Kristoffer Skjerping, claimed the bronze. Sondre Holst Enger also from Norway was fifth.

Bystrom proved that a new generation of Norwegian riders is ready to take over from the recently retired Thor Hushovd. It was Norway’s first gold medal in the under-23 men’s road race since Kurt Asle Arvesen in 1997.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling,” Bystrom said. “I felt really good the whole time and so took it easy, saved my legs for finale and did the right move at the right time. I put all my power into the last climb and went full gas. Nobody could follow me and so I went super fast on the downhill and kept going.”

“I think its a really good moment for Norway right now,” he added. “We’ve got some good pro riders too and hopefully they can show the world that they can fight for a medal. Bergen is not far from where I live and so it’s going to be super special. I’m looking forward to it.”

With files from the UCI.

Results

1. Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway) 4:32:39
2. Caleb Ewan (Australia) 0:07
3. Kristoffer Skjerping (Norway)
4. Tiesj Benoot (Belgium)
5. Sondre Holst Enger (Norway)
6. Iuri Filosi (Italy)
7. Bohorquez Sanchez (Colombia)
8. Ilya Davidenok (Kazakhstan)
9. Silvio Herklotz (Germany)
10. Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands)
11. Dion Smith (New Zealand)
12. Fabian Lienhard (Switzerland)
13. Tanner Putt (United States Of America)
14. Timo Roosen (Netherlands)
15. Luka Pibernik (Slovenia)
16. Joaquim Silva (Portugal)
17. Odd Christian Eiking (Norway)
18. Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spain)
19. Owain Doull (Great Britain)
20. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Colombia)
21. Mike Teunissen (Netherlands)
22. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark)
23. Artem Nych (Russian Federation)
24. Markus Hoelgaard (Norway)
25. Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eritrea)
26. Miguel Angel Lopez (Colombia)
27. Thomas Boudat (France)
28. Louis Meintjes (South Africa)
29. Dylan Teuns (Belgium)
30. Sam Oomen (Netherlands)
31. James Oram (New Zealand)
32. Sindre Skjoestad Lunke (Norway)
33. Jasper De Buyst (Belgium)
34. Scott Davies (Great Britain)
35. Robert Power (Australia)
36. Brayan Stiven Ramirez Chacon (Colombia)
37. Gregor Muhlberger (Austria)
38. Loic Vliegen (Belgium)
39. Floris De Tier (Belgium)
40. Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spain) 00:20
41. Emanuel Buchmann (Germany) 00:22
42. Luca Chirico (Italy) 00:36
43. Simon Pellaud (Switzerland) 00:42
44. Anasse Ait El Abdia (Morocco)
45. Oleg Zemlyakov (Kazakhstan)
46. Rafael Ferreira Reis (Portugal) 01:03
47. Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kazakhstan)
48. Felix Grossschartner (Austria)
49. Mario Gonzalez Salas (Spain)
50. Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Denmark) 01:11
51. Gianni Moscon (Italy) 01:13
52. Luis Enrique Davila (Mexico) 02:01
53. Federico Zurlo (Italy)
54. Roniel Campos (Venezuela)
55. Yonder Godoy (Venezuela)
56. Alexander Foliforov (Russian Federation)
57. Robin Carpenter (United States Of America) 02:31
58. Caio Godoy Ormenese (Brazil)
59. Alexey Vermeulen (United States Of America) 02:48
60. Iltjan Nika (Albania) 03:46
61. Lukas Spengler (Switzerland)
62. Davide Martinelli (Italy)
63. Ryan Mullen (Ireland)
64. Mario Vogt (Germany)
65. Thery Schir (Switzerland)
66. Marc Soler Gimenez (Spain)
67. Jack Haig (Australia)
68. Maxat Ayazbayev (Kazakhstan)
69. Quentin Jauregui (France)
70. Jeremy Leveau (France)
71. Michael Gogl (Austria)
72. Conor Dunne (Ireland) 05:11
73. Krists Neilands (Latvia) 06:10
74. Logan Owen (United States Of America)
75. Ruben Guerreiro (Portugal)
76. Aleksey Rybalkin (Russian Federation)
77. Milos Borisavljevic (Serbia)
78. Samuel Spokes (Australia) 08:34
79. Kevin Ledanois (France) 08:42
80. Ricardo Ferreira (Portugal) 09:18
81. Jan Dieteren (Germany)
82. Alex Kirsch (Luxembourg) 10:34
83. Stefan Kueng (Switzerland)
84. Erik Baska (Slovakia)
85. Arakdiusz Owsian (Poland)
86. Aliaksandr Riabushenko (Belarus)
87. Sebastian Schonberger (Austria) 11:48
88. Roman Kustadinchev (Russian Federation)
89. Metkel Eyob (Eritrea)
90. Samir Jabrayilov (Azerbaijan)
91. Gasper Katrasnik (Slovenia)
92. Bartosz Warchol (Poland)
93. Lukas Postlberger (Austria)
94. Matej Razingar (Slovenia)
95. Aleksandr Komin (Russian Federation)
96. Pierre-Roger Latour (France)
97. Ignacio Prado (Mexico)
98. Domen Novak (Slovenia)
99. Carlos Ramirez (Colombia)
100. Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Poland)
101. Jack Wilson (Ireland)
102. Ruben Zepuntke (Germany)
103. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain)
104. Lennard Hofstede (Netherlands)
105. Alex Peters (Great Britain)
106. Matti Manninen (Finland)
107. Soren Kragh Andersen (Denmark)
108. Vadim Galeyev (Kazakhstan) 11:54
109. Meron Teshome Hagos (Eritrea) 18:24
110. Rok Korosec (Slovenia) 19:07
111. Serkan Balkan (Turkey) 20:24
112. Jeison Elias Vega Solano (Costa Rica)
113. Nikolai Shumov (Belarus) 20:47
114. Willem Jakobus Smit (South Africa)
115. Salaheddine Mraouni (Morocco)
116. Abderrahmane Mansouri (Algeria) 21:27
117. Abdenour Yahmi (Algeria)