September 28, 2013 (Florence, Italy) – Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) captured the rainbow jersey in the Junior Men’s 139.65km road race from Montecatini Terme – Florence today besting Mads Pedersen (Denmark) in second for the silver and Iltjan Nika (Albania) who won the bronze.

William Elliott was the top Canadian in 104th while teammates Felix Lapointe,  Adam Jamieson, Sean Mackinnon, and Hendrik Pineda did not finish.

Results

1. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)     3:33:14
2. Mads Pedersen (Denmark)     0:03
3. Iltjan Nika (Albania)
4. Logan Owen (USA)
5. Lorenzo Rota (Italy)
6. Lucas Eriksson (Sweden)
7. Scott Davies (Great Britain)
8. Artem Nych (Russia)
9. Sergey Shemyakin (Kazakhstan)
10. Benjamin Brkic (Austria)

104. William Elliott (Canada) 11:01
DNF Felix Lapointe (Canada)
DNF Adam Jamieson (Canada)
DNF Sean Mackinnon (Canada)
DNF Hendrik Pineda (Canada)

Full results here.