September 28, 2018 (Innsbruck, Austria) – Team Canada’s Nickolas Zukowsky joined an early break at the 25km mark of the 179.5km U23 Men’s race at the 2018 UCI Road Championships. He attacked on the first climb dropping his two companions and gained over two minutes as he went solo with about 110km to go until he was caught on the first of four climbs in the finishing circuits.

The attacks began soon after and three riders emerged as the final protagonists with Switzerland’s Marc Hirschi jumping on the final big descent to become the first Swiss World Champion in the U23 Road Race at Innsbruck-Tirol as he soloed to victory with 10km to go.

Charles-Etienne Chretien in 85th was Canada’s only finisher as Zukowsky, Edward Walsh and Adam Roberge DNF’d. Belgium’s Bjorg Lambrecht out-sprinted Finland’s Jaakko Hänninen for the silver. Hirschi, 20, will join WorldTour Team Sunweb for the next three years.

Results

1. Marc Hirschi (Sui) 4:24:05
2. Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) 0:15
3. Jaakko Hanninen (Fin)
4. Gino Mader (Sui) 0:35
5. Mark Padun (Ukr) 0:37
6. Jaime Castrillo Zapater (Esp) 0:45
7. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) 0:47
8. Ethan Hayter (Gbr)
9. Patrick Muller (Sui)
10. James Shaw (Gbr)
11. Jai Hindley (Aus)
12. Clement Champoussin (Fra)
13. Aurelien Paret Peintre (Fra) 1:06
14. Georg Zimmermann (Ger)
15. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) 1:07
16. Samuele Battistella (Ita)
17. Robert Stannard (Aus) 2:48
18. Stefan De Bod (Rsa) 3:21
19. Alessandro Fedeli (Ita)
20. Edward Dunbar (Irl) 3:23
21. Mikkel Frolich Honore (Den) 3:46
22. Tobias S Foss (Nor)
23. Lennard Kamna (Ger) 3:50
24. Andrea Bagioli (Ita)
25. Neilson Powless (USA) 4:28
26. Mark Donovan (Gbr) 4:45
27. Valentin Madouas (Fra) 4:57
28. Marcel Neuhauser (Aut)
29. Max Kanter (Ger) 5:41
30. Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned)
31. Barnabas Peak (Hun)
32. Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col)
33. Viktor Verschaeve (Bel)
34. Adam Toupalik (Cze)
35. Nikolai Cherkasov (Rus)
36. Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Esp)
37. Mikkel Bjerg (Den)
38. Goncalo Carvalho (Por)
39. Jaka Primozic (Slo)
40. Woldegabreal Weldu (Eth)
41. Jose Felix Parra Cuerda (Esp)
42. Sean Bennett (USA)
43. Thymen Arensman (Ned) 5:45
44. Wilsly Jonas Gregaard (Den) 5:48
45. Steff Cras (Bel) 5:53
46. Lucas Eriksson (Swe) 7:57
47. Roger Adria Oliveras (Esp) 8:35
48. Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col)
49. Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz (Ecu)
50. Joel Fuertes (Ecu)
51. Andre Carvalho (Por) 9:27
52. Michael Storer (Aus)
53. Alessandro Monaco (Ita)
54. Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes (Col)
55. Nicolas Prodhomme (Fra) 9:54
56. Lukas Ruegg (Sui)
57. Kamil Malecki (Pol) 0:10:47
58. Dimitri Bussard (Sui)
59. Torjus Sleen (Nor)
60. Jakub Otruba (Cze)
61. Andreas Leknessund (Nor)
62. Florian Stork (Ger)
63. Felix Gall (Aut)
64. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) 0:10:49
65. Attila Valter (Hun) 0:11:52
66. Luis Ricardo Villalobos Hernandez (Mex)
67. Kevin Geniets (Lux)
68. Benjamin Brkic (Aut) 0:14:08
69. Stephen Williams (Gbr) 0:16:25
70. Alessandro Covi (Ita) 0:16:29
71. Pit Leyder (Lux) 0:19:25
72. Jan Maas (Ned)
73. Magnus Bak Klaris (Den)
74. Brandon Mcnulty (USA)
75. Stepan Kuriyanov (Rus)
76. Alejandro Osorio Carvajal (Col)
77. Michel Ries (Lux)
78. Joao Almeida (Por)
79. Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz)
80. Ryan Christensen (NZl) 0:21:36
81. Henok Mulueberhan (Eri)
82. Luc Wirtgen (Lux)
83. Joseph Areruya (Rwa)
84. Conn Mcdunphy (Irl)
85. Charles-Etienne Chretien (Can)
86. Jordan Anto. Cardenas Villavicencio (Ecu)
87. Marton Dina (Hun)
88. Fernando Barcelo Aragon (Esp)
89. Maximilian Stedman (Gbr) 0:21:53
90. Idar Andersen (Nor) 0:23:05
DNF Ide Schelling (Ned)
DNF Victor Lafay (Fra)
DNF Brent Van Moer (Bel)
DNF Daire Feeley (Irl)
DNF Jakub Murias (Pol)
DNF Filip Maciejuk (Pol)
DNF Masahiro Ishigami (Jpn)
DNF Patrick Haller (Ger)
DNF Tegshbayar Batsaikhan (Mgl)
DNF Jonas Rutsch (Ger)
DNF Adam Roberge (Can)
DNF Joab Schneiter (Sui)
DNF Viktor Potocki (Cro)
DNF Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Mgl)
DNF Mario Gamper (Aut)
DNF Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev (Kaz)
DNF Gerardo Lopez Covarrubias (Mex)
DNF Alex Hoehn (USA)
DNF Kent Main (Rsa)
DNF Awet Habtom Tekle (Eri)
DNF Ziga Horvat (Slo)
DNF Samuel Hakiruwizeye (Rwa)
DNF Matteo Sobrero (Ita)
DNF Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col)
DNF Wilson Haro (Ecu)
DNF James Mitri (Nzl)
DNF Igor Chzhan (Kaz)
DNF Matus Stocek (Svk)
DNF Rasmus Fossum Tiller (Nor)
DNF Nickolas Zukowsky (Can)
DNF Kakeru Omae (Jpn)
DNF Julius Van Den Berg (Ned)
DNF Diego Agustin Ferreyra Geldrez (Chi)
DNF Jacob Eriksson (Swe)
DNF Veljko Stojnic (Srb)
DNF Ognjen Ilic (Srb)
DNF Nik Cemazar (Slo)
DNF Denis Nekrasov (Rus)
DNF Masaki Yamamoto (Jpn)
DNF Karel Tyrpekl (Cze)
DNF Tiago Antunes (Por)
DNF Shoi Matsuda (Jpn)
DNF Zemenfes Selemun (Eri)
DNF Filip Kvasina (Cro)
DNF David Jabuka (Cro)
DNF Ka Hoo Fung (Hkg)
DNF Vladyslav Soltasiuk (Ukr)
DNF Cyrus Monk (Aus)
DNF Fernando Augusto Finkler (Bra)
DNF Musa Mikayilzade (Aze)
DNF Kevin Rivera Serrano (Crc)
DNF Eugenio Mirafuentes Resendez (Mex)
DNF Didier Munyaneza (Rwa)
DNF Piotr Pekala (Pol)
DNF Omer Goldstein (Isr)
DNF Callum Scotson (Aus)
DNF Orluis Aular (Ven)
DNF Edward Walsh (Can)
DNF Darragh O’mahony (Irl)
DNF Szymon Tracz (Pol)
DNF Kenny Molly (Bel)
DNF Jose Eduardo Autran Carrillo (Chi)
DNF Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda Hernandez (Ecu)
DNF Alexandros Agrotis (Cyp)
DNF Jonathan Brown (USA)
DNF Izidor Penko (Slo)
DNF Paul Daumont (Bur)
DNF Rene Jean Paul Ukiniwabo (Rwa)
DNF Timur Malieiev (Ukr)
DNF Hiu Fung Choy (Hkg)
DNF Ayumu Watanabe (Jpn)
DNF Leonel Quintero (Ven)
DNF Michael O’loughlin (Irl)
DNF Andrej Petrovski (Mkd)
DNF Cyril Barthe (Fra)
DNF Emil Dima (Rom)
DNF Denis Marian Vulcan (Rom)
DNF Mateo Bratic (Cro)
DNF Erik Sandersson (Swe)
DNF Karim Shiraliyev (Aze)
DNF Wan Yau Vincent Lau (Hkg)
DNF Tyler Cole (TTO)
DNF Ziga Jerman (Slo)
DNF Samuel Mugisha (Rwa)
DNF Ahmed Amine Galdoune (Mar)
DNF Othman Harakat (Mar)
DNF Luke Mudgway (Nzl)
DNF Ignacio Alejandro Espinoza Ibarra (Chi)