UCI Road World Championships: Sven Erik Bystrom wins under-23 men's road race solo

Norway’s Sven Erik Bystrom claimed the world under-23 men’s road race title after escaping from the peloton on the final climb of the day.

The 22-year-old, who will join UCI WorldTour team Katusha next season, attacked with just under 6km of the 182km race remaining and hung on to win by seven seconds.

The chasing peloton sprinted for the remaining podium places, with Caleb Ewan, of Australia, taking silver and Bystrom’s fellow Norwegian Kristoffer Skjerping claiming bronze.

Bystrom said afterwards: “I saved my legs for the final and I did the right move at the right time. I put all my power into the last climb and went full gas and nobody could follow me. I went super-fast on the downhill and felt really good at the end.”

Earlier in the day, Denmark’s Amalie Dideriksen won the junior women’s road race world title for the second year in a row in a sprint finish.

The 18-year-old beat Italy’s Sofia Bertizzolo into second place and Poland’s Agnieszka Skalniak into third after a 72.8km of racing.

She becomes on the third rider to retain the title after Britons Nicole Cooke and Lucy Garner.

Under-23 men’s road race result

1 Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway), 4:32:39
2 Caleb Ewan (Australia), +7secs
3 Krisotffer Skjerping (Norway), same time
4 Tiesj Benoot (Belgium), st
5 Sondre Holst Enger (Norway), st
6 Iuri Filosi (Italy), st
7 Hernando Bohorquez (Colombia), st
8 Ilya Davidenok (Kaz), st
9 Silvio Herklotz (Germany), st
10 Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands), st

Junior women’s road race result

1 Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark), 2:02:59
2 Sofia Bertizzolo (Italy), same time
3 Agnieszka Skalniak (Poland), st
4 Nikola Noskova (Czech Republic), st
5 Lisa Klein (Germany), st
6 Greta Richioud (France), st
7 Jeanne Korevaar (Netherlands), st
8 Jelena Eric (Serbia), st
9 Saartje Vandenbroucke (Belgium), st
10 Mathilde Cartal (France), st