Fedorov wins U23 road race world title in two-up sprint
WOLLONGONG, Australia (CT) – 22-year-old Kazakh rider Yevgeniy Fedorov has won the U23 men’s road race world title with an impressive display of aggressive racing.
In a rain-soaked 10-lap race around suburban Wollongong, Fedorov put in several attacks on his way to rainbow glory. With a six-rider breakaway up the road for much of the day, Fedorov put in a solo dig with a little over four laps to go in an attempt to bridge to the front. While he wouldn’t get there, a later attack would prove far more successful.
With just over a lap to go, roughly 19 km from the finish, Fedorov was in a group of three that bridged to the sole remaining rider in the breakaway: France’s Mathis Le Berre. Joining Fedorov was time trial silver medalist Alec Segaert (Belgium) and Mathias Vacek (Czech Republic). On the final lap, Le Berre was dropped, so too Segaert, leaving just Fedorov and Vacek out front.
With 4 km to go, the two leaders had 12 seconds over a chasing peloton that included Jumbo-Visma sprinter Olav Kooij (Netherlands). Ultimately, Fedorov and Vacek would have enough runway to contest the sprint, with Fedorov easily dispatching Vacek on the run to the line.
Vacek held on for the silver medal, while Norway’s Søren Wærenskjold added to his time trial gold medal by winning the bunch sprint for bronze.
Like Kooij, Fedorov already races at the WorldTour level, having joined Astana Qazaqstan last season.
World Championships U23 - Road Race (WC) Wollongong → Wollongong
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