# 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race

The Men's under-23 road race of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around Ponferrada, Spain on 26 September 2014. The course of the race was 182.00 km (113.09 mi) with the start and finish in Ponferrada.
Following on from countryman Kurt Asle Arvesen in 1997, Sven Erik Bystrøm became only the second Norwegian rider to win the world title. He made a late break on the final climb, with around 5 km (3.1 mi) remaining, and held off the peloton; he ultimately soloed to victory by seven seconds. Australia's Caleb Ewan won the field sprint for the silver medal, while Bystrøm's teammate Kristoffer Skjerping completed the podium with the bronze medal.

## Qualification

Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours and the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup during 2014. Results from January to the middle of August counted towards the qualification criteria. In addition to this number, the current continental champions were also able to take part. The outgoing World Champion, Matej Mohorič, did not compete as he was no longer eligible – he moved to the UCI ProTeam Cannondale for the 2014 season.
| Number of riders | Nations |
| 11 to enter, 6 to start | Australia, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland |
| 10 to enter, 5 to start | Costa Rica, Denmark, Eritrea, Spain, Malaysia, Netherlands, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway, Russia, Austria, Romania, Turkey, United States, Poland, Slovenia |
| 8 to enter, 4 to start | Albania, Portugal, Slovakia, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Macau, Guatemala, Chile, South Africa, Venezuela |
| 6 to enter, 3 to start | New Zealand, Latvia, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Belarus, Serbia, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Brazil, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Morocco, Algeria, Rwanda, Nations qualified via the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup |
| 2 to enter, 1 to start | Bulgaria, Ecuador, Greece, Serbia, Sweden |

## Course

The race was held on the same circuit as the other road races and consisted of ten laps. The circuit was 18.20 km (11.31 mi) long and included two hills. The total climbing was 306 m (1,004 ft) per lap and the maximum incline was 10.7%.
The first 4 km (2.5 mi) were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattened and the remaining 5.1 km (3.2 mi) were at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next was a descent, with the steepest point after 11 km (6.8 mi) at a 16% negative gradient.
The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of 1.1 km (0.68 mi), at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%. The remaining distance of 4.5 km (2.8 mi) was downhill thereafter, prior to the finish in Ponferrada.

## Schedule

All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 26 September 2014 | 13:00–17:40 | Men's under-23 road race |
| 26 September 2014 | 18:00 | Victory ceremony |

## Participating nations

162 cyclists from 42 nations took part in the men's under-23 road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
* Albania (2)
* Algeria (3)
* Australia (6)
* Austria (5)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belgium (6)
* Belarus (2)
* Brazil (2)
* Chile (2)
* Colombia (6)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Denmark (5)
* Eritrea (5)
* Finland (1)
* France (6)
* Great Britain (5)
* Germany (5)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (5)
* Kazakhstan (6)
* Latvia (1)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Morocco (3)
* Moldova (1)
* Mexico (3)
* Netherlands (5)
* Norway (6)
* New Zealand (2)
* Poland (5)
* Portugal (4)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (6)
* Rwanda (3)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (4)
* Slovenia (5)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (5) (host)
* Switzerland (6)
* Turkey (5)
* United States (5)
* Venezuela (4)

## Prize money

The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of €8,049.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
| Amount | €3,833 | €2,683 | €1,533 | €8,049 |

## Final classification

Of the race's 162 entrants, 120 riders completed the full distance of 182 km (113.1 mi).
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Norway | 4h 32' 39" |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan | Australia | + 7" |
| 3 | Kristoffer Skjerping | Norway | + 7" |
| 4 | Tiesj Benoot | Belgium | + 7" |
| 5 | Sondre Holst Enger | Norway | + 7" |
| 6 | Iuri Filosi | Italy | + 7" |
| 7 | Hernando Bohórquez | Colombia | + 7" |
| 8 | Ilya Davidenok | Kazakhstan | + 7" |
| 9 | Silvio Herklotz | Germany | + 7" |
| 10 | Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | + 7" |
| 11 | Dion Smith | New Zealand | + 7" |
| 12 | Fabian Lienhard | Switzerland | + 7" |
| 13 | Tanner Putt | United States | + 7" |
| 14 | Timo Roosen | Netherlands | + 7" |
| 15 | Luka Pibernik | Slovenia | + 7" |
| 16 | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | + 7" |
| 17 | Odd Christian Eiking | Norway | + 7" |
| 18 | Miguel Ángel Benito | Spain | + 7" |
| 19 | Owain Doull | Great Britain | + 7" |
| 20 | Fernando Gaviria | Colombia | + 7" |
| 21 | Mike Teunissen | Netherlands | + 7" |
| 22 | Magnus Cort | Denmark | + 7" |
| 23 | Artem Nych | Russia | + 7" |
| 24 | Markus Hoelgaard | Norway | + 7" |
| 25 | Merhawi Kudus | Eritrea | + 7" |
| 26 | Miguel Ángel López | Colombia | + 7" |
| 27 | Thomas Boudat | France | + 7" |
| 28 | Louis Meintjes | South Africa | + 7" |
| 29 | Dylan Teuns | Belgium | + 7" |
| 30 | Sam Oomen | Netherlands | + 7" |
| 31 | James Oram | New Zealand | + 7" |
| 32 | Sindre Lunke | Norway | + 7" |
| 33 | Jasper De Buyst | Belgium | + 7" |
| 34 | Scott Davies | Great Britain | + 7" |
| 35 | Robbie Power | Australia | + 7" |
| 36 | Brayan Ramírez | Colombia | + 7" |
| 37 | Gregor Mühlberger | Austria | + 7" |
| 38 | Loïc Vliegen | Belgium | + 7" |
| 39 | Floris De Tier | Belgium | + 7" |
| 40 | Mikel Iturria | Spain | + 20" |
| 41 | Emanuel Buchmann | Germany | + 22" |
| 42 | Luca Chirico | Italy | + 36" |
| 43 | Simon Pellaud | Switzerland | + 42" |
| 44 | Anasse Ait El Abdia | Morocco | + 42" |
| 45 | Oleg Zemlyakov | Kazakhstan | + 42" |
| 46 | Rafael Reis | Portugal | + 1' 03" |
| 47 | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | Kazakhstan | + 1' 03" |
| 48 | Felix Großschartner | Austria | + 1' 03" |
| 49 | Mario González | Spain | + 1' 03" |
| 50 | Michael Carbel | Denmark | + 1' 11" |
| 51 | Gianni Moscon | Italy | + 1' 13" |
| 52 | Luis Lemus | Mexico | + 2' 01" |
| 53 | Federico Zurlo | Italy | + 2' 01" |
| 54 | Roniel Campos | Venezuela | + 2' 01" |
| 55 | Yonder Godoy | Venezuela | + 2' 01" |
| 56 | Alexander Foliforov | Russia | + 2' 01" |
| 57 | Robin Carpenter | United States | + 2' 31" |
| 58 | Caio Godoy | Brazil | + 2' 31" |
| 59 | Alexey Vermeulen | United States | + 2' 48" |
| 60 | Nikaj Iltjan | Albania | + 3' 46" |
| 61 | Lukas Spengler | Switzerland | + 3' 46" |
| 62 | Davide Martinelli | Italy | + 3' 46" |
| 63 | Ryan Mullen | Ireland | + 3' 46" |
| 64 | Mario Vogt | Germany | + 3' 46" |
| 65 | Théry Schir | Switzerland | + 3' 46" |
| 66 | Marc Soler | Spain | + 3' 46" |
| 67 | Jack Haig | Australia | + 3' 46" |
| 68 | Maxat Ayazbayev | Kazakhstan | + 3' 46" |
| 69 | Quentin Jaurégui | France | + 3' 46" |
| 70 | Jérémy Leveau | France | + 3' 46" |
| 71 | Michael Gogl | Austria | + 3' 46" |
| 72 | Conor Dunne | Ireland | + 5' 11" |
| 73 | Krists Neilands | Latvia | + 6' 10" |
| 74 | Logan Owen | United States | + 6' 10" |
| 75 | Ruben Guerreiro | Portugal | + 6' 10" |
| 76 | Aleksey Rybalkin | Russia | + 6' 10" |
| 77 | Miloš Borisavljević | Serbia | + 6' 10" |
| 78 | Sam Spokes | Australia | + 8' 34" |
| 79 | Kevin Ledanois | France | + 8' 42" |
| 80 | Ricardo Ferreira | Portugal | + 9' 18" |
| 81 | Jan Dieteren | Germany | + 9' 18" |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 82 | Alex Kirsch | Luxembourg | + 10' 34" |
| 83 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland | + 10' 34" |
| 84 | Erik Baška | Slovakia | + 10' 34" |
| 85 | Arkadiusz Owsian | Poland | + 10' 34" |
| 86 | Aliaksandr Riabushenko | Belarus | + 10' 34" |
| 87 | Sebastian Schönberger | Austria | + 11' 48" |
| 88 | Roman Kustadinchev | Russia | + 11' 48" |
| 89 | Metkel Eyob | Eritrea | + 11' 48" |
| 90 | Samir Jabrayilov | Azerbaijan | + 11' 48" |
| 91 | Gasper Katrasnik | Slovenia | + 11' 48" |
| 92 | Bartosz Warchoł | Poland | + 11' 48" |
| 93 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Austria | + 11' 48" |
| 94 | Matej Razingar | Slovenia | + 11' 48" |
| 95 | Aleksandr Komin | Russia | + 11' 48" |
| 96 | Pierre-Roger Latour | France | + 11' 48" |
| 97 | Ignacio Prado | Mexico | + 11' 48" |
| 98 | Domen Novak | Slovenia | + 11' 48" |
| 99 | Carlos Ramírez | Colombia | + 11' 48" |
| 100 | Przemysław Kasperkiewicz | Poland | + 11' 48" |
| 101 | Jack Wilson | Ireland | + 11' 48" |
| 102 | Ruben Zepuntke | Germany | + 11' 48" |
| 103 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | + 11' 48" |
| 104 | Lennard Hofstede | Netherlands | + 11' 48" |
| 105 | Alex Peters | Great Britain | + 11' 48" |
| 106 | Matti Manninen | Finland | + 11' 48" |
| 107 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Denmark | + 11' 48" |
| 108 | Vadim Galeyev | Kazakhstan | + 11' 54" |
| 109 | Meron Teshome | Eritrea | + 18' 24" |
| 110 | Rok Korošec | Slovenia | + 19' 07" |
| 111 | Serkan Balkan | Turkey | + 20' 24" |
| 112 | Jeison Vega | Costa Rica | + 20' 24" |
| 113 | Nikolai Shumov | Belarus | + 20' 47" |
| 114 | Willem Smit | South Africa | + 20' 47" |
| 115 | Salah Eddine Mraouni | Morocco | + 20' 47" |
| 116 | Abderrahmane Mansouri | Algeria | + 21' 27" |
| 117 | Abdenour Yahmi | Algeria | + 21' 27" |
| 118 | Jayde Julius | South Africa | + 27' 00" |
| 119 | Kevin Patte | South Africa | + 27' 00" |
| 120 | Valens Ndayisenga | Rwanda | + 27' 00" |
| | Sebastián Molano | Colombia | DNF |
| | Campbell Flakemore | Australia | DNF |
| | Gerardo Medina | Mexico | DNF |
| | Alex Clements | Australia | DNF |
| | Loïc Chetout | France | DNF |
| | Luc Turchi | Luxembourg | DNF |
| | Carlos Giménez | Venezuela | DNF |
| | Piotr Brożyna | Poland | DNF |
| | Imanol Estévez | Spain | DNF |
| | Daniel McLay | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Tilegen Maidos | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| | Tom Bohli | Switzerland | DNF |
| | Fatih Keleş | Turkey | DNF |
| | Mario Dasko | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Evgeny Shalunov | Russia | DNF |
| | Eryk Latoń | Poland | DNF |
| | Kevin Feiereisen | Luxembourg | DNF |
| | Tyler Williams | United States | DNF |
| | Aron Debretsion | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Mads Pedersen | Denmark | DNF |
| | José Luis Rodríguez | Chile | DNF |
| | Enver Asanov | Azerbaijan | DNF |
| | Andrés Soto | Venezuela | DNF |
| | Jean Bosco Nsengimana | Rwanda | DNF |
| | Ľuboš Malovec | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Tural Isgandarov | Azerbaijan | DNF |
| | Amanuel Gebregziabher | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Asbjørn Kragh Andersen | Denmark | DNF |
| | Ahmet Örken | Turkey | DNF |
| | Kenneth Van Rooy | Belgium | DNF |
| | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Romania | DNF |
| | Carlos Henrique dos Santos | Brazil | DNF |
| | Xhuliano Kamberaj | Albania | DNF |
| | Adil Barbari | Algeria | DNF |
| | Bonaventure Uwizeyimana | Rwanda | DNF |
| | Othmane Choumouch | Morocco | DNF |
| | Feritcan Şamlı | Turkey | DNF |
| | Szabolcs Sebestyén | Romania | DNF |
| | Victor Cartin | Moldova | DNF |
| | Juraj Lajcha | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Rasim Reis | Turkey | DNF |
| | Carlos Olivares | Chile | DNF |