European Championships 2021 [FULL RACE] (U23)

September 11, 2021

European Championships 2021 – Road Race U23 MU – Trento – Trento : 133,6 km

The European Road Cycling Championships have been held every year since 1995, but it wasn’t until 2016 that we saw the event graced with Elite riders. The European Road Cycling Championships have often taken place around mid-summer, but for 2021 the events will take place in early September, just a few weeks before the all-important World Championships. As the riders race for their national teams in these kinds of events, the European Championships provide them with a great chance to get to know their teammates and work on their game plan ahead of the biggest one-day race of the year – the World Road Race Championships. Could this finally be the year we see a rider go on to win both the European and World title in the same year?

Thibau Nys confirmed he is far more than a talented cyclo-cross rider, adding the UEC Road European Championships to his 2020 Junior cyclo-cross world title.

Nys outsprinted Italy’s Filippo Baroncini and Spain’s Juan Ayuso after a group of seven riders went clear in the final laps of the 133km race around Trento.

The 18-year-old Belgian is in his first year in the Under 23 ranks but appears to be as talented as his father Sven, who dominated cyclo-cross between 1999 and 2014 but never emerged in road racing.

Nys had the help of Lennert van Eetvelt after he was caught on the last climb after a solo attack and the seven managed to hold off the peloton in the final kilometres.

Italy’s Filippo Zana made a strong late attack with 1.5km to go but Louis Barré of France closed him down. The others waited for the sprint and Nys held his nerve and position through the final corners and then opened up his sprint with confidence, quickly distancing Baroncini.

“I can’t believe I’m European champion. I was supposed to start my cyclo-cross season today but got the opportunity to ride the Euros and I took it with both hands,” Nys said.

“I didn’t believe it would turn out like this today. It was a hard race in the final. I almost missed the right group on the last lap and I was suffering with cramps but I managed to get up front. I knew that if I could get over the top with those guys, then I could win the race. I did that.

Nys is the rising star of Belgian cyclo-cross and is now likely to lead the Belgian team in the World Championships in Flanders. Yet his victory in Trento eased rather than increased the expectations on his young shoulders.

“I think I can go relaxed into the next few weeks, all that comes now is a bonus,” he said.

Results :
1 Thibau Nys (Belgium) 3:06:57
2 Filippo Baroncini (Italy)
3 Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spain)
4 Erik Fetter (Hungary)
5 Lennert van Eetvelt (Belgium)
6 Filippo Zana (Italy)
7 Louis Barre (France) 0:00:04
8 Marijn van den Berg (Netherlands) 0:00:19
9 Jakub Oupalík (Czech Republic)
10 Tobias Bayer (Austria)
11 Gal Glivar (Slovenia)
12 Tom Paquet (Luxembourg)
13 Raul Garcia Pierna (Spain)
14 Egor Igoshev (Russian Federation)
15 Jacob Eriksson (Sweden)
16 Martin Bugge Urianstad (Norway)
17 Kasper Andersen (Denmark)
18 Savva Novikov (Russian Federation)
19 Alex Molenaar (Netherlands)
20 Michel Heßmann (Germany) 0:00:23
21 Alexandre Balmer (Switzerland)
22 Viacheslav Ivanov (Russian Federation)
23 Felix Engelhardt (Germany)
24 Arthur Kluckers (Luxembourg)
25 Pedro Lopes (Portugal)
26 Stan van Tricht (Belgium) 0:01:31
27 Paul Penhoet (France)
28 Petr Kelemen (Czech Republic)
29 Dillon Corkery (Ireland)
30 Edoardo Zambanini (Italy)
31 Antti-jussi Juntunen (Finland)
32 Lev Gonov (Russian Federation) 0:01:35
33 Kristjan Hoevar (Slovenia)
34 Karel Camrda (Czech Republic) 0:01:37
35 Alexander Tarlton (Germany)
36 Leon Heinschke (Germany)
37 Hugo Page (France) 0:02:00
38 Gianmarco Garofoli (Italy) 0:02:39
39 Rick Pluimers (Netherlands) 0:02:47
40 Nils Brun (Switzerland) 0:02:51
41 Henri Vandenabeele (Belgium) 0:04:09
42 Idar Andersen (Norway) 0:05:33
43 Fran Miholjevi (Croatia) 0:05:38
44 Pavel Bittner (Czech Republic) 0:05:54
45 Tim van Dijke (Netherlands) 0:06:00
46 Lukáš Kubiš
47 Viktor Potoki (Croatia)
48 Aivaras Mikutis (Lithuania)
49 Daan Hoole (Netherlands)
50 Jenno Berckmoes (Belgium)
51 Cédric Pries (Luxembourg)
52 Anže Skok (Slovenia)
53 Adam Ward (Ireland)
54 Asbjørn Hellemose (Denmark)
55 Nik Emažar (Slovenia)
56 Aljaž Jarc (Slovenia)
57 Mats Wenzel (Luxembourg)
58 Carlos Salgueiro (Portugal)
59 Luca Colnaghi (Italy)
60 Maksym Bilyi (Ukraine)
61 Toon Clynhens (Belgium)
62 Joonas Kurits (Estonia)
63 Johannes Staune-mittet (Norway)
64 Loïc Bettendorff (Luxembourg)
65 Pedro Andrade (Portugal)
66 Ådne Holter (Norway)
67 Marcus Sander Hansen (Denmark) 0:07:56
DNF Gabriele Benedetti (Italy)
DNF Enzo Leijnse (Netherlands)
DNF Anders Halland Johannessen (Norway)
DNF Tobias Halland Johannessen (Norway)
DNF Paul Lapeira (France)
DNF Axel Laurance (France)
DNF Valentin Retailleau (France)
DNF Maurice Ballerstedt (Germany)
DNF Jakob Geßner (Germany)
DNF Igor Arrieta Lizarraga (Spain)
DNF Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Spain)
DNF Marc Brustenga Masague (Spain)
DNF Pau Miquel Delgado (Spain)
DNF Florian Gamper (Austria)
DNF Mario Gamper (Austria)
DNF Valentin Götzinger (Austria)
DNF Maximilian Kabas (Austria)
DNF Martin Messner (Austria)
DNF Damian Bieniek (Poland)
DNF Mateusz Kostanski (Poland)
DNF Adam Kus (Poland)
DNF Filip Maciejuk (Poland)
DNF Damian Papierski (Poland)
DNF Bartlomiej Proc (Poland)
DNF Matevž Govekar (Slovenia)
DNF William Levy (Denmark)
DNF Jacob Madsen (Denmark)
DNF Robin Skivild (Denmark)
DNF Fabio Christen (Switzerland)
DNF Felix Stehli (Switzerland)
DNF Arnaud Tendon (Switzerland)
DNF Valère Thiébaud (Switzerland)
DNF Raphaël Kockelmann (Luxembourg)
DNF Andrei Stepanov (Russian Federation)
DNF Gleb Syritsa (Russian Federation)
DNF Rait Ärm (Estonia)
DNF Gleb Karpenko (Estonia)
DNF Artjom Mirzojev (Estonia)
DNF Joosep Sankmann (Estonia)
DNF Adam Foltán (Slovakia)
DNF Filip Lohinský (Slovakia)
DNF Pavol Rovder (Slovakia)
DNF Matúš Štoek (Slovakia)
DNF Tobias Vano (Slovakia)
DNF Mikel Demiri (Albania)
DNF Gjergj Zefi (Albania)
DNF Shahin Eyvazov (Azerbaijan)
DNF Mark Grinkevich (Belarus)
DNF Preslav Balabanov (Bulgaria)
DNF Petar Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
DNF Martin Papanov (Bulgaria)
DNF Alexandros Matsangos (Cyprus)
DNF Konstantinos Pavlides (Cyprus)
DNF Jaakko Sillankorva (Finland)
DNF Veeti Vainio (Finland)
DNF Adam Karl (Hungary)
DNF Jóhann Bjarnason (Iceland)
DNF Eyþór Eiríksson (Iceland)
DNF Kristinn Jonsson (Iceland)
DNF Matthew Devins (Ireland)
DNF Kevin Mccambridge (Ireland)
DNF Devin Patric Shortt (Ireland)
DNF Aaron Wade (Ireland)
DNF Rodzers Petaks (Latvia)
DNF Mantas Bitinas (Lithuania)
DNF Mantas Januškevicius (Lithuania)
DNF Rokas Kmieliauskas (Lithuania)
DNF Denas Masiulis (Lithuania)
DNF Žygimantas Matuzeviius (Lithuania)
DNF Kristijan Vanchevski (North Macedonia)
DNF Viktor Vanchevski (North Macedonia)
DNF Fábio Fernandes (Portugal)
DNF Serban Luncan (Romania)
DNF Veljko Stojni (Serbia)
DNF Jonathan Ahlsson (Sweden)
DNF Erik Bergström Frisk (Sweden)
DNF Hugo Forssell (Sweden)
DNF Denys Khotulov (Ukraine)
DNF Daniil Nikulin (Ukraine)
DNF Yaroslav Parashchak (Ukraine)
DNF Oleksandr Shevchenko (Ukraine)