UCI Road World Championships 2016

UCI Road World Championships 2016
Most of the races at this Road World Championship took place on the artificial island The Pearl in Doha.
output	83rd UCI Road World Championships
organizer	Union Cycliste Internationale
sport	Road cycling
host	Doha , Qatar
date	9-16 October 2016
Participating Nations
Competitions	12
Official website	www.dohacycling2016.com
<Richmond 2015	Bergen 2017>

The 83rd UCI Road World Championships took place in Doha , Qatar from October 9-16, 2016 .

The world championships were made up of a total of twelve competitions, a road race , a team time trial and an individual time trial for men and women as well as a road race and an individual time trial for U23 drivers and juniors.

Award and process

Became world champion for the second time in a row: Peter Sagan

The World Cycling Federation Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that Qatar had been awarded the World Cup in September 2012 . It is the first road World Cup to be held in the Middle East and the second in Asia after the 1990 World Cup in Japan . The organizers were John Lelangue , former sports director of the BMC team and today's head of the Qatari cycling association, as well as the multiple former world champion from Belgium, Eddy Merckx . According to the organizers, around 1000 athletes from 75 countries took part; for the first time a team from Pakistan was there .

The flat course in Doha was predestined for sprinters and classic drivers . The individual time trials and the road races of the juniors and the men's U23 took place exclusively on a 15.3-kilometer circuit over the artificial island The Pearl , the road races for women and men and the individual time trial for men also led to the south and the south the north of Doha. There were no climbs on the course in Qatar, but wind edge races along the sea were to be expected. There were 24 roundabouts and three sharp corners on the route.

In the weeks leading up to the World Championships, there was a dispute between the UCI and the Association Internationale des Groupes Cyclistes Professionnels (AIGCP) about participation in the team time trial there. The AIGCP threatened to boycott the time trial, among other things because of the lack of reimbursement. Eventually an agreement was reached so that ten teams agreed to participate.

A three-hour took place before the road race in the women on 15 October Jedermannrennen (Ride of Champions) instead.

The date for the World Cup, which otherwise takes place annually in September, was postponed a few weeks because of the extreme heat that would then be expected. The UCI published the Beat the Heat brochure , with tips for cyclists on how to best face the heat. However, organizer Eddy Merckx rejected criticism of the “impossible” external conditions: In Doha it is no hotter than in California or the Vuelta a España . This is why it is not necessary, for example, to shorten the routes, as has been discussed many times.

The World Championships suffered from a lack of atmosphere, as there were hardly any spectators on site: They are therefore almost "surreal". Dutch driver Tom Dumoulin said it was a "sad world championship". In the men's time trial, the spectators in the finish area could be counted on two hands, "on the track itself there was mostly dead silence". The unusual award ceremony for the Italian junior Elisa Balsamo , at which her teammates fervently sung the Italian national anthem , received all the more attention .

The German cycling website radsport-news also criticized the awarding of the world championships to Qatar as well as the role of Eddy Merckx: "Please never again a road world championship in a country that has as much in common with cycling as Rosamunde Pilcher has with the Nobel Prize for Literature." In terms of the globalization of cycling, world championships in Africa make more sense, as there is great enthusiasm there. Unfortunately, no African country can afford world championships and the UCI is “only following the money trail”.

Competitions

date	Time (EDT)	class	distance	Round	World Champion 2016	World Champion 2015
Team time trial
Sunday October 9th	14:15	Elite women	40 km		Boels Dolmans cycling team	Velocio SRAM
	14:15	Elite men	40 km		Etixx-Quick Step	BMC Racing Team
Individual time trial
Monday October 10th	09:30	Juniors	13.7 km		Karlijn Swinkels	Chloe Dygert
	11:30	Men U 23	28.9 km		Marco Mathis	Mads Würtz Schmidt
Tuesday October 11th	09:00	Juniors	28.9 km		Brandon McNulty	Leo Appelt
	14:15	Elite women	28.9 km		Amber addition	Linda Villumsen
Wednesday October 12th	13:00	Elite men	40 km		Tony Martin	Vasil Kiryenka
Road racing
Thursday October 13th	12:00	Men U 23	165.7 km	10	Kristoffer Halvorsen	Kévin Ledanois
Friday October 14th	08:30	Juniors	74.5 km	4th	Elisa Balsamo	Chloe Dygert
	013:15	Juniors	135.3 km	8th	Jacob Egholm	Felix Gall
Saturday 15th October	12:45	Elite women	134.1 km	7th	Amalie Dideriksen	Lizzie Armitstead
Sunday October 16	10:30	Elite men	257.5 km	7th	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan

Times: EDT = CEST + 1 hour

Results women

Road racing

Route length: 134.1 kilometers. There were 146 riders at the start, of which 103 reached the finish; one driver was disqualified.

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Amalie Dideriksen	THE	3:10:27 h
2	Kirsten Wild	NED	+ 0:00 min
3	Lotta Lepistö	FIN	+ 0:00 min
4th	Lizzie Deignan	GBR	+ 0:00 min
5	Marta Bastianelli	ITA	+ 0:00 min
6th	Roxane Fournier	FRA	+ 0:00 min
7th	Chloe Hosking	OUT	+ 0:00 min
8th	Sheyla Gutiérrez	ESP	+ 0:00 min
9	Joëlle Numainville	CAN	+ 0:00 min
10	Jolien D'hoore	BEL	+ 0:00 min
		...
12	Lisa Brennauer	GER	+ 0:00 min
52	Stephanie Pohl	GER	+ 0:12 min
63	Sarah Rijkes	AUT	+ 0:18 min
70	Romy Kasper	GER	+ 0:22 min
72	Mieke Kroger	GER	+ 0:22 min
70	Trixi Worrack	GER	+ 0:27 min
80	Lisa Klein	GER	+ 0:39 min
101	Nicole Hanselmann	SUI	+ 10:31 min

Individual time trial

Route length: 28.9 kilometers. There were 41 drivers at the start, one driver was disqualified.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)	distance
1	Amber addition	United States	36: 37.04 min (47.355 km / h)
2	Ellen van Dijk	NED	36: 43.03	+ 5.99 s
3	Katrin Garfoot	OUT	36: 45.36 min	+ 8.32 s
4th	Olga Sabelinskaya	RUS	36: 48.56 min	+ 11.52 s
5	Annemiek van Vleuten	NED	37: 02.83 min	+ 25.79 s
6th	Lisa Brennauer	GER	37: 34.63 min	+ 57.59 s
7th	Trixi Worrack	GER	37: 48.18 min	+1: 11.14 min
8th	Ann-Sophie Duyck	BEL	38: 05.00 min	+1: 27.96 min
9	Katarzyna Pawłowska	POLE	38: 13.53 min	+1: 36.49 min
10	Alena Amjaljussik	BLR	38: 18.63 min	+1: 41.59 min
		...
29	Nicole Hanselmann	SUI	40: 52.17 min	+ 4: 15.13 min

Team time trial

Route length: 40 kilometers. A total of eight teams took part.

space	team	Athletes	time
1	Boels Dolmans cycling team	Chantal Blaak / Karol-Ann Canuel / Lizzie Deignan / Christine Majerus / Evelyn Stevens / Ellen van Dijk	48: 41.62 min (49.288 km / h)
2	Canyon SRAM Racing	Alena Amjaljussik / Hannah Barnes / Lisa Brennauer / Elena Cecchini / Mieke Kröger / Trixi Worrack	+ 48.24 s
3	Cervélo Bigla Pro Cycling Team	Ciara Horne / Lisa Klein / Lotta Lepistö / Ashleigh Moolman / Joëlle Numainville / Stephanie Pohl	+1: 56.47 min
4th	BePink	Amber Beside / Francesca Pattaro / Ilaria Sanguineti / Silvia Valsecchi / Georgia Williams / Olga Sabelinskaja	+ 2: 46.03 min
5	Twenty 16 bikers	Kristin Armstrong / Allie Dragoo / Chloe Dygert / Annie Foreman-Mackey / Alison Jackson / Leah Thomas	+ 2: 46.73 min
6th	Hitec Products	Charlotte Becker / Cecilie Johnsen / Julie Leth / Emilie Moberg / Thea Thorsen / Kirsten Wild	+ 3: 23.53 min
7th	BTC City Ljubljana	Polona Batagelj / Eugenia Bujak / Corinna Lechner / Olena Pawluchina / Anna Plichta / Mia Radotic	+ 3: 43.10 min
8th	Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team	Shara Gillow / Roxane Knetemann / Anouska Koster / Katarzyna Niewiadoma / Moniek Tenniglo / Anna van der Breggen	+ 6: 03.33 min

After Canyon SRAM and its predecessor teams had become world champions four times in a row since 2012, the winning streak broke out in Doha and the team had to admit defeat by 48 seconds against Boels Dolmans , who was vice world champion last year. That was also because the Dutch team stayed together with six riders the longest of all the teams. The other Dutch team, Rabo Liv , came in last with a gap of more than six minutes, not least because the driver Anouska Koster fell into a barricade. Since there were only four of the team left at the time, the other three drivers were waiting for them. Otherwise the team would not have been rated at the finish. Koster was rushed to hospital but was not seriously injured.

Results men

Road racing

Route length: 257.3 kilometers. 199 drivers started, 53 of whom made it to the finish.

space	athlete	country	time
1	Peter Sagan	SVK	5:40:43 h
2	Mark Cavendish	GBR	+ 0:00 min
3	Tom Boonen	BEL	+ 0:00 min
4th	Michael Matthews	OUT	+ 0:00 min
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	ITA	+ 0:00 min
6th	Edvald Boasson Hagen	NOR	+ 0:00 min
7th	Alexander Kristoff	NOR	+ 0:00 min
8th	William Bonnet	FRA	+ 0:00 min
9	Niki Terpstra	NED	+ 0:00 min
10	Greg Van Avermaet	BEL	+ 0:00 min
		...
34	Marco Haller	AUT	+ 5:26 min
36	Michael Schär	SUI	+ 5:26 min
42	André Greipel	GER	+ 5:26 min
48	Stefan Küng	SUI	+ 5:26 min

The race was decided after 80 kilometers when the peloton tore apart in a cross wind after the Belgian team had increased their pace. The only German in the top group was John Degenkolb , who however fell back after a defect. Two kilometers before the finish, the Dutchman Tom Leezer attacked from the 30-strong front field , who was overtaken shortly before the finish. Defending champion Peter Sagan won the sprint .

144 drivers gave up the race, including: Reto Hollenstein , Fabian Lienhard , John Degenkolb , Marcel Kittel , Tony Martin , Nils Politt , Silvan Dillier , Martin Elmiger , Pirmin Lang , Bernhard Eisel , Grégory Rast .

Individual time trial

Route length: 40 kilometers. There were 66 drivers at the start.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	Distance (min)
1	Tony Martin	GER	44: 42.99 (53.671 km / h)
2	Vasil Kiryenka	BLR	45: 28.04	+ 0: 45.04
3	Jonathan Castroviejo	ESP	45: 53.90	+1: 10.91
4th	Maciej Bodnar	POLE	45: 59.76	+1: 16.77
5	Ryan Mullen	IRL	46: 04.74	+1: 21.75
6th	Rohan Dennis	OUT	46: 10.11	+1: 27.12
7th	Yves Lampaert	BEL	46: 28.10	+1: 45.11
8th	Jos van Emden	NED	46: 28.40	+1: 45.41
9	Reto Hollenstein	SUI	46: 34.59	+1: 51.51
10	Bob Jungels	LUX	46: 39.58	+1: 56.59
		...
17th	Stefan Küng	SUI	47: 08.03	+ 2: 25.04
33	Jasha Sütterlin	GER	48: 09.50	+ 3: 26.51

Team time trial

Route length: 40 kilometers. A total of 17 teams started.

space	team	Athletes	time
1	Etixx-Quick Step	Bob Jungels / Marcel Kittel / Yves Lampaert / Tony Martin / Niki Terpstra / Julien Vermote	42: 32.39 min (56.418 km / h)
2	BMC Racing Team	Rohan Dennis / Stefan Küng / Daniel Oss / Taylor Phinney / Manuel Quinziato / Joey Rosskopf	+ 11.69 s
3	Orica-BikeExchange	Luke Durbridge / Alexander Edmondson / Michael Hepburn / Daryl Impey / Michael Matthews / Svein Tuft	+ 37.12 s
4th	Team Sky	Wassil Kiryjenka / Michał Kwiatkowski / Nicolas Roche / Ben Swift / Geraint Thomas / Danny van Poppel	+ 54.28 s
5	Lotto NL-Jumbo	Victor Campenaerts / Wilco Kelderman / Tom Leezer / Primož Roglič / Timo Roosen / Jos van Emden	+ 54.79 s
6th	Movistar team	Andrey Amador / Jonathan Castroviejo / Alex Dowsett / Imanol Erviti / Nélson Oliveira / Jasha Sütterlin	+1: 11.02 min
7th	Team Giant-Alpecin	Søren Kragh Andersen / John Degenkolb / Tom Dumoulin / Chad Haga / Georg Preidler / Ramon Sinkeldam	+1: 26.30 min
8th	Team Katusha	Sven Erik Bystrøm / Alexander Kristoff / Wjatscheslaw Kusnezow / Michael Mørkøv / Nils Politt / Anton Worobjow	+ 2: 01.35 min
9	Astana Pro Team	Dario Cataldo / Jakob Fuglsang / Andrij Hrywko / Tanel Kangert / Alexei Luzenko / Gatis Smukulis	+ 2: 21.46 min
10	Vérandas Willems Cycling Team	Sander Cordeel / Jan Ghyselinck / Aidis Kruopis / Christophe Prémont / Elias Van Breussegem / Stef Van Zummeren	+ 3: 39.46 min

Results men U23

Road racing

Route length: 165.7 kilometers. 188 drivers started, of which 149 made it to the finish.

space	athlete	country	time
1	Kristoffer Halvorsen	NOR	3:40:53 h
2	Pascal Ackermann	GER	+ 0:00 min
3	Jakub Mareczko	ITA	+ 0:00 min
4th	Phil Bauhaus	GER	+ 0:00 min
5	Amund Grøndahl Jansen	NOR	+ 0:00 min
6th	Jason Lowndes	OUT	+ 0:00 min
7th	Ivan Garcia Cortina	ESP	+ 0:00 min
8th	Aksel Nommela	EST	+ 0:00 min
9	Jonathan Dibben	GBR	+ 0:00 min
10	Alan Banaszek	POLE	+ 0:00 min
		...
22nd	Lukas Spengler	SUI	+ 0:00 min
24	Marco Mathis	GER	+ 0:00 min
30th	Daniel Auer	AUT	+ 0:00 min
46	Sebastian Schönberger	AUT	+ 0:00 min
47	Lukas Schlemmer	AUT	+ 0:00 min
50	Maximilian Schachmann	GER	+ 0:08 min
55	Patrick Gamper	AUT	+ 0:11 min
80	Tom Bohli	SUI	+ 0:27 min
86	Lennard Kämna	GER	+ 0:49 min
103	Patrick Hunter	AUT	+ 2:32 min
104	Martin Schäppi	SUI	+ 2:52 min
129	Mario Spengler	SUI	+ 7:32 min
130	Patrick Muller	SUI	+ 7:32 min

Individual time trial

Route length: 28.9 kilometers. There were 73 drivers at the start; two gave up the race.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	distance
1	Marco Mathis	GER	34: 08.09 (50.799 km / h)
2	Maximilian Schachmann	GER	34: 26.72	+ 18.63 s
3	Miles Scotson	OUT	34: 46.07	+ 37.98 s
4th	Lennard Kämna	GER	34: 50.39	+ 42.30 s
5	Kasper Asgreen	THE	34: 58.67	+ 50.58 s
6th	Neilson Powless	United States	35: 02.26	+ 54.17 s
7th	Geoffrey Curran	United States	35: 13.54	+1: 05.45 min
8th	Tom Bohli	SUI	35: 24.33	+1: 16.24 min
9	Eddie Dunbar	IRL	35: 29.68	+1: 21.59 min
10	Callum Scotson	OUT	35: 30.39	+1: 22.30 min
	...
18th	Martin Schäppi	SUI	36: 01.62	+1: 53.53 min
23	Patrick Gamper	AUT	36: 19.22	+ 2: 11.13 min

Results juniors

Road racing

Route length: 74.5 kilometers. 81 riders started, 74 of them reached the finish.

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Elisa Balsamo	ITA	1:53:04 h
2	Skylar Schneider	United States	+ 0: 00.00 min
3	Susanne Andersen	NOR	+ 0: 00.00 min
4th	Karolina Perekitko	POLE	+ 0: 00.00 min
5	Letizia Paternoster	ITA	+ 0: 00.00 min
6th	Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen	THE	+ 0: 00.00 min
7th	Franziska Brauße	GER	+ 0: 00.00 min
8th	Sandra Alonso Dominguez	ESP	+ 0: 00.00 min
9	Liane Lippert	GER	+ 0: 00.00 min
10	Simone Eg	THE	+ 0: 00.00 min
		...
18th	Léna Mettraux	SUI	+ 0: 00.00 min
33	Lea Lin Teutenberg	GER	+ 0: 00.00 min
36	Pauline Roy	SUI	+ 0: 00.00 min
37	Svenja Wüthrich	SUI	+ 0: 00.00 min
38	Christa Riffel	GER	+ 0: 00.00 min
41	Hannah Steffen	GER	+ 0: 00.00 min

The junior women’s race was mainly characterized by the strong team performance of the Italian women, which enabled Elisa Balsamo to win this with around two bike lengths in the sprint. A few weeks earlier she had finished second behind the German Liane Lippert at the European Championship , who finished ninth in Doha.

A mass fall occurred after just seven kilometers. The later third-placed Norwegian Susanne Andersen then had to continue with a spare bike.

Individual time trial

Route length: 13.7 kilometers. 40 riders started.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)	distance
1	Karlijn Swinkels	NED	18: 21.77 (44.764 km / h)
2	Lisa Morzenti	ITA	18: 29.12	+ 7.35 s
3	Juliette Labous	FRA	18: 43.12	+ 21.35 s
4th	Skylar Schneider	United States	18: 51.80	+ 30.03 s
5	Hannah Arensmann	United States	18: 55.82	+ 34.05 s
6th	Franziska Brauße	GER	18: 56.03	+ 34.26 s
7th	Simone Eg	THE	19:00, 18	+ 38.41 s
8th	Alessia Vigilia	ITA	19: 03.90	+ 42.13 s
9	Madeleine Carnival	OUT	19: 05.37	+ 43.60 s
10	Elena Pirrone	ITA	19: 05.44	+ 43.67 s
		...
16	Christa Riffel	GER		+1: 02.27 min
22nd	Léna Mettraux	SUI		+1: 17.30 min

The German starters Christa Riffel (left) and Franziska Brauße.

Results Juniors

Road racing

Route length: 135.3 kilometers. 185 drivers started, of which 112 made it to the finish line.

space	athlete	country	time
1	Jacob Egholm	THE	2:59:19 h
2	Niklas Märkl	GER	+ 0:07 min
3	Reto Mueller	SUI	+ 0:07 min
4th	Luca Mozzato	ITA	+ 0:07 min
5	Žiga Horvat	SLO	+ 0:07 min
6th	Žiga Jerman	SLO	+ 0:07 min
7th	Ide Schelling	NED	+ 0:07 min
8th	Jaka Primožič	SLO	+ 0:07 min
9	Sedrik Ullebø	NOR	+ 0:07 min
10	Harry Sweeny	OUT	+ 0:07 min
		...
19th	Marc Hirschi	SUI	+ 0:14 min
26th	Stefan Bissegger	SUI	+ 1:45 min
32	Maximilian Hamberger	AUT	+ 1:45 min
34	Felix Gross	GER	+ 1:45 min
46	Joab Schneiter	SUI	+ 1:45 min
61	Jonas Rutsch	GER	+ 1:45 min
90	Bastian Flicke	GER	+ 2:06 min

63 drivers gave up the race, including Felix Gall , Valère Thiébaud , Marco Friedrich , Robin Froidevaux and Markus Wildauer .

Individual time trial

Route length: 28.9 kilometers. There were 85 drivers at the start, of which 83 crossed the finish line.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)	distance
1	Brandon McNulty	United States	34: 42.29 (49.964 km / h)
2	Mikkel Bjerg	THE	35: 17.4	+ 35.18 s
3	Ian Garrison	United States	35: 35.37	+ 53.08 s
4th	Julius Johansen	THE	35: 44.84	+1: 02.55 min
5	Ruben Apers	BEL	36: 06.34	+1: 24.05 min
6th	Iver knots	NOR	36: 15.28	+1: 32.99 min
7th	Awet Habtom	ERI	36: 22.31	+1: 40.02 min
8th	Marc Hirschi	SUI	36: 25.99	+1: 43.70 min
9	Jaka Primožič	SLO	36: 36.24	+1: 53.95 min
10	Jarno Mobach	NED	36: 42.82	+ 2: 00.53 min
		...
25th	Bastian Flicke	GER	37: 34.21	+ 2: 51.92 min
31	Richard Banusch	GER	37: 54.44	+ 3: 12.15 min
34	Stefan Bissegger	SUI	37: 59.97	+ 3: 17.68 min
35	Marco Friedrich	AUT	39: 03.86	+ 4: 21.57 min

Medal table and national ranking

(Final result, without team time trial)

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	2	3	0	5
2	United States	2	1	1	4th
3	Denmark	2	1	0	3
4th	Netherlands	1	2	0	3
5	Italy	1	1	1	3
6th	Norway	1	0	1	2
7th	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
8th	Belarus	0	1	0	1
9	United Kingdom	0	1	0	1
10	Australia	0	0	2	2
11	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30th

Germany won the official nations ranking with 979, ahead of the USA with 674 and the Netherlands with 642 points.

Bids

Association of German Cyclists

Women (starting positions: time trial 2, road race 6)

• Lisa Brennauer , Romy Kasper , Lisa Klein , Mieke Kröger , Stephanie Pohl , Trixi Worrack

Juniors (starting places: time trial 2, road race 5)

• Franziska Brauße , Liane Lippert , Christa Riffel , Hanna Steffen , Lea Lin Teutenberg

Men (starting positions: time trial 2, road race 6)

• André Greipel , John Degenkolb , Marcel Kittel , Tony Martin , Nils Politt , Marcel Sieberg , Jasha Sütterlin

Men U23 (starting positions: time trial 3, road race 5)

• Pascal Ackermann , Phil Bauhaus , Lennard Kämna , Marco Mathis , Maximilian Schachmann

Juniors (starting positions: time trial 2, road race 5)

• Richard Banusch , Bastian Flicke , Felix Groß , Maximilian Hamberger , Niklas Märkl , Jonas Rutsch

Austrian Cycling Association

Women

• Christina Perchtold , Sarah Rijkes

Men

• Matthias Brändle , Bernhard Eisel , Marco Haller , Felix Großschartner

Men U23

• Patrick Gamper , Daniel Auer Patrick Jäger , Lukas Schlemmer , Sebastian Schönberger

Juniors

• Marco Friedrich , Felix Gall , Florian Kierner , Markus Wildauer

Swiss Cycling

Time trial / road race women

• Nicole Hanselmann

Time trial juniors

• Lena Mettraux

Road races juniors

• Lena Mettraux , Pauline Roy , Svenja Wüthrich

Time trial U23 men

• Tom Bohli , Martin Schäppi

Road race U23 men

• Tom Bohli , Patrick Müller , Martin Schäppi , Lukas Spengler , Mario Spengler , substitute driver: Nico Selenati

Time trial men

• Reto Hollenstein , Stefan Küng , reserve driver: Silvan Dillier

Road racing men

• Silvan Dillier , Martin Elmiger , Reto Hollenstein , Stefan Küng , Pirmin Lang , Fabian Lienhard , Grégory Rast , Michael Schär

Time trial juniors

• Stefan Bissegger , Marc Hirschi

Road race juniors

• Stefan Bissegger , Robin Froidevaux , Marc Hirschi , Reto Müller , Joab Schneiter , Valère Thiébaud , first-time driver: Leon Russenberger

Web links

Commons : UCI Road World Championships 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• UCI RWC Doha 2016. In: dohacycling2016.com. Retrieved September 26, 2016 . 
• Results on tissottiming.com

Individual evidence

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12. ↑ Wolfgang Brylla: Please never again Qatar agony! In: radsport-news.com. April 23, 2015, accessed October 19, 2016 . 
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14. ↑ Boels-Dolmans is in a class of its own in Doha. In: radsport-news.com. October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016 . 
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16. ↑ Italian Balsamo U19 world champion - two Germans in the top ten. In: rad-net.de. March 25, 2013, accessed October 14, 2016 . 
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