After the juniors, it's the Under-23s' turn. At 12 pm, the world road championship will begin, covering 164.6 kilometers. One hundred and eighteen athletes will compete for the rainbow jersey, representing 56 nations. The defending champion is German Niklas Behrens, who today races for Visma Lease a Bike Development.

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The four Azzurri chasing glory are: the 18-year-old Genoese Lorenzo Mark Finn (Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe), already fourth in last Monday's time trial and world champion in 2024 with the juniors, the 20-year-old Treviso native Alessandro Borgo (Bahrain Victorious Development), current Italian champion, the 20-year-old Bergamo native Simone Gualdi (Wanty Nippo ReUz), and the 21-year-old Cuneo native Pietro Mattio (Visma Lease a Bike Development) who also competed in last year's world championship in Zurich (79th). City coach Marino Amadori's winning card is undoubtedly Finn, the youngest in the group, credited with excellent chances for a medal.

The competition is led by Belgium with its talent Widar, accompanied by another important piece named Schoofs. The French are also formidable with Decomble (bronze in the time trial) and Loulergue, and the Iberian duo formed by Alvarez and Pericas. Watch out for the Austrian Schrettl, well-known to Italians for his victory in San Vendemiano, the Slovenian Omrzel winner of the Gen Z Giro d'Italia and Gran Premio Capodarco, the German Fietzke, the Ecuadorian Ramirez, and the fresh time trial world champion, Swede Soderqvist.

AT THE START

1 BOCK Max GER
2 BRENNER Mauro GER
3 FIETZKE Paul GER
4 LEIDERT Louis GER

5 BORGO Alessandro ITA
6 FINN Lorenzo Mark ITA
7 GUALDI Simone ITA
8 MATTIO Pietro ITA

9 DECOMBLE Maxime FRA
10 L'HOTE Antoine FRA
11 LOULERGUE Victor FRA

12 DOCKX Aaron BEL
13 EEMAN Kamiel BEL
14 REX Tim BEL
15 SCHOOFS Jasper BEL
16 WIDAR Jarno BEL

17 ALVAREZ MARTINEZ ESP
18 FERNANDEZ HERES ESP
19 GOMEZ LOPEZ DE ESP
20 MARTI SORIANO Pau ESP
21 PERICAS CAPDEVILA ESP
22 RAMOS MURILLO Unai ESP

23 GAJDULEWICZ Mateusz POL
24 LEWANDOWSKI Dawid POL
25 POMORSKI Michal POL

26 SCHRETTL Marco AUT

27 KOMAC Nejc SLO
28 MAROLT Jaka SLO
29 OMRZEL Jakob SLO
30 RAVBAR Anže SLO
31 VALJAVEC Erazem SLO

32 DOLVEN Halvor NOR
33 INGEBRIGTSEN Storm NOR

34 AEBERSOLD Nils SUI
35 DONZÉ Robin SUI
36 HUBER Jan SUI

37 BAPTISTA Gabriel POR
38 LIMA Daniel POR
39 LOPES Lucas POR
40 MOREIRA Daniel POR

41 RAMIREZ TORRES Mateo ECU

42 HASHIKAWA Jo JPN

43 GREENWOOD Matthew AUS
44 MARRIAGE Zachary AUS
45 MCKENZIE Hamish AUS

46 COLORADO OSORIO COL
47 MUÑOZ RESTREPO Jaider COL
48 RODRIGUEZ CONTRERAS COL

49 ALALEELI Mohammed UAE

50 BÁRTA Martin CZE
51 MONTI Alberto Carlo CZE
52 PŘIDAL Tomáš CZE
53 ZAHÁLKA Štěpán CZE

54 GROSS Adam SVK
55 NOVÁK Samuel SVK
56 SCHWARZBACHER SVK

57 KHADBAATAR Temuulen MGL

58 MACIAS ESTRADA Cesar MEX

59 LI You CHN

60 PEREZ ALVAREZ Ciro URU

61 CHYZHYKOV Heorhii UKR
62 KOZORIZ Danylo UKR

65 BASHLYKOV Vladislav KAZ
66 REMKHI Rudolf KAZ
67 RYSBAY Dias KAZ

68 PIAT William MRI

69 FELDHOFFER Bálint HUN

70 BOYLE Evan USA
71 KESSLER Cole USA

72 M.SANON Wilson HAI

73 CONNOLLY Redmond NZL

75 CRAUSE Pedri RSA
76 DIKE Joshua RSA
77 KIECK Blaine RSA
78 MOOLMAN Warren RSA

79 MAESTRE LEAL Winston VEN

80 EMISCI Ferhat TUR
81 TARAKCI Mustafa TUR
82 YILMAZ Ramazan TUR

83 TSVETKOV Nikita UZB

84 CHAVARRIA Derrick BIZ

85 MEUNIER SOW Neriah SEN

86 ALEMAYO Tekle ETH
87 HAILEMARYAM ETH
88 TESFAY Amanuel ETH

89 AMAN Awet ERI
90 BERHANE Hebron ERI
91 HABTEAB Yoel ERI
92 MAEKELE Milkiyas ERI
93 MULUGETA Yafiet ERI

94 REGADA HIERRO Adrià AND

95 DELLAI Mohamed Aziz TUN

96 NEAVES Jadian TTO

97 DIALLO Tiemoko MLI
98 DIAMOUTÉNÉ Tiemoko MLI

99 GABRIEL Jahdel SEY

100 MOUSSA Oumarou CMR

101 THOMPSON Judah THA

102 RIBEIRO BRAVO Henrique BRA

103 FAINGEZICHT Emry ISR

104 MALAKWEN Ivan KEN
105 NGUNU Edward KEN

106 NIYONKURU Samuel RWA
107 RUHUMURIZA Aime RWA
108 TUYIZERE Etienne RWA
109 UFITIMANA Shadrack RWA

110 EL ALOUANI Driss MAR

111 LOROT Lawrence UGA
121 MUGALU Shafik UGA

112 BELYANIN Andrei AIN

113 SÖDERQVIST Jakob SWE

114 COUTURE Samuel CAN
115 GAUTHIER Jerome CAN
116 VALENTI Luke CAN
117 WALTON Jonas CAN

118 MAKATILE Kabelo LES

119 MIMOUNI Oussama ALG

120 KAM Chin Pok MAC