Michael O'Loughlin goes in the junior men's time trial at the World Championships looking to repeat or even better his fantastic result from last year (Photo: Sirotti)
After a disappointing opening day for Team Ireland at the World Road Championships yesterday when our biggest medal hope Ryan Mullen fell short of his own high standards in the U23 time trial (TT), focus now turns to the junior men and elite women.
Getting underway at 2.30pm, the junior men's TT is over exactly the same course as the U23 men - two loops of a 15km circuit.
Ireland's representatives are Simon Tuomey and Michael O'Loughlin.
O'Loughlin, who rides for NRPT-Magnet.ie at home, will start his TT at 3.20pm while Cork Giant's Tuomey commences his effort at 5pm.
Siobhan Horgan, who is back in international bike riding action after a couple of seasons competing in duathlon, rides the elite women's TT this evening, Irish time.
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The Team Aquablue woman, who gained selection for these Worlds after blitzing the field in the TT at the National Road Championships in June, is due to start her ride at 7.18pm.
In her last Worlds outing - in Valkenburg in 2012 - she was left bitterly disappointed when the group she was in was pulled out of the race going out onto the last lap.
Simon Tuomey enjoyed a good ride at the European Championships earlier in the summer and can have another top ride today, all going well (Photo: Sean Rowe)
Today's race gives Horgan an opportunity to put that right and any placing in the first half of the field would be a success for the 36-year-old national TT champion.
O'Loughlin's 8th place in the junior Worlds TT last year has obviously raised hopes that he can ride well today.
However, as with Ryan Mullen in the U23 TT yesterday some 12 months after taking silver in the same event; repeating a top rider on this stage one year after the other is easier said than done.
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O'Loughlin placed 35th in the junior TT at the European Road Championships in Estonia in July; a result well below his capabilities.
On that occasion, he was also accompanied by Tuomey, who beat him on the day when he took 28th place.
A top 10 for O'Loughlin today would be another wonderful performance, even for a man who has already won a TT at Nations Cup level this year.
A medal would be a dream, but this category is packed with ability so everything would need to go very right on the day for any rider who will end up on the podium.
For Tuomey, a top 20 would represent major success. But anywhere in the top half of the field would be a very good ride at this level.
Junior Men's Time Trial 30km
17:09:00 COSTA Adrien UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
17:07:30 STORER Michael AUSTRALIA
17:06:00 MADER Gino SWITZERLAND
17:04:30 ILICHEV Nikolay RUSSIAN FEDERATION
17:03:00 LARSEN Niklas DENMARK
17:01:30 FOSS Tobias NORWAY
17:00:00 TUOMEY Simon IRELAND
16:58:30 SOBRERO Matteo ITALY
16:57:00 SINGER Max GERMANY
16:29:00 LOUVET Louis FRANCE
16:27:30 GALL Felix AUSTRIA
16:26:00 GIRDLESTONE Keagan SOUTH AFRICA
16:24:30 CARDONA Julian COLOMBIA
16:23:00 GEE Derek CANADA
16:21:30 PHILIPSEN Jasper BELGIUM
16:20:00 PRONSKIY Vadim KAZAKHSTAN
16:18:30 CHOKRI El Mehdi MOROCCO
16:17:00 SAJNOK Szymon Wojciech POLAND
16:15:30 ISHIGAMI Masahiro JAPAN
16:14:00 OTRUBA Jakub CZECH REPUBLIC
16:12:30 MANSOURI Islam ALGERIA
16:11:00 SIERRA Erik ECUADOR
16:09:30 ALONSO Pablo SPAIN
16:08:00 ANDERSSON Gustav SWEDEN
15:40:00 FOUCHE James NEW ZEALAND
15:38:30 BARAC Antonio BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
15:37:00 GAVARS Eriks Toms LATVIA
15:35:30 PESSOA DE OLIVEIRA Marcio Jose BRAZIL
15:34:00 D. KOVACS David Gabor HUNGARY
15:32:30 YERI MINGO Santiago ARGENTINA
15:31:00 CHUA Merrill Jern-E SINGAPORE
15:29:30 MCNULTY Brandon UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
15:28:00 SWEENY Harry AUSTRALIA
15:26:30 BISSEGGER Stefan SWITZERLAND
15:25:00 SIVAKOV Pavel RUSSIAN FEDERATION
15:23:30 CHARMIG Anthon DENMARK
15:22:00 SLEEN Torjus NORWAY
15:20:30 O'LOUGHLIN Michael IRELAND
15:19:00 CONCI Nicola ITALY
14:51:00 APPELT Leo GERMANY
14:49:30 BRUNEL Alexys FRANCE
14:48:00 GAMPER Patrick AUSTRIA
14:46:30 DE VINK Gregory SOUTH AFRICA
14:45:00 MONTOYA Javier COLOMBIA
14:43:30 TAYLOR Joel CANADA
14:42:00 DEWULF Stan BELGIUM
14:40:30 GORBUSHIN Ilya KAZAKHSTAN
14:39:00 EL KOURAJI Mouhcine MOROCCO
14:37:30 SAWADA Keitaro JAPAN
14:36:00 MANSOURI Oussama ALGERIA
14:34:30 PORTILLA Bryan ECUADOR
14:33:00 STANNARD Robert NEW ZEALAND
14:31:30 MONTEIRO MARTINS Pedro BRAZIL
14:30:00 ROSTOVTSEV Sergey RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Siobhan Horgan is back in action for Ireland in the elite women's time trial at the World Road Championships.
Elite Women's Time Trial 30km
21:00:00 BRENNAUER Lisa GERMANY
20:58:30 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna NETHERLANDS
20:57:00 STEVENS Evelyn UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
20:55:30 CANUEL Karol-Ann CANADA
20:54:00 SOLOVEI Ganna UKRAINE
20:52:30 GARFOOT Katrin AUSTRALIA
20:51:00 ANTOSHINA Tatiana RUSSIAN FEDERATION
20:49:30 DUYCK Ann-Sofie BELGIUM
20:48:00 VILLUMSEN Linda Melanie NEW ZEALAND
20:46:30 AMIALIUSIK Alena BELARUS
20:45:00 JOHANSSON Emma SWEDEN
20:15:00 SABLIKOVA Martina CZECH REPUBLIC
20:13:30 YONAMINE Eri JAPAN
20:12:00 GULUMA ORTIZ Serika COLOMBIA
20:10:30 BUJAK Eugenia POLAND
20:09:00 MOLLEBRO Camilla DENMARK
20:07:30 VALSECCHI Silvia ITALY
20:06:00 KROEGER Mieke GERMANY
20:04:30 CORDON Audrey FRANCE
20:03:00 SCHWEIZER Doris SWITZERLAND
20:01:30 MAJERUS Christine LUXEMBOURG
20:00:00 SIMMONDS Hayley GREAT BRITAIN
19:30:00 VAN DIJK Ellen NETHERLANDS
19:28:30 RITTER Martina AUSTRIA
19:27:00 LEPISTO Lotta FINLAND
19:25:30 SMALL Carmen UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
19:24:00 LAIZANE Lija LATVIA
19:22:30 GUTIERREZ RUIZ Sheyla SPAIN
19:21:00 TUSLAITE Daiva LITHUANIA
19:19:30 DREXEL Ingrid MEXICO
19:18:00 HORGAN Siobhan IRELAND
19:16:30 WHITTEN Tara CANADA
19:15:00 WORRACK Trixi GERMANY
18:45:00 JOHNSEN Cecilie Gotaas NORWAY
18:43:30 TUVSHINJARGAL Enkhjargal MONGOLIA
18:42:00 BERTINE Kathryn SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
18:40:30 GARCIA Evelyn EL SALVADOR
18:39:00 GIRUBUNTU Jeanne D'arc RWANDA
18:37:30 SHEKEL Olga UKRAINE
18:36:00 VASILIEVA Svetlana RUSSIAN FEDERATION
18:34:30 PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna POLAND
18:33:00 BIANNIC Aude FRANCE
18:31:30 ARMSTRONG Kristin UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
18:30:00 LECHNER Corinna GERMANY
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