Another under-23 world champion from the WorldTour raises question if category should be limited to amateurs

Another rainbow jersey is to be displayed rather than worn. For the fourth year in succession, the men’s under-23 time trial at the World Championships was won by a fully-fledged professional rider, as Movistar’s Iván Romeo powered to victory on the shores of Lake Zurich. Maybe it’s little wonder that the UCI is on the cusp of changing the category’s eligibility rules.

Romeo was preceded as champion by Søren Wærenskjold, Johan Price-Pejtersen and Lorenzo Milesi, who were already racing at professional level at the time of their under-23 world titles. The Spaniard was joined on the podium in Zurich by Continental rider Jakob Söderqvist (Sweden, and bronze medallist Jan Christen (Switzerland), one of three UAE Team Emirates riders in the field together with Isaac del Toro (Mexico) and Antonio Morgado (Portugal).