Stage 1: Women's TTT Full Results and Report
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Specialized - Lululemon out on the course after crashing the previous day | 
Specialized - Lululemon won the Womens 36 km TTT in 43:33 (49.805kph) | 
2nd Orica Ais + 1:17 | 
3rd Astana Bepink + 2:20 | 
1st Specialized - Lululemon) for the 3rd year in a row | 
2nd Orica Ais | 
3rd Astana | 
Womens TTT podium in Ponferrada | 
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11:39:55 Ponferrada (Specialized - Lululemon) Ponferrada | 
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Stage 2: Men's 57 km TTT Full Results and Report
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Scenery from the lumpy 57 km Elite Men's TTT | 
BMC in tight formation on their way to a winning the 57 km TT in 1:03:29 | 
BMC benefited from a dry course | 
BMC | 
Svein Tuft leading Orica GreenEDGE to 2nd + 31.84 | 
Tom Boonen leading Omega Pharma - Quick Step to 3rd + 35.22. The winner's from 2012 and 2013 refused to blame the changing adverse weather conditions. | 
Omega Pharma - Quick Step | 
4th Team Sky + 37:29 | 
Last, Team Equador, more than 8 minutes back of the winning time | 
Your 2014 Elite Men TTT champs, BMC, in Ponferrada | 
2nd Orica GreenEDGE | 
3rd Omega Pharma - Quick Step | 
Podium Ceremony | 
2014 Elite Men TTT podium |
Stage 3: Junior Women's 13.9 km ITT Full Results and Report
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Junior Women's ITT, 1st Macey Stewart (Australia) 13.9 km in 20:08.39 | 
Pernille Mathiesen (Denmark) + 10.79 | 
Pernille Mathiesen | 
3rd Anna-Leeza Hull (Australia) + 13.31 | 
Anna-Leeza Hull (Australia) | 
Your 2014 Junior Women's ITT winner, Macey Stewart (Australia) says she likes racing in the rain | 
Junior Women's ITT podium: 2nd Pernille Mathiesen (Denmark) + 10.79, 1st Macey Stewart (Australia) 20:08.39, 3rd Anna-Leeza Hull (Australia) + 13.31 | 
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Macey Stewart (Australia) likes the taste of gold |
Stage 4: U23 36 km ITT Full Results and Report
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U23 36 km ITT winner, Campbell Flakemore (Australia)... | 
1st Campbell Flakemore (Australia), 36 km in 43:49.94 | 
Heartbreaker for Ryan Mullen (Ireland) who missed the win by a 1/2 second | 
2nd Ryan Mullen (Ireland) + 0.48 | 
3rd Stefan Kueng (Switzerland) + 9.22 | 
Stefan Kueng (Switzerland) | 
4th Rafael Ferreira Reis (Portugal) + 19.32 | 
5th Maximilian Schachmann (Germany) + 37.84 | 
Another Aussie win in the U23 ITT, Campbell Flakemore (Australia) in rainbows this year | 
Your 2014 Ponferrada U23 ITT podium: 2nd Ryan Mullen (Ireland) + 0.48, 1st Campbell Flakemore (Australia) 36 km in 43:49.94, 3rd Stefan Kueng (Switzerland) + 9.22 | 
Campbell Flakemore (Australia) tasting gold |
Stage 5: Junior Men's ITT 29.5 km Full Results and Report
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Easy win for Lennard Kamna (Germany) on the 29.5 km Junior Men's ITT course... | 
1st Lennard Kamna (Germany) 29.5 km in 36:13.49 | 
2nd Adrien Costa (USA) + 44.66 | 
Here's Adrien Costa's post race interview | 
3rd Michael Storer (Australia) + 58.11 | 
4th Filippo Ganna (Italia) + 1:05.94 | 
5th Zeke Mostov (USA) + 1:19.13 | 
6thTom Wirtgen (Luxembourg) + 1:29.86 | 
7th Sven Reutter (Germany) + 1:34.27 | 
8th Michael O'Loughlin (Ireland) + 1:42.81 | 
9th Jaime Restrepo (Colombia national team) + 1:43.89 | 
10th Matthew Gibson (Great Britain) + 1:46.81 | 
Your 2014 Junior Men's ITT winner, Lennard Kamna (Germany). The new Tony Martin? | 
Boy, they look young alright. 2014 Junior Men's ITT: 2nd Adrien Costa (USA), 1st Lennard Kamna (Germany), 3rd Michael Storer (Australia) | 
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Tasting success |
Stage 6: Women's ITT 29.5 km Full Results and Report
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Just like Australia did yesterday, Germany won both of today's ITT events. Elite Women's 29 km ITT winner, Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 38:48.16 | 
2nd Anna Solovey (Ukraine) + 18.68 | 
Best helmet award goes to Anna Solovey (Ukraine) | 
3rd Evelyn Stevens (USA) + 21.25 | 
Evelyn Stevens (USA) | 
4th Mieke Kroeger (Germany) + 38.29 | 
5th Ann Sofie Duyck (Belgium) + 45.31 | 
6th Karol Ann Canuel (Canada) + 51.26 | 
Your 2014 Elite Women's ITT winner, Lisa Brennauer (Germany) | 
2014 Elite Women's ITT podium: 2nd Anna Solovey (Ukraina), 1st Lisa Brennauer (Germany), 3rd Evelyn Stevens (USA) | 
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Stage 7: Elite Men's 47 km ITT Full Results and Report
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Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) on the lumpy 47.1 km ITT course around Ponferrada, Spain | 
1st Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) + 56:25.52 | 
Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain): "I didn't have any time checks until 5 km to go. Then they told me I had 10 sec on Tony and I shit myself." via @mrconde | 
Tony Martin (Germany) getting aero except for the gapping mouth. The three time winner missed out on the win this year. | 
2nd Tony Martin (Germany) + 26.23 | 
3rd Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) + 40.64 | 
Future winner of the Worlds Elite Men's ITT, 23 year-old Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) | 
4th Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) + 47.92 | 
5th Rohan Dennis (Australia) + 57.74 | 
6th Adriano Malori (Italy) + 1:11.62 | 
Your 2014 Elite Men's ITT winner, Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) | 
An unusually big smile from Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) was an indication of what this win meant to him this late in his career | 
Podium Ceremony | 
Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) getting emotional | 
2014 Elite Men's ITT podium: 2nd Tony Martin (Germany), 1st Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), 3rd Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) | 
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Bradley Wiggins post-race: "My last world time trial championship and I’ve finished with a gold medal, I don’t know what to say." | 
Bradley Wiggins, Dave Brailsford and the rest of the Great Britain/Team Sky winning crew |
Stage 8: Junior Women's 72 km RR Full Results and Report
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Teams presentation for the Junior Women's RR: Germany | 
Italy | 
Great Britain | 
France | 
Spain | 
Belgium | 
Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen and Pernille Mathiesen front and center for the start. We'll see them again later. | 
The (on time) rollout for the 73 km Junior Women's Road Race | 
Four 18 km circuits for the Junior Women | 
Bunch sprint finish after 4 circuit: Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) leading Sofia Bertizzolo (Italy) and Agnieszka Skalniak (Poland) Ponferrada | 
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Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) wins ahead of 2nd Sofia Bertizzolo (Italy) and 3rd Agnieszka Skalniak (Poland) | 
Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) celebrates | 
Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) continued with her victory salute on the podium, your 2014 Junior Women's RR champion | 
Your 2014 Junior Women's RR Podium: 2nd Sofia Bertizzolo (Italy), 1st Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark), 3rd Agnieszka Skalniak (Poland) | 
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Stage 9: U23 182 Km RR Full Results and Report
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U23 Road Race Teams Presentation in Ponferrada: the home country, Spain, is looking for the next generation to emerge | 
Slovenia on a beautiful day for racing in Ponferrada | 
Norway posted the most impressive results | 
Australia | 
France | 
Italy | 
Belgium | 
Great Britain | 
Start scene in Ponferrada before 10 laps of the 18 km circuit | 
After rain earlier in the week for the TT events; thankfully, no rain in sight for the road race technical circuit | 
Early break passing by the Templar Castle. Roman Kustadinchev (Russia), Adil Barbari (Algeria), Sebastian Schonberger (Austria) | 
Peloton | 
Roman Kustadinchev (Russia), Sebastian Schonberger (Austria) Adil Barbari (Algeria) | 
Two minutes later... the peloton | 
Australia leading the chase | 
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New break with three laps to go led by Pierre-Roger Latour (France) | 
Australia once again leading the chase in their attempt to set up a sprint finish | 
But, Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway) escaped on the final climb | 
With the peloton seven seconds back, blurry in the distance, Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway) celebrates a solo win | 
First Norway win since 1997 in the U23 event | 
Exhausted | 
2nd Caleb Ewan (Australia), 3rd Kristoffer Skjerping (Norway) | 
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Your 2014 U23 RR winner, Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway), will race for Katusha next year | 
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2014 U23 RR podium: 2nd Caleb Ewan (Australia), 1st Sven Erik Bystrom (Norway), 3rd Kristoffer Skjerping (Norway) | 
A great day for Norway today: 1st, 3rd... and 5th | 
Lots of white on the U23 podium |
Stage 10: Junior Men's 127 km RR Full Results and Report
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Start scene in Ponferrada for the Junior Men's RR, 7 laps of the circuit for 127 km | 
Early scenery shots of the main climb on each circuit | 
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Break late in the race with France at the front | 
Bunch sprint in Ponferrada | 
Convincing win by Jonas Bokeloh (Germany) who celebrates his win early ahead of Alexandr Kulikovskiyv (Russia), Peter Lenderink (Netherlands) | 
Germany has another impressive sprinter | 
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2014 Junior Men's winner, Jonas Bokeloh (Germany) | 
2014 Junior Men's Podium: 2nd Alexandr Kulikovskiyv (Russia), 1st Jonas Bokeloh (Germany), 3rd Peter Lenderink (Netherlands) | 
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A new powerful, German sprinter: Jonas Bokeloh (Germany) Ponferrada | 
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Stage 11: Women's Elite 127 km RR Full Results and Report
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Women's RR Teams Presentation: Netherlands... big team | 
Italy | 
USA | 
Last year's winner, Marianne Vos, who has never finished lower than 2nd in the RR | 
Start scene in Ponferrada before 7 laps (127 km) of the RR circuit | 
Rollout | 
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Technical descent | 
It was on this descent where there was a massive crash later in the race | 
Bunch sprint finish with Marianne Vos fading | 
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Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France) wins ahead of Lisa Brennauer (Germany) and Emma Johansson (Sweden) | 
2nd Lisa Brennauer (Germany) started her bike throw way too late | 
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Lisa Brennauer (Germany) is still in bike throw mode | 
Scuffed up Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) was 4th | 
Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) was involved in one of the numerous crashes needless to say | 
Giorgia Bronzini looks a combination of terrified/exhausted after the women's race | 
2nd Lisa Brennauer (Germany) narrowly missed winning the TT and RR in the same year | 
3rd Emma Johansson (Sweden) | 
Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France)... | 
Your 2014 Women's Elite winner, Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France) | 
2014 Women's Elite podium: 2nd Lisa Brennauer (Germany), 1st Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France), 3rd Emma Johansson (Sweden) | 
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Team France celebrates | 
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Stage 12: Men Elite 255 Km RR Full Results and Report
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Bearded Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quick Step) in Ponferrada | 
Teams presentation with Australia | 
The small Irish team: Nicolas Roche, Daniel Martin and Philippe Deignan | 
USA | 
The Polish team | 
Great Britain | 
Germany | 
France | 
Italy | 
Simon Gerrans with his game face on | 
Ponferrada start scene | 
Alejandro Valverde (Spain) | 
Great Britain's Ben Swift | 
Tour de France champ, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) | 
Team Italy first to the start | 
Ready to roll for 14 laps of the circuit (255 km in total) | 
Chris Froome and Simon Gerrans not enjoying the rain on the third of 14 laps | 
As the sign says, 11 laps to go as the peloton rolls through the finish | 
Sun shower | 
The break had almost a 20 minute lead | 
Former world champ Cadel Evans on lap 4 | 
The peloton passing by the castle | 
The large Polish team was devoted to Michal Kwiatkowski, second from the left | 
Alejandro Valverde | 
The climb | 
The four men breakaway | 
Alejandro Valverde biding his time | 
The Polish team bringing back the break | 
Team Poland continuing to lead the peloton on lap 7 | 
Australia hopefuls, Simon Gerrans followed by Michael Matthews on lap 7 | 
The Polish team chasing | 
Fabio Aru chasing for Italy | 
Vincenzo Nibali beside Michal Kwiatkowski | 
Italy chasing | 
Tony Martin solo attack with 55 km to go | 
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The treacherous wet descent | 
Tony Martin in time trial mode | 
New attack | 
Australia chasing less than 30s back | 
France's Warren Barguil littering with one lap to go | 
Cadel Evans missed the split in the peloton | 
Columbia's Rigoberto Uran | 
Despite aggressive descending, Tony Martin's solo attack was unsuccessful | 
The new break | 
2nd group wonder whos behind | 
Poland down to 1 helper for Kwiatkowski in the main bunch | 
Now strung out; final pass through the Ponferrada | 
Italy's breakaway man extraordinaire Alessandro De Marchi digging deep at the front now | 
Michal Kwiatkowski's attack on the final climb with 5 km to go | 
Michal Kwiatkowski caught and passed the break | 
Michal Kwiatkowski ticking them over | 
Kwiatkowski checks his gap down the home stretch | 
Michal Kwiatkowski starts celebrating with 50m to go | 
The bunch sprint for the final podium spots in full flight behind Michal Kwiatkowski | 
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Simon Gerrrans crosses 2nd | 
On Michal Kwiatkowski's left was 3rd Alejandro Valverde | 
Greg Van Avermaet just behind Gerrans for 5th. Gallopin was 6th | 
The sprinters came through 7s later led by Kristoff | 
Ben Swift 12th, Fabian Cancellara 11th and John Degenkolb 9th. Poland's Maciej PATERSKI celebrating in the distance | 
Michal Kwiatkowski swarmed at the finish in a sea of red | 
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Philippe Gilbert buried himself for Greg Van Avermaet | 
Alejandro Valverde wasn't upset with another podium finish without winning the worlds. 3rd, just like last year and 6th worlds medal in his career. | 
2nd Simon Gerrans: 'I wanted to cry when I crossed the finish line'. That's the price you pay sometimes when you save yourself for winning a bunch sprint. | 
Meanwhile, Michal Kwiatkowski can't believe his gamble paid off | 
Your 2014 Elite Men's RR winner, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) | 
Your 2014 Elite Men's RR podium: 2nd Simon Gerrans (Australia), 1st Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland), 3rd Alejandro Valverde (Spain) | 
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Michal Kwiatkowski tasting gold | 
The winner also has the best hair |
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