He out-sprinted Russia's Alexandr Kulikovskiy and Peter Lenderink of the Netherlands for the gold medal.

Qualification was based mainly on the final UCI Juniors Nations' Cup ranking as of 15 August 2014.

The outgoing World Champion, Mathieu van der Poel, did not compete as he was no longer eligible to contest junior races.

[3] The first 4 km (2.5 mi) were flat, after which the climb to Alto de Montearenas started, with an average gradient of 8%.

The Alto de Compostilla was a short climb of 1.1 km (0.68 mi), at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts at 11%.