China’s Ning Zhongyan came third with a time of 1.43.87. Joep Wennemars was able to keep up with Stolz for one and a half laps in his ride, but had no answer to the American in the last two laps.
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Behind Stolz, Wennemars finished sixth in 1.44.86. Tim Prins was slightly faster than Wennemars with 1.44.82 and finished fifth. He lost his ride to the 18-year-old German talent Finn Sonnekalb (1.44.28), who finished fourth.
Nuis flew in the final stage against Ning, but lost a lot of time on Stolz in the second full lap. He stayed ahead of Ning and grabbed silver.