Uci road world championships results

The World Championships Cycling are finished. Curious about the results of our riders? Check it out! Wout van Aert has finished second at the world road cycling championships.

In an incredible performance, van der Poel survived a late crash on the streets of the Glasgow city centre, made slippery by off-and-on rain. After quickly getting back on his bike, the Dutch calmly fixed his shoe and continued to increase his gap on his way to victory with a ripped skinsuit and a bloody knee and hand. Van der Poel attacked from a group of chasers to catch and pass Alberto Bettiol Italy with 22 kilometres to go on the twisty 14km Gasgow circuit. No other male cyclist has ever achieved this in the same year. Van der Poel had to hold back the tears on the podium after pulling on the rainbow jersey.

Uci road world championships results

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Vittorio Adorni ITA. The pace was wickedly quick throughout, with a number of the favorites launching attacks with just under km to go. Dan Beck.

The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion or World Road Cycling Champion and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. The road race is contested by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams , which is the standard in professional cycling. However, in the past there were separate events for amateur riders, mainly from Eastern bloc countries. The event can be held over either a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or over a hilly course which favors more of a climbing specialist or all-round type of cyclist. It usually involves laps of a circuit with a total race distance over kilometres mi in length.

Elite Road Race Results. The injury clearly took a toll on the year-old: she was dropped the last three times the peloton climbed Mount Pleasant on the Wollongong city circuits but repeatedly clawed her way back to the front to keep herself in contention. The Dutch led a powerful chase with help from Belgium and Australia and caught the breakaway just before the finish. Catching the field by surprise, she held on for the win just one second ahead of Kopecky and Persico, who settled for silver and bronze. The French forced a selection on Mount Pleasant, pulling a handful of riders away from the field, including Evenepoel, who quietly covered the move to ensure Belgium had a card to play. A bit too early at first, but his final acceleration as the leaders passed through the finish line with about 35km finally stuck. Behind him, chaos ensued as the remnants of the leading group battled for silver and bronze, ultimately getting caught inside the final meters after slowing to a near-stop in a 4-man game of cat-and-mouse that killed any chance they had of making the podium. Laporte led home the charging peloton ahead of Matthews. Van Aert finished fourth, missing out on another world title but happy to have the rainbow jersey going home to Belgium nonetheless.

Uci road world championships results

Julian Alaphilippe France went on the offensive and rode solo across the line at the elite men's road race to take back-to-back titles at the UCI Road World Championships on Sunday. From among a select group of 17 riders, the Frenchman attacked a third time as the race wound down to 20 kilometres from the finish in Leuven, and this assault on the Sint Antoniusberg proved decisive. Four riders gave chase, but could not close down a gap that reached 32 seconds by the time they crossed the finish of the Her compatriot Elisa Longo Borghini made a strong move on the final climb, which acted as a perfectly-timed lead-out for Balsamo, who jumped off her wheel inside metres to go to take the world title.

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Dygert storms to gold in time trial at Cycling World Championships. He pushed on and even opened his gap during the final lap out front. Michael Woods CAN. Marino Basso ITA. Road race. I cannot yet imagine wearing the rainbow for a year. Alpine Skiing. Speedway GP. In other projects. With km to go at the end of lap two, the break — still all nine together — held a lead of on the peloton, now of just 39 riders with riders including Julian Alaphilippe France , Jasper Philipsen Belgium , and Fred Wright Great Britain off the back. After the first partial lap of the circuit, the Danes, working for world champion Mads Pedersen, led the lined-out peloton of only 70 men across line at km from the finish at down on the breakaway.

In a memorably dominating and clinically efficient performance, the year-old claimed the victory alone and by more than two minutes ahead of the field. And as the youngest World Champion in nearly three decades, taking the rainbow in Wollongong also augers more than well for the future of a rider already being dubbed one of the modern-day greats of the sport. I was there with Alexey but I felt quite quickly that I wanted to be alone.

Alexander Kristoff NOR. Skjelmose was next to drop away after stopping for a mechanical, while in the chase group, Benoot was the first to drop as riders desperately fought to get back on behind. For me, it's the biggest victory on the road. Lance Armstrong USA. Contents move to sidebar hide. Cycling World Championships — Women's road race recap as Kopecky wins. Stefan Schumacher GER. Dietrich Thurau FRG. Race report 16 Mar, Albert Sercu BEL. Cyrille Guimard FRA. Race report 08 March, An hour later, the race resumed and the riders made their way to Glasgow, where the field was treated to a mix of rain, wet roads, sun, and even a around the Learco Guerra ITA.