2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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Men's road race
2013 UCI Road World Championships
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Race details
Dates29 September 2013
Stages1
Distance272.26 km (169.2 mi)
Winning time7h 25' 44" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Portugal.svg  Rui Costa  (Portugal)
 Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of Spain.svg  Joaquim Rodríguez  (Spain)
 Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (Spain)
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The Men's road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took take place on 29 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

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The course of the race was 272.26 km (169.17 mi) from the town of Lucca to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. [2] [3] As in previous years, the race was the final event of the Road World Championships. The race was won by Rui Costa who beat Joaquim Rodríguez in a sprint finish, with a total time of 7h 25min 44s, the second highest time in UCI Road World Championships history. [4] [5]

Route

The race started in Lucca and ended in the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. [3] The early part of the route was identified as particularly difficult, [6] with climbs up the Montecatini Alto at 30 km (19 mi) and the San Baronto at 66 km (41 mi). [7] The final run-in of the race around Florence was also hilly, with the ride up to Fiesole and the via Bolognese in Florence being particularly steep. [6] This run-in was similar to that of stage 9 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. [8]

National qualification

Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours during 2013. Results from January to the middle of August would count towards the qualification criteria on both the 2013 UCI World Tour and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on 15 August 2013. [9]

Schedule

DateTimeEvent
29 September 201310:00–16:45Men's road race
29 September 201317:05Victory ceremony

Source [10]

Results

Final classification

Of the race's 208 entrants, 61 riders completed the full distance of 272.26 km (169.17 mi). [1]

Peloton during the race 2013 UCI Road World Championships - Men's road race (0975).jpg
Peloton during the race
RankRiderCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Rui Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7h 25' 44"
Silver medal icon.svg Joaquim Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain s.t.
Bronze medal icon.svg Alejandro Valverde Flag of Spain.svg  Spain + 15"
4 Vincenzo Nibali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 15"
5 Andriy Hryvko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine + 31"
6 Peter Sagan Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia + 34"
7 Simon Clarke Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia + 34"
8 Maxim Iglinsky Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan + 34"
9 Philippe Gilbert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 34"
10 Fabian Cancellara Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland + 34"
11 Bauke Mollema Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands + 34"
12 Lars Petter Nordhaug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway + 34"
13 Daniel Moreno Flag of Spain.svg  Spain + 34"
14 Simon Geschke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 34"
15 Sergio Henao Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 34"
16 Michele Scarponi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 34"
17 Filippo Pozzato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 1' 05"
18 Arthur Vichot Flag of France.svg  France + 1' 05"
19 Maciej Paterski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland + 1' 05"
20 Edvald Boasson Hagen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway + 1' 05"
21 Jakob Fuglsang Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark + 1' 05"
22 Ignatas Konovalovas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania + 1' 26"
23 Greg Van Avermaet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 1' 26"
24 Yuri Trofimov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia + 1' 26"
25 Pieter Weening Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands + 1' 44"
26 Zdeněk Štybar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic + 1' 59"
27 Aleksejs Saramotins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia + 2' 01"
28 Romain Bardet Flag of France.svg  France + 2' 01"
29 Serge Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 2' 01"
30 Matija Kvasina Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia + 2' 01"
31 Alex Howes Flag of the United States.svg  United States + 2' 01"
32 Chris Anker Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark + 2' 01"
33 Michał Gołaś Flag of Poland.svg  Poland + 2' 01"
34 Darwin Atapuma Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 2' 01"
35 Carlos Betancur Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 2' 01"
36 Tiago Machado Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal + 2' 01"
37 Peter Stetina Flag of the United States.svg  United States + 2' 01"
38 Stefan Denifl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria + 2' 05"
39 Marcus Burghardt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 3' 40"
40 Jan Polanc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia + 3' 40"
41 Rigoberto Urán Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 4' 27"
42 John Degenkolb Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 4' 53"
43 Sergey Chernetskiy Flag of Russia.svg  Russia + 4' 55"
44 Anthony Roux Flag of France.svg  France + 4' 55"
45 Grégory Rast Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland + 6' 24"
46 Thomas Löfkvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden + 7' 27"
47 Andrei Nechita Flag of Romania.svg  Romania + 8' 06"
48 Jonathan Castroviejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain + 8' 06"
49 Paul Martens Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 8' 06"
50 Thibaut Pinot Flag of France.svg  France + 9' 09"
51 Giovanni Visconti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 9' 15"
52 Bartosz Huzarski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland + 9' 36"
53 Danilo Wyss Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland + 11' 20"
54 Jan Bárta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic + 11' 20"
55 Fabian Wegmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 11' 20"
56 Amaël Moinard Flag of France.svg  France + 11' 20"
57 Jan Bakelants Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 11' 20"
58 Rafał Majka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland + 12' 55"
59 Cyril Gautier Flag of France.svg  France + 15' 11"
60 Wilco Kelderman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands + 15' 11"
61 Thomas Voeckler Flag of France.svg  France + 15' 11"

Riders who failed to finish

147 riders failed to finish the race. [1]

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