2019 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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Men's road race
2019 UCI Road World Championships
2019 UCI World Championships, men's road race start (cropped).jpg
The start of the race in Leeds
Race details
Dates29 September 2019
Stages1
Distance260.7 km (162.0 mi)
Winning time6h 27' 28" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of Denmark.svg   Mads Pedersen  (DEN)
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of Italy.svg   Matteo Trentin  (ITA)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Stefan Küng  (SUI)
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The Men's road race of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2019 in Yorkshire, England. [2] The race was initially scheduled to be contested over 280 kilometres (170 miles), [3] but due to flooding on the course, [4] the race was reduced to 260.7 kilometres (162.0 miles). [1] The wet weather also meant there was a limited broadcast coverage of the race.

Contents

For the first time in the race's history, a Danish rider won the world title as Mads Pedersen out-sprinted two other riders at the finish in Harrogate to take the rainbow jersey. [5] The silver medal went to Italy's Matteo Trentin, while the bronze medal went to Stefan Küng of Switzerland. [6]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 11 August 2019. [7]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified. [8]

CriteriumRankNumber of ridersNations
To enterTo start
UCI World Ranking by Nations1–10138
11–2096
21–3074
31–5021
UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified)
1–200

Continental champions

NameCountryReason
Alejandro Valverde Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Outgoing World Champion
Mekseb Debesay Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea African Champion
Yevgeniy Gidich Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Asian Champion
Jefferson Cepeda Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Panamerican Champion

Participating nations

197 cyclists from 42 nations were entered in the men's road race. [9] The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

Results

Final classification

Mads Pedersen (pictured in 2017) won the race for Denmark. Mads Pedersen.jpg
Mads Pedersen (pictured in 2017) won the race for Denmark.

Of the race's 197 entrants, 46 riders completed the full distance of 260.7 kilometres (162.0 miles). [1]

RankRiderCountryTime
1 Mads Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6h 27' 28"
2 Matteo Trentin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 0"
3 Stefan Küng Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland + 2"
4 Gianni Moscon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 17"
5 Peter Sagan Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia + 43"
6 Michael Valgren Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark + 45"
7 Alexander Kristoff Flag of Norway.svg  Norway + 1' 10"
8 Greg Van Avermaet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 1' 10"
9 Gorka Izagirre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain + 1' 10"
10 Rui Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal + 1' 10"
11 Sonny Colbrelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 1' 10"
12 Jakob Fuglsang Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark + 1' 10"
13 Zdeněk Štybar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic + 1' 10"
14 Carlos Betancur Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 1' 10"
15 John Degenkolb Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 1' 10"
16 Ion Izagirre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain + 1' 14"
17 Amund Grøndahl Jansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway + 1' 14"
18 Tadej Pogačar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia + 1' 14"
19 Nils Politt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany + 1' 22"
20 Niki Terpstra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands + 1' 22"
21 Toms Skujiņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia + 1' 46"
22 Michael Albasini Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland + 1' 48"
23 Tony Gallopin Flag of France.svg  France + 1' 50"
24 Michael Matthews Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia + 1' 57"
25 Alberto Bettiol Flag of Italy.svg  Italy + 1' 57"
26 Tao Geoghegan Hart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain + 2' 20"
27 Marc Hirschi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland + 2' 20"
28 Julian Alaphilippe Flag of France.svg  France + 2' 26"
29 Daniel Felipe Martínez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 3' 59"
30 Felix Großschartner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria + 3' 59"
31 Ben Swift Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain + 6' 38"
32 Yves Lampaert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 7' 48"
33 Oliver Naesen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 8' 07"
34 Sven Erik Bystrøm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway + 8' 07"
35 Tim Wellens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 8' 07"
36 Mike Teunissen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands + 8' 07"
37 Dylan Teuns Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium + 8' 07"
38 Esteban Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia + 8' 07"
39 Andrey Amador Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica + 8' 07"
40 Chad Haga Flag of the United States.svg  United States + 10' 27"
41 Neilson Powless Flag of the United States.svg  United States + 10' 27"
42 Benoît Cosnefroy Flag of France.svg  France + 10' 52"
43 Mathieu van der Poel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands + 10' 52"
44 Imanol Erviti Flag of Spain.svg  Spain + 14' 48"
45 Lucas Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden + 14' 48"
46 Petr Vakoč Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic + 19' 25"

Failed to finish

149 riders failed to finish, while South Africa's Jay Thomson and Ukraine's Mark Padun failed to start. [1]

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