2020 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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Men's road race
2020 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates27 September 2020
Stages1
Distance258.2 km (160.4 mi)
Winning time6h 38' 34" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of France.svg   Julian Alaphilippe  (FRA)
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Wout van Aert  (BEL)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Switzerland.svg   Marc Hirschi  (SUI)
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The Men's road race of the 2020 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 27 September 2020 in Imola, Italy. [2] Mads Pedersen was the defending champion, [3] but he did not compete in the race.

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For the first time since 1997, [4] a French male rider won the rainbow jersey as Julian Alaphilippe attacked on the final climb of the Cima Gallisterna; he managed to hold off a chasing group of five riders by 24 seconds to take victory at the finish line, at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. [5] The silver medal went to Belgium's Wout van Aert – his second of the week – while the bronze medal was taken by Marc Hirschi from Switzerland. [6]

The race took place on a 28.8 kilometres (17.9 mi) course, starting and finishing at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (a motor racing circuit). [7] Heading out from the Autodromo into the Emilia-Romagna countryside, the course used two climbs with an average gradient of 10% separated by the town of Riolo Terme, before returning to the Autodromo. The men's road race lapped the course nine times, making a total of 258.2 kilometres (160.4 mi). [7]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 17 March 2020. [8]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified. [9]

CriteriumRankNumber of ridersNations
To enterTo start
UCI World Ranking by Nations1–10138
11–2096
21–3074
31–5221
UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified)		1–200—

Participating nations

177 cyclists from 43 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. [10] [11]

Final classification

177 cyclists were listed to start the 258.2-kilometre (160.4 mi)-long course. [1] However, Alexey Lutsenko was forced to withdraw from the race after testing positive for COVID-19, while Nikias Arndt and Natnael Berhane also did not start. [12] 88 riders completed the full distance. [1]

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References

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  6. ↑ Warwick, Matt (27 September 2020). "Julian Alaphilippe wins Road Worlds Championships road race". BBC Sport . BBC . Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 "The UCI reveals the routes for the Imola – Emilia-Romagna 2020 UCI Road World Championships". www.uci.org. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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  9. ↑ "UCI Road World Championships - 2020 Imola Emilia Romagna Quota Allocation" (PDF). [Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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  12. ↑ Ryan, Barry; Farrand, Stephen (27 September 2020). "Lutsenko out of Worlds after positive test for COVID-19". CyclingNews. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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