2021 UCI Road World Championships

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2021 UCI Road World Championships
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Flanders
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Flanders
Venue Flanders, Belgium
Date(s) (2021-09-19 - 2021-09-26)19–26 September 2021
Coordinates 51°0′0″N4°30′0″E / 51.00000°N 4.50000°E / 51.00000; 4.50000
Events11
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2022  

The 2021 UCI Road World Championships was the 94th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 19 and 26 September 2021 in the Flanders region of Belgium. [1] [2] [3] The region was chosen in light of the centenary of the world championships with the UCI opting for a return to one of the original founding countries. [2]

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Schedule

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Bruges
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Leuven
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Antwerp
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Knokke-Heist
Host cities in Flanders region of Belgium

All times listed below are for the local time – Central European Summer Time or UTC+02:00. [1]

DateTimingsEventLocation
(start)
Location
(finish)
Distance
Individual time trial events
19 September Elite men Knokke-Heist Bruges 43.3 km (26.9 mi)
20 September Men U23 30.3 km (18.8 mi)
20 September Elite women 30.3 km (18.8 mi)
21 September Junior women 19.3 km (12.0 mi)
21 September Junior men 22.3 km (13.9 mi)
Mixed team relay
22 September Mixed relay Knokke-Heist Bruges 44.5 km (27.7 mi)
Road race events
24 September Junior men Leuven Leuven 119.4 km (74.2 mi)
24 September Men U23 Antwerp 162.6 km (101.0 mi)
25 September Junior women Leuven 73.7 km (45.8 mi)
25 September Elite women Antwerp 157.7 km (98.0 mi)
26 September Elite men 268.3 km (166.7 mi)

Medal summary

Elite events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Events
Men's road race [4]
details
Julian Alaphilippe
Flag of France.svg  France
5h 56' 34" Dylan van Baarle
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
+ 32" Michael Valgren
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
+ 32"
Men's time trial [5]
details
Filippo Ganna
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
47' 47.83" Wout van Aert
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
+ 5.37" Remco Evenepoel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
+ 43.34"
Women's Events
Women's road race [6]
details
Elisa Balsamo
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3h 52' 27" Marianne Vos
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
+ 0" Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
+ 1"
Women's time trial [7]
details
Ellen van Dijk
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
36' 05.28" Marlen Reusser
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
+ 10.29" Annemiek van Vleuten
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
+ 24.02"
Mixed Event
Mixed relay [8]
details
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger
Nikias Arndt
Tony Martin
Max Walscheid
50' 49.10"Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Annemiek van Vleuten
Ellen van Dijk
Riejanne Markus
Koen Bouwman
Bauke Mollema
Jos van Emden
+ 12.79"Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Marta Cavalli
Elena Cecchini
Elisa Longo Borghini
Edoardo Affini
Filippo Ganna
Matteo Sobrero
+ 37.74"

Under-23 events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race [9]
details
Filippo Baroncini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3h 37' 36" Biniam Girmay
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
+ 2" Olav Kooij
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
+ 2"
Men's under-23 time trial [10]
details
Johan Price-Pejtersen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
34' 29.75" Luke Plapp
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
+ 10.24" Florian Vermeersch
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
+ 11.39"

Junior events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race [11]
details
Per Strand Hagenes
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2h 43' 48" Romain Grégoire
Flag of France.svg  France
+ 19" Madis Mihkels
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
+ 24"
Men's junior time trial [12]
details
Gustav Wang
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
25' 37.42" Josh Tarling
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
+ 20.20" Alec Segaert
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
+ 29.48"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race [13]
details
Zoe Bäckstedt
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
1h 55' 33" Kaia Schmid
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
+ 0" Linda Riedmann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
+ 57"
Women's junior time trial [14]
details
Alena Ivanchenko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
25' 05.49" Zoe Bäckstedt
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
+ 10.64" Antonia Niedermaier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
+ 25.32"

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Belgium)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3014
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2013
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1326
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1203
5Flag of France.svg  France 1102
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1023
7Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1001
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1001
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium *0134
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0101
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 0101
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
14Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0011
Totals (15 nations)11111133

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