The 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in Richmond, Virginia, United States from September 19–27, 2015. It was the 88th Road World Championships. Peter Sagan won the men's road race and Lizzie Armitstead won the women's road race.
Julian Alaphilippe is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-fold UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe.
Casper Philip Pedersen is a road and track cyclist from Denmark, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.
The Men's road race of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 16 October 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 83rd edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the defending champion.
Katrine Aalerud is a Norwegian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, finishing in 39th place.
Phetdarin Jaruwan Somrat is a Thai professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Thailand Women's Cycling Team. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, but she did not finish the race.
The Men's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 84th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the two times defending champion.
The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark.
For the cycling competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place.
The Men's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 30 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 85th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the three times defending champion, a record in the event. 188 riders from 44 nations entered the competition.
The Women's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 58th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Chantal Blaak was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 149 riders from 48 nations entered the competition.
The Men's under-23 road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 28 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 23rd edition of the event, for which French rider Benoît Cosnefroy was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 178 riders from 52 nations entered the competition.
Nicholas Paul is a Trinidadian track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events.
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. The race was initially scheduled to be contested over 280 kilometres, but due to flooding on the course, the race was reduced to 260.7 kilometres. The wet weather also meant there was a limited broadcast coverage of the race.
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. Mads Pedersen was the defending champion, but he did not compete in the race.
The Women's road race of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2021 from Antwerp to Leuven, Belgium. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands was the defending champion.
The men's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.
The women's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.
Mārtiņš Pluto is a Latvian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team ABLOC CT. He competed in the road race at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships. He had his first win in a UCI race at the 2022 Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop.
Eric Manizabayo is a Rwandan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Benediction Kitei Pro 2020. He competed in the road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, and won the 2022 Rwandan National Road Race Championships.
