2022 UCI Road World Championships

2022 UCI Road World Championships

Wollongong
Venue	Wollongong, Australia
Date	18–25 September
Coordinates	34°25′38″S150°53′38″E / 34.42722°S 150.89389°E / -34.42722; 150.89389
Events	13
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Riders in the men's junior road race just after passing the finish line

The 2022 UCI Road World Championships was the 95th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 18 and 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In February 2022, the UCI announced that a women's U23 category would be added to the road race and time trial events. The titles would be awarded from within the elite women's events, and separate races would be added from 2025. ^[4]

On 1 March 2022, AusCycling announced that Russian and Belarusian teams would not be allowed to compete based on the International Olympic Committee's recommendation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ^[5]

Routes

In March 2022, the routes for the championships were announced. ^[6]

The Elite Road races started in Helensburgh, about 30km north of Wollongong before a 34km loop around Mount Keira (climb length of 8.7km, average gradient of 5%, maximum incline of 15%). ^{[6] [7]} The Elite Road races then take in laps of the Wollongong City Circuit. ^[6] This 17.7km circuit had 220m of climbing elevation each lap including the Mount Pleasant climb (climb length of 1.1 km, average gradient of 7.7%, maximum incline of 14%). ^{[6] [7]}

In total, the Elite Women Road Race climbed 2433m elevation over a race distance of 164.3km (1 Mount Keira loop, 6x Wollongong City Circuit) and the Elite Men Road Race climbed 3945m over a race distance of 266.9km (1 Mount Keira loop, 12x Wollongong City Circuit). ^{[6] [7]} The other road races (Junior men, Junior women, U23 men) used laps of the Wollongong City Circuit for their events. ^[6]

The time trial events used courses similar to the Wollongong City Circuit, albeit avoiding the Mount Pleasant climb. The Elite Women and Elite Men time trial events were over the same distance (34.2km). ^{[6] [7]}

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – Australian Eastern Standard Time or UTC+10:00. ^[8]

Date	Timings		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance
Individual time trial events
18 September	09:35	12:30	Elite women	Wollongong		34.2 km (21.3 mi)
			U23 Women
18 September	13:30	17:00	Elite men	34.2 km (21.3 mi)
19 September	13:20	17:00	U23 Men	28.8 km (17.9 mi)
20 September	09:30	11:06	Junior women	14.1 km (8.8 mi)
20 September	13:20	17:01	Junior men	28.8 km (17.9 mi)
Mixed team relay
21 September	14:20	17:03	Mixed relay	Wollongong		28.2 km (17.5 mi)
Road race events						Distance	Laps [a]
23 September	08:30	12:00	Junior men	Wollongong	Wollongong	135.6 km (84.3 mi)	8 WCC
23 September	13:00	17:16	U23 Men			169.8 km (105.5 mi)	10 WCC
24 September	08:00	09:53	Junior women			67.2 km (41.8 mi)	4 WCC
24 September	11:55	17:00	Elite women	Helensburgh		164.3 km (102.1 mi)	1 MKL 6 WCC
			U23 Women
25 September	10:00	16:51	Elite men			266.9 km (165.8 mi)	1 MKL 12 WCC

1. Mount Keira Loop (MKL) 34.2 km (21.3 mi) and Wollongong City Circuit (WCC) 16.9 km (10.5 mi).

Medal summary

Elite events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race [9] details	Remco Evenepoel   Belgium	6h 16' 08"	Christophe Laporte   France	+ 2' 21"	Michael Matthews   Australia	+ 2' 21"
Men's time trial [10] details	Tobias Foss   Norway	40' 02.78"	Stefan Küng   Switzerland	+ 2.95"	Remco Evenepoel   Belgium	+ 9.16"
Women's Events
Women's road race [11] details	Annemiek van Vleuten   Netherlands	4h 24' 25"	Lotte Kopecky   Belgium	+ 1"	Silvia Persico   Italy	+ 1"
Women's time trial [12] details	Ellen van Dijk   Netherlands	44' 28.60"	Grace Brown   Australia	+ 12.73"	Marlen Reusser   Switzerland	+ 41.68"
Mixed Event
Mixed relay [13] details
	Switzerland Stefan Bissegger Elise Chabbey Nicole Koller Stefan Küng Marlen Reusser Mauro Schmid	33' 47.17"	Italy Edoardo Affini Elena Cecchini Filippo Ganna Vittoria Guazzini Elisa Longo Borghini Matteo Sobrero	+ 2.92"	Australia Georgia Baker Luke Durbridge Alexandra Manly Michael Matthews Luke Plapp Sarah Roy	+ 38.40"

Under-23 events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race [14] details	Yevgeniy Fedorov   Kazakhstan	3h 57' 08"	Mathias Vacek   Czech Republic	+ 1"	Søren Wærenskjold   Norway	+ 3"
Men's under-23 time trial [15] details	Søren Wærenskjold   Norway	34' 13.40"	Alec Segaert   Belgium	+ 16.34"	Leo Hayter   Great Britain	+ 24.16"
Women's Under-23 Events
Women's under-23 road race [a] details	Niamh Fisher-Black   New Zealand	4h 24' 26"	Pfeiffer Georgi   Great Britain	+ 12"	Ricarda Bauernfeind   Germany	+ 12"
Women's under-23 time trial [b] details	Vittoria Guazzini   Italy	45' 20.71"	Shirin van Anrooij   Netherlands	+ 1' 48.74"	Ricarda Bauernfeind   Germany	+ 2' 17.37"

Junior events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race [16] details	Emil Herzog   Germany	3h 11' 07"	António Morgado   Portugal	+ 0"	Vlad Van Mechelen   Belgium	+ 55"
Men's junior time trial [17] details	Joshua Tarling   Great Britain	34' 59.26"	Hamish McKenzie   Australia	+ 19.19"	Emil Herzog   Germany	+ 33.45"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race [18] details	Zoe Bäckstedt   Great Britain	1h 47' 05"	Eglantine Rayer   France	+ 2' 07"	Nienke Vinke   Netherlands	+ 2' 07"
Women's junior time trial [19] details	Zoe Bäckstedt   Great Britain	18' 26.78"	Justyna Czapla   Germany	+ 1' 35.78"	Febe Jooris   Belgium	+ 1' 48.98"

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	3	1	1	5
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	4
3	Norway	2	0	1	3
4	Belgium	1	2	3	6
5	Germany	1	1	3	5
6	Italy	1	1	1	3
	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
8	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
10	Australia*	0	2	2	4
11	France	0	2	0	2
12	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		13	13	13	39

Notes

1. Raced within the Women's Elite Road Race
2. Raced within the Women's Elite Time Trial

References

1. "2022 UCI Road World Championships - Wollongong 2022". Road World Championships. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
2. "Championnats du Monde Route UCI / UCI Road World Championships". UCI. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
3. "Wollongong Road Worlds a light at end of tunnel for Australian cycling". 11 November 2021.
4. "U23 women to race for their own world title from 2022". CyclingTips. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
5. "Russian and Belarusian teams banned from competing at the 2022 World Championships". CyclingTips. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
6. "2022 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FULL RACE DETAILS RELEASED". Road World Championships. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
7. "Courses for the Wollongong Road Worlds have finally been revealed ... sort of". CyclingTips. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
8. "Races". Road World Championships. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
9. "Men Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 26 September 2022.
10. "Men Elite Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
11. "Women Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 26 September 2022.
12. "Women Elite Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 18 September 2022.
13. "World Championship Mixed Relay - 2022". FirstCycling. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
14. "Men Under 23 Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 28 September 2022.
15. "Men Under 23 Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 19 September 2022.
16. "Men Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 28 September 2022.
17. "Men Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 21 September 2022.
18. "Women Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 28 September 2022.
19. "Women Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 21 September 2022.

External links

• Official website