2022 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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Men's road race
2022 UCI Road World Championships
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Race details
Dates25 September 2022
Stages1 in Wollongong, Australia
Distance266.9 km (165.8 mi)
Winning time6h 16' 08"
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Flag of France.svg   Christophe Laporte  (FRA)
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Michael Matthews  (AUS)

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. [1] [2]

Contents

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 16 August 2022. [3]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified. [4]

CriteriumRankNumber of ridersNations
To enterTo start
UCI World Ranking by Nations1–10138
  • Flag of France.svg France
  • Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
  • Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  • Flag of Spain.svg Spain
11–2096
21–3074
31–5021
UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified)
1–200

Continental champions

NameCountryReason
Julian Alaphilippe Flag of France.svg France Incumbent World Champion
Henok Mulubrhan Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea African Champion
Emiliano Contreras Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Panamerican Champion
Igor Chzhan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Asian Champion
James Fouché Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Oceanian Champion

Participating nations

169 cyclists from 50 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. [5]

Final classification

Of the race's 169 entrants, 103 riders completed the full distance of 266.9-kilometre (165.8 mi). [6] [7]

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