2023 UCI Road World Championships

2023 UCI Road World Championships

Venue	Glasgow and across Scotland
Date(s)	(2023-08-05 - 2023-08-13)5–13 August 2023
Coordinates	55°51′38.5″N4°14′58.7″W / 55.860694°N 4.249639°W / 55.860694; -4.249639
Events	13
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The 2023 UCI Road World Championships were the 96th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. There were held between 5 and 13 August 2023 in Scotland, as part of the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships.

A total of thirteen events were held, consisting of six road races (all finishing in Glasgow city centre), six individual time trials (starting and finishing in Stirling) and a team time trial mixed relay (also held in Glasgow).

Routes

In March 2023, the routes for the championships were announced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

Road races

For all the road races, a 14.3-kilometre (8.9-mile) finishing circuit was used, the majority of which has previously been used in the road races at the 2013 British National Road Championships, ^[1] the 2014 Commonwealth Games, ^[2] and the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships. ^[3] However, the circuit begins at George Square rather than starting in Glasgow Green. The circuit then heads towards Kelvingrove Park via – amongst others – Queen Street, Argyle Street, Buchanan Street, St. Vincent Street, North Street and Sauchiehall Street. After exiting the park, the riders will pass the University of Glasgow before descending into the West End at Byres Road. Passing through Kelvingrove Park for a second time, the riders will go through the Park District as they head back towards the city centre. Having traversed the city, the riders will pass through the Rottenrow, High Street, Ingram Street and George Street before reaching Montrose Street, a 0.2-kilometre (0.12-mile) climb at an average gradient of nearly 8%. From there, the riders will descend back into George Square, passing Glasgow Queen Street railway station and Nelson Mandela Square, before a pair of 90-degree left-handed corners onto the finishing straight. Both junior road races will be held over the circuit, with the women completing five laps and the men completing nine laps. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

The men's road race on the first weekend will start at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh on a 271.1-kilometre (168.5-mile) route, heading towards Fife via the Queensferry Crossing. ^[6] The riders will then head alongside the Firth of Forth before crossing the estuary again at the Clackmannanshire Bridge into the Falkirk council area. ^[6] After passing through Falkirk, Bonnybridge, Denny and Fintry, ^[6] the riders will climb the Crow Road, a 5.7-kilometre (3.5-mile) climb with an average gradient of 4.2%. Following this, the riders will descend into Glasgow via Lennoxtown, Torrance and Bearsden, entering the finishing circuit at Byres Road – 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) around the lap – after 119.8 kilometres (74.4 miles). ^[6] Ten full laps of the circuit will be completed before the race's conclusion, following 3,570 metres (11,710 feet) of total elevation. ^[6]

The men's under-23 and women's road races on the second weekend will both start on the banks of Loch Lomond, at Balloch. ^[7] The race follows the A811 road in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to Gartocharn and Drymen, before passing through Balfron and Fintry, before joining the same route as the men's race ahead of the Crow Road. ^{[8] [9]} Both races enter the finishing circuit after 60 kilometres (37 miles) of racing; the women will complete six full laps of the circuit for a total distance of 154.1 kilometres (95.8 miles) and 2,229 metres (7,313 feet) of total elevation, ^[8] with the under-23 men completing one additional lap, for a total distance of 168.4 kilometres (104.6 miles) and 2,436 metres (7,992 feet) of total elevation. ^[9]

Time trials

The team time trial mixed relay will be held over two laps of a 20.15-kilometre (12.52-mile) circuit, which starts on Argyle Street and follows the circuit used in the road races through to Byres Road. ^[10] Thereafter, the route extends onto the A82 road between Hillhead and Kelvinside, before doubling back on itself, with the riders then rejoining the original circuit until High Street. An additional loop in and around Glasgow Green takes the riders alongside the River Clyde, and rejoin the original circuit via the Saltmarket.

All the individual time trial races will be held over three days in and around Stirling, with all the races finishing at Stirling Castle. ^[11] On the first day, the men's under-23 race will be held over a 36.4-kilometre (22.6-mile) route, ^[12] following the A811 road out of Stirling towards Gargunnock. After a right-hand turn, the route heads towards Blair Drummond Safari Park from the south, before turning away to the left. After following several B-roads, the route returns to the A811 road in the other direction, and deviates first into Gargunnock and then for a second time towards Cambusbarron via Touch Road, passing near to Touch House. The route heads back towards Stirling thereafter, and is also used for the women's time trial the following day. ^[13] Also on the second day, the junior women's event is being held over a distance of 13.6 kilometres (8.5 miles), following the A811 road to the junction with Touch Road, before turning back on itself, following the route to Cambusbarron and the finish in Stirling city centre. ^[14]

On the third day, the junior men compete over a 23-kilometre (14-mile) route, ^[15] utilising the A811 road for around 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) to Gargunnock, before turning towards the village and following the final 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) of the men's under-23 route. The last of the races, the men's event, is held over the longest distance at 48.1 kilometres (29.9 miles) in length. ^[16] It follows the same route as the men's under-23 event for the first quarter, before heading towards the village of Thornhill. ^[16] Turning left back to the south, the route passes the Flanders Moss national nature reserve, before rejoining the A811 road in the same direction as before. The race turns back before reaching the hamlet of Arnprior, passing through Kippen and then ultimately rejoining the route from Gargunnock to Stirling via Cambusbarron as before. ^[16]

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – British Summer Time or UTC+01:00.

Road races

Date	Timings [17]		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance	Laps [lower-alpha 2]
5 August	10:00	12:00	Junior women	Glasgow	Glasgow	70 km (43 mi) [4]	5 [lower-alpha 1]
	13:00	16:00	Junior men			127.2 km (79.0 mi) [5]	9 [lower-alpha 1]
6 August	09:30	16:00	Elite men	Edinburgh		271.1 km (168.5 mi) [6]	10
12 August	12:00	16:00	Under-23 men	Balloch		168.4 km (104.6 mi) [8]	7
13 August	12:00	16:00	Elite women			154.1 km (95.8 mi) [9]	6
			Under-23 women [lower-alpha 3]

Mixed event

Date	Timings [17]		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance	Laps [lower-alpha 4]
8 August	13:00	16:00	Mixed team relay	Glasgow		40.3 km (25.0 mi) [10]	2

Individual time trials

Date	Timings [17]		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance
9 August	14:30	17:00	Under-23 men	Stirling		36.4 km (22.6 mi) [12]
10 August	11:15	13:00	Junior women			13.6 km (8.5 mi) [14]
	14:00	16:30	Elite women			36.4 km (22.6 mi) [13]
			Under-23 women [lower-alpha 3]
11 August	10:00	12:30	Junior men			23 km (14 mi) [15]
	14:35	17:00	Elite men			48.1 km (29.9 mi) [16]

Medal summary

Elite events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race details	Mathieu van der Poel   Netherlands	6h 07' 27"	Wout van Aert   Belgium	+ 1' 37"	Tadej Pogačar   Slovenia	+ 1' 45"
Men's time trial details	Remco Evenepoel   Belgium	55' 19.23"	Filippo Ganna   Italy	+ 12.28"	Josh Tarling   Great Britain	+ 48.20"
Women's Events
Women's road race details	Lotte Kopecky   Belgium	4h 02' 12"	Demi Vollering   Netherlands	+ 7"	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig   Denmark	+ 7"
Women's time trial details	Chloé Dygert   United States	46' 59.80"	Grace Brown   Australia	+ 5.67"	Christina Schweinberger   Austria	+ 1' 12.95"
Mixed Event
Mixed relay details	Switzerland Stefan Bissegger Elise Chabbey Nicole Koller Stefan Küng Marlen Reusser Mauro Schmid	54' 16.20"	France Bruno Armirail Rémi Cavagna Bryan Coquard Audrey Cordon-Ragot Cédrine Kerbaol Juliette Labous	+ 7.08"	Germany Miguel Heidemann Jannik Steimle Maximilian Walscheid Ricarda Bauernfeind Lisa Klein Franziska Koch	+ 51.31"

Under-23 events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race details	Axel Laurance   France	4h 04' 58"	António Morgado   Portugal	+ 2"	Martin Svrček   Slovakia	+ 2"
Men's under-23 time trial details	Lorenzo Milesi   Italy	43' 00"	Alec Segaert   Belgium	+ 11"	Hamish McKenzie   Australia	+ 51"
Women's Under-23 Events [lower-alpha 3]
Women's under-23 road race details	Blanka Vas   Hungary	4h 06' 46"	Shirin van Anrooij   Netherlands	+ 0"	Anna Shackley   Great Britain	+ 0"
Women's under-23 time trial details	Antonia Niedermaier   Germany	49' 27.26"	Cédrine Kerbaol   France	+ 7.85"	Julie De Wilde   Belgium	+ 39.13"

Junior events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race [18] details	Albert Philipsen   Denmark	3h 06' 26"	Paul Fietzke   Germany	+ 1' 19"	Felix Ørn-Kristoff   Norway	+ 1' 19"
Men's junior time trial details	Oscar Chamberlain   Australia	29' 29.62"	Ben Wiggins   Great Britain	+ 24.87"	Louis Leidert   Germany	+ 34.11"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race [19] details	Julie Bego   France	1h 54' 53"	Cat Ferguson   Great Britain	+ 9"	Fleur Moors   Belgium	+ 9"
Women's junior time trial [20] details	Felicity Wilson-Haffenden   Australia	19' 31.51"	Isabel Sharp   Great Britain	+ 16.59"	Federica Venturelli   Italy	+ 29.30"

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium	2	2	2	6
2	France	2	2	0	4
3	Australia	2	1	1	4
4	Netherlands	1	2	0	3
5	Germany	1	1	2	4
6	Italy	1	1	1	3
7	Denmark	1	0	1	2
8	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
11	Great Britain *	0	3	2	5
12	Portugal	0	1	0	1
13	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		13	13	13	39

Broadcasters

Africa

• Sub-Saharian Africa: SuperSport

Americas

• Canada: FloSports

Asia

• Brunei: Astro
• China: China Central Television
• Japan: NHK, Nippon TV and J Sports
• Malaysia: Astro
• Philippines: TAP
• Singapore: StarHub
• Thailand: JKN and TrueVisions

Europe

• Belgium: RTBF and VRT
• Czech Republic: ČT Sport
• Denmark: TV2 Sport
• France: France TV
• Germany: ZDF
• United Kingdom: BBC
• Italy: RAI
• Netherlands: NOS
• Norway: TV2
• Poland: TVP
• Slovenia: RTV Slovenia
• Sweden: SVT
• Switzerland: SRG SSR
• Spain: Televisión Española
• Pan-Europe: Eurosport

Notes

1. A 1.5-kilometre (0.93-mile) neutralised section is to be held on the first lap of the junior races. ^{[4] [5]}
2. This denotes the number of full laps completed of the 14.3-kilometre (8.9-mile) Glasgow city centre circuit.
3. These events are held within the elite women's events.
4. This denotes the number of laps of the 20.15-kilometre (12.52-mile) circuit; the first lap is completed by three male riders, with the second lap completed by three female riders.

References

1. "British Cycling National Road Race Championships route details revealed". British Cycling . 24 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
2. "Glasgow Commonwealth Games road race and time-trial routes revealed". British Cycling . 11 February 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. "A guide to Road Cycling at Glasgow 2018". European Championships . European Championships Management. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
4. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 41.
5. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 42.
6. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 45.
7. "2023 UCI Cycling Worlds Set for Stunning Road Races Amid Scotland's Most Iconic Landmarks". Glasgow City Council . 23 September 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
8. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 47.
9. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 48.
10. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 43.
11. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 50.
12. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 51.
13. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 53.
14. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 52.
15. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 54.
16. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 55.
17. Information Bulletin 2023, p. 39.
18. "Men Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 6 August 2023.
19. "Women Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 5 August 2023.
20. "Women Junior Time Trial Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot . Retrieved 10 August 2023.

Sources

• UCI Cycling World Championships - Information Bulletin - Version 2.0 (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

External links

• Official website