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2019 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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.[2] The race was initially scheduled to be contested over 280 kilometres (170 miles),[3] but due to flooding on the course,[4] the race was reduced to 260.7 kilometres (162.0 miles).[1] The wet weather also meant there was a limited broadcast coverage of the race.

Men's road race
2019 UCI Road World Championships
The start of the race in Leeds
The start of the race in Leeds
Race details
Dates29 September 2019
Stages1
Distance260.7 km (162.0 mi)
Winning time6h 27' 28"[1]
Medalists
   Gold Denmark Mads Pedersen (DEN)
   Silver Italy Matteo Trentin (ITA)
   Bronze Switzerland Stefan Küng (SUI)
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For the first time in the race's history, a Danish rider won the world title as Mads Pedersen out-sprinted two other riders at the finish in Harrogate to take the rainbow jersey.[5] The silver medal went to Italy's Matteo Trentin, while the bronze medal went to Stefan Küng of Switzerland.[6]

Qualification edit

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 11 August 2019.[7]

UCI World Rankings edit

The following nations qualified.[8]

Criterium Rank Number of riders Nations
To enter To start
UCI World Ranking by Nations 1–10 13 8
11–20 9 6
21–30 7 4
31–50 2 1
UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified) 		1–200 —

Continental champions edit

Name Country Reason
Alejandro Valverde   Spain Outgoing World Champion
Mekseb Debesay   Eritrea African Champion
Yevgeniy Gidich   Kazakhstan Asian Champion
Jefferson Cepeda   Ecuador Panamerican Champion

Participating nations edit

197 cyclists from 42 nations were entered in the men's road race.[9] The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

Results edit

Final classification edit

 
Mads Pedersen (pictured in 2017) won the race for Denmark.

Of the race's 197 entrants, 46 riders completed the full distance of 260.7 kilometres (162.0 miles).[1]

Rank Rider Country Time
1 Mads Pedersen   Denmark 6h 27' 28"
2 Matteo Trentin   Italy + 0"
3 Stefan Küng    Switzerland + 2"
4 Gianni Moscon   Italy + 17"
5 Peter Sagan   Slovakia + 43"
6 Michael Valgren   Denmark + 45"
7 Alexander Kristoff   Norway + 1' 10"
8 Greg Van Avermaet   Belgium + 1' 10"
9 Gorka Izagirre   Spain + 1' 10"
10 Rui Costa   Portugal + 1' 10"
11 Sonny Colbrelli   Italy + 1' 10"
12 Jakob Fuglsang   Denmark + 1' 10"
13 Zdeněk Štybar   Czech Republic + 1' 10"
14 Carlos Betancur   Colombia + 1' 10"
15 John Degenkolb   Germany + 1' 10"
16 Ion Izagirre   Spain + 1' 14"
17 Amund Grøndahl Jansen   Norway + 1' 14"
18 Tadej Pogačar   Slovenia + 1' 14"
19 Nils Politt   Germany + 1' 22"
20 Niki Terpstra   Netherlands + 1' 22"
21 Toms Skujiņš   Latvia + 1' 46"
22 Michael Albasini    Switzerland + 1' 48"
23 Tony Gallopin   France + 1' 50"
24 Michael Matthews   Australia + 1' 57"
25 Alberto Bettiol   Italy + 1' 57"
26 Tao Geoghegan Hart   Great Britain + 2' 20"
27 Marc Hirschi    Switzerland + 2' 20"
28 Julian Alaphilippe   France + 2' 26"
29 Daniel Felipe Martínez   Colombia + 3' 59"
30 Felix Großschartner   Austria + 3' 59"
31 Ben Swift   Great Britain + 6' 38"
32 Yves Lampaert   Belgium + 7' 48"
33 Oliver Naesen   Belgium + 8' 07"
34 Sven Erik Bystrøm   Norway + 8' 07"
35 Tim Wellens   Belgium + 8' 07"
36 Mike Teunissen   Netherlands + 8' 07"
37 Dylan Teuns   Belgium + 8' 07"
38 Esteban Chaves   Colombia + 8' 07"
39 Andrey Amador   Costa Rica + 8' 07"
40 Chad Haga   United States + 10' 27"
41 Neilson Powless   United States + 10' 27"
42 Benoît Cosnefroy   France + 10' 52"
43 Mathieu van der Poel   Netherlands + 10' 52"
44 Imanol Erviti   Spain + 14' 48"
45 Lucas Eriksson   Sweden + 14' 48"
46 Petr Vakoč   Czech Republic + 19' 25"

Failed to finish edit

149 riders failed to finish, while South Africa's Jay Thomson and Ukraine's Mark Padun failed to start.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Elite". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ "86th World Championships – Road Race (WC)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Timings: Men Elite Road Race" (PDF). Yorkshire 2019 UCI Road World Championships. Yorkshire 2019 Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. ^ Howes, Nick (29 September 2019). "Men Elite Road Race re-routed". Yorkshire 2019 UCI Road World Championships. Yorkshire 2019 Limited. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ "World Championships: Mads Pedersen wins elite men's rainbow jersey". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. ^ Skelton, Jack (29 September 2019). "Road World Championship: Denmark's Mads Pedersen claims shock elite men's road race title". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Qualification System for the 2019 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI Road World Championships - Official Documents. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2020.
  8. ^ "UCI Road World Championships-2019 Yorkshire Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 August 2019. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Start List : Men Elite Road Race" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

External links edit

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