2023 UCI Road World Championships

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.

2023 UCI Road World Championships
Glasgow is located in Scotland
Glasgow
Glasgow
VenueGlasgow and across Scotland
Date(s) (2023-08-05 - 2023-08-13)5–13 August 2023
Coordinates55°51′38.5″N 4°14′58.7″W / 55.860694°N 4.249639°W / 55.860694; -4.249639
Events13
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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

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

Road races

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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.[a]

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

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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

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

Road races

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Date Timings[17] Event Location
(start)
Location
(finish)
Distance Laps[b]
5 August 10:00 12:00 Junior women Glasgow Glasgow 70 km (43 mi)[4] 5[a]
13:00 16:00 Junior men 127.2 km (79.0 mi)[5] 9[a]
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[c]

Mixed event

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

Individual time trials

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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[c]
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

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Elite events

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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

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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
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Lorenzo Milesi
  Italy
43' 00" Alec Segaert
  Belgium
+ 11" Hamish McKenzie
  Australia
+ 51"
Women's Under-23 Events[c]
Women's under-23 road race
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Blanka Vas
  Hungary
4h 06' 46" Shirin van Anrooij
  Netherlands
+ 0" Anna Shackley
  Great Britain
+ 0"
Women's under-23 time trial
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Antonia Niedermaier
  Germany
49' 27.26" Cédrine Kerbaol
  France
+ 7.85" Julie De Wilde
  Belgium
+ 39.13"

Junior events

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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
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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]
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Felicity Wilson-Haffenden
  Australia
19' 31.51" Isabel Sharp
  Great Britain
+ 16.59" Federica Venturelli
  Italy
+ 29.30"

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Belgium2226
2  France2204
3  Australia2114
4  Netherlands1203
5  Germany1124
6  Italy1113
7  Denmark1012
8  Hungary1001
  Switzerland1001
  United States1001
11  Great Britain*0325
12  Portugal0101
13  Austria0011
  Norway0011
  Slovakia0011
  Slovenia0011
Totals (16 entries)13131339

Broadcasters

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Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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

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  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. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 41.
  5. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 42.
  6. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b c Information Bulletin 2023, p. 47.
  9. ^ a b c Information Bulletin 2023, p. 48.
  10. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 43.
  11. ^ Information Bulletin 2023, p. 50.
  12. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 51.
  13. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 53.
  14. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 52.
  15. ^ a b Information Bulletin 2023, p. 54.
  16. ^ a b c d Information Bulletin 2023, p. 55.
  17. ^ a b c 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.

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