2021 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Cycling race

Cycling race
Men's road race
2021 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates26 September 2021
Stages1 in Leuven, Belgium
Distance268.3 km (166.7 mi)
Winning time5h 56' 34"
Medalists
   Gold France Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
   Silver Netherlands Dylan van Baarle (NED)
   Bronze Denmark Michael Valgren (DEN)
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The men's road race of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2021 from Antwerp to Leuven, Belgium.[1][2] Defending champion Julian Alaphilippe of France won the event in a solo victory.[3]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 17 August 2021.[4]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.[5]

Criterium Rank Number of riders Nations
To enter To start
UCI World Ranking by Nations 1–10 13 8
  •  Belgium
  •  Slovenia
  •  France
  •  Netherlands
  •  Great Britain
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

Name Country Reason
Richard Carapaz  Ecuador Olympic Champion
Julian Alaphilippe  France Outgoing World Champion
Ryan Gibbons  South Africa African Champion


Participating nations

194 cyclists from 45 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[6]

  •  Albania (1)
  •  Australia (8)
  •  Austria (4)
  •  Belarus (1)
  •  Belgium (8)
  •  Canada (6)
  •  Colombia (8)
  •  Czech Republic (4)
  •  Denmark (8)
  •  Ecuador (6)
  •  Eritrea (4)
  •  Estonia (4)
  •  France (9)
  •  Germany (6)
  •  Great Britain (8)
  •  Greece (1)
  •  Hungary (1)
  •  Ireland (3)
  •  Italy (8)
  •  Japan (1)
  •  Kazakhstan (4)
  •  Latvia (4)
  •  Lithuania (1)
  •  Luxembourg (2)
  •  Mexico (1)
  •  Mongolia (1)
  •  Netherlands (8)
  •  New Zealand (4)
  •  Norway (6)
  •  Panama (1)
  •  Poland (6)
  •  Portugal (5)
  •  Romania (1)
  • Russian Cycling Federation (6)
  •  Slovakia (4)
  •  Slovenia (8)
  •  South Africa (4)
  •  Spain (8)
  •  Sweden (2)
  •   Switzerland (6)
  •  Thailand (1)
  •  Ukraine (4)
  •  Uruguay (1)
  •  United States (6)
  •  Venezuela (1)

Final classification

Podium of the men's elite road race

Of the race's 194 entrants, 68 riders completed the full distance of 268.3 kilometres (166.7 mi).[7]

Rank Rider Country Time
1 Julian Alaphilippe  France 5h 56' 34"
2 Dylan van Baarle  Netherlands + 32"
3 Michael Valgren  Denmark + 32"
4 Jasper Stuyven  Belgium + 32"
5 Neilson Powless  United States + 32"
6 Tom Pidcock  Great Britain + 49"
7 Zdeněk Štybar  Czech Republic + 1' 06"
8 Mathieu van der Poel  Netherlands + 1' 18"
9 Florian Sénéchal  France + 1' 18"
10 Sonny Colbrelli  Italy + 1' 18"
11 Wout van Aert  Belgium + 1' 18"
12 Markus Hoelgaard  Norway + 1' 18"
13 Valentin Madouas  France + 1' 18"
14 Matej Mohorič  Slovenia + 4' 00"
15 Giacomo Nizzolo  Italy + 4' 05"
16 Nils Politt  Germany + 5' 25"
17 Guillaume Boivin  Canada + 5' 25"
18 Jan Polanc  Slovenia + 5' 25"
19 Benoît Cosnefroy  France + 5' 30"
20 Victor Campenaerts  Belgium + 5' 30"
21 Alexander Kristoff  Norway + 6' 27"
22 Mike Teunissen  Netherlands + 6' 27"
23 Iván García Cortina  Spain + 6' 27"
24 Diego Ulissi  Italy + 6' 27"
25 Michael Matthews  Australia + 6' 27"
26 Peter Sagan  Slovakia + 6' 27"
27 Dylan Teuns  Belgium + 6' 27"
28 Sebastian Schönberger  Austria + 6' 27"
29 Bauke Mollema  Netherlands + 6' 27"
30 Luka Mezgec  Slovenia + 6' 27"
31 Tiesj Benoot  Belgium + 6' 27"
32 Petr Vakoč  Czech Republic + 6' 27"
33 Sven Erik Bystrøm  Norway + 6' 27"
34 Vegard Stake Laengen  Norway + 6' 27"
35 Ethan Hayter  Great Britain + 6' 27"
36 Michał Kwiatkowski  Poland + 6' 27"
37 Tadej Pogačar  Slovenia + 6' 27"
38 Patrick Gamper  Austria + 6' 27"
39 Rui Oliveira  Portugal + 6' 27"
40 Artem Nych Russian Cycling Federation + 6' 31"
41 Stefan Küng   Switzerland + 6' 31"
42 Gorka Izagirre  Spain + 6' 31"
43 Imanol Erviti  Spain + 6' 31"
44 Gonzalo Serrano  Spain + 6' 31"
45 Silvan Dillier   Switzerland + 6' 31"
46 Cesare Benedetti  Poland + 6' 31"
47 João Almeida  Portugal + 6' 31"
48 Primož Roglič  Slovenia + 6' 31"
49 Yukiya Arashiro  Japan + 6' 31"
50 Merhawi Kudus  Eritrea + 6' 31"
51 Rasmus Tiller  Norway + 6' 31"
52 Emīls Liepiņš  Latvia + 6' 31"
53 Carlos Rodríguez  Spain + 6' 39"
54 Michael Gogl  Austria + 6' 40"
55 Nelson Oliveira  Portugal + 6' 40"
56 Arnaud Démare  France + 6' 48"
57 Lawson Craddock  United States + 6' 49"
58 Gianni Moscon  Italy + 6' 52"
59 Roger Adrià  Spain + 7' 04"
60 Toms Skujiņš  Latvia + 7' 07"
61 Yves Lampaert  Belgium + 7' 22"
62 Remco Evenepoel  Belgium + 7' 22"
63 Fabian Lienhard   Switzerland + 15' 43"
64 Esteban Chaves  Colombia + 15' 43"
65 Nelson Soto  Colombia + 17' 18"
66 Pascal Eenkhoorn  Netherlands + 17' 18"
67 Nikias Arndt  Germany + 17' 18"
68 Georg Zimmermann  Germany + 17' 18"
Rider Country Time
Anthony Turgis  France DNF
Danny van Poppel  Netherlands DNF
Tim Declercq  Belgium DNF
Dmitry Strakhov Russian Cycling Federation DNF
Jake Stewart  Great Britain DNF
Natnael Berhane  Eritrea DNF
Caleb Ewan  Australia DNF
Alex Aranburu  Spain DNF
Sergey Chernetskiy Russian Cycling Federation DNF
Rigoberto Urán  Colombia DNF
Łukasz Owsian  Poland DNF
Hugo Houle  Canada DNF
Antoine Duchesne  Canada DNF
Yevgeniy Gidich  Kazakhstan DNF
Barnabás Peák  Hungary DNF
Metkel Eyob  Eritrea DNF
Nickolas Zukowsky  Canada DNF
Jayde Julius  South Africa DNF
Igor Boev Russian Cycling Federation DNF
Byron Guamá  Ecuador DNF
Fernando Gaviria  Colombia DNF
Andreas Kron  Denmark DNF
Mikkel Frølich Honoré  Denmark DNF
Mads Pedersen  Denmark DNF
Nathan Haas  Australia DNF
Alex Kirsch  Luxembourg DNF
Marco Haller  Austria DNF
Joel Levi Burbano  Ecuador DNF
Brandon McNulty  United States DNF
Rafael Reis  Portugal DNF
Harry Sweeny  Australia DNF
Eduard-Michael Grosu  Romania DNF
Kim Magnusson  Sweden DNF
Eric Antonio Fagundez  Uruguay DNF
Juraj Sagan  Slovakia DNF
Andriy Kulyk  Ukraine DNF
Pascal Ackermann  Germany DNF
Mykhaylo Kononenko  Ukraine DNF
Juan Sebastián Molano  Colombia DNF
Daniil Fominykh  Kazakhstan DNF
Yuriy Natarov  Kazakhstan DNF
Kevin Geniets  Luxembourg DNF
Clément Russo  France DNF
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg  South Africa DNF
David Per  Slovenia DNF
Lluís Mas  Spain DNF
Ryan Mullen  Ireland DNF
Pier-André Côté  Canada DNF
Krists Neilands  Latvia DNF
André Carvalho  Portugal DNF
Quinn Simmons  United States DNF
Oscar Riesebeek  Netherlands DNF
Ben Perry  Canada DNF
Andrea Bagioli  Italy DNF
Domen Novak  Slovenia DNF
Connor Swift  Great Britain DNF
Patrik Tybor  Slovakia DNF
Jan Tratnik  Slovenia DNF
Mārtiņš Pluto  Latvia DNF
Michał Gołaś  Poland DNF
Matteo Trentin  Italy DNF
Alessandro De Marchi  Italy DNF
Marc Hirschi   Switzerland DNF
Ryan Gibbons  South Africa DNF
Maciej Bodnar  Poland DNF
Luke Durbridge  Australia DNF
Mads Würtz Schmidt  Denmark DNF
Connor Brown  New Zealand DNF
Ben Swift  Great Britain DNF
Mark Cavendish  Great Britain DNF
Magnus Cort  Denmark DNF
Eddie Dunbar  Ireland DNF
Mikkel Bjerg  Denmark DNF
Erik Baška  Slovakia DNF
Pavel Kochetkov Russian Cycling Federation DNF
Oleksandr Prevar  Ukraine DNF
Petr Rikunov Russian Cycling Federation DNF
Odd Christian Eiking  Norway DNF
Jambaljamts Sainbayar  Mongolia DNF
Sergio Higuita  Colombia DNF
Jack Bauer  New Zealand DNF
Leonidas Sebastián Novoa  Ecuador DNF
Michael Schär   Switzerland DNF
Miles Scotson  Australia DNF
Lucas Eriksson  Sweden DNF
Ylber Sefa  Albania DNF
Oskar Nisu  Estonia DNF
Max Schachmann  Germany DNF
Stefan Bissegger   Switzerland DNF
Tom Scully  New Zealand DNF
Evaldas Šiškevičius  Lithuania DNF
Orluis Aular  Venezuela DNF
Matteo Jorgenson  United States DNF
Wilson Haro  Ecuador DNF
Fred Wright  Great Britain DNF
Cristian Pita  Ecuador DNF
Josef Černý  Czech Republic DNF
Norman Vahtra  Estonia DNF
Karl Patrick Lauk  Estonia DNF
Dmitriy Gruzdev  Kazakhstan DNF
Sebastian Langeveld  Netherlands DNF
Gustav Basson  South Africa DNF
Álvaro Hodeg  Colombia DNF
Sarawut Sirironnachai  Thailand DNF
Rory Townsend  Ireland DNF
Polychronis Tzortzakis  Greece DNF
Stanisław Aniołkowski  Poland DNF
Luke Rowe  Great Britain DNF
Eder Frayre  Mexico DNF
Robin Carpenter  United States DNF
Martin Laas  Estonia DNF
José Tito Hernández  Colombia DNF
John Degenkolb  Germany DNF
Anatoliy Budyak  Ukraine DNF
Franklin Archibold  Panama DNF
Aleksandr Riabushenko  Belarus DNF
Nick Schultz  New Zealand DNF
Michael Kukrle  Czech Republic DNF
Rémi Cavagna  France DNF
Dawit Yemane  Eritrea DNF
Kasper Asgreen  Denmark DNF
Shane Archbold  New Zealand DNF
Robert Stannard  Australia DNF
Davide Ballerini  Italy DNF
Christophe Laporte  France DNF
Benjamín Quinteros  Ecuador DNS

References

  1. ^ "Men Elite Road Race". Flanders 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ "88th World Championships - Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Julian Alaphilippe defends world title with stunning victory in Flanders World Championships". Cycling News. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Qualification System for the 2021 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Flanders Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Road Race Men's Elite 2021 Start List" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ^ "UCI Road World Championships - Men's Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
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