2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
August 23, 2023
The Men's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 30 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 85th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the three times defending champion, a record in the event.[2] 188 riders from 44 nations entered the competition.[3]
After previously winning six medals in the race without taking the gold medal, Spain's Alejandro Valverde took his first world title after a four-rider sprint finish decided the medals.[4] Valverde went clear with a small group of riders on the steep Höttinger Höll climb, making headway on the descent with France's Romain Bardet and Canadian rider Michael Woods. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) joined the trio on the run-in to the finish, but his efforts to do so resulted in him missing out on the medals, behind Bardet (silver) and Woods (bronze).[5]
Valverde's victory was the first for Spain in the event since Óscar Freire won the title in Verona, Italy in 2004.[6] France and Canada also ended long streaks without a medal in the event as Bardet's silver was the first medal for France since Anthony Geslin won the bronze medal in Madrid, Spain in 2005,[7] while Woods won only the second medal for a Canadian male rider in the road race, after Steve Bauer's bronze medal at the 1984 race, also in Spain in Barcelona.[8]
The race started in Kufstein and headed south-west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald – as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week – with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places.[9] After 84.2 kilometres (52.3 miles), the riders crossed the finish line for the first time, before starting six laps of a circuit 23.8 kilometres (14.8 miles) in length. The circuit contained a climb of 7.9 kilometres (4.9 miles), at an average gradient of 5.9% but reaching 10% in places, from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls.[10] After a short period of flat roads, the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck.[citation needed]
On the seventh and final lap, the race continued onto a further loop of just over 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) at Hötting, with the 2.8-kilometre (1.7 mi)-long Höttinger Höll climb towards Gramartboden starting almost immediately.[10] The climb featured an average gradient of 11.5%, with a portion of the climb reaching 28% around two-thirds up. Upon reaching the top, the race descended through Hungerburg back towards rejoining the original circuit with around 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) to go and heading towards the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre. In total, the race featured 4,681 metres (15,358 feet) of climbing.[11]
Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 12 August 2018. The first ten nations in this classification qualified eight riders to start, the next ten nations qualified six riders to start, with the nations ranked 21st to 30th qualifying five riders to start.[12] One rider from each of the next twenty nations was also qualified to start.[12] In addition to this number, any rider within the top 200 of the UCI World Ranking by individuals that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.[13]
^ abc"Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^"UCI Road World Championships 2018: dates, route, where to watch and more". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ ab"Start List / Liste de départ: Men Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Pender, Kieran (30 September 2018). "Evergreen Alejandro Valverde triumphs in World Road Championships". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Ostanek, Daniel (30 September 2018). "Valverde crowned World Champion in Innsbruck". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Llamas, Fernando (30 September 2018). "¡Grandísimo Alejandro Valverde, oro mundial con una exhibición de España!" [Great Alejandro Valverde, world gold with an exhibition for Spain!]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Retrieved 30 September 2018. La exhibición del equipo español y la buenísima forma de Alejandro Valverde, el rematador, nos han regalado la primera medalla de oro del equipo español desde la de Óscar Freire en 2004. [The exhibition of the Spanish team and the very good form of Alejandro Valverde, gave us the first gold medal for the Spanish team since Oscar Freire in 2004.]
^Ezvan, Jean-Julien (30 September 2018). "Mondiaux d'Innsbrück : Valverde sacré, Bardet en argent" [Innsbrück Worlds: Valverde mighty, Bardet silver]. Le Figaro (in French). Dassault Group. Retrieved 30 September 2018. Les Bleus décrochent quand même la première médaille mondiale depuis Anthony Geslin en 2005. [The Blues still win the first world medal since Anthony Geslin in 2005.]
^Sturney, Rob (30 September 2018). "Rusty Woods bronze, Valverde gold in thrilling finale to Innsbruck 2018". Canadian Cycling Magazine. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved 30 September 2018. It's Canada's first medal in the elite men's road race since Steve Bauer's bronze in Barcelona in 1984.
^. New Jersey Herald. Keith Flynn, Quincy Media. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018. The course through the Austrian Alps was rather flat for the first 30 kilometers, until a five-kilometer climb from Fritzens to Gnadenwald with an average gradient of 7.1 percent.
^ ab"2018 UCI Road World Championships - Technical guide" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. p. 57. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^Farrand, Stephen (30 September 2018). "A Sunday in Holl: Steep final climb to decide men's Worlds – Preview". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ ab"Qualification system for the 2018 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 August 2018. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ ab(PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Deltatre. 16 August 2018. pp. 2–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
2018, road, world, championships, road, race, road, race, 2018, road, world, championships, cycling, event, that, took, place, september, 2018, innsbruck, austria, 85th, edition, championship, slovakia, peter, sagan, three, times, defending, champion, record, . The Men s road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 30 September 2018 in Innsbruck Austria It was the 85th edition of the championship and Slovakia s Peter Sagan was the three times defending champion a record in the event 2 188 riders from 44 nations entered the competition 3 Men s road race2018 UCI Road World ChampionshipsThe final podium from left to right Romain Bardet France Alejandro Valverde Spain and Michael Woods Canada Race detailsDates30 September 2018Stages1Distance258 km 160 3 mi Winning time6h 46 41 1 Medalists Gold Alejandro Valverde ESP Silver Romain Bardet FRA Bronze Michael Woods CAN 20172019 After previously winning six medals in the race without taking the gold medal Spain s Alejandro Valverde took his first world title after a four rider sprint finish decided the medals 4 Valverde went clear with a small group of riders on the steep Hottinger Holl climb making headway on the descent with France s Romain Bardet and Canadian rider Michael Woods Tom Dumoulin Netherlands joined the trio on the run in to the finish but his efforts to do so resulted in him missing out on the medals behind Bardet silver and Woods bronze 5 Valverde s victory was the first for Spain in the event since oscar Freire won the title in Verona Italy in 2004 6 France and Canada also ended long streaks without a medal in the event as Bardet s silver was the first medal for France since Anthony Geslin won the bronze medal in Madrid Spain in 2005 7 while Woods won only the second medal for a Canadian male rider in the road race after Steve Bauer s bronze medal at the 1984 race also in Spain in Barcelona 8 Contents 1 Course 2 Qualification 2 1 UCI World Rankings 2 2 Continental champions 2 3 Participating nations 3 Results 3 1 Final classification 3 2 Failed to finish 4 References 5 External linksCourse EditThe race started in Kufstein and headed south west towards Innsbruck with a primarily rolling route except for a climb of 5 kilometres 3 1 miles between Fritzens and Gnadenwald as had been in the time trial events earlier in the week with an average 7 1 gradient and maximum of 14 in places 9 After 84 2 kilometres 52 3 miles the riders crossed the finish line for the first time before starting six laps of a circuit 23 8 kilometres 14 8 miles in length The circuit contained a climb of 7 9 kilometres 4 9 miles at an average gradient of 5 9 but reaching 10 in places from the outskirts of Innsbruck through Aldrans and Lans towards Igls 10 After a short period of flat roads the race descended through Igls back towards Innsbruck citation needed On the seventh and final lap the race continued onto a further loop of just over 7 kilometres 4 3 miles at Hotting with the 2 8 kilometre 1 7 mi long Hottinger Holl climb towards Gramartboden starting almost immediately 10 The climb featured an average gradient of 11 5 with a portion of the climb reaching 28 around two thirds up Upon reaching the top the race descended through Hungerburg back towards rejoining the original circuit with around 3 5 kilometres 2 2 miles to go and heading towards the finish line in front of the Tyrolean State Theatre In total the race featured 4 681 metres 15 358 feet of climbing 11 Qualification EditQualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 12 August 2018 The first ten nations in this classification qualified eight riders to start the next ten nations qualified six riders to start with the nations ranked 21st to 30th qualifying five riders to start 12 One rider from each of the next twenty nations was also qualified to start 12 In addition to this number any rider within the top 200 of the UCI World Ranking by individuals that was not already qualified the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part 13 UCI World Rankings Edit The following nations qualified 13 Criterium Rank Number of riders NationsTo enter To startUCI World Ranking by Nations 1 10 13 8 Italy Belgium France Great Britain Netherlands Spain Colombia Australia Denmark Slovenia11 20 9 6 Germany Norway Slovakia Poland Switzerland Ireland Czech Republic Russia Austria Luxembourg21 30 7 4 Portugal United States South Africa New Zealand Canada Kazakhstan Ecuador Latvia Belarus Estonia31 50 2 1 Ukraine Eritrea Japan Argentina Algeria Rwanda Iran Romania Croatia Costa Rica Turkey Hong Kong Venezuela Lithuania Sweden Morocco Azerbaijan Greece South Korea BrazilUCI World Ranking by Individuals if not already qualified 1 200 Continental champions Edit Name Country ReasonPeter Sagan Slovakia Outgoing World ChampionAmanuel Gebrezgabihier Eritrea African ChampionYousif Mirza United Arab Emirates Asian ChampionParticipating nations Edit 188 cyclists from 44 nations were entered in the men s road race 3 The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses Argentina 1 Australia 8 Austria 6 Belarus 4 Belgium 8 Brazil 1 Canada 4 Colombia 8 Costa Rica 1 Croatia 1 Czech Republic 6 Denmark 8 Ecuador 2 Eritrea 2 Estonia 3 Ethiopia 1 France 8 Germany 6 Great Britain 8 Greece 1 Hong Kong 1 Iran 1 Ireland 4 Italy 8 Japan 1 Kazakhstan 4 Latvia 2 Lithuania 1 Luxembourg 6 Netherlands 8 New Zealand 4 Norway 6 Poland 6 Portugal 4 Romania 1 Russia 6 Slovakia 7 Slovenia 8 South Africa 2 Spain 8 Sweden 1 Switzerland 6 Ukraine 2 United States 4 Results EditFinal classification Edit Of the race s 188 entrants 76 riders completed the full distance of 258 kilometres 160 miles 1 Rank Rider Country Time1 Alejandro Valverde Spain 6h 46 41 2 Romain Bardet France 0 3 Michael Woods Canada 0 4 Tom Dumoulin Netherlands 0 5 Gianni Moscon Italy 13 6 Roman Kreuziger Czech Republic 43 7 Michael Valgren Denmark 43 8 Julian Alaphilippe France 43 9 Thibaut Pinot France 43 10 Rui Costa Portugal 43 11 Ion Izagirre Spain 43 12 Bauke Mollema Netherlands 49 13 Mikel Nieve Spain 52 14 Sam Oomen Netherlands 1 21 15 Nairo Quintana Colombia 1 21 16 Peter Kennaugh Great Britain 1 21 17 Jan Hirt Czech Republic 1 21 18 George Bennett New Zealand 1 21 19 Jack Haig Australia 1 21 20 Jakob Fuglsang Denmark 1 21 21 Domenico Pozzovivo Italy 1 21 22 Andrey Zeits Kazakhstan 1 21 23 Ben Hermans Belgium 1 32 24 Simon Geschke Germany 1 54 25 Sergey Chernetskiy Russia 2 00 26 Mathias Frank Switzerland 2 10 27 Steven Kruijswijk Netherlands 2 10 28 Antwan Tolhoek Netherlands 2 10 29 Dylan Teuns Belgium 2 10 30 Odd Christian Eiking Norway 2 42 31 Rudy Molard France 2 42 32 Sebastien Reichenbach Switzerland 2 42 33 Rigoberto Uran Colombia 2 57 34 Primoz Roglic Slovenia 4 00 35 Rafal Majka Poland 4 00 36 Alexey Lutsenko Kazakhstan 4 00 37 Adam Yates Great Britain 4 00 38 Wilco Kelderman Netherlands 4 00 39 Nelson Oliveira Portugal 5 00 40 Alessandro De Marchi Italy 5 05 41 Merhawi Kudus Eritrea 5 44 42 Xandro Meurisse Belgium 5 44 43 Vegard Stake Laengen Norway 5 44 44 David de la Cruz Spain 5 56 45 Michael Gogl Austria 5 56 46 Emanuel Buchmann Germany 5 56 47 Pavel Sivakov Russia 6 00 48 Sergio Henao Colombia 6 02 49 Vincenzo Nibali Italy 6 02 50 Greg Van Avermaet Belgium 8 08 51 Pavel Kochetkov Russia 8 08 52 Kasper Asgreen Denmark 10 22 53 Franco Pellizotti Italy 10 33 54 Carl Fredrik Hagen Norway 12 24 55 Emil Vinjebo Denmark 12 57 56 Lukasz Owsian Poland 13 05 57 Ilnur Zakarin Russia 13 05 58 Tony Gallopin France 13 05 59 Patrick Konrad Austria 13 05 60 Steve Morabito Switzerland 13 05 61 Jesus Herrada Spain 13 09 62 Toms Skujins Latvia 13 13 63 Brent Bookwalter United States 14 23 64 Damiano Caruso Italy 14 23 65 Dario Cataldo Italy 14 23 66 Hugh Carthy Great Britain 14 23 67 Nicolas Roche Ireland 14 23 68 Tim Wellens Belgium 14 23 69 Pieter Weening Netherlands 14 23 70 Rob Power Australia 14 23 71 Richard Carapaz Ecuador 14 48 72 Ben King United States 15 57 73 Eduardo Sepulveda Argentina 16 51 74 Nico Denz Germany 18 17 75 Gianluca Brambilla Italy 19 35 76 Rob Britton Canada 19 37 Failed to finish Edit 112 riders failed to finish 1 Rider CountryEnric Mas SpainSimon Clarke AustraliaOmar Fraile SpainJonathan Castroviejo SpainJacques Janse van Rensburg South AfricaTanel Kangert EstoniaMichal Kwiatkowski PolandWout Poels NetherlandsJesper Hansen DenmarkMarkus Hoelgaard NorwayPeter Stetina United StatesKilian Frankiny SwitzerlandAndriy Hrivko UkraineIldar Arslanov RussiaMarcus Burghardt GermanyDan Martin IrelandBob Jungels LuxembourgIlia Koshevoy BelarusTobias Ludvigsson SwedenKarel Hnik Czech RepublicTao Geoghegan Hart Great BritainDamien Howson AustraliaNick Schultz AustraliaMatej Mohoric SloveniaSimon Yates Great BritainSimon Spilak SloveniaJan Polanc SloveniaZdenek Stybar Czech RepublicFelix Grossschartner AustriaSepp Kuss United StatesPatrick Schelling SwitzerlandMaximilian Schachmann GermanyAmanuel Gebrezgabihier EritreaAlexandr Riabushenko BelarusDaniil Fominykh KazakhstanMichael Schar SwitzerlandMiguel Angel Lopez ColombiaRuben Guerreiro Portugal Rider CountryPaul Martens GermanyMichal Golas PolandChris Hamilton AustraliaEdvald Boasson Hagen NorwayWinner Anacona ColombiaConor Dunne IrelandHideto Nakane JapanRyan Mullen IrelandLaurens De Plus BelgiumJhonatan Narvaez EcuadorTsgabu Grmay EthiopiaGregor Muhlberger AustriaJames Knox Great BritainConnor Swift Great BritainTiago Machado PortugalAntoine Duchesne CanadaJosef Cerny Czech RepublicAnthony Roux FranceAlexandre Geniez FranceBen Gastauer LuxembourgRory Sutherland AustraliaMads Wurtz Schmidt DenmarkLaurent Didier LuxembourgGrega Bole SloveniaJan Tratnik SloveniaLukas Postlberger AustriaGeorg Preidler AustriaMaciej Bodnar PolandMaciej Paterski PolandPatrick Bevin New ZealandPeter Sagan SlovakiaNikita Stalnov KazakhstanRohan Dennis AustraliaSerge Pauwels BelgiumDion Smith New ZealandSebastian Henao ColombiaDaniel Felipe Martinez Colombia Rider CountryTiesj Benoot BelgiumJosip Rumac CroatiaMatti Breschel DenmarkNicholas Dlamini South AfricaDmitry Strakhov RussiaRodrigo Contreras ColombiaSven Erik Bystrom NorwayMartin Haring SlovakiaTom Wirtgen LuxembourgJuraj Sagan SlovakiaPatrik Tybor SlovakiaMichael Kukrle Czech RepublicMarek Canecky SlovakiaKrists Neilands LatviaIan Stannard Great BritainJempy Drucker LuxembourgRoman Villalobos Costa RicaAndrii Bratashchuk UkraineWarren Barguil FranceDomen Novak SloveniaHugo Houle CanadaVasil Kiryienka BelarusLuka Pibernik SloveniaRein Taaramae EstoniaIgnatas Konovalovas LithuaniaYauhen Sobal BelarusNiklas Eg DenmarkErik Baska SlovakiaMartin Mahdar SlovakiaEsmail Chaichi IranSam Bewley New ZealandSerghei Țvetcov RomaniaAlex Kirsch LuxembourgStylianos Farantakis GreeceNorman Vahtra EstoniaHo San Chiu Hong KongNicolas Sessler BrazilReferences Edit a b c Final Results Resultat final Men Elite Road Race Course en ligne Hommes Elite PDF Sport Result Tissot Timing 30 September 2018 Retrieved 30 September 2018 UCI Road World Championships 2018 dates route where to watch and more Cycling Weekly TI Media 26 September 2018 Retrieved 30 September 2018 a b Start List Liste de depart Men Elite Road Race Course en ligne Hommes Elite PDF Sport Result Tissot Timing 29 September 2018 Retrieved 30 September 2018 Pender Kieran 30 September 2018 Evergreen Alejandro Valverde triumphs in World Road Championships The Guardian Guardian Media Group Retrieved 30 September 2018 Ostanek Daniel 30 September 2018 Valverde crowned World Champion in Innsbruck Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company Retrieved 30 September 2018 Llamas Fernando 30 September 2018 Grandisimo Alejandro Valverde oro mundial con una exhibicion de Espana Great Alejandro Valverde world gold with an exhibition for Spain Marca in Spanish Unidad Editorial Retrieved 30 September 2018 La exhibicion del equipo espanol y la buenisima forma de Alejandro Valverde el rematador nos han regalado la primera medalla de oro del equipo espanol desde la de oscar Freire en 2004 The exhibition of the Spanish team and the very good form of Alejandro Valverde gave us the first gold medal for the Spanish team since Oscar Freire in 2004 Ezvan Jean Julien 30 September 2018 Mondiaux d Innsbruck Valverde sacre Bardet en argent Innsbruck Worlds Valverde mighty Bardet silver Le Figaro in French Dassault Group Retrieved 30 September 2018 Les Bleus decrochent quand meme la premiere medaille mondiale depuis Anthony Geslin en 2005 The Blues still win the first world medal since Anthony Geslin in 2005 Sturney Rob 30 September 2018 Rusty Woods bronze Valverde gold in thrilling finale to Innsbruck 2018 Canadian Cycling Magazine Gripped Publishing Inc Retrieved 30 September 2018 It s Canada s first medal in the elite men s road race since Steve Bauer s bronze in Barcelona in 1984 Rohan Dennis beats Dumoulin for world time trial title New Jersey Herald Keith Flynn Quincy Media 26 September 2018 Archived from the original on 27 September 2018 Retrieved 30 September 2018 The course through the Austrian Alps was rather flat for the first 30 kilometers until a five kilometer climb from Fritzens to Gnadenwald with an average gradient of 7 1 percent a b 2018 UCI Road World Championships Technical guide PDF UCI ch Union Cycliste Internationale p 57 Retrieved 30 September 2018 Farrand Stephen 30 September 2018 A Sunday in Holl Steep final climb to decide men s Worlds Preview Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company Retrieved 30 September 2018 a b Qualification system for the 2018 UCI Road World Championships PDF UCI ch Union Cycliste Internationale 16 August 2018 pp 1 2 Retrieved 30 September 2018 a b Nations and quotas of athletes revealed for Innsbruck Tirol Austria PDF Union Cycliste Internationale Deltatre 16 August 2018 pp 2 3 Archived from the original PDF on 26 September 2018 Retrieved 30 September 2018 External links EditRoad race page at Innsbruck Tirol 2018 website Sports portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2018 UCI Road World Championships Men 27s road race amp oldid 1100892809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
