2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Cycling race
Men's road race
2017 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates24 September 2017
Stages1
Distance267.5 km (166.2 mi)
Winning time6h 28' 11"[1]
Medalists
   Gold  Peter Sagan (SVK)
   Silver  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
   Bronze  Michael Matthews (AUS)
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The Men's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 84th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the two times defending champion.

After a late move from France's Julian Alaphilippe was brought back within the final kilometres,[2] Sagan outsprinted his rivals to win a third consecutive world title, the first male rider to do so. As well as this, he became the fifth man – after Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Óscar Freire – to win three elite road world championship titles.[3] European champion Alexander Kristoff from Norway took the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Australian Michael Matthews.[1][4]

Course

The race started in Rong and traversed 39.5 kilometres (24.5 miles) before reaching the finishing circuit in Bergen. After a further 17.9 kilometres (11.1 miles), the riders crossed the finish line on the Festplassen for the first time, with the riders completing eleven full laps of the circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length.[5] The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles), the 2017 men's road race was the longest in the championships since 272.26 kilometres (169.17 miles) were covered in 2013.[6]

Qualification

Qualification were based on performances on the UCI World Ranking on August 15, 2017.[7]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.[8]

Criterium Rank Number of riders Nations
To enter To start
UCI World Ranking by Nations 1–10 14 9
11–20 9 6
21–30 6 3
31–50 2 1
UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified) 		1–200 —

Additional places

 Ukraine,  Iran,  Venezuela,  Turkey,  Ecuador,  Croatia,  Brazil,  South Korea,  Algeria,  Tunisia and  China have chosen not to use (all of their) quota places.  Latvia,  Argentina,  Sweden,  Greece,  Hong Kong,  Finland and  Albania have received additional quota places.

Participating nations

196 cyclists from 44 nations were entered in the men's road race, however Irish representative Damien Shaw did not start the race.[1] The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

  •  Albania (1)
  •  Argentina (2)
  •  Australia (9)
  •  Austria (3)
  •  Azerbaijan (1)
  •  Belarus (3)
  •  Belgium (9)
  •  Canada (3)
  •  Colombia (9)
  •  Costa Rica (1)
  •  Czech Republic (6)
  •  Denmark (6)
  •  Eritrea (3)
  •  Estonia (3)
  •  Finland (1)
  •  France (9)
  •  Germany (9)
  •  Great Britain (9)
  •  Greece (1)
  •  Hong Kong (1)
  •  Ireland (6 5)
  •  Italy (9)
  •  Japan (1)
  •  Kazakhstan (3)
  •  Latvia (2)
  •  Lithuania (1)
  •  Luxembourg (3)
  •  Morocco (1)
  •  Netherlands (9)
  •  New Zealand (3)
  •  Norway (9)
  •  Poland (6)
  •  Portugal (6)
  •  Romania (1)
  •  Russia (6)
  •  Rwanda (1)
  •  Slovakia (6)
  •  Slovenia (6)
  •  South Africa (3)
  •  Spain (9)
  •  Sweden (2)
  •   Switzerland (6)
  •  Ukraine (2)
  •  United States (6)

Final classification

Of the race's 196 entrants, 132 riders completed the full distance of 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles).[1]

Rank Rider Country Time
1 Peter Sagan  Slovakia 6h 28' 11"
2 Alexander Kristoff  Norway + 0"
3 Michael Matthews  Australia + 0"
4 Matteo Trentin  Italy + 0"
5 Ben Swift  Great Britain + 0"
6 Greg Van Avermaet  Belgium + 0"
7 Michael Albasini   Switzerland + 0"
8 Fernando Gaviria  Colombia + 0"
9 Alexey Lutsenko  Kazakhstan + 0"
10 Julian Alaphilippe  France + 0"
11 Michał Kwiatkowski  Poland + 0"
12 Søren Kragh Andersen  Denmark + 0"
13 Tony Gallopin  France + 0"
14 Zdeněk Štybar  Czech Republic + 0"
15 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus + 0"
16 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov  Russia + 0"
17 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium + 0"
18 Sergey Chernetskiy  Russia + 0"
19 Rui Costa  Portugal + 0"
20 Simon Geschke  Germany + 0"
21 Michael Valgren  Denmark + 0"
22 Lukas Pöstlberger  Austria + 0"
23 Ilnur Zakarin  Russia + 0"
24 Niki Terpstra  Netherlands + 0"
25 Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands + 0"
26 Dan Martin  Ireland + 0"
27 Rigoberto Urán  Colombia + 5"
28 Alberto Bettiol  Italy + 5"
29 Magnus Cort  Denmark + 27"
30 Edvald Boasson Hagen  Norway + 1' 04"
31 Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain + 1' 04"
32 Julien Simon  France + 1' 04"
33 Nicolas Roche  Ireland + 1' 04"
34 Bauke Mollema  Netherlands + 1' 20"
35 Guillaume Boivin  Canada + 1' 20"
36 Peter Kennaugh  Great Britain + 1' 22"
37 Warren Barguil  France + 1' 23"
38 Diego Ulissi  Italy + 1' 23"
39 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg  South Africa + 2' 32"
40 Nikias Arndt  Germany + 2' 32"
41 Michael Schär   Switzerland + 2' 32"
42 Luka Pibernik  Slovenia + 2' 32"
43 Aleksejs Saramotins  Latvia + 2' 32"
44 Stefan Küng   Switzerland + 2' 32"
45 Juraj Sagan  Slovakia + 2' 32"
46 Yukiya Arashiro  Japan + 2' 32"
47 Marcus Burghardt  Germany + 2' 32"
48 Roman Kreuziger  Czech Republic + 2' 32"
49 Daryl Impey  South Africa + 2' 32"
50 Silvan Dillier   Switzerland + 2' 32"
51 Tobias Ludvigsson  Sweden + 2' 32"
52 Michał Gołaś  Poland + 2' 32"
53 Alex Howes  United States + 2' 32"
54 Imanol Erviti  Spain + 2' 32"
55 Nelson Oliveira  Portugal + 2' 32"
56 Odd Christian Eiking  Norway + 2' 32"
57 Elia Viviani  Italy + 2' 32"
58 José Joaquín Rojas  Spain + 2' 32"
59 Sonny Colbrelli  Italy + 2' 32"
60 Simon Clarke  Australia + 2' 32"
61 Jan Polanc  Slovenia + 2' 32"
62 Mitchell Docker  Australia + 2' 32"
63 Eduardo Sepúlveda  Argentina + 2' 32"
64 Tiago Machado  Portugal + 2' 32"
65 Ricardo Vilela  Portugal + 2' 32"
66 Luis León Sánchez  Spain + 2' 32"
67 Jarlinson Pantano  Colombia + 2' 32"
68 Stefan Denifl  Austria + 2' 32"
69 Tony Martin  Germany + 2' 32"
70 David de la Cruz  Spain + 2' 32"
71 Bob Jungels  Luxembourg + 2' 32"
72 Dylan Teuns  Belgium + 2' 32"
73 Oliver Naesen  Belgium + 2' 32"
74 Sebastian Langeveld  Netherlands + 2' 32"
75 Michael Mørkøv  Denmark + 2' 32"
76 Christopher Juul-Jensen  Denmark + 2' 32"
77 Vegard Stake Laengen  Norway + 2' 32"
78 Andriy Hrivko  Ukraine + 3' 13"
79 Jan Bárta  Czech Republic + 3' 13"
80 Zhandos Bizhigitov  Kazakhstan + 3' 13"
81 Hugo Houle  Canada + 3' 13"
82 Paweł Poljański  Poland + 3' 13"
83 Natnael Berhane  Eritrea + 3' 13"
84 Anthony Roux  France + 3' 13"
85 Lilian Calmejane  France + 3' 13"
86 Cyril Gautier  France + 3' 13"
87 Jens Keukeleire  Belgium + 3' 13"
88 Salvatore Puccio  Italy + 3' 13"
89 Jasper Stuyven  Belgium + 5' 49"
90 Paul Martens  Germany + 5' 49"
91 Matej Mohorič  Slovenia + 5' 49"
92 Luka Mezgec  Slovenia + 5' 49"
93 Heinrich Haussler  Australia + 5' 49"
94 Jack Haig  Australia + 5' 49"
95 Tiesj Benoot  Belgium + 6' 33"
96 Łukasz Wiśniowski  Poland + 6' 37"
97 Scott Thwaites  Great Britain + 7' 33"
98 Mark Christian  Great Britain + 7' 33"
Rank Rider Country Time
99 Rick Zabel  Germany + 7' 33"
100 Fabian Lienhard   Switzerland + 7' 33"
101 Amund Grøndahl Jansen  Norway + 7' 33"
102 Ignatas Konovalovas  Lithuania + 7' 33"
103 Lluís Mas  Spain + 7' 33"
104 Lars Boom  Netherlands + 7' 35"
105 Daniele Bennati  Italy + 7' 35"
106 Jesús Herrada  Spain + 7' 35"
107 Gorka Izagirre  Spain + 7' 35"
108 Marc Soler  Spain + 7' 35"
109 Kiel Reijnen  United States + 7' 35"
110 Tim Wellens  Belgium + 9' 21"
111 Grégory Rast   Switzerland + 9' 24"
112 Marco Haller  Austria + 9' 24"
113 Alessandro De Marchi  Italy + 9' 26"
114 Nils Politt  Germany + 10' 21"
115 Sergio Henao  Colombia + 10' 21"
116 Jasha Sütterlin  Germany + 10' 21"
117 Tao Geoghegan Hart  Great Britain + 10' 21"
118 Johannes Fröhlinger  Germany + 10' 21"
119 Koen de Kort  Netherlands + 10' 21"
120 Antoine Duchesne  Canada + 10' 21"
121 Primož Roglič  Slovenia + 10' 21"
122 Olivier Le Gac  France + 10' 21"
123 Mihkel Räim  Estonia + 11' 53"
124 Joey Rosskopf  United States + 11' 53"
125 Daniel Hoelgaard  Norway + 11' 53"
126 Ryan Mullen  Ireland + 11' 53"
127 Jiří Polnický  Czech Republic + 11' 53"
128 Dmitriy Gruzdev  Kazakhstan + 11' 53"
129 Dion Smith  New Zealand + 11' 53"
130 José Gonçalves  Portugal + 11' 53"
131 Maximiliano Richeze  Argentina + 11' 53"
132 Jempy Drucker  Luxembourg + 11' 53"
Truls Korsæth  Norway DNF
Michael Kolář  Slovakia DNF
Jack Bauer  New Zealand DNF
Luke Durbridge  Australia DNF
Wout Poels  Netherlands DNF
Conor Dunne  Ireland DNF
Andrey Amador  Costa Rica DNF
Nairo Quintana  Colombia DNF
Stanislau Bazhkou  Belarus DNF
Ruben Guerreiro  Portugal DNF
Tejay van Garderen  United States DNF
Krists Neilands  Latvia DNF
Maciej Paterski  Poland DNF
Jos van Emden  Netherlands DNF
Rory Sutherland  Australia DNF
Juan Sebastián Molano  Colombia DNF
Jay McCarthy  Australia DNF
Alexey Vermeulen  United States DNF
Erik Baška  Slovakia DNF
Marek Čanecký  Slovakia DNF
Maciej Bodnar  Poland DNF
Sebastián Henao  Colombia DNF
Alex Kirsch  Luxembourg DNF
Alexander Porsev  Russia DNF
Willie Smit  South Africa DNF
Jan Tratnik  Slovenia DNF
Alexis Gougeard  France DNF
Adam Blythe  Great Britain DNF
Owain Doull  Great Britain DNF
Jonathan Dibben  Great Britain DNF
Sean McKenna  Ireland DNF
Julien Vermote  Belgium DNF
Kim Magnusson  Sweden DNF
Petr Vakoč  Czech Republic DNF
Kristoffer Skjerping  Norway DNF
August Jensen  Norway DNF
Maxim Belkov  Russia DNF
Nelson Soto  Colombia DNF
Jhonatan Restrepo  Colombia DNF
Danny van Poppel  Netherlands DNF
Alo Jakin  Estonia DNF
Aksel Nõmmela  Estonia DNF
Serghei Țvetcov  Romania DNF
Mads Pedersen  Denmark DNF
Charalampos Kastrantas  Greece DNF
Salah Eddine Mraouni  Morocco DNF
Patrik Tybor  Slovakia DNF
Ian Stannard  Great Britain DNF
Ivan Savitskiy  Russia DNF
Josef Černý  Czech Republic DNF
Elchin Asadov  Azerbaijan DNF
Kostyantyn Rybaruk  Ukraine DNF
Nathan Brown  United States DNF
Valens Ndayisenga  Rwanda DNF
Mekseb Debesay  Eritrea DNF
Eugert Zhupa  Albania DNF
Yauhen Sobal  Belarus DNF
Cheung King Lok  Hong Kong DNF
Patrick Bevin  New Zealand DNF
Matti Manninen  Finland DNF
Mathew Hayman  Australia DNF
Amanuel Gebrezgabihier  Eritrea DNF
Gianni Moscon  Italy DSQ[9]
Damien Shaw  Ireland DNS

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. ^ Westemeyer, Susan (24 September 2017). "Sagan takes historic third world championship in Bergen". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Peter Sagan: Slovak wins record third successive world title in Norway". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Peter Sagan times sprint to perfection to win third world title in a row". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Press Association. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Countdown to the road races". Bergen2017.no. Bergen 2017 AS. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017. The women's race will go a distance of 152,8 km, including 8 laps on the 19.1 km long circuit.
  6. ^ "Technical Guide – 2017 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 September 2017. p. 50. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Qualification system" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Qualified riders" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Moscon disqualified from Worlds road race - Video". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

External links

  • Men's road race page at Bergen 2017 website
  • Sports portal