1985 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = Men's Individual Road Race

| image = Jersey rainbow.svg

| image_caption = Rainbow jersey

| image_size = 150

| series = 1985 UCI Road World Championships

| race_no =

| series_no =

| date = 1 September 1985

| stages = 1

| distance = 265.5

| unit = km

| time = 6h 26' 38"

| first = Joop Zoetemelk

| first_nat = NED

| first_natvar =

| first_team = Netherlands

| second = Greg LeMond

| second_nat = USA

| second_natvar =

| second_team = United States

| third = Moreno Argentin

| third_nat = ITA

| third_natvar =

| third_team = Italy

| previous = 1984

| next = 1986

}}

The men's road race at the 1985 UCI Road World Championships was the 52nd edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 1 September 1985 in Italy.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/worlds/worlds-1985.html|title=1985 World Pro Road Cycling Championships|work=BikeRaceInfo|access-date=11 December 2017}} Bernard Hinault had won the Giro and the Tour and was attempting to become only the second rider to win the Triple Crown, but he abandoned the race long before the winning group formed. The race was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Netherlands.

Final classification

General classification (1–10){{cite web\|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1985\|title=1985 World Championship\|work=First Cycling\|access-date=11 December 2017}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1985.php\|title=52ème Championnat du monde sur route 1985\|work=Memoire du cyclisme\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103073431/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1985.php\|archive-date=3 November 2004\|accessdate=13 October 2021}} {\| class="wikitable"
scope="col" \| Rank ! scope="col" \| Rider ! scope="col" \| Time
style="text-align:center;" \| {{gold1}} \| {{flagathlete\|Joop Zoetemelk\|NED}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{nowrap\|6h 26' 38"}}
style="text-align:center;" \| {{silver2}} \| {{flagathlete\|Greg LeMond\|USA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| {{bronze3}} \| {{flagathlete\|Moreno Argentin\|ITA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 4 \| {{flagathlete\|Marc Madiot\|FRA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 5 \| {{flagathlete\|Harald Maier\|AUT}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 6 \| {{flagathlete\|Juan Fernández\|ESP}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 7 \| {{flagathlete\|Stephen Roche\|IRL}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 8 \| {{flagathlete\|Jörg Müller\|SUI}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 9 \| {{flagathlete\|Johan van der Velde\|NED}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"
style="text-align:center;" \| 10 \| {{flagathlete\|Robert Millar\|GBR}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 3"

General classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1985|title=1985 World Championship|work=First Cycling|access-date=11 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1985.php|title=52ème Championnat du monde sur route 1985|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103073431/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1985.php|archive-date=3 November 2004|accessdate=13 October 2021}}

{| class="wikitable"

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Time

style="text-align:center;" | {{gold1}}

| {{flagathlete|Joop Zoetemelk|NED}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{nowrap|6h 26' 38"}}

style="text-align:center;" | {{silver2}}

| {{flagathlete|Greg LeMond|USA}}