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2022 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

{{short description|Cycling race}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = Men's road race

| image = WorldChampionship2022 road.png

| image_caption =

| image_size =

| series = 2022 UCI Road World Championships

| race_no =

| series_no =

| date = 25 September 2022

| stages = 1 in Wollongong, Australia

| distance = 266.9

| unit = km

| time = 6h 16' 08"

| speed =

| type = medals

| first = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Remco Evenepoel|BEL}}

| second = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Christophe Laporte|FRA}}

| third = {{flagUCIRoadathlete|Michael Matthews|AUS}}

| previous = Flanders 2021

| next = Glasgow 2023

}}

{{2022 UCI Road World Championships}}

The men's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took

place on 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/competition-hub/2022-uci-road-world-championships-wollongong/1qqS4UrU4NRXWzWdxOepih |title=Men Elite Road Race |work=UCI |access-date=30 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2022/result |title=89th World Championships – Road Race |work=ProCyclingStats |access-date=30 August 2022}}

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 16 August 2022.{{cite web |title=Qualification System for the 2022 UCI Road World Championships. |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/4l3gTNMZHHamWseVkDqgJg/73a2164d6d7d6eedfc184f01f9bb5b38/Qualification_System_ENG.pdf |website=Union Cycliste International |access-date=30 August 2022}}

=UCI World Rankings=

The following nations qualified.{{cite web |title=2022 Wollongong Quota Allocation |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/14xoTHDCkVhJrDteJvNt1S/8f91d7c9428e4305da3211dd0348b8b0/20220829_Quotas_RWC_-_Wollongong_2022_ENG.pdf |website=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=5 September 2022}}

class="wikitable"

!rowspan=2| Criterium

!rowspan=2| Rank

!colspan=2| Number of riders

!rowspan=2| Nations

To enter

! To start

rowspan=4| UCI World Ranking by Nations

| 1–10

| 13

| 8

| {{hlist|{{flagu|France}}|{{flagu|Belgium}}|{{SLO}}|{{flagu|Netherlands}}|{{flagu|Spain}}}}{{hlist|{{DEN}}|{{flagu|Great Britain}}|{{flagu|Italy}}|{{COL}}|{{flagu|Australia}}}}

11–20

| 9

| 6

| {{hlist|{{ERI}}|{{flagu|New Zealand}}|{{flagu|Switzerland}}|{{NOR}}|{{flagu|Germany}}}}{{hlist|{{flagu|United States}}|{{ECU}}|{{flagu|Poland}}|{{flagu|Portugal}}|{{CZE}}}}

21–30

| 7

| 4

| {{hlist|{{KAZ}}|{{ARG}}|{{flagu|South Africa}}|{{flagu|Canada}}|{{AUT}}}}{{hlist|{{IRL}}|{{LUX}}|{{HUN}}|{{EST}}|{{SVK}}}}

31–50

|rowspan=2| 2

|rowspan=2| 1

| {{hlist|{{LAT}}|{{PAN}}|{{MGL}}|{{flagu|Japan}}|{{VEN}}}}{{hlist|{{UKR}}|{{flagu|Sweden}}|{{LTU}}|{{ROU}}|{{ALG}}}}{{hlist|{{GRE}}|{{MAR}}|{{flagu|Brazil}}|{{ISR}}|{{UZB}}}}{{hlist|{{SRB}}|{{TUR}}|{{CRO}}|{{THA}}|{{RWA}}}}

UCI World Ranking by Individuals
(if not already qualified)

| 1–200

| {{N/A}}

=Continental champions=

class="wikitable"

!| Name

!| Country

!| Reason

Julian Alaphilippe

| {{flagu|France}}

| Incumbent World Champion

Henok Mulubrhan

| {{ERI}}

| African Champion

Emiliano Contreras

| {{ARG}}

| Panamerican Champion

Igor Chzhan

| {{KAZ}}

| Asian Champion

James Fouché

| {{flagu|New Zealand}}

| Oceanian Champion

=Participating nations=

169 cyclists from 50 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.{{cite web |title=Road Race Men's Elite 2022 Start List |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2022/result/startlist |website=ProcyclingStats |access-date=26 September 2022}}

{{div col|colwidth=17em}}

  • {{flagUCIRoad|ARG||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|AUS||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|AUT||3}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|BEL||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|BRA||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|CAN||4}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|CHN||2}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|COL||6}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|CZE||3}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|DEN||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|ECU||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|ERI||6}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|FRA||9}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|GER||6}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|GBR||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|GRE||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|HKG||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|HUN||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|ISR||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|ITA||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|JPN||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ||3}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|LAT||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|LTU||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|LUX||4}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|MLT||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|MON||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|MGL||2}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|MAR||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|NED||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|NZL||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|NOR||6}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|PAN||2}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|POL||3}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|POR||4}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|RWA||2}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|SRB||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|SVK||4}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|SLO||6}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|RSA||3}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|KOR||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|ESP||8}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|SWE||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|SUI||6}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|THA||2}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|TUR||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|UKR||2}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|USA||5}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|UZB||1}}
  • {{flagUCIRoad|VAT||1}}

{{div col end}}

Final classification

Of the race's 169 entrants, 103 riders completed the full distance of {{convert|266.9|km|adj=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003140113010301FFFFFFFFFFFFFF05|title=Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race|work=Tissot Timing|publisher=Tissot|date=25 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2022/result |title=89th World Championships ME – Road Race |work=Pro Cycling Stats |access-date=25 September 2022}}

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{{col-break|width=40%}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
Rank

! Rider

! Country

! Time

1

| Remco Evenepoel

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| 6h 16' 08"

2

| Christophe Laporte

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 2' 21"

3

| Michael Matthews

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 2' 21"

4

| Wout van Aert

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 2' 21"

5

| Matteo Trentin

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 21"

6

| Alexander Kristoff

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 2' 21"

7

| Peter Sagan

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| + 2' 21"

8

| Alberto Bettiol

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 21"

9

| Ethan Hayter

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 2' 21"

10

| Mattias Skjelmose

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 2' 21"

11

| Iván García Cortina

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 2' 21"

12

| Jan Tratnik

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 2' 21"

13

| Lorenzo Rota

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 21"

14

| Ben Tulett

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 2' 21"

15

| Mikkel Frølich Honoré

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 2' 21"

16

| Rasmus Tiller

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 2' 21"

17

| Mauro Schmid

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 2' 21"

18

| Neilson Powless

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 2' 21"

19

| Tadej Pogačar

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 2' 21"

20

| Stefan Küng

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 2' 21"

21

| Kevin Geniets

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| + 2' 21"

22

| Romain Bardet

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 2' 21"

23

| Attila Valter

| {{flagUCIRoad|HUN}}

| + 2' 21"

24

| Alexey Lutsenko

| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}}

| + 2' 21"

25

| Bauke Mollema

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

26

| Benoît Cosnefroy

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 2' 21"

27

| Dylan van Baarle

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

28

| Pascal Eenkhoorn

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 2' 21"

29

| Valentin Madouas

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 2' 31"

30

| Jan Polanc

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 2' 31"

31

| Sergio Higuita

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| + 2' 31"

32

| Jhonatan Narváez

| {{flagUCIRoad|ECU}}

| + 2' 31"

33

| Nicola Conci

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 2' 31"

34

| Quinten Hermans

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 2' 34"

35

| Magnus Cort

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 3' 01"

36

| Nickolas Zukowsky

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| + 3' 01"

37

| Sven Erik Bystrom

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 3' 01"

38

| Silvan Dillier

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 3' 01"

39

| Yukiya Arashiro

| {{flagUCIRoad|JPN}}

| + 3' 01"

40

| Sebastian Schönberger

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 3' 01"

41

| Anders Skaarseth

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 3' 01"

42

| Zdeněk Štybar

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 3' 01"

43

| Nathan Van Hooydonck

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 3' 01"

44

| Nelson Oliveira

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 3' 01"

45

| Bob Jungels

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| + 3' 01"

46

| Andrea Bagioli

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 3' 01"

47

| Jasper Stuyven

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 3' 01"

48

| Yves Lampaert

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 3' 01"

49

| Jai Hindley

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 3' 01"

50

| Simon Clarke

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 3' 01"

51

| Julian Alaphilippe

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 3' 01"

52

| Nikias Arndt

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 3' 08"

53

| Fred Wright

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 3' 08"

54

| Biniam Girmay

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| + 3' 08"

55

| Michael Mørkøv

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 3' 08"

56

| Jakob Fuglsang

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 3' 08"

57

| Alexander Kamp

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 3' 28"

58

| Emils Liepins

| {{flagUCIRoad|LAT}}

| + 4' 50"

59

| Michael Kukrle

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| + 4' 50"

60

| João Almeida

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 5' 16"

61

| Jan Maas

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 6' 11"

62

| Tobias Bayer

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 6' 11"

63

| Davide Ballerini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 6' 11"

64

| Matúš Štoček

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| + 6' 11"

65

| Marek Čanecký

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| + 6' 11"

66

| Nairo Quintana

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| + 6' 11"

67

| Heinrich Haussler

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 6' 11"

68

| Jaka Primožič

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| + 6' 11"

69

| Merhawi Kudus

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| + 6' 17"

70

| Anthon Charmig

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 6' 20"

70

| Eduardo Sepúlveda

| {{flagUCIRoad|ARG}}

| + 6' 20"

72

| Jannik Steimle

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| + 6' 20"

73

| Keegan Swenson

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 6' 20"

74

| Daryl Impey

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| + 6' 20"

75

| Jesús Ezquerra

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 6' 20"

76

| Stanisław Aniołkowski

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 6' 20"

77

| Roger Adrià

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 6' 20"

78

| Magnus Sheffield

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 6' 20"

79

| Ben Swift

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 6' 20"

80

| Quentin Pacher

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 8' 10"

81

| Wout Poels

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 8' 10"

82

| Marc Soler

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 9' 31"

83

| Ivo Oliveira

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| + 9' 31"

84

| Tobias Foss

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 9' 31"

85

| Samuele Battistella

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| + 9' 31"

86

| Scott McGill

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| + 10' 23"

87

| Eduard Prades

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| + 10' 23"

88

| Simon Pellaud

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 11' 28"

89

| Fabian Lienhard

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| + 11' 28"

90

| Florian Sénéchal

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 11' 28"

91

| Nick Schultz

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| + 11' 28"

92

| Mikkel Bjerg

| {{flagUCIRoad|DEN}}

| + 11' 28"

93

| Wilson Peña

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| + 11' 28"

94

| Andreas Leknessund

| {{flagUCIRoad|NOR}}

| + 11' 28"

95

| Luc Wirtgen

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| + 11' 28"

96

| Łukasz Owsian

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| + 11' 28"

97

| Felix Gall

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUT}}

| + 11' 28"

98

| Stan Dewulf

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| + 11' 28"

99

| Daan Hoole

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| + 11' 28"

100

| Ben Turner

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 11' 40"

101

| Pavel Sivakov

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| + 14' 28"

102

| Jake Stewart

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 15' 05"

103

| Connor Swift

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| + 15' 05"

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:left;"
Rank

! Rider

! Country

! Time

| Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

| Juan Sebastián Molano

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| DNF

| Henok Mulubrhan

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

| Natnael Tesfatsion

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

| Guy Sagiv

| {{flagUCIRoad|ISR}}

| DNF

| Rodrigo Contreras

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| DNF

| Bruno Armirail

| {{flagUCIRoad|FRA}}

| DNF

| Pieter Serry

| {{flagUCIRoad|BEL}}

| DNF

| James Fouché

| {{flagUCIRoad|NZL}}

| DNF

| Luke Plapp

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Pier-André Côté

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| DNF

| Maciej Bodnar

| {{flagUCIRoad|POL}}

| DNF

| Vadim Pronskiy

| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}}

| DNF

| Ben O'Connor

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Harold Tejada

| {{flagUCIRoad|COL}}

| DNF

| Jonas Koch

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| DNF

| Venantas Lašinis

| {{flagUCIRoad|LTU}}

| DNF

| Sarawut Sirironnachai

| {{flagUCIRoad|THA}}

| DNF

| Domen Novak

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Rui Oliveira

| {{flagUCIRoad|POR}}

| DNF

| Christofer Jurado

| {{flagUCIRoad|PAN}}

| DNF

| Juraj Sagan

| {{flagUCIRoad|SVK}}

| DNF

| Tobias Ludvigsson

| {{flagUCIRoad|SWE}}

| DNF

| Luke Durbridge

| {{flagUCIRoad|AUS}}

| DNF

| Nicolas Sessler

| {{flagUCIRoad|BRA}}

| DNF

| David Per

| {{flagUCIRoad|SLO}}

| DNF

| Luke Rowe

| {{flagUCIRoad|GBR}}

| DNF

| Kyle Murphy

| {{flagUCIRoad|USA}}

| DNF

| Derek Gee

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| DNF

| Urko Berrade

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| DNF

| Jan Hirt

| {{flagUCIRoad|CZE}}

| DNF

| Miguel Heidemann

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| DNF

| Gotzon Martín

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| DNF

| Vitaliy Buts

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| DNF

| Muradjan Khalmuratov

| {{flagUCIRoad|UZB}}

| DNF

| Gustav Basson

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Matteo Dal-Cin

| {{flagUCIRoad|CAN}}

| DNF

| Marc Oliver Pritzen

| {{flagUCIRoad|RSA}}

| DNF

| Taco van der Hoorn

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| DNF

| Bolivar Espinosa

| {{flagUCIRoad|PAN}}

| DNF

| Peerapol Chawchiangkwang

| {{flagUCIRoad|THA}}

| DNF

| Edoardo Affini

| {{flagUCIRoad|ITA}}

| DNF

| Georgios Bouglas

| {{flagUCIRoad|GRE}}

| DNF

| Lü Xianjing

| {{flagUCIRoad|CHN}}

| DNF

| Mustafa Sayar

| {{flagUCIRoad|TUR}}

| DNF

| Georg Zimmermann

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| DNF

| Yuriy Natarov

| {{flagUCIRoad|KAZ}}

| DNF

| Nico Denz

| {{flagUCIRoad|GER}}

| DNF

| Daniel Bonello

| {{flagUCIRoad|MLT}}

| DNS

| Achraf Ed Doghmy

| {{flagUCIRoad|MAR}}

| DNF

| Ognjen Ilić

| {{flagUCIRoad|SRB}}

| DNF

| Choy Hiu Fung

| {{flagUCIRoad|HKG}}

| DNF

| Jambaljamts Sainbayar

| {{flagUCIRoad|MGL}}

| DNF

| Eric Manizabayo

| {{flagUCIRoad|RWA}}

| DNF

| Metkel Eyob

| {{flagUCIRoad|ERI}}

| DNF

| Oier Lazkano

| {{flagUCIRoad|ESP}}

| DNF

| Bilguunjargal Erdenebat

| {{flagUCIRoad|MGL}}

| DNF

| Rien Schuurhuis

| {{flagUCIRoad|VAT}}

| DNF

| Antoine Berlin

| {{flagUCIRoad|MON}}

| DNF

| Vitalii Novakovskyi

| {{flagUCIRoad|UKR}}

| DNF

| Moise Mugisha

| {{flagUCIRoad|RWA}}

| DNF

| Bieken Nazaerbieke

| {{flagUCIRoad|CHN}}

| DNF

| Stefan Bissegger

| {{flagUCIRoad|SUI}}

| DNF

| Jang Kyung-gu

| {{flagUCIRoad|KOR}}

| DNF

| Colin Heiderscheid

| {{flagUCIRoad|LUX}}

| DNF

| Mathieu van der Poel

| {{flagUCIRoad|NED}}

| DNF

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{{col-end}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race}}

{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:UCI Road World Championships - Men's road race, 2022}}

Men's road race

2022

Category:2022 in men's road cycling