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2023 UCI Road World Championships

{{short description|Cycling world championships}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox cycling championship

| image =2023_UCI_Road_World_Championships.png

| pushpin_map = Scotland

| pushpin_label = Glasgow

| map_caption =

| venue = Glasgow and across Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55|51|38.5|N|4|14|58.7|W|type:landmark_region:NO|display=inline}}

| date = 5–13 August 2023

| nations =

| cyclists =

| events = 13

| previous = 2022

| next = 2024

}}

The 2023 UCI Road World Championships were the 96th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. There were held between 5 and 13 August 2023 in Scotland, as part of the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships.

A total of thirteen events were held, consisting of six road races (all finishing in Glasgow city centre), six individual time trials (starting and finishing in Stirling) and a team time trial mixed relay (also held in Glasgow).

Routes

In March 2023, the routes for the championships were announced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

=Road races=

For all the road races, a {{convert|14.3|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} finishing circuit was used, the majority of which has previously been used in the road races at the 2013 British National Road Championships,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20130424-road-British-Cycling-National-Road-Race-Championships-route-details-revealed-0|title=British Cycling National Road Race Championships route details revealed|website=British Cycling|date=24 April 2013|accessdate=1 April 2023}} the 2014 Commonwealth Games,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/20140211-road-Glasgow-Commonwealth-Games-road-race-and-time-trial-routes-revealed-0|title=Glasgow Commonwealth Games road race and time-trial routes revealed|website=British Cycling|date=11 February 2014|accessdate=1 April 2023}} and the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.{{cite news|url=https://www.europeanchampionships.com/news/a-guide-to-road-cycling-at-glasgow-2018|title=A guide to Road Cycling at Glasgow 2018|work=European Championships|publisher=European Championships Management|date=1 August 2018|accessdate=1 April 2023}} However, the circuit begins at George Square rather than starting in Glasgow Green. The circuit then heads towards Kelvingrove Park via – amongst others – Queen Street, Argyle Street, Buchanan Street, St. Vincent Street, North Street and Sauchiehall Street. After exiting the park, the riders will pass the University of Glasgow before descending into the West End at Byres Road. Passing through Kelvingrove Park for a second time, the riders will go through the Park District as they head back towards the city centre. Having traversed the city, the riders will pass through the Rottenrow, High Street, Ingram Street and George Street before reaching Montrose Street, a {{convert|0.2|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} climb at an average gradient of nearly 8%. From there, the riders will descend back into George Square, passing Glasgow Queen Street railway station and Nelson Mandela Square, before a pair of 90-degree left-handed corners onto the finishing straight. Both junior road races will be held over the circuit, with the women completing five laps and the men completing nine laps.{{efn|name=Junior RR|A {{convert|1.5|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} neutralised section is to be held on the first lap of the junior races.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=41}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=42}}}}

The men's road race on the first weekend will start at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh on a {{convert|271.1|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} route, heading towards Fife via the Queensferry Crossing.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=45}} The riders will then head alongside the Firth of Forth before crossing the estuary again at the Clackmannanshire Bridge into the Falkirk council area.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=45}} After passing through Falkirk, Bonnybridge, Denny and Fintry,{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=45}} the riders will climb the Crow Road, a {{convert|5.7|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} climb with an average gradient of 4.2%. Following this, the riders will descend into Glasgow via Lennoxtown, Torrance and Bearsden, entering the finishing circuit at Byres Road – {{convert|6|km|abbr=off}} around the lap – after {{convert|119.8|km|abbr=off}}.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=45}} Ten full laps of the circuit will be completed before the race's conclusion, following {{convert|3570|m|abbr=off}} of total elevation.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=45}}

The men's under-23 and women's road races on the second weekend will both start on the banks of Loch Lomond, at Balloch.{{cite news|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29669|title=2023 UCI Cycling Worlds Set for Stunning Road Races Amid Scotland's Most Iconic Landmarks|website=Glasgow City Council|date=23 September 2022|accessdate=1 April 2023}} The race follows the A811 road in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to Gartocharn and Drymen, before passing through Balfron and Fintry, before joining the same route as the men's race ahead of the Crow Road.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=47}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=48}} Both races enter the finishing circuit after {{convert|60|km|abbr=off}} of racing; the women will complete six full laps of the circuit for a total distance of {{convert|154.1|km|abbr=off}} and {{convert|2229|m|abbr=off}} of total elevation,{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=47}} with the under-23 men completing one additional lap, for a total distance of {{convert|168.4|km|abbr=off}} and {{convert|2436|m|abbr=off}} of total elevation.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=48}}

=Time trials=

The team time trial mixed relay will be held over two laps of a {{convert|20.15|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} circuit, which starts on Argyle Street and follows the circuit used in the road races through to Byres Road.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=43}} Thereafter, the route extends onto the A82 road between Hillhead and Kelvinside, before doubling back on itself, with the riders then rejoining the original circuit until High Street. An additional loop in and around Glasgow Green takes the riders alongside the River Clyde, and rejoin the original circuit via the Saltmarket.

All the individual time trial races will be held over three days in and around Stirling, with all the races finishing at Stirling Castle.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=50}} On the first day, the men's under-23 race will be held over a {{convert|36.4|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} route,{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=51}} following the A811 road out of Stirling towards Gargunnock. After a right-hand turn, the route heads towards Blair Drummond Safari Park from the south, before turning away to the left. After following several B-roads, the route returns to the A811 road in the other direction, and deviates first into Gargunnock and then for a second time towards Cambusbarron via Touch Road, passing near to Touch House. The route heads back towards Stirling thereafter, and is also used for the women's time trial the following day.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=53}} Also on the second day, the junior women's event is being held over a distance of {{convert|13.6|km|abbr=off}}, following the A811 road to the junction with Touch Road, before turning back on itself, following the route to Cambusbarron and the finish in Stirling city centre.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=52}}

On the third day, the junior men compete over a {{convert|23|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} route,{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=54}} utilising the A811 road for around {{convert|10|km|abbr=off}} to Gargunnock, before turning towards the village and following the final {{convert|13|km|abbr=off}} of the men's under-23 route. The last of the races, the men's event, is held over the longest distance at {{convert|48.1|km|abbr=off}} in length.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=55}} It follows the same route as the men's under-23 event for the first quarter, before heading towards the village of Thornhill.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=55}} Turning left back to the south, the route passes the Flanders Moss national nature reserve, before rejoining the A811 road in the same direction as before. The race turns back before reaching the hamlet of Arnprior, passing through Kippen and then ultimately rejoining the route from Gargunnock to Stirling via Cambusbarron as before.{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=55}}

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – British Summer Time or UTC+01:00.

=Road races=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
Date

!colspan=2| Timings{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=39}}

! Event

! Location
(start)

! Location
(finish)

! Distance

! Laps{{efn|This denotes the number of full laps completed of the {{convert|14.3|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} Glasgow city centre circuit.}}

rowspan=2| 5 August

| 10:00

| 12:00

| Junior women

| rowspan=2| Glasgow

| rowspan=6| Glasgow

| {{convert|70|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=41}}

| 5{{efn|name=Junior RR}}

13:00

| 16:00

| Junior men

| {{convert|127.2|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=42}}

| 9{{efn|name=Junior RR}}

6 August

| 09:30

| 16:00

| Elite men

| Edinburgh

| {{convert|271.1|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=45}}

| 10

12 August

| 12:00

| 16:00

| Under-23 men

|rowspan=3| Balloch

| {{convert|168.4|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=47}}

| 7

rowspan=2| 13 August

|rowspan=2| 12:00

|rowspan=2| 16:00

| Elite women

|rowspan=2| {{convert|154.1|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=48}}

|rowspan=2| 6

Under-23 women{{efn|name=Women U23|These events are held within the elite women's events.}}

=Mixed event=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
Date

!colspan=2| Timings{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=39}}

! Event

! Location
(start)

! Location
(finish)

! Distance

! Laps{{efn|This denotes the number of laps of the {{convert|20.15|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} circuit; the first lap is completed by three male riders, with the second lap completed by three female riders.}}

8 August

| 13:00

| 16:00

| Mixed team relay

|colspan=2| Glasgow

| {{convert|40.3|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=43}}

| 2

=Individual time trials=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
Date

!colspan=2| Timings{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=39}}

! Event

! Location
(start)

! Location
(finish)

! Distance

9 August

| 14:30

| 17:00

| Under-23 men

| rowspan=6 colspan=2| Stirling

| {{convert|36.4|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=51}}

rowspan=3| 10 August

| 11:15

| 13:00

| Junior women

| {{convert|13.6|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=52}}

rowspan=2| 14:00

|rowspan=2| 16:30

| Elite women

|rowspan=2| {{convert|36.4|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=53}}

Under-23 women{{efn|name=Women U23}}
rowspan=2| 11 August

| 10:00

| 12:30

| Junior men

| {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=54}}

14:35

| 17:00

| Elite men

| {{convert|48.1|km|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Information Bulletin|2023|p=55}}

Medal summary

= Elite events =

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Men's Events

{{nowrap|Men's road race
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race}}

| {{flagmedalist|Mathieu van der Poel|NED}}

| 6h 07' 27"

| {{flagmedalist|Wout van Aert|BEL}}

| + 1' 37"

| {{flagmedalist|Tadej Pogačar|SLO}}

| + 1' 45"

{{nowrap|Men's time trial
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial}}

| {{flagmedalist|Remco Evenepoel|BEL}}

| 55' 19.23"

| {{flagmedalist|Filippo Ganna|ITA}}

| + 12.28"

| {{flagmedalist|Josh Tarling|GBR}}

| + 48.20"

style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Women's Events

{{nowrap|Women's road race
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race}}

| {{flagmedalist|Lotte Kopecky|BEL}}

| 4h 02' 12"

| {{flagmedalist|Demi Vollering|NED}}

| + 7"

| {{flagmedalist|Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig|DEN}}

| + 7"

{{nowrap|Women's time trial
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial}}

| {{flagmedalist|Chloé Dygert|USA}}

| 46' 59.80"

| {{flagmedalist|Grace Brown|AUS}}

| + 5.67"

| {{flagmedalist|Christina Schweinberger|AUT}}

| + 1' 12.95"

style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Mixed Event

rowspan=1| {{nowrap|Mixed relay}}
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay}}

| {{SUI}}
Stefan Bissegger
Elise Chabbey
Nicole Koller
Stefan Küng
Marlen Reusser
Mauro Schmid

| 54' 16.20"

| {{FRA}}
Bruno Armirail
Rémi Cavagna
Bryan Coquard
Audrey Cordon-Ragot
Cédrine Kerbaol
Juliette Labous

| + 7.08"

| {{GER}}
Miguel Heidemann
Jannik Steimle
Maximilian Walscheid
Ricarda Bauernfeind
Lisa Klein
Franziska Koch

| + 51.31"

= Under-23 events =

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Men's Under-23 Events

{{nowrap|Men's under-23 road race
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race}}

| {{flagmedalist|Axel Laurance|FRA}}

| 4h 04' 58"

| {{flagmedalist|António Morgado|POR}}

| + 2"

| {{flagmedalist|Martin Svrček|SVK}}

| + 2"

{{nowrap|Men's under-23 time trial
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial}}

| {{flagmedalist|Lorenzo Milesi|ITA}}

| 43' 00"

| {{flagmedalist|Alec Segaert|BEL}}

| + 11"

| {{flagmedalist|Hamish McKenzie|AUS}}

| + 51"

style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Women's Under-23 Events{{efn|name=Women U23}}

{{nowrap|Women's under-23 road race
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's under-23 road race}}

| {{flagmedalist|Blanka Vas|HUN}}

| 4h 06' 46"

| {{flagmedalist|Shirin van Anrooij|NED}}

| + 0"

| {{flagmedalist|Anna Shackley|GBR}}

| + 0"

{{nowrap|Women's under-23 time trial
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's under-23 time trial}}

| {{flagmedalist|Antonia Niedermaier|GER}}

| 49' 27.26"

| {{flagmedalist|Cédrine Kerbaol|FRA}}

| + 7.85"

| {{flagmedalist|Julie De Wilde|BEL}}

| + 39.13"

=Junior events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Men's Juniors Events

{{nowrap|Men's junior road race{{cite web |title=Men Junior Road Race |url=https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003160200010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF05 |website=Tissot Timing |publisher=Tissot |access-date=6 August 2023}}
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race}}

| {{flagmedalist|Albert Philipsen|DEN}}

| 3h 06' 26"

| {{flagmedalist|Paul Fietzke|GER}}

| + 1' 19"

| {{flagmedalist|Felix Ørn-Kristoff|NOR}}

| + 1' 19"

{{nowrap|Men's junior time trial
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Junior men's time trial}}

| {{flagmedalist|Oscar Chamberlain|AUS}}

| 29' 29.62"

| {{flagmedalist|Ben Wiggins|GBR}}

| + 24.87"

| {{flagmedalist|Louis Leidert|GER}}

| + 34.11"

style="background:#ccc;"

| colspan=7 | Women's Juniors Events

{{nowrap|Women's junior road race{{cite web |title=Women Junior Road Race |url=https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003160200020101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF05 |website=Tissot Timing |publisher=Tissot |access-date=5 August 2023}}
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race}}

| {{flagmedalist|Julie Bego|FRA}}

| 1h 54' 53"

| {{flagmedalist|Cat Ferguson|GBR}}

| + 9"

| {{flagmedalist|Fleur Moors|BEL}}

| + 9"

{{nowrap|Women's junior time trial{{cite web |title=Women Junior Time Trial Race |url=https://www.tissottiming.com/File/0003160200020401FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 |website=Tissot Timing |publisher=Tissot |access-date=10 August 2023}}
{{DetailsLink|2023 UCI Road World Championships – Junior women's time trial}}

| {{flagmedalist|Felicity Wilson-Haffenden|AUS}}

| 19' 31.51"

| {{flagmedalist|Isabel Sharp|GBR}}

| + 16.59"

| {{flagmedalist|Federica Venturelli|ITA}}

| + 29.30"

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = GBR

| host_GBR = yes

| flag_template = flagcountry

| event =

| team =

| gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 1

| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1

| gold_BEL = 2 | silver_BEL = 2 | bronze_BEL = 2

| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1

| gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 2

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 2

| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 0

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1

| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 1 | bronze_POR = 0

| gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 1

| gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1

| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0

}}

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Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

=Sources=

{{Refbegin}}

  • {{cite book|title=UCI Cycling World Championships - Information Bulletin - Version 2.0|url=https://downloads.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/U5qfGkBTQw1rWYKVdv4mm/eeb3e449e4676c5b0c5934ed25bc63f7/2023_UCI_GUIDE_GLASGOW2023_BULLETIN_inside_EN.pdf|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=March 2023|access-date=1 April 2023|ref={{harvid|Information Bulletin|2023}}}}

{{Refend}}

External links

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