2018 UCI Road World Championships

The 2018 UCI Road World Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria.^[1] It was the 91st UCI Road World Championships and the third to be held in Austria.^[2]

2018 UCI Road World Championships

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Venue	Innsbruck, Austria
Date(s)	(2018-09-22 - 2018-09-30)22–30 September 2018
Coordinates	47°16′N 11°23′E
Events	12
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Part of the Road Race course

The World Championships consisted of a total of twelve competitions, one road race, one team time trial and one individual time trial for men and women, as well as one road race and one individual time trial for U23 riders and juniors. The Tour de Suisse organisers were responsible for the operational organisation of the races.^[3] The competitions were very demanding: the 265-kilometre men's road race had nine climbs with around 5000 metres of altitude difference.^[4] Because of the many climbs, some sprinters did not participate in the World Championships because they saw no prospect of success for themselves. It was the last edition to feature a team time trial for UCI trade teams. From 2019 onwards it will be replaced by a mixed team time trial for national teams.^[5]

Schedule

All times are in CEST (UTC+2).^[6]

Date	Timings		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance
Team time trial events
23 September	10:10	12:05	Women's teams	Ötztal	Innsbruck	54.5 km (33.9 mi)
	14:40	17:05	Men's teams			62.8 km (39.0 mi)
Individual time trial events
24 September	10:10	11:55	Junior women	Wattens	Innsbruck	20 km (12 mi)
	14:40	16:50	Under-23 men			27.8 km (17.3 mi)
25 September	10:10	12:40	Junior men			27.8 km (17.3 mi)
	14:40	16:50	Elite women			27.8 km (17.3 mi)
26 September	14:10	17:10	Elite men	Rattenberg		52.5 km (32.6 mi)
Road race events						Distance	Laps
27 September	9:10	11:15	Junior women	Alpbachtal Seenland	Innsbruck	71.7 km (44.6 mi)	1 short
	14:40	18:15	Junior men	Kufstein		132.4 km (82.3 mi)	2 short
28 September	12:10	16:50	Under-23 men			179.9 km (111.8 mi)	4 short
29 September	12:10	16:45	Elite women			156.2 km (97.1 mi)	3 short
30 September	9:40	16:50	Elite men			258.5 km (160.6 mi)	6 short 1 long

Events summary

Elite events

The podium after the men's elite road race, with Romain Bardet, Alejandro Valverde and Michael Woods (from left to right)

Rohan Dennis after receiving his gold medal in the men's time trial

Anna van der Breggen with her gold medal from the women's elite road race

Annemiek van Vleuten, winner of the women's time trial

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race[7] details	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	6h 46' 41"	Romain Bardet (FRA)	+ 0"	Michael Woods (CAN)	+ 0"
Men's time trial[8] details	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	1h 03' 02.57"	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	+ 1' 21.09"	Victor Campenaerts (BEL)	+ 1' 21.62"
Men's team time trial[9] details	Quick-Step Floors	1h 07' 25.94"	Team Sunweb	+ 18.46"	BMC Racing Team	+ 19.55"
	Kasper Asgreen (DEN)  Laurens De Plus (BEL)  Bob Jungels (LUX)  Yves Lampaert (BEL)  Maximilian Schachmann (GER)  Niki Terpstra (NED)		Tom Dumoulin (NED)  Chad Haga (USA)  Wilco Kelderman (NED)  Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN)  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Sam Oomen (NED)		Patrick Bevin (NZL)  Damiano Caruso (ITA)  Rohan Dennis (AUS)  Stefan Küng (SUI)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)  Tejay van Garderen (USA)
Women's Events
Women's road race[10] details	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	4h 11' 04"	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	+ 3' 42"	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	+ 5' 26"
Women's time trial[11] details	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	34' 25.36"	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	+ 28.99"	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	+ 1' 25.19"
Women's team time trial[12] details	Canyon–SRAM	1h 01' 46.60"	Boels–Dolmans	+ 21.90"	Team Sunweb	+ 28.67"
	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)  Alice Barnes (GBR)  Hannah Barnes (GBR)  Elena Cecchini (ITA)  Lisa Klein (GER)  Trixi Worrack (GER)		Chantal Blaak (NED)  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)  Christine Majerus (LUX)  Amy Pieters (NED)  Anna van der Breggen (NED)		Lucinda Brand (NED)  Leah Kirchmann (CAN)  Liane Lippert (GER)  Pernille Mathiesen (DEN)  Coryn Rivera (USA)  Ellen van Dijk (NED)

Under-23 events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race[13] details	Marc Hirschi (SUI)	4h 24' 05"	Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL)	+ 15"	Jaakko Hänninen (FIN)	+ 15"
Men's under-23 time trial[14] details	Mikkel Bjerg (DEN)	32' 31.05"	Brent Van Moer (BEL)	+ 33.47"	Mathias Norsgaard (DEN)	+ 38.30"

Junior events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race[15] details	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	3h 03' 49"	Marius Mayrhofer (GER)	+ 1' 25"	Alessandro Fancellu (ITA)	+ 1' 38"
Men's junior time trial[16] details	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	33' 15.24"	Luke Plapp (AUS)	+ 1' 23.66"	Andrea Piccolo (ITA)	+ 1' 37.62"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race[17] details	Laura Stigger (AUT)	1h 56' 26"	Marie Le Net (FRA)	+ 0"	Simone Boilard (CAN)	+ 0"
Women's junior time trial[18] details	Rozemarijn Ammerlaan (NED)	27' 02.95"	Camilla Alessio (ITA)	+ 6.80"	Elynor Bäckstedt (GBR)	+ 17.94"

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Netherlands	3	3	2	8
2	Belgium	3	2	1	6
3	Australia	1	2	0	3
	Germany	1	2	0	3
5	Denmark	1	0	1	2
6	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
9	France	0	2	0	2
10	Italy	0	1	3	4
11	Canada	0	0	2	2
12	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
United States	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36