2022 UCI Road World Championships

The 2022 UCI Road World Championships was the 95th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 18 and 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.^[1][2][3]

2022 UCI Road World Championships

Wollongong
Venue	Wollongong, Australia
Date(s)	18–25 September
Coordinates	34°25′38″S 150°53′38″E
Events	13
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Riders in the men's junior road race just after passing the finish line

In February 2022, the UCI announced that a women's U23 category would be added to the road race and time trial events. The titles would be awarded from within the elite women's events, and separate races would be added from 2025.^[4]

On 1 March 2022, AusCycling announced that Russian and Belarusian teams would not be allowed to compete based on the International Olympic Committee's recommendation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5]

Routes

In March 2022, the routes for the championships were announced.^[6]

The Elite Road races started in Helensburgh, about 30km north of Wollongong before a 34km loop around Mount Keira (climb length of 8.7km, average gradient of 5%, maximum incline of 15%).^[6][7] The Elite Road races then take in laps of the Wollongong City Circuit.^[6] This 17.7km circuit had 220m of climbing elevation each lap including the Mount Pleasant climb (climb length of 1.1 km, average gradient of 7.7%, maximum incline of 14%).^[6][7]

In total, the Elite Women Road Race climbed 2433m elevation over a race distance of 164.3km (1 Mount Keira loop, 6x Wollongong City Circuit) and the Elite Men Road Race climbed 3945m over a race distance of 266.9km (1 Mount Keira loop, 12x Wollongong City Circuit).^[6][7] The other road races (Junior men, Junior women, U23 men) used laps of the Wollongong City Circuit for their events.^[6]

The time trial events used courses similar to the Wollongong City Circuit, albeit avoiding the Mount Pleasant climb. The Elite Women and Elite Men time trial events were over the same distance (34.2km).^[6][7]

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – Australian Eastern Standard Time or UTC+10:00.^[8]

Date	Timings		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance
Individual time trial events
18 September	09:35	12:30	Elite women	Wollongong		34.2 km (21.3 mi)
			U23 Women
18 September	13:30	17:00	Elite men	34.2 km (21.3 mi)
19 September	13:20	17:00	U23 Men	28.8 km (17.9 mi)
20 September	09:30	11:06	Junior women	14.1 km (8.8 mi)
20 September	13:20	17:01	Junior men	28.8 km (17.9 mi)
Mixed team relay
21 September	14:20	17:03	Mixed relay	Wollongong		28.2 km (17.5 mi)
Road race events						Distance	Laps[a]
23 September	08:30	12:00	Junior men	Wollongong	Wollongong	135.6 km (84.3 mi)	8 WCC
23 September	13:00	17:16	U23 Men			169.8 km (105.5 mi)	10 WCC
24 September	08:00	09:53	Junior women			67.2 km (41.8 mi)	4 WCC
24 September	11:55	17:00	Elite women	Helensburgh		164.3 km (102.1 mi)	1 MKL 6 WCC
			U23 Women
25 September	10:00	16:51	Elite men			266.9 km (165.8 mi)	1 MKL 12 WCC

1. Mount Keira Loop (MKL) 34.2 km (21.3 mi) and Wollongong City Circuit (WCC) 16.9 km (10.5 mi).

Medal summary

Elite events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race[9] details	Remco Evenepoel  Belgium	6h 16' 08"	Christophe Laporte  France	+ 2' 21"	Michael Matthews  Australia	+ 2' 21"
Men's time trial[10] details	Tobias Foss  Norway	40' 02.78"	Stefan Küng  Switzerland	+ 2.95"	Remco Evenepoel  Belgium	+ 9.16"
Women's Events
Women's road race[11] details	Annemiek van Vleuten  Netherlands	4h 24' 25"	Lotte Kopecky  Belgium	+ 1"	Silvia Persico  Italy	+ 1"
Women's time trial[12] details	Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands	44' 28.60"	Grace Brown  Australia	+ 12.73"	Marlen Reusser  Switzerland	+ 41.68"
Mixed Event
Mixed relay[13] details
	Switzerland Stefan Bissegger Elise Chabbey Nicole Koller Stefan Küng Marlen Reusser Mauro Schmid	33' 47.17"	Italy Edoardo Affini Elena Cecchini Filippo Ganna Vittoria Guazzini Elisa Longo Borghini Matteo Sobrero	+ 2.92"	Australia Georgia Baker Luke Durbridge Alexandra Manly Michael Matthews Luke Plapp Sarah Roy	+ 38.40"

Under-23 events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race[14] details	Yevgeniy Fedorov  Kazakhstan	3h 57' 08"	Mathias Vacek  Czech Republic	+ 1"	Søren Wærenskjold  Norway	+ 3"
Men's under-23 time trial[15] details	Søren Wærenskjold  Norway	34' 13.40"	Alec Segaert  Belgium	+ 16.34"	Leo Hayter  Great Britain	+ 24.16"
Women's Under-23 Events
Women's under-23 road race[a] details	Niamh Fisher-Black  New Zealand	4h 24' 26"	Pfeiffer Georgi  Great Britain	+ 12"	Ricarda Bauernfeind  Germany	+ 12"
Women's under-23 time trial[b] details	Vittoria Guazzini  Italy	45' 20.71"	Shirin van Anrooij  Netherlands	+ 1' 48.74"	Ricarda Bauernfeind  Germany	+ 2' 17.37"

Junior events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race[16] details	Emil Herzog  Germany	3h 11' 07"	António Morgado  Portugal	+ 0"	Vlad Van Mechelen  Belgium	+ 55"
Men's junior time trial[17] details	Joshua Tarling  Great Britain	34' 59.26"	Hamish McKenzie  Australia	+ 19.19"	Emil Herzog  Germany	+ 33.45"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race[18] details	Zoe Bäckstedt  Great Britain	1h 47' 05"	Eglantine Rayer  France	+ 2' 07"	Nienke Vinke  Netherlands	+ 2' 07"
Women's junior time trial[19] details	Zoe Bäckstedt  Great Britain	18' 26.78"	Justyna Czapla  Germany	+ 1' 35.78"	Febe Jooris  Belgium	+ 1' 48.98"

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	3	1	1	5
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	4
3	Norway	2	0	1	3
4	Belgium	1	2	3	6
5	Germany	1	1	3	5
6	Italy	1	1	1	3
	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
8	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
10	Australia*	0	2	2	4
11	France	0	2	0	2
12	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
Totals (13 entries)		13	13	13	39

Notes

1. Raced within the Women's Elite Road Race
2. Raced within the Women's Elite Time Trial