The 2011 UCI Road World Championships took place in
Copenhagen
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, Denmark, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a cycling road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and junior women competed at the same event as the elite riders. It was the 78th running of the Road World Championships.
Castelfidardo
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It is remembered for a Piedmontese victory over an army composed of foreign volunteers defending the ...
near
Loreto in
Italy
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was also a candidate, but
Italy
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held the UCI Road World Championships in
Varese
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in 2008. It was the first time that Denmark has hosted the event since 1956, when it was also held in Copenhagen.
Schedule
;19 September
*10h00-11h45 Time trial Junior Women, 13,9 km
*13h00-17h30 Time trial Under 23 Men, 35,2 km (2x17,6 km)
;20 September
*09h30-13h15 Time trial Junior Men, 27,8 km (2x13,9 km)
*14h00-17h10 Time trial Elite Women, 27,8 km (2x13,9 km)
;21 September
*12h30-17h05 Time trial Elite Men, 46,4 km (2x23,2 km)
;23 September
*09h30-11h55 Road race Junior Women, 70 km (5 x 14 km)
*13h00-17h15 Road race Under 23 Men, 168 km (12 x 14 km)
;24 September
*09h00-12h30 Road race Junior Men, 126 km (9 x 14 km)
*13h30-17h15 Road race Elite Women, 140 km (10 x 14 km)
;25 September
*10h00-17h05 Road race Elite Men, 266 km (17 x 14 km + 28 km, from start in Copenhagen town center)
Courses
Time Trial CourseRoad Race Course
Participating nations
Cyclists from 71 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
Events summary
Medal table
References
External links
Official Organizing Committee website
{{UCI Road World Championships
UCI Road World Championships by year
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International cycle races hosted by Denmark