The 2019 UCI Road World Championships was the 92nd edition of the

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, the annual

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s for road bicycle racing. It took place between 22 and 29 September 2019 in the historic county of

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, United Kingdom, the fourth to be held in the United Kingdom. The championships are traditionally hosted by a single town or city but, while each event in 2019 finished in the

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town of

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, the whole historic county of Yorkshire was the official host. Heavy rainfall caused some of the events to be re-routed and delayed. Men and women were split into the categories of elite, under-23 (only men) and junior, competing individually in the two traditional road race and

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disciplines of road bicycle racing. The 2019 championships saw the introduction of the mixed team relay, a team time trial which was raced together by the elite men and women.

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of Denmark won the men's elite road race and

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of the Netherlands won the women's elite road race. The elite time trial titles were taken by Australian

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and American

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Race locations

2019 UCI Road World Championships, Doncaster start gate

In July 2017, it was announced that Harrogate would host two circuit races and the other races were to start in locations across the historic county of

, including

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and

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. At the

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in September 2018, further details for the championships were announced. Harrogate would host the finishes for all eleven races during the eight days of racing, including the new-for-2019 mixed team time trial relay; three of these races will be contested entirely within a circuit of in and around Harrogate. Ripon was announced to hold the start of two time trials, while the men's time trial will start in Northallerton. For the road races,

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was announced as the start location for the men's junior road race, while Doncaster would hold the start for the two remaining age-group races. The elite races were announced to be starting in Bradford (women) and Leeds (men) respectively. The men's and

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elite road races followed separate routes before entering a circuit in and around the town of Harrogate. The men's elite road race integrated the route from stage one of the

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for the first before completing seven laps of the final circuit, for a total distance of . However, heavy rainfall necessitated last minute changes to the route of the men's elite road race, shortening the route to .

Schedule

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

Race summaries

Elite men's road race

surprised in the men's road race by becoming the first Danish world champion in the event after winning the sprint in a three-man breakaway. Italy's

Matteo Trentin Matteo Trentin (born 2 August 1989) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Professional career In 2014, Trentin took a prestigious victory on Stage 7 of the Tour de France, where he won the spri ...

started the sprint but took silver while Stefan Küng of Switzerland took bronze. One of the favourites,

Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Dutch cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, gravel cycling, and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport and is best known for winnin ...

of the Netherlands, had also been in the breakaway but could not follow it on the last lap and finished over ten minutes behind. The day was marred by atrocious, torrential, downpours and bitterly cold, windy weather. This left four men where Italy's

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later lost contact; he finished in fourth place but was unable to help his teammate Trentin. Three-time champion

Peter Sagan Peter Sagan (; born 26 January 1990) is a Slovak professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Sagan had a successful junior cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing career, winning the junior cross-country race at the 2008 ...

of Slovakia made a late breakaway from a larger chase group but could not catch the leaders and came fifth, followed by

Michael Valgren Michael Valgren Hundahl (né Andersen; born 7 February 1992) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In 2018, Valgren won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Amstel Gold Race. Career He became a professio ...

of Denmark.

Elite women's road race

Dutch cyclist

won the race, after a solo breakaway for more than . Defending champion

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, also of the Netherlands, finished as runner-up, with Australian cyclist

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finishing in third.

Elite time trials

The men's time trial was . Defending champion

of Australia won by more than a minute. The silver went to the 19-year-old Belgian Remco Evenepoel who skipped the under-23 event after winning both the road race and time trial for juniors in 2018. Italy's

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rounded out the podium. The women's time trial was . The American

won by 1 minute 32 seconds, the largest margin ever in a world championship time trial. Anna van der Breggen took silver. Two-time defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten, had to settle with bronze. Four days later she won the road race after riding solo for more than three times as long. The new mixed team time trial relay was in total, one lap for three men and one for three women. The inaugural event was won by one of the favourites, the Dutch team, with the female trio of

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, and the male triumvirate

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, Bauke Mollema and Jos van Emden. Germany and the host Great Britain took silver and bronze, 23 seconds and 51 seconds behind.

Under-23 events

2019 UCI World Championships, men's under-23 road race start

As usual, there were only under-23 events for men. In the road race,

Nils Eekhoff Nils Eekhoff (born 23 January 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In August 2019, Eekhoff joined UCI WorldTeam as a stagiaire for the second half of the season, before joining the team permanently in 2020. A ...

of the Netherlands won the sprint in a seven-man group but was later disqualified for drafting behind his team car for too long after a crash. The gold then went to Italy's

Samuele Battistella Samuele Battistella (born 14 November 1998) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Battistella's first professional win was at the 2021 Veneto Classic. He was initially named to the Astana team for the 2022 Tour de France ...

. Stefan Bissegger of Switzerland was elevated to silver and

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got into the podium with a bronze for the British hosts. The Danish favourite

Mikkel Bjerg Mikkel Bjerg (born 3 November 1998 in Copenhagen) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Bjerg won the under-23 individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019 – becoming the first rider to ...

won his third consecutive gold in the under-23 time trial. The Americans

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and

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took silver and bronze one second apart, but 27 seconds behind Bjerg who started as the last rider.

Junior events

Both junior road races were won by Americans.

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finished solo in the men's race while

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won a sprint for women. The victories contributed to the United States winning the most golds in the 2019 championships, three in total. Antonio Tiberi of Italy won the junior time trial for men by 8 seconds. Russia's Aigul Gareeva won for women by four seconds.

Events summary

Elite events

Under-23 events

Junior events

Medal table

Legacy

The legacy of the Worlds event has been reported with £15 million worth of funding to go towards the construction of 27 off-road racing venues around the country, "to ensure that every part of Britain has close access to a closed road circuit, velodrome, BMX track or mountain bike trail".

Notes

References

External links

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Sport in Harrogate

2010s in North Yorkshire

Race locations

Schedule

Race summaries

Elite men's road race

Elite women's road race

Elite time trials

Under-23 events

Junior events

Events summary

Elite events

Under-23 events

Junior events

Medal table

Legacy

See also

Notes

References

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