The 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in

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, Italy, between 22 and 29 September 2013. The Championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 86th Road World Championships, the 13th in Italy and the first time that the event took place in Tuscany. The different events finished near the

Nelson Mandela Forum Nelson Mandela Forum, formerly Palazzetto dello sport di Firenze and Palasport, is an indoor sports arena that is located in Florence, Italy. Inaugurated in 1985, the arena was renamed to Nelson Mandela Forum in 2004. The seating capacity of th ...

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

. Host cities for the starts were

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

Lucca Lucca ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its province has a population of 383,957. Lucca is known as one o ...

and

Montecatini Terme Montecatini Terme is an Italian municipality (''comune'') of c. 20,000 inhabitants in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy. It is the most important center in Valdinievole. The town is located at the eastern end of Piana di Lucca ...

Marketing

Tickets for crucial points of the course in

and

Fiesole Fiesole () is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a scenic height above Florence, 5 km (3 miles) northeast of that city. It has structures dating to Etruscan and Roman times. Sin ...

could be bought in advance. Ticket prices ranged from 20 Euro to 100 Euro for seating near the finish line of the men's road race. Related to the Championships, many events were organized including expositions, exhibitions, a

cyclosportive A cyclosportive, or often simply sportive, is a short to long distance, organised, mass-participation cycling event, typically held annually. The Italian term '' Gran Fondo'' is commonly used for these events in the United States, Australia and so ...

, and the

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. Poste italiane made a stamp dedicated to the Championships in 3.290,000 pieces and

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produced wine bottles with special Championships labels.

Mascot Pinocchio

The organizers showed the mascot for the event,

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the brainchild of Florentine writer

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, on 26 October 2012. The wooden figure is dressed in a rainbow sweater and a hat with the same motif. The choice of

, whose nose grows when he lies, appeared to be significant after the cycling world was rocked by the doping case of

Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 Tour de ...

. The decision for the mascot however, was taken much earlier according to the organizers.

Traveling

To promote the public transport, more trains ran during the Championships to Florence and a special ticket was produced to ride on all regional trains. For safety reasons, all schools in Fiesole were closed on 27 and 28 September, because reaching schools was complicated.

Schedule

Events summary

Elite events

Finish of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships

On the first day, the team time trial events were for the second consecutive year won by (women) and (men). The men's squad's victory in the men's team time trial came by 0.81 seconds over .

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a time ...

from

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, who won a gold medal in the women's team time trial, won her second gold medal in the women's time trial. Van Dijk won with an advantage of 24 seconds over

Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team . Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010. Career Born in Herning, ...

, who finished on the podium for the fourth successive Championships. Van Dijk became the second Dutch woman to win in the discipline, after

Leontien van Moorsel Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970) is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record ...

's victories in 1998 and 1999. Tony Martin, who also won with his team a gold medal in the team time trial, won his third successive men's time trial gold medal, beating main rivals

Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but later made the transition to r ...

and

Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began r ...

. In the last weekend of the championships,

Marianne Vos Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...

won her third gold and her eighth medal in the women's road race. With help from

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who helped close down the breakaway attempts, Vos made her break on the final ascent of the long Via Salviati – with around to go – and soloed to a 15-second victory over

Emma Johansson Emma Karolina Johansson (born 23 September 1983) is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed ''Silver Emma'', Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 she finished ...

and

Rossella Ratto Rossella Ratto (born 20 October 1993) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2021 for seven different teams. Personal life Ratto's brother, Daniele Ratto, also competed professionally in cycling, including ...

. On the last day of the Championships,

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from Portugal won the rain-soaked Men's road race as he beat Spain's

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by a bike-length on the finish line, with

Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . Valverde's biggest wins have been the Vuelta a España in 2009, Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009 ...

from Spain taking bronze.

Under-23 events

Junior events

After winning the women's junior time trial at the

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, Séverine Eraud won the women's junior time trial at the Road World Championships. European runner-up

Igor Decraene Igor Decraene (26 January 1996, in Waregem – 30 August 2014, in Zulte) was a Belgian cyclist. In 2013, he became the UCI world junior men's time trial champion. The event took place on 24 September in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. In 2013 and 20 ...

won the gold medal in the men's junior time trial. In the women's junior road race won

Amalie Dideriksen Amalie Dideriksen (born 24 May 1996) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career She won the junior women's road race at the World Championships in 2013 and 2014 as well as a bronze medal in the scratch ra ...

the sprint from

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and

Alexandra Manly Alexandra Manly (born 28 February 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who joined the Women's WorldTour team in 2022. She also rode for between 2015 and 2019. Manly qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of th ...

. The three riders escaped with one other rider on the first lap.

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 ...

won the men's junior road race. He attacked in the closing stage and soloed to the finish. It was van der Poel's first road world title, having previously won two junior world titles in cyclo-cross, in

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and

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Participating nations

76 nations participated. Two riders from

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were on the start list for the men's and women's time trial but did not start. One rider from

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

was registered for the women's team time trial, but did not start. The number of cyclists per nation (exclusive riders in the team time trials) is shown in parentheses.

Medal table

Team time trials are included under the UCI registration country of the team.

Prize money

The UCI assigned premiums in all of the twelve events.

Broadcasting

* Australia:

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Internet Broadcast
* Belgium:

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* Brazil:

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* Canada:

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, RDS * China:

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* Colombia: RCN,

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* Czech Republic:

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* Denmark: TV3+,

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Internet Broadcast
* France:

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* Hungary: Sport 1 * Israel: Sport 1 * Italy:

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* Middle East:

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* Japan: NHK BS 1,

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* Netherlands: NOS * Norway:

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* Pan Asia: Eurosport Asia/Pacific * Poland:

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* Slovakia:

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* Slovenia:

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* South Africa: SuperSport * South America:

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, TDN * Sweden: TV10 /

, Viasat 14 HD * Switzerland: RSI,

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, SRF * United Kingdom:

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Internet Broadcast
* United States:

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Internet Broadcast
* Worldwide: UCI

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channel
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References

External links

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Event information and results
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