The Men's road race of the

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was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2019 in

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, England. The race was initially scheduled to be contested over , but due to flooding on the course, the race was reduced to . The wet weather also meant there was a limited broadcast coverage of the race. For the first time in the race's history, a Danish rider won the world title as Mads Pedersen out-sprinted two other riders at the finish in

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to take the rainbow jersey. The silver medal went to Italy's

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, while the bronze medal went to

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of Switzerland.

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the

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by nations as of 11 August 2019.

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.

Continental champions

Participating nations

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Results

Final classification

Of the race's 197 entrants, 46 riders completed the full distance of .

Failed to finish

149 riders failed to finish, while South Africa's Jay Thomson and Ukraine's Mark Padun failed to start.

References

External links

Men's road race page at the Yorkshire 2019 website
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