2020 UCI Road World Championships

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2020 UCI Road World Championships
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Imola is located in Emilia-Romagna
Imola
Imola
VenueImola, Italy
Date(s) (2020-09-24 - 2020-09-27)24–27 September 2020
Coordinates44°21′12″N 11°42′51″E / 44.35333°N 11.71417°E / 44.35333; 11.71417
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The 2020 UCI Road World Championships is the 93rd edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It took place between 24 and 27 September 2020 in Imola, Italy.[1] The event was originally planned to be held in the Aigle and Martigny area in Switzerland, but this was cancelled on 12 August in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

No under-23 or junior races were contested at the Championships; however, under-23 riders were eligible to compete in the elite races.[3]

Schedule[]

All times listed below are for the local time – Central European Summer Time or UTC+02:00.

Date Timings Event Distance Laps
Individual time trial events
24 September 14:40 16:35 Women 31.7 km (19.7 mi)[4] 1
25 September 14:30 16:35 Men 1
Road race events
26 September 12:35 16:45 Women 143 km (89 mi)[5] 5[a]
27 September 09:45 16:45 Men 258.2 km (160.4 mi)[5] 9[a]

Events summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race
details 		 Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 6 h 38' 34"  Wout van Aert (BEL) + 24"  Marc Hirschi (SUI) + 24"
Men's time trial
details 		 Filippo Ganna (ITA) 35' 54.10"  Wout van Aert (BEL) + 26.72"  Stefan Küng (SUI) + 29.80"
Women's Events
Women's road race
details 		 Anna van der Breggen (NED) 4h 09' 57"  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) + 1' 20"  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) + 1' 20"
Women's time trial
details 		 Anna van der Breggen (NED) 40' 20.14"  Marlen Reusser (SUI) + 15.58"  Ellen van Dijk (NED) + 31.46"

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)2114
2 Italy (ITA)*1012
3 France (FRA)1001
4 Belgium (BEL)0202
5  Switzerland (SUI)0123
Totals (5 nations)44412

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b The first racing lap of each road race is a kilometre shorter than the full 28.8-kilometre (17.9-mile)-long circuit, as it forms part of the 5.9-kilometre (3.7-mile)-long neutralised section.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Road World Championships moved to Imola". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ "The 2020 UCI Road World Championships will take place in Imola and the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) on a very challenging course". Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  3. ^ Technical Guide 2020, pp. 32, 42.
  4. ^ Technical Guide 2020, p. 24.
  5. ^ a b Technical Guide 2020, p. 35.
  6. ^ Technical Guide 2020, pp. 38–39.

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