2021 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's road race
2021 UCI Road World Championships
	Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	26 September 2021
Stages	1 in Leuven, Belgium
Distance	268.3 km (166.7 mi)
Winning time	5h 56' 34"
Medalists
	Gold
	Silver
	Bronze
	← Imola 2020

The men's road race of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2021 from Antwerp to Leuven, Belgium.^[1]^[2] Defending champion Julian Alaphilippe of France won the event in a solo victory.^[3]

Qualification[]

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 17 August 2021.^[4]

UCI World Rankings[]

The following nations qualified.^[5]

Criterium	Rank	Number of riders		Nations
Criterium	Rank	To enter	To start	Nations
UCI World Ranking by Nations	1–10	13	8	Belgium Slovenia France Netherlands Great Britain Italy Spain Denmark Australia Colombia
	11–20	9	6	Germany Ecuador Switzerland Portugal Russian Cycling Federation Norway Ireland Poland United States Canada
	21–30	7	4	New Zealand South Africa Austria Kazakhstan Czech Republic Estonia Slovakia Ukraine Eritrea Latvia
	31–50	2	1	Luxembourg Belarus Sweden Algeria Panama Romania Lithuania Hungary Greece Mexico Thailand Guatemala Mongolia Japan Uruguay Chile Finland Venezuela Puerto Rico Albania
UCI World Ranking by Individuals (if not already qualified)	1–200	2	1	N/A

Continental champions[]

Name	Country	Reason
Richard Carapaz	Ecuador	Olympic Champion
Julian Alaphilippe	France	Outgoing World Champion
Ryan Gibbons	South Africa	African Champion

Participating nations[]

194 cyclists from 45 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.^[6]

(1)
(8)
(4)
(1)
Belgium (8)
(6)
(8)
(4)
Denmark (8)
(6)
(4)
(4)
(9)
Germany (6)
(8)
(1)
(1)
(3)
Italy (8)
(1)
(4)
(4)
Lithuania (1)
(2)
(1)
(1)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (4)
(6)
(1)
(6)
(5)
(1)
Russian Cycling Federation (6)
(4)
(8)
(4)
Spain (8)
(2)
(6)
(1)
(4)
(1)
United States (6)
(1)

Final classification[]

Podium of the men's elite road race

Of the race's 194 entrants, 68 riders completed the full distance of 268.3 kilometres (166.7 mi).^[7]

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
1	Julian Alaphilippe		5h 56' 34"
2	Dylan van Baarle	Netherlands	+ 32"
3	Michael Valgren	Denmark	+ 32"
4	Jasper Stuyven	Belgium	+ 32"
5	Neilson Powless	United States	+ 32"
6	Tom Pidcock		+ 49"
7	Zdeněk Štybar		+ 1' 06"
8	Mathieu van der Poel	Netherlands	+ 1' 18"
9	Florian Sénéchal		+ 1' 18"
10	Sonny Colbrelli	Italy	+ 1' 18"
11	Wout van Aert	Belgium	+ 1' 18"
12	Markus Hoelgaard		+ 1' 18"
13	Valentin Madouas		+ 1' 18"
14	Matej Mohorič		+ 4' 00"
15	Giacomo Nizzolo	Italy	+ 4' 05"
16	Nils Politt	Germany	+ 5' 25"
17	Guillaume Boivin		+ 5' 25"
18	Jan Polanc		+ 5' 25"
19	Benoît Cosnefroy		+ 5' 30"
20	Victor Campenaerts	Belgium	+ 5' 30"
21	Alexander Kristoff		+ 6' 27"
22	Mike Teunissen	Netherlands	+ 6' 27"
23	Iván García Cortina	Spain	+ 6' 27"
24	Diego Ulissi	Italy	+ 6' 27"
25	Michael Matthews		+ 6' 27"
26	Peter Sagan		+ 6' 27"
27	Dylan Teuns	Belgium	+ 6' 27"
28	Sebastian Schönberger		+ 6' 27"
29	Bauke Mollema	Netherlands	+ 6' 27"
30	Luka Mezgec		+ 6' 27"
31	Tiesj Benoot	Belgium	+ 6' 27"
32	Petr Vakoč		+ 6' 27"
33	Sven Erik Bystrøm		+ 6' 27"
34	Vegard Stake Laengen		+ 6' 27"
35	Ethan Hayter		+ 6' 27"
36	Michał Kwiatkowski		+ 6' 27"
37	Tadej Pogačar		+ 6' 27"
38	Patrick Gamper		+ 6' 27"
39	Rui Oliveira		+ 6' 27"
40	Artem Nych	Russian Cycling Federation	+ 6' 31"
41	Stefan Küng		+ 6' 31"
42	Gorka Izagirre	Spain	+ 6' 31"
43	Imanol Erviti	Spain	+ 6' 31"
44	Gonzalo Serrano	Spain	+ 6' 31"
45	Silvan Dillier		+ 6' 31"
46	Cesare Benedetti		+ 6' 31"
47	João Almeida		+ 6' 31"
48	Primož Roglič		+ 6' 31"
49	Yukiya Arashiro		+ 6' 31"
50	Merhawi Kudus		+ 6' 31"
51	Rasmus Tiller		+ 6' 31"
52	Emīls Liepiņš		+ 6' 31"
53	Carlos Rodríguez	Spain	+ 6' 39"
54	Michael Gogl		+ 6' 40"
55	Nelson Oliveira		+ 6' 40"
56	Arnaud Démare		+ 6' 48"
57	Lawson Craddock	United States	+ 6' 49"
58	Gianni Moscon	Italy	+ 6' 52"
59	Roger Adrià	Spain	+ 7' 04"
60	Toms Skujiņš		+ 7' 07"
61	Yves Lampaert	Belgium	+ 7' 22"
62	Remco Evenepoel	Belgium	+ 7' 22"
63	Fabian Lienhard		+ 15' 43"
64	Esteban Chaves		+ 15' 43"
65	Nelson Soto		+ 17' 18"
66	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Netherlands	+ 17' 18"
67	Nikias Arndt	Germany	+ 17' 18"
68	Georg Zimmermann	Germany	+ 17' 18"

Rider	Country	Time
Anthony Turgis		DNF
Danny van Poppel	Netherlands	DNF
Tim Declercq	Belgium	DNF
Dmitry Strakhov	Russian Cycling Federation	DNF
Jake Stewart		DNF
Natnael Berhane		DNF
Caleb Ewan		DNF
Alex Aranburu	Spain	DNF
Sergey Chernetskiy	Russian Cycling Federation	DNF
Rigoberto Urán		DNF
Łukasz Owsian		DNF
Hugo Houle		DNF
Antoine Duchesne		DNF
Yevgeniy Gidich		DNF
Barnabás Peák		DNF
Metkel Eyob		DNF
Nickolas Zukowsky		DNF
Jayde Julius		DNF
Igor Boev	Russian Cycling Federation	DNF
Byron Guamá		DNF
Fernando Gaviria		DNF
Andreas Kron	Denmark	DNF
Mikkel Frølich Honoré	Denmark	DNF
Mads Pedersen	Denmark	DNF
Nathan Haas		DNF
Alex Kirsch		DNF
Marco Haller		DNF
		DNF
Brandon McNulty	United States	DNF
Rafael Reis		DNF
Harry Sweeny		DNF
Eduard-Michael Grosu		DNF
Kim Magnusson		DNF
		DNF
Juraj Sagan		DNF
Andriy Kulyk		DNF
Pascal Ackermann	Germany	DNF
Mykhaylo Kononenko		DNF
Juan Sebastián Molano		DNF
Daniil Fominykh		DNF
Yuriy Natarov		DNF
Kevin Geniets		DNF
Clément Russo		DNF
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg		DNF
David Per		DNF
Lluís Mas	Spain	DNF
Ryan Mullen		DNF
Pier-André Côté		DNF
Krists Neilands		DNF
André Carvalho		DNF
Quinn Simmons	United States	DNF
Oscar Riesebeek	Netherlands	DNF
Ben Perry		DNF
Andrea Bagioli	Italy	DNF
Domen Novak		DNF
Connor Swift		DNF
Patrik Tybor		DNF
Jan Tratnik		DNF
		DNF
Michał Gołaś		DNF
Matteo Trentin	Italy	DNF
Alessandro De Marchi	Italy	DNF
Marc Hirschi		DNF
Ryan Gibbons		DNF
Maciej Bodnar		DNF
Luke Durbridge		DNF
Mads Würtz Schmidt	Denmark	DNF
Connor Brown	New Zealand	DNF
Ben Swift		DNF
Mark Cavendish		DNF
Magnus Cort	Denmark	DNF
Eddie Dunbar		DNF
Mikkel Bjerg	Denmark	DNF
Erik Baška		DNF
Pavel Kochetkov	Russian Cycling Federation	DNF
Oleksandr Prevar		DNF
Petr Rikunov	Russian Cycling Federation	DNF
Odd Christian Eiking		DNF
Jambaljamts Sainbayar		DNF
Sergio Higuita		DNF
Jack Bauer	New Zealand	DNF
		DNF
Michael Schär		DNF
Miles Scotson		DNF
Lucas Eriksson		DNF
Ylber Sefa		DNF
Oskar Nisu		DNF
Max Schachmann	Germany	DNF
Stefan Bissegger		DNF
Tom Scully	New Zealand	DNF
Evaldas Šiškevičius	Lithuania	DNF
Orluis Aular		DNF
Matteo Jorgenson	United States	DNF
Wilson Haro		DNF
Fred Wright		DNF
Cristian Pita		DNF
Josef Černý		DNF
Norman Vahtra		DNF
Karl Patrick Lauk		DNF
Dmitriy Gruzdev		DNF
Sebastian Langeveld	Netherlands	DNF
Gustav Basson		DNF
Álvaro Hodeg		DNF
Sarawut Sirironnachai		DNF
Rory Townsend		DNF
Polychronis Tzortzakis		DNF
Stanisław Aniołkowski		DNF
Luke Rowe		DNF
Eder Frayre		DNF
Robin Carpenter	United States	DNF
Martin Laas		DNF
José Tito Hernández		DNF
John Degenkolb	Germany	DNF
Anatoliy Budyak		DNF
Franklin Archibold		DNF
Aleksandr Riabushenko		DNF
Nick Schultz	New Zealand	DNF
Michael Kukrle		DNF
Rémi Cavagna		DNF
Dawit Yemane		DNF
Kasper Asgreen	Denmark	DNF
Shane Archbold	New Zealand	DNF
Robert Stannard		DNF
Davide Ballerini	Italy	DNF
Christophe Laporte		DNF
		DNS

References[]

^ "Men Elite Road Race". Flanders 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "88th World Championships - Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
^ "Julian Alaphilippe defends world title with stunning victory in Flanders World Championships". Cycling News. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^ "Qualification System for the 2021 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "2021 Flanders Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Road Race Men's Elite 2021 Start List" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "UCI Road World Championships - Men's Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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[1] "Men Elite Road Race". Flanders 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[2] "88th World Championships - Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

[3] "Julian Alaphilippe defends world title with stunning victory in Flanders World Championships". Cycling News. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

[4] "Qualification System for the 2021 UCI Road World Championships" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[5] "2021 Flanders Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[6] "Road Race Men's Elite 2021 Start List" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[7] "UCI Road World Championships - Men's Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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Elite time trial	men	women
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