2022 UCI Road World Championships

The 2022 UCI Road World Championships was the 95th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 18 and 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][3]

2022 UCI Road World Championships
Wollongong is located in New South Wales
Wollongong
Wollongong
VenueWollongong, Australia
Date(s)18–25 September
Coordinates34°25′38″S 150°53′38″E / 34.42722°S 150.89389°E / -34.42722; 150.89389
Events13
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Riders in the men's junior road race just after passing the finish line

In February 2022, the UCI announced that a women's U23 category would be added to the road race and time trial events. The titles would be awarded from within the elite women's events, and separate races would be added from 2025.[4]

On 1 March 2022, AusCycling announced that Russian and Belarusian teams would not be allowed to compete based on the International Olympic Committee's recommendation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Routes

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In March 2022, the routes for the championships were announced.[6]

The Elite Road races started in Helensburgh, about 30km north of Wollongong before a 34km loop around Mount Keira (climb length of 8.7km, average gradient of 5%, maximum incline of 15%).[6][7] The Elite Road races then take in laps of the Wollongong City Circuit.[6] This 17.7km circuit had 220m of climbing elevation each lap including the Mount Pleasant climb (climb length of 1.1 km, average gradient of 7.7%, maximum incline of 14%).[6][7]

In total, the Elite Women Road Race climbed 2433m elevation over a race distance of 164.3km (1 Mount Keira loop, 6x Wollongong City Circuit) and the Elite Men Road Race climbed 3945m over a race distance of 266.9km (1 Mount Keira loop, 12x Wollongong City Circuit).[6][7] The other road races (Junior men, Junior women, U23 men) used laps of the Wollongong City Circuit for their events.[6]

The time trial events used courses similar to the Wollongong City Circuit, albeit avoiding the Mount Pleasant climb. The Elite Women and Elite Men time trial events were over the same distance (34.2km).[6][7]

Schedule

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All times listed below are for the local time – Australian Eastern Standard Time or UTC+10:00.[8]

Date Timings Event Location
(start)
Location
(finish)
Distance
Individual time trial events
18 September 09:35 12:30 Elite women Wollongong 34.2 km (21.3 mi)
U23 Women
18 September 13:30 17:00 Elite men 34.2 km (21.3 mi)
19 September 13:20 17:00 U23 Men 28.8 km (17.9 mi)
20 September 09:30 11:06 Junior women 14.1 km (8.8 mi)
20 September 13:20 17:01 Junior men 28.8 km (17.9 mi)
Mixed team relay
21 September 14:20 17:03 Mixed relay Wollongong 28.2 km (17.5 mi)
Road race events Distance Laps[a]
23 September 08:30 12:00 Junior men Wollongong Wollongong 135.6 km (84.3 mi) 8 WCC
23 September 13:00 17:16 U23 Men 169.8 km (105.5 mi) 10 WCC
24 September 08:00 09:53 Junior women 67.2 km (41.8 mi) 4 WCC
24 September 11:55 17:00 Elite women Helensburgh 164.3 km (102.1 mi) 1 MKL
6 WCC
U23 Women
25 September 10:00 16:51 Elite men 266.9 km (165.8 mi) 1 MKL
12 WCC
  1. ^ Mount Keira Loop (MKL) 34.2 km (21.3 mi) and Wollongong City Circuit (WCC) 16.9 km (10.5 mi).

Medal summary

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Elite events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race[9]
details
Remco Evenepoel
  Belgium
6h 16' 08" Christophe Laporte
  France
+ 2' 21" Michael Matthews
  Australia
+ 2' 21"
Men's time trial[10]
details
Tobias Foss
  Norway
40' 02.78" Stefan Küng
  Switzerland
+ 2.95" Remco Evenepoel
  Belgium
+ 9.16"
Women's Events
Women's road race[11]
details
Annemiek van Vleuten
  Netherlands
4h 24' 25" Lotte Kopecky
  Belgium
+ 1" Silvia Persico
  Italy
+ 1"
Women's time trial[12]
details
Ellen van Dijk
  Netherlands
44' 28.60" Grace Brown
  Australia
+ 12.73" Marlen Reusser
  Switzerland
+ 41.68"
Mixed Event
Mixed relay[13]
details
  Switzerland
Stefan Bissegger
Elise Chabbey
Nicole Koller
Stefan Küng
Marlen Reusser
Mauro Schmid
33' 47.17"   Italy
Edoardo Affini
Elena Cecchini
Filippo Ganna
Vittoria Guazzini
Elisa Longo Borghini
Matteo Sobrero
+ 2.92"   Australia
Georgia Baker
Luke Durbridge
Alexandra Manly
Michael Matthews
Luke Plapp
Sarah Roy
+ 38.40"

Under-23 events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race[14]
details
Yevgeniy Fedorov
  Kazakhstan
3h 57' 08" Mathias Vacek
  Czech Republic
+ 1" Søren Wærenskjold
  Norway
+ 3"
Men's under-23 time trial[15]
details
Søren Wærenskjold
  Norway
34' 13.40" Alec Segaert
  Belgium
+ 16.34" Leo Hayter
  Great Britain
+ 24.16"
Women's Under-23 Events
Women's under-23 road race[a]
details
Niamh Fisher-Black
  New Zealand
4h 24' 26" Pfeiffer Georgi
  Great Britain
+ 12" Ricarda Bauernfeind
  Germany
+ 12"
Women's under-23 time trial[b]
details
Vittoria Guazzini
  Italy
45' 20.71" Shirin van Anrooij
  Netherlands
+ 1' 48.74" Ricarda Bauernfeind
  Germany
+ 2' 17.37"

Junior events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race[16]
details
Emil Herzog
  Germany
3h 11' 07" António Morgado
  Portugal
+ 0" Vlad Van Mechelen
  Belgium
+ 55"
Men's junior time trial[17]
details
Joshua Tarling
  Great Britain
34' 59.26" Hamish McKenzie
  Australia
+ 19.19" Emil Herzog
  Germany
+ 33.45"
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race[18]
details
Zoe Bäckstedt
  Great Britain
1h 47' 05" Eglantine Rayer
  France
+ 2' 07" Nienke Vinke
  Netherlands
+ 2' 07"
Women's junior time trial[19]
details
Zoe Bäckstedt
  Great Britain
18' 26.78" Justyna Czapla
  Germany
+ 1' 35.78" Febe Jooris
  Belgium
+ 1' 48.98"

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain3115
2  Netherlands2114
3  Norway2013
4  Belgium1236
5  Germany1135
6  Italy1113
  Switzerland1113
8  Kazakhstan1001
  New Zealand1001
10  Australia*0224
11  France0202
12  Czech Republic0101
  Portugal0101
Totals (13 entries)13131339

Notes

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  1. ^ Raced within the Women's Elite Road Race
  2. ^ Raced within the Women's Elite Time Trial

References

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  1. ^ "2022 UCI Road World Championships - Wollongong 2022". Road World Championships. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Championnats du Monde Route UCI / UCI Road World Championships". UCI. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Wollongong Road Worlds a light at end of tunnel for Australian cycling". 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "U23 women to race for their own world title from 2022". CyclingTips. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Russian and Belarusian teams banned from competing at the 2022 World Championships". CyclingTips. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "2022 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FULL RACE DETAILS RELEASED". Road World Championships. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "Courses for the Wollongong Road Worlds have finally been revealed ... sort of". CyclingTips. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Races". Road World Championships. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Men Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Men Elite Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Women Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Women Elite Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  13. ^ "World Championship Mixed Relay - 2022". FirstCycling. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Men Under 23 Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Men Under 23 Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Men Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  17. ^ "Men Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Women Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Women Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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