The 2021 UCI Road World Championships was the 94th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 19 and 26 September 2021 in the Flanders region of Belgium.[1][2][3] The region was chosen in light of the centenary of the world championships with the UCI opting for a return to one of the original founding countries.[2]
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  Flanders  Flanders | |
| Venue | Flanders, Belgium |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 19–26 September 2021 |
| Coordinates | 51°0′0″N 4°30′0″E / 51.00000°N 4.50000°E |
| Events | 11 |
Schedule edit
Bruges
Leuven
Antwerp
Knokke-Heist
Host cities in Flanders region of Belgium
All times listed below are for the local time – Central European Summer Time or UTC+02:00.[1]
| Date | Timings | Event | Location (start) |
Location (finish) |
Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual time trial events | ||||||
| 19 September | Elite men | Knokke-Heist | Bruges | 43.3 km (26.9 mi) | ||
| 20 September | Men U23 | 30.3 km (18.8 mi) | ||||
| 20 September | Elite women | 30.3 km (18.8 mi) | ||||
| 21 September | Junior women | 19.3 km (12.0 mi) | ||||
| 21 September | Junior men | 22.3 km (13.9 mi) | ||||
| Mixed team relay | ||||||
| 22 September | Mixed relay | Knokke-Heist | Bruges | 44.5 km (27.7 mi) | ||
| Road race events | ||||||
| 24 September | Junior men | Leuven | Leuven | 119.4 km (74.2 mi) | ||
| 24 September | Men U23 | Antwerp | 162.6 km (101.0 mi) | |||
| 25 September | Junior women | Leuven | 73.7 km (45.8 mi) | |||
| 25 September | Elite women | Antwerp | 157.7 km (98.0 mi) | |||
| 26 September | Elite men | 268.3 km (166.7 mi) | ||||
Medal summary edit
Elite events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race[4] |
Julian Alaphilippe France |
5h 56' 34" | Dylan van Baarle Netherlands |
+ 32" | Michael Valgren Denmark |
+ 32" |
| Men's time trial[5] |
Filippo Ganna Italy |
47' 47.83" | Wout van Aert Belgium |
+ 5.37" | Remco Evenepoel Belgium |
+ 43.34" |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race[6] |
Elisa Balsamo Italy |
3h 52' 27" | Marianne Vos Netherlands |
+ 0" | Katarzyna Niewiadoma Poland |
+ 1" |
| Women's time trial[7] |
Ellen van Dijk Netherlands |
36' 05.28" | Marlen Reusser Switzerland |
+ 10.29" | Annemiek van Vleuten Netherlands |
+ 24.02" |
| Mixed Event | ||||||
| Mixed relay[8] |
 GermanyLisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Mieke Kröger Nikias Arndt Tony Martin Max Walscheid |
50' 49.10" | Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten Ellen van Dijk Riejanne Markus Koen Bouwman Bauke Mollema Jos van Emden |
+ 12.79" | Italy Marta Cavalli Elena Cecchini Elisa Longo Borghini Edoardo Affini Filippo Ganna Matteo Sobrero |
+ 37.74" |
Under-23 events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race[9] |
Filippo Baroncini Italy |
3h 37' 36" | Biniam Girmay Eritrea |
+ 2" | Olav Kooij Netherlands |
+ 2" |
| Men's under-23 time trial[10] |
Johan Price-Pejtersen Denmark |
34' 29.75" | Luke Plapp Australia |
+ 10.24" | Florian Vermeersch Belgium |
+ 11.39" |
Junior events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Juniors Events | ||||||
| Men's junior road race[11] |
Per Strand Hagenes Norway |
2h 43' 48" | Romain Grégoire France |
+ 19" | Madis Mihkels Estonia |
+ 24" |
| Men's junior time trial[12] |
Gustav Wang Denmark |
25' 37.42" | Josh Tarling Great Britain |
+ 20.20" | Alec Segaert Belgium |
+ 29.48" |
| Women's Juniors Events | ||||||
| Women's junior road race[13] |
Zoe Bäckstedt Great Britain |
1h 55' 33" | Kaia Schmid United States |
+ 0" | Linda Riedmann Germany |
+ 57" |
| Women's junior time trial[14] |
Alena Ivanchenko Russia |
25' 05.49" | Zoe Bäckstedt Great Britain |
+ 10.64" | Antonia Niedermaier Germany |
+ 25.32" |
Medal table edit
* Host nation (Belgium)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Belgium* | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eritrea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
References edit
- ^ a b "Races". Flanders 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ a b "WK-tijdritparcours 2021 in Knokke voorgesteld: "Terugkeer naar bakermat"". Sporza. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Parcours WK-wegrit 2021 onthuld: "Of een Belg zal winnen? Absoluut"". Sporza. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Elite Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Under 23 Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Under 23 Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Junior Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Women Junior Individual Time Trial". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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