2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race

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Men's under-23 road race
2017 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates22 September 2017
Stages1
Distance191 km (118.7 mi)
Winning time4h 48' 23"[1]
Medalists
   Gold France Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)
   Silver Germany Lennard Kämna (GER)
   Bronze Denmark Michael Carbel (DEN)
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The Men's under-23 road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 22 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 22nd edition of the event, for which Norwegian rider Kristoffer Halvorsen was the defending champion, having won in 2016. The race was won by French rider Benoît Cosnefroy, who outsprinted German rider Lennard Kämna.[2] 178 riders from 56 nations entered the competition.

Qualification[edit]

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI Under-23 Continental Rankings by nations as of 12 August 2018, with varying number on qualifications depending on the continent. In addition to this number, any rider within the top placings of the continent's elite tour ranking that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.[3]

Continental champions[edit]

Name Country Reason
Meron Abraham  Eritrea African Champion
Hayato Okamoto  Japan Asian Champion
Lucas Hamilton  Australia Oceanian Champion
Matías Muñoz  Chile Pan American Champion

The European champion Casper Pedersen, was not directly eligible, as Denmark had already reached the cap of six qualified riders.

Final classification[edit]

Of the race's 178 entrants, 121 riders completed the full distance of 191 kilometres (119 miles).

Rank Rider Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Benoît Cosnefroy  France 4h 48'  23"
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lennard Kämna  Germany + 0"
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Carbel Svendgaard  Denmark + 3"
4 Oliver Wood  United Kingdom + 3"
5 Vincenzo Albanese  Italy + 3"
6 Damien Touzé  France + 3"
7 Max Kanter  Germany + 3"
8 Michał Paluta  Poland + 3"
9 Mark Downey  Ireland + 3"
10 Anders Skaarseth  Norway + 3"
11 Nicolás Tivani  Argentina + 3"
12 Patrick Müller   Switzerland + 3"
13 Stylianos Farantakis  Greece + 3"
14 Marc Hirschi   Switzerland + 3"
15 Bjorg Lambrecht  Belgium + 3"
16 Alexandr Riabushenko  Belarus + 3"
17 Wilmar Paredes  Colombia + 3"
18 Giovanni Carboni  Italy + 3"
19 Emiel Planckaert  Belgium + 3"
20 Tadej Pogačar  Slovenia + 3"
21 Iván García Cortina  Spain + 3"
22 Callum Scotson  Australia + 3"
23 Pavel Sivakov  Russia + 3"
24 Lucas Eriksson  Sweden + 3"
25 Jon Irisarri  Spain + 3"
26 Jaakko Hänninen  Finland + 3"
27 Rasmus Tiller  Norway + 3"
28 Pascal Eenkhoorn  Netherlands + 3"
29 Valentin Madouas  France + 3"
30 Michael Storer  Australia + 3"

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2017 World Championships U23 - Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ Wynn, Nigel (22 September 2017). "Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy wins under-23 men's road race world title; Brit Wood fourth". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Qualification system" (PDF).