2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's road race
2015 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date September 27, 2015
Distance 261.40 km (162.4 mi)
Winning time 6h 14' 37"[1]
Medalists
 Gold  Peter Sagan (SVK)
 Silver  Michael Matthews (AUS)
 Bronze  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)
2015 UCI Road World Championships

Participating nations
Elite events
List of elite cyclists
Elite road race   men   women
Elite time trial   men   women
Elite team time trial   men   women
Under-23 events
List of under-23 cyclists
Under-23 road race   men  
Under-23 time trial   men  
Junior events
List of junior cyclists
Junior road race   men   women
Junior time trial   men   women
 
Qualification

The Men's road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on September 27, 2015 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It was the 82nd edition of the championship, and Poland's Michał Kwiatkowski was the defending champion.

Peter Sagan of Slovakia attacked on the final climb up 23rd Street and managed to stay clear of the field to take his first world title.[2] Three seconds behind, Australian rider Michael Matthews and Lithuania's Ramūnas Navardauskas led home a 24-rider group to take the silver and bronze medals respectively.[1][3][4]

Course

Profile of the road race circuit

All road races took place on a challenging, technical and inner-city road circuit, 16.22 km (10.08 mi) in length. The elite men's race consisted of 15 laps – plus a start lap of 18.1 km (11.2 mi) – for a total of 261.4 km (162.4 mi).

The circuit headed west from Downtown Richmond, working its way onto Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America". Cyclists took a 180-degree turn at the Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and Virginia Commonwealth University. Halfway through the circuit, the race headed down into Shockoe Bottom before following the canal and passing Great Shiplock Park, the start of the Virginia Capital Trail. A sharp, off-camber turn at Rocketts Landing brought the riders to the narrow, twisty, cobbled 200 meters (660 feet) climb up to Libby Hill Park in the historic Church Hill neighborhood. A quick descent, followed by three hard turns led to a 100 meters (330 feet) climb up 23rd Street. Once atop this steep cobbled hill, riders descended into Shockoe Bottom. This led them to the final 300 meters (980 feet) climb on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, 680 meters (2,230 feet) to the finish.

Qualification

Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours during 2015. Results from January to the middle of August counted towards the qualification criteria on both the 2015 UCI World Tour and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on August 15, 2015.[5]

The following 51 nations qualified.

Number of riders Nations
14 to enter, 9 to start  Australia,  Belgium,  Colombia,  France,  Germany,  Great Britain,  Italy,  Netherlands,  Spain
9 to enter, 6 to start  Algeria,  Canada,  Czech Republic,  Denmark,  Iran,  Norway,  Poland,  Russia,  Slovenia,  Ukraine,  United States,  Venezuela
5 to enter, 3 to start  Argentina,  Austria,  Belarus,  Brazil,  Costa Rica,  Croatia,  Estonia,  Ireland,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Lithuania,  Luxembourg,  Morocco,  New Zealand,  Portugal,  Slovakia,  South Africa,  South Korea,   Switzerland,  Turkey
2 to enter, 1 to start  Azerbaijan,  Chile,  Ecuador,  Eritrea,  Greece,  Guatemala,  Latvia,  Romania,  Serbia,  Tunisia

The qualification process became subject to criticism after several nations, including Iran, Turkey and Morocco did not take up their allocation.[6]

Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).[7]

Date Time Event
September 27, 2015 9:00–15:40 Men's road race

Final classification

Of the race's 192 entrants, 110 riders completed the full distance of 261.4 km (162.4 mi).[1]

Rank Rider Country Time
1 Peter Sagan  Slovakia 6h 14' 37"
2 Michael Matthews  Australia + 3"
3 Ramūnas Navardauskas  Lithuania + 3"
4 Alexander Kristoff  Norway + 3"
5 Alejandro Valverde  Spain + 3"
6 Simon Gerrans  Australia + 3"
7 Tony Gallopin  France + 3"
8 Michał Kwiatkowski  Poland + 3"
9 Rui Costa  Portugal + 3"
10 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium + 3"
11 Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands + 3"
12 Alex Howes  United States + 3"
13 Niki Terpstra  Netherlands + 3"
14 Rein Taaramäe  Estonia + 3"
15 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov  Russia + 3"
16 Nelson Oliveira  Portugal + 3"
17 Yukiya Arashiro  Japan + 3"
18 Giacomo Nizzolo  Italy + 3"
19 Brent Bookwalter  United States + 3"
20 Edvald Boasson Hagen  Norway + 3"
21 Nacer Bouhanni  France + 3"
22 Ben Swift  Great Britain + 3"
23 Greg Van Avermaet  Belgium + 3"
24 Tanel Kangert  Estonia + 3"
25 Andrey Amador  Costa Rica + 3"
26 Marco Haller  Austria + 12"
27 Daniel Moreno  Spain + 12"
28 Silvan Dillier   Switzerland + 12"
29 John Degenkolb  Germany + 15"
30 Luis León Sánchez  Spain + 15"
31 Steve Cummings  Great Britain + 15"
32 Rigoberto Urán  Colombia + 18"
33 Matti Breschel  Denmark + 21"
34 Matteo Trentin  Italy + 21"
35 Tom Boonen  Belgium + 21"
36 Pavel Brutt  Russia + 21"
37 Alexey Tsatevich  Russia + 28"
38 Arnaud Démare  France + 32"
39 Tomasz Marczyński  Poland + 40"
40 Sam Bennett  Ireland + 40"
41 Karel Hník  Czech Republic + 40"
42 Vincenzo Nibali  Italy + 40"
43 Zdeněk Štybar  Czech Republic + 40"
44 Heinrich Haussler  Australia + 40"
45 Lars Bak  Denmark + 55"
46 Andriy Hryvko  Ukraine + 55"
47 Luka Pibernik  Slovenia + 55"
48 Luka Mezgec  Slovenia + 55"
49 Mykhaylo Kononenko  Ukraine + 55"
50 Daryl Impey  South Africa + 55"
51 Ian Stannard  Great Britain + 55"
52 Juan José Lobato  Spain + 55"
53 Ben King  United States + 55"
54 Michał Gołaś  Poland + 55"
55 Sergey Lagutin  Russia + 55"
56 Jon Izagirre  Spain + 55"
57 Adam Yates  Great Britain + 55"
58 Greg Henderson  New Zealand + 55"
59 Maciej Paterski  Poland + 1' 10"
60 Kanstantsin Sivtsov  Belarus + 1' 38"
61 Antoine Duchesne  Canada + 1' 50"
62 Ilnur Zakarin  Russia + 1' 55"
63 Alexey Lutsenko  Kazakhstan + 2' 02"
64 Sep Vanmarcke  Belgium + 2' 08"
65 Maximiliano Richeze  Argentina + 2' 09"
66 Michael Albasini   Switzerland + 2' 15"
67 Michael Valgren  Denmark + 2' 50"
68 Carlos Quintero  Colombia + 2' 50"
69 Bauke Mollema  Netherlands + 2' 50"
70 Arman Kamyshev  Kazakhstan + 2' 50"
71 Jens Keukeleire  Belgium + 2' 50"
72 Vegard Stake Laengen  Norway + 2' 50"
73 Adam Hansen  Australia + 2' 50"
74 Rafał Majka  Poland + 2' 50"
75 Mickaël Delage  France + 2' 50"
76 Grégory Rast   Switzerland + 2' 50"
77 Mathew Hayman  Australia + 2' 50"
78 Michael Mørkøv  Denmark + 2' 50"
79 Tyler Farrar  United States + 3' 00"
80 Tiesj Benoot  Belgium + 3' 35"
81 Lars Boom  Netherlands + 3' 35"
82 Manuel Quinziato  Italy + 3' 41"
83 Daniele Bennati  Italy + 3' 41"
84 Fabio Felline  Italy + 3' 41"
85 Taylor Phinney  United States + 3' 41"
86 Grega Bole  Slovenia + 3' 45"
87 Sebastian Langeveld  Netherlands + 3' 45"
88 Tony Martin  Germany + 4' 00"
89 Elia Viviani  Italy + 5' 18"
90 Simon Geschke  Germany + 5' 23"
91 Robert Gesink  Netherlands + 6' 43"
92 Stijn Vandenbergh  Belgium + 6' 43"
93 Ryan Anderson  Canada + 6' 43"
94 Michael Woods  Canada + 6' 43"
95 Sergey Chernetskiy  Russia + 6' 43"
96 Dylan van Baarle  Netherlands + 6' 43"

Rank Rider Country Time
97 Jan Bárta  Czech Republic + 6' 43"
98 Jiří Polnický  Czech Republic + 6' 43"
99 Pim Ligthart  Netherlands + 6' 43"
100 Cyril Lemoine  France + 6' 43"
101 Scott Thwaites  Great Britain + 6' 43"
102 Diego Ulissi  Italy + 6' 43"
103 Paul Voss  Germany + 8' 12"
104 Paul Martens  Germany + 10' 47"
105 André Greipel  Germany + 10' 47"
106 Marcel Sieberg  Germany + 10' 47"
107 Guillaume Boivin  Canada + 11' 11"
108 Radoslav Rogina  Croatia + 11' 11"
109 Lawson Craddock  United States + 12' 56"
110 Gatis Smukulis  Latvia + 13' 58"
Joaquim Rodríguez  Spain DNF
Florian Vachon  France DNF
Simon Clarke  Australia DNF
Mitchell Docker  Australia DNF
Kristijan Đurasek  Croatia DNF
Georg Preidler  Austria DNF
Christian Knees  Germany DNF
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg  South Africa DNF
Jay McCarthy  Australia DNF
Luke Durbridge  Australia DNF
Roman Kreuziger  Czech Republic DNF
Luke Rowe  Great Britain DNF
Christopher Juul-Jensen  Denmark DNF
Rasmus Guldhammer  Denmark DNF
Nikolas Maes  Belgium DNF
Imanol Erviti  Spain DNF
Rubén Plaza  Spain DNF
Denys Kostyuk  Ukraine DNF
Lars Petter Nordhaug  Norway DNF
Kohei Uchima  Japan DNF
Ruslan Tleubayev  Kazakhstan DNF
Sébastien Minard  France DNF
Juraj Sagan  Slovakia DNF
Michael Kolář  Slovakia DNF
Kristijan Koren  Slovenia DNF
Lluís Mas  Spain DNF
Borut Božič  Slovenia DNF
Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus DNF
Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas  Costa Rica DNF
Ryan Roth  Canada DNF
Jarlinson Pantano  Colombia DNF
Johannes Fröhlinger  Germany DNF
Gediminas Bagdonas  Lithuania DNF
Petr Vakoč  Czech Republic DNF
Sven Erik Bystrøm  Norway DNF
Iljo Keisse  Belgium DNF
José Gonçalves  Portugal DNF
Winner Anacona  Colombia DNF
Alex Cano  Colombia DNF
Mekseb Debesay  Eritrea DNF
Manuel Rodas  Guatemala DNF
Julien Simon  France DNF
Vitaliy Buts  Ukraine DNF
Andrew Fenn  Great Britain DNF
Lukas Pöstlberger  Austria DNF
Julian Alaphilippe  France DNF
Maciej Bodnar  Poland DNF
Oleksandr Polivoda  Ukraine DNF
Polychronis Tzortzakis  Greece DNF
Edwin Ávila  Colombia DNF
Conor Dunne  Ireland DNF
Evaldas Šiškevičius  Lithuania DNF
Byron Guamá  Ecuador DNF
Kléber Ramos  Brazil DNF
Fumiyuki Beppu  Japan DNF
Miguel Ángel López  Colombia DNF
Hugo Houle  Canada DNF
Alex Dowsett  Great Britain DNF
Jesse Sergent  New Zealand DNF
Carlos Alzate  Colombia DNF
Tomáš Bucháček  Czech Republic DNF
Serghei Țvetcov  Romania DNF
Sam Bewley  New Zealand DNF
Laurent Didier  Luxembourg DNF
Daniel Jaramillo  Colombia DNF
Marko Kump  Slovenia DNF
Vegard Breen  Norway DNF
Yauheni Hutarovich  Belarus DNF
Jos van Emden  Netherlands DNF
Jempy Drucker  Luxembourg DNF
Ivan Stević  Serbia DNF
Daniel Oss  Italy DNF
Andriy Khripta  Ukraine DNF
Nikolay Mihaylov  Bulgaria DNF
Park Sung-baek  South Korea DNF
Gonzalo Garrido  Chile DNF
Alex Kirsch  Luxembourg DNF
Daniel Díaz  Argentina DNF
Seo Joon-yong  South Korea DNF
Antonio Garnero  Brazil DNF
Cesar Rojas Villegas  Costa Rica DNF
Jaco Venter  South Africa DNS

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  2. "Peter Sagan wins gold at Road Cycling World Championships". BBC Sport. BBC. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  3. "Sagan smashes his way to victory at worlds". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  4. Windsor, Richard (September 27, 2015). "Peter Sagan storms to World Championship road race victory in Richmond". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  5. "Qualification" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. Weislo, Laura (September 20, 2015). "UCI may revisit world championship allocations after some countries no-show in Richmond". Cycling News. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  7. "Race Schedule". Retrieved August 22, 2015.

External links

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