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2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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Men's road race
2015 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Rainbow jersey
Race details
DatesSeptember 27, 2015
Stages1
Distance261.40 km (162.4 mi)
Winning time6h 14' 37"[1]
Medalists
   Gold  Peter Sagan (SVK)
   Silver  Michael Matthews (AUS)
   Bronze  Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU)
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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

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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

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Main article: 2015 UCI Road World Championships – 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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "Sagan smashes his way to victory at worlds". VeloNews. September 27, 2015. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  4. ^ Windsor, Richard (September 27, 2015). "Peter Sagan storms to World Championship road race victory in Richmond". Cycling Weekly. 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". Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
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