2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's road race
2023 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates	6 August 2023
Stages	1 in Glasgow, Great Britain
Distance	271.1 km (168.5 mi)
Winning time	6h 07' 27"
Medalists
	Gold
	Silver
	Bronze
	← Wollongong 2022 Zürich 2024 →

The men's road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 6 August 2023 in Glasgow, Great Britain.^[1] Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the race after a crash in a high speed corner, racing solo, 16 km before the finish.^[2]

Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 30 June 2023.^[3]

UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.^[4]

Nations	Riders
Australia	8
Belgium
Colombia
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Slovenia
Spain
Austria	6
Canada
Eritrea
Germany
Ireland
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland
United States
Algeria	4
Czechia
Ecuador
Estonia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Luxembourg
Morocco
South Africa
Neutral athletes of Russian sporting nationality	1
Argentina
China
Costa Rica
Greece
Israel
Japan
Mauritius
Mongolia
Panama
Poland
Romania
Rwanda
Slovakia
Sweden
Thailand
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela

Continental champions

Name	Country	Reason
Remco Evenepoel	Belgium	Incumbent World Champion
Henok Mulubrhan	Eritrea	African Champion
Pier-André Côté	Canada	Panamerican Champion
Gleb Brussenskiy	Kazakhstan	Asian Champion

Participating nations

195 cyclists from 58 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.^[5]

Anguilla (1)
Argentina (1)
Algeria (2)
Australia (8)
Austria (6)
Belgium (9)
Brazil (1)
British Virgin Islands (1)
Canada (6)
Cape Verde (1)
Chile (1)
China (1)
Colombia (7)
Costa Rica (1)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (4)
Denmark (8)
Ecuador (3)
Eritrea (3)
France (8)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (8)
Greece (1)
Guyana (1)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (6)
Israel (1)
Italy (8)
Japan (1)
Kazakhstan (5)
Latvia (4)
Luxembourg (4)
Malta (1)
Mauritius (1)
Monaco (1)
Mongolia (1)
Morocco (4)
Netherlands (8)
New Zealand (5)
Norway (6)
Panama (1)
Poland (1)
Portugal (4)
Rwanda (1)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (8)
South Africa (4)
Spain (8)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (6)
Uganda (1)
Ukraine (1)
United States (6)
Uruguay (1)
Uzbekistan (1)
Vatican City (1)
Venezuela (1)

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
1	Mathieu van der Poel	Netherlands	6h 07' 27"
2	Wout van Aert	Belgium	+ 1' 37"
3	Tadej Pogačar	Slovenia	+ 1' 45"
4	Mads Pedersen	Denmark	+ 1' 45"
5	Stefan Küng	Switzerland	+ 3' 48"
6	Jasper Stuyven	Belgium	+ 3' 48"
7	Matthew Dinham	Australia	+ 3' 48"
8	Toms Skujiņš	Latvia	+ 3' 48"
9	Tiesj Benoot	Belgium	+ 3' 48"
10	Alberto Bettiol	Italy	+ 4' 03"
11	Neilson Powless	United States	+ 4' 20"
12	Dylan van Baarle	Netherlands	+ 4' 24"
13	Mauro Schmid	Switzerland	+ 5' 50"
14	Mattias Skjelmose	Denmark	+ 6' 22"
15	Valentin Madouas	France	+ 7' 53"
16	John Degenkolb	Germany	+ 8' 30"
17	Rasmus Tiller	Norway	+ 8' 30"
18	Owain Doull	Great Britain	+ 8' 30"
19	Alex Aranburu	Spain	+ 8' 30"
20	Kevin Vermaerke	United States	+ 8' 30"
21	Simon Clarke	Australia	+ 8' 30"
22	Patrick Gamper	Austria	+ 8' 30"
23	Krists Neilands	Latvia	+ 8' 55"
24	Petr Kelemen	Czech Republic	+ 10' 01"
25	Remco Evenepoel	Belgium	+ 10' 10"
26	Connor Swift	Great Britain	+ 13' 59"
27	Simone Velasco	Italy	+ 13' 59"
28	Lorenzo Rota	Italy	+ 13' 59"
29	Emīls Liepiņš	Latvia	+ 13' 59"
30	Iván García Cortina	Spain	+ 13' 59"
31	Marco Haller	Austria	+ 13' 59"
32	Lucas Eriksson	Sweden	+ 13' 59"
33	Matevž Govekar	Slovenia	+ 13' 59"
34	Kristian Sbaragli	Italy	+ 13' 59"
35	Michael Gogl	Austria	+ 13' 59"
36	Guillaume Boivin	Canada	+ 13' 59"
37	Michael Boroš	Czech Republic	+ 13' 59"
38	Sebastian Schönberger	Austria	+ 13' 59"
39	Andrea Bagioli	Italy	+ 13' 59"
40	Nickolas Zukowsky	Canada	+ 14' 06"
41	Jonas Rutsch	Germany	+ 14' 06"
42	Adam Ťoupalík	Czech Republic	+ 14' 06"
43	Silvan Dillier	Switzerland	+ 14' 06"
44	Yves Lampaert	Belgium	+ 14' 11"
45	Olav Kooij	Netherlands	+ 14' 11"
46	Nelson Oliveira	Portugal	+ 14' 13"
47	Benoît Cosnefroy	France	+ 14' 13"
48	Ryan Christensen	New Zealand	+ 14' 13"
49	Alexey Lutsenko	Kazakhstan	+ 14' 15"
50	Andreas Leknessund	Norway	+ 14' 18"
51	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Norway	+ 14' 18"

Rider	Country	Time
Jhonatan Narváez	Ecuador	DNF
Nathan Van Hooydonck	Belgium	DNF
João Almeida	Portugal	DNF
Lawson Craddock	United States	DNF
Michael Matthews	Australia	DNF
Julian Alaphilippe	France	DNF
Luke Rowe	Great Britain	DNF
Ion Izagirre	Spain	DNF
Bryan Coquard	France	DNF
Rory Townsend	Ireland	DNF
Santiago Buitrago	Colombia	DNF
Christophe Laporte	France	DNF
Matteo Trentin	Italy	DNF
Lukas Pöstlberger	Austria	DNF
Jonas Abrahamsen	Norway	DNF
Victor Campenaerts	Belgium	DNF
Michel Hessmann	Germany	DNF
Harold Tejada	Colombia	DNF
Søren Kragh Andersen	Denmark	DNF
Marc Hirschi	Switzerland	DNF
Michał Kwiatkowski	Poland	DNF
Ben Healy	Ireland	DNF
Florian Sénéchal	France	DNF
Mathias Vacek	Czech Republic	DNF
Jasper Philipsen	Belgium	DNF
Ruben Guerreiro	Portugal	DNF
Ryan Gibbons	South Africa	DNF
Jan Maas	Netherlands	DNF
Alexander Kristoff	Norway	DNF
Magnus Cort	Denmark	DNF
Gonzalo Serrano	Spain	DNF
Mikkel Frølich Honoré	Denmark	DNF
André Carvalho	Portugal	DNF
Roger Adrià	Spain	DNF
Corbin Strong	New Zealand	DNF
Kaden Groves	Australia	DNF
Harry Sweeny	Australia	DNF
Laurence Pithie	New Zealand	DNF
Andreas Miltiadis	Cyprus	DNF
Kevin Geniets	Luxembourg	DNF
Kasper Asgreen	Denmark	DNF
Fred Wright	Great Britain	DNF
Pascal Eenkhoorn	Netherlands	DNF
Ben Turner	Great Britain	DNF
Alex Kirsch	Luxembourg	DNF
Daniel Oss	Italy	DNF
Olivier Le Gac	France	DNF
Luka Mezgec	Slovenia	DNF
Stefan Bissegger	Switzerland	DNS
Rigoberto Urán	Colombia	DNF
Ben Swift	Great Britain	DNF
Peter Sagan	Slovakia	DNF
Nils Politt	Germany	DNF
Jake Stewart	Great Britain	DNF
George Bennett	New Zealand	DNF
Jaka Primožič	Slovenia	DNF
Jannik Steimle	Germany	DNF
Jesús Herrada	Spain	DNF
Mohcine El Kouraji	Morocco	DNF
Jonathan Caicedo	Ecuador	DNF
Edvald Boasson Hagen	Norway	DNF
James Oram	New Zealand	DNF
Nico Denz	Germany	DNF
Daan Hoole	Netherlands	DNF
Sean Quinn	United States	DNF
Rainer Kepplinger	Austria	DNF
Yukiya Arashiro	Japan	DNF
Márton Dina	Hungary	DNF
German Tivani	Argentina	DNF
Jefferson Alexander Cepeda	Ecuador	DNF
Sainbayaryn Jambaljamts	Mongolia	DNF
Omar El Gouzi	Morocco	DNF
Samuel Watson	Great Britain	DNF
Anatoliy Budyak	Ukraine	DNF
Derek Gee	Canada	DNF
Itamar Einhorn	Israel	DNF
Nicolas Sessler	Brazil	DNF
Gleb Brussenskiy	Kazakhstan	DNF
Rémi Cavagna	France	DNF
Larry Warbasse	United States	DNF
Georgios Bouglas	Greece	DNF
Charles Kagimu	Uganda	DNF
Adil El Arbaoui	Morocco	DNF
Jason Huertas	Costa Rica	DNF
Filippo Baroncini	Italy	DNF
Igor Chzhan	Kazakhstan	DNF
Matúš Štoček	Slovakia	DNF
Tom Wirtgen	Luxembourg	DNF
Charles-Étienne Chrétien	Canada	DNF
Ben Perry	Canada	DNF
Dmitriy Gruzdev	Kazakhstan	DNF
Will Barta	United States	DNF
Xabier Azparren	Spain	DNF
Cormac McGeough	Ireland	DNF
Jesús Ezquerra	Spain	DNF
Frederik Frison	Belgium	DNF
El Houcaine Sabbahi	Morocco	DNF
Muradjan Khalmuratov	Uzbekistan	DNF
Walter Vargas	Colombia	DNF
Michael Mørkøv	Denmark	DNF
Mick van Dijke	Netherlands	DNF
Hugo Houle	Canada	DNF
Domen Novak	Slovenia	DNF
Dillon Corkery	Ireland	DNF
Ryan Mullen	Ireland	DNF
Cedric Pries	Luxembourg	DNF
Oscar Riesebeek	Netherlands	DNF
Juan Sebastián Molano	Colombia	DNF
Anže Skok	Slovenia	DNF
Mārtiņš Pluto	Latvia	DNF
Alex Edmondson	Australia	DNF
Fabian Lienhard	Switzerland	DNF
Daryl Impey	South Africa	DNF
Kristijan Koren	Slovenia	DNF
Tilen Finkšt	Slovenia	DNF
Mikkel Bjerg	Denmark	DNF
Victor Langellotti	Monaco	DNF
Eric Manizabayo	Rwanda	DNF
Luke Plapp	Australia	DNF
Luke Durbridge	Australia	DNF
Manuel Lira	Chile	DNF
Aidan Buttigieg	Malta	DNF
Su Haoyu	China	DNF
Fernando Gaviria	Colombia	DNF
Jesús David Peña	Colombia	DNF
Sam Bennett	Ireland	DNF
Dawit Yemane	Eritrea	DNF
Henok Mulubrhan	Eritrea	DNF
Natnael Berhane	Eritrea	DNF
Callum Ormiston	South Africa	DNF
Morné van Niekerk	South Africa	DNF
Yacine Hamza	Algeria	DNF
Youcef Reguigui	Algeria	DNF
Eric Fagúndez	Uruguay	DNF
José Alarcón	Venezuela	DNF
Christopher Rougier-Lagane	Mauritius	DNF
Darel Christopher	British Virgin Islands	DNF
Cammie Adams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	DNF
Briton John	Guyana	DNF
Eliezer Soares	Cape Verde	DNF
Hasani Hennis	Anguilla	DNF
Rien Schuurhuis	Vatican City	DNF
Carlos Samudio	Panama	DNF
Yevgeniy Fedorov	Kazakhstan	DNS

References

^ "90th World Championships – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Mathieu van der Poel becomes world road cycling champion in Glasgow". The Guardian.
^ "Qualification System for the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Road" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Road Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
^ "Road Race Men's Elite 2023 Start List". ProcyclingStats. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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[1] "90th World Championships – Road Race". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[2] "Mathieu van der Poel becomes world road cycling champion in Glasgow". The Guardian.

[3] "Qualification System for the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Road" (PDF). Union Cycliste International. Union Cycliste International. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[4] "2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Road Quota Allocation" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

[5] "Road Race Men's Elite 2023 Start List". ProcyclingStats. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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Events at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships

Elite events
Elite road race	men		women
Elite time trial	men		women
Elite team relay		mixed
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race	men		women
Under-23 time trial	men		women
Junior events
Junior road race	men		women
Junior time trial	men		women
v t e

v t e UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race
1927–1938	1927: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1928: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1929: Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1930: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1931: Learco Guerra (ITA) 1932: Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1933: Georges Speicher (FRA) 1934: Karel Kaers (BEL) 1935: Jean Aerts (BEL) 1936: Antonin Magne (FRA) 1937: Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) 1938: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1946–1959	1946: Hans Knecht (SUI) 1947: Theo Middelkamp (NED) 1948: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1949: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1950: Briek Schotte (BEL) 1951: Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 1952: Heinz Müller (FRG) 1953: Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1954: Louison Bobet (FRA) 1955: Stan Ockers (BEL) 1956: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1957: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1958: Ercole Baldini (ITA) 1959: André Darrigade (FRA)
1960–1979	1960: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1961: Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1962: Jean Stablinski (FRA) 1963: Benoni Beheyt (BEL) 1964: Jan Janssen (NED) 1965: Tom Simpson (GBR) 1966: Rudi Altig (FRG) 1967: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1968: Vittorio Adorni (ITA) 1969: Harm Ottenbros (NED) 1970: Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL) 1971: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972: Marino Basso (ITA) 1973: Felice Gimondi (ITA) 1974: Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1975: Hennie Kuiper (NED) 1976: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1977: Francesco Moser (ITA) 1978: Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1979: Jan Raas (NED)
1980–1999	1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: Rui Costa (POR) 2014: Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2020–2039	2020: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2021: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Tadej Pogačar (SLO)