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

Men's under-23 road race
Series:	2017 UCI Road World Championships
Date:	22 September 2017
Stages:	1
Distance:	191
Unit:	km
Time:	4h 48' 23"^[1]
Speed:	39.3738
Type:	medals
Previous:	2016
Next:	2018

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

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

Name	Country	Reason
Meron Abraham		African Champion
Hayato Okamoto		Asian Champion
Lucas Hamilton		Oceanian Champion
Matías Muñoz		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

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

Rank	Rider	Time
	Benoît Cosnefroy
		+
		+
4		+
5	Vincenzo Albanese	+
6	Damien Touzé	+
7	Max Kanter	+
8	Michał Paluta	+
9	Mark Downey	+
10	Anders Skaarseth	+
11	Nicolás Tivani	+
12	Patrick Müller	+
13	Stylianos Farantakis	+
14	Marc Hirschi	+
15	Bjorg Lambrecht	+
16	Alexandr Riabushenko	+
17	Wilmar Paredes	+
18	Giovanni Carboni	+
19	Emiel Planckaert	+
20	Tadej Pogačar	+
21	Iván García Cortina	+
22	Callum Scotson	+
23	Pavel Sivakov	+
24	Lucas Eriksson	+
25	Jon Irisarri	+
26	Jaakko Hänninen	+
27	Rasmus Tiller	+
28	Pascal Eenkhoorn	+
29	Valentin Madouas	+
30	Michael Storer	+

Notes and References

Web site: 2017 World Championships U23 - Road Race . ProCyclingStats . 14 March 2021.
News: Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy wins under-23 men's road race world title; Brit Wood fourth. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. 22 September 2017. 30 September 2018.
Web site: Qualification system.