The Men's under-23 road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around in Richmond, Virginia, United States on September 25, 2015. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Richmond.
Kévin Ledanois became the third French rider to win the title, after making a late solo move in the closing kilometers. He held off Italy's Simone Consonni to take the gold medal, while Ledanois' team mate Anthony Turgis completed the podium, two seconds later.
Qualification
Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours and the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup during 2015. Results from January to the middle of August counted towards the qualification criteria. In addition to this number, the current continental champions were also able to take part. The outgoing World Champion, Matej Mohorič, did not compete as he was no longer eligible – he moved to the UCI ProTeam for the 2015 season. If a nation is included in the final classification of the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup, but that nation was not yet qualified, it may register 6 riders, 3 of whom were starters. The first 5 nations of the final classification of the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup were entitled to an extra rider.
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In addition to this number the current continental champions were also able to take part.
Champion Name Asian Champion Pan American Champion European Champion
Course
The under-23 men rode ten laps on the road race circuit. The length of the circuit was and had a total elevation of . All road races took place on a challenging, technical and inner-city road circuit. 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 climb up to Libby Hill Park in the historic Church Hill neighborhood. A quick descent, followed by three hard turns led to a climb up 23rd Street. Once atop this steep cobbled hill, riders descended into Shockoe Bottom. This led them to the final climb on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, to the finish.
Schedule All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). Date Time Event25 September 2015 12:45–16:50 Men's under-23 road race
Participating nations 170 cyclists from 52 nations took part in the men's under-23 road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
Prize money The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of €8,049. Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total Amount €3,833 €2,683 €1,533 €8,049
Final classification Of the race's 170 entrants, 130 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Country Time 1 Kévin Ledanois 2 Simone Consonni 3 Anthony Turgis + 2" 4 Gianni Moscon + 2" 5 Alexander Kamp Egested + 5" 6 Fabian Lienhard + 5" 7 Michal Schlegel + 5" 8 Lucas Gaday + 5" 9 Adam de Vos + 10" 10 Lennard Kämna + 12" 11 Merhawi Kudus + 12" 12 Tom Bohli + 12" 13 Jack Haig + 12" 14 Tim Kerkhof + 13" 15 Mihkel Räim + 13" 16 Michał Paluta + 13" 17 Benjamin Declercq + 13" 18 Jakub Kaczmarek + 13" 19 Maxime Farazijn + 13" 20 Miguel Ángel Benito + 16" 21 Alexander Wachter + 16" 22 Sam Oomen + 16" 23 Twan Brusselman + 16" 24 Imanol Estévez + 24" 25 Rok Korošec + 24" 26 Ben Perry + 24" 27 Lucas Eriksson + 24" 28 Felix Großschartner + 24" 29 Søren Kragh Andersen + 24" 30 Sebastian Schönberger + 24" 31 Ignacio Prado + 29" 32 Fabien Grellier + 29" 33 Stylianos Farantakis + 29" 34 Josip Rumac + 35" 35 Jan Dieteren + 37" 36 Dylan Page + 37" 37 Laurens De Plus + 37" 38 Truls Engen Korsæth + 37" 39 Nuno Matos + 37" 40 David Per + 37" 41 Cristian Raileanu + 37" 42 Anders Skaarseth + 48" 43 Metkel Eyob + 48" 44 Héctor Sáez + 48" 45 Yuri Kobashi + 48" 46 Samir Jabrayilov + 48" 47 Erik Baška + 48" 48 Daniel Eaton + 48" 49 Gašper Katrašnik + 48" 50 Nils Politt + 48" 51 Michael Gogl + 59" 52 Oliviero Troia + 1' 03" 53 Josten Vaidem + 1' 07" 54 Sergey Luchshenko + 1' 09" 55 Rui Carvalho + 1' 12" 56 Nick Schultz + 1' 12" 57 Ildar Arslanov + 1' 12" 58 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier + 1' 12" 59 Hugo Hofstetter + 1' 12" 60 Guy Gabay + 1' 12" 61 Toshiki Omote + 1' 12" 62 Yevgeniy Gidich + 1' 12" 63 Ryan Gibbons + 1' 12" 64 Daan Myngheer + 1' 12" 65 Maximilian Schachmann + 1' 12" 66 Davide Martinelli + 1' 12" 67 Gregor Mühlberger + 1' 12" 68 Artem Nych + 1' 12" 69 Roman Kustadinchev + 1' 17" 70 James Oram + 1' 20" 71 Anass Aït El Abdia + 1' 25" 72 José Luis Rodríguez + 1' 25" 73 Daniel Hoelgaard + 1' 25" 74 Odd Christian Eiking + 1' 25" 75 Wilmar Paredes + 1' 25" 76 Oleg Zemlyakov + 1' 25" 77 Lennard Hofstede + 1' 48" 78 Harry Carpenter + 2' 08" 79 Patrick Müller + 2' 20" 80 Juan Felipe Osorio + 2' 22" 81 Marcus Fåglum + 2' 49" 82 Nathan Van Hooydonck + 3' 02" 83 Adrian Banaszek + 3' 02" 84 Dion Smith + 3' 02" 85 Daniel Turek + 3' 31"
Rank Rider Country Time 86 Josef Černý + 3' 31" 87 Logan Owen + 3' 32" 88 Leonardo Basso + 3' 34" 89 Jayde Julius + 3' 34" 90 Colin Joyce + 4' 11" 91 Markus Hoelgaard + 4' 25" 92 Owain Doull + 4' 40" 93 Michael Carbel + 4' 40" 94 Krists Neilands + 4' 40" 95 Gustav Hoog + 5' 17" 96 Davide Ballerini + 5' 42" 97 Bonaventure Uwizeyimana + 6' 11" 98 Théry Schir + 6' 53" 99 Pedro Rodríguez + 8' 14" 100 Fabrizio Von Nacher + 8' 51" 101 Juraj Bellan + 9' 46" 102 Stepan Astafyev + 9' 46" 103 Esteban Villareal + 9' 46" 104 João Rodrigues + 10' 44" 105 Abderrahmane Mansouri + 10' 44" 106 Aksel Nõmmela + 10' 44" 107 Ludvig Bengtsson + 10' 44" 108 Eddie Dunbar + 10' 44" 109 Adil Barbari + 10' 44" 110 Dmitriy Lukyanov + 10' 44" 111 Mamyr Stash + 11' 06" 112 Jonas Gregaard + 11' 06" 113 Ľuboš Malovec + 11' 06" 114 Franck Bonnamour + 11' 49" 115 Hayden McCormick + 11' 49" 116 Juan Ignacio Curuchet + 12' 04" 117 Roy Goldstein + 14' 27" 118 Yonas Tekeste + 14' 27" 119 Tao Geoghegan Hart + 15' 19" 120 Ruben Guerreiro + 15' 19" 121 Aviv Yechezkel + 15' 19" 122 Yūma Koishi + 15' 41" 123 Jhonatan Ospina + 16' 38" 124 Tyler Williams + 16' 38" 125 Valens Ndayisenga + 17' 01" 126 Scott Davies + 17' 01" 127 Alex Peters + 17' 01" 128 Alejandro Morales + 17' 08" 129 Tom Wirtgen + 17' 45" 130 Salvador Martínez + 23' 19" Jonas Koch Martin Laas DNF Marlen Zmorka DNF Sergiy Kozachenko DNF Nigel Ellsay DNF Ruslan Giliazov DNF Alexander Cataford DNF Marc Fournier DNF Suguru Tokuda DNF Mads Würtz Schmidt DNF Caio Godoy DNF Gregory Daniel DNF Xavier San Sebastián DNF Rustom Lim DNF Atsushi Oka DNF Álvaro Hodeg DNF Jean Bosco Nsengiyumva DNF Gabriel Cullaigh DNF Nikolay Cherkasov DNF František Sisr DNF Andrej Petrovski DNF Fridtjof Røinås DNF Dominic Perez DNF Juan Sebastián Molano DNF Dominique Mayho DNF Miles Scotson DNF John Camingao DNF Jefferson Cepeda DNF Oskar Nisu DNF Gerardo Medina DNF Nassim Saidi DNF Narankhuu Baterdene DNF Abderrahmane Bechlaghem DNF Omer Goldstein DNF Nic Dlamini DNF Kolya Shumov DNF Jhonatan Restrepo DNF Elias Abou Rachid DNF Steven Lammertink DNF Alistair Donohoe
Alistair Donohoe was disqualified: rule 12.1.040.18 holding on to the car.
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