The 2022 UCI Road World Championships was the 95th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held between 18 and 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
In February 2022, the UCI announced that a women's U23 category would be added to the road race and time trial events. The titles would be awarded from within the elite women's events, and separate races would be added from 2025.
On 1 March 2022, AusCycling announced that Russian and Belarusian teams would not be allowed to compete based on the International Olympic Committee's recommendation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Routes In March 2022, the routes for the championships were announced.
The Elite Road races started in Helensburgh (about north of Wollongong) before tackling a loop around Mount Keira (climb length of with an average gradient of 5% and a maximum incline of 15%). The Elite Road races then took in laps of the Wollongong City Circuit. This finishing circuit had of climbing elevation each lap including the Mount Pleasant climb (climb length of with an average gradient of 7.7%, maximum incline of 14%).
In total, the Elite Women Road Race climbed elevation over a race distance of (1 Mount Keira loop, 6x Wollongong City Circuit) and the Elite Men Road Race climbed over a race distance of (1 Mount Keira loop, 12x Wollongong City Circuit). The other road races (Junior men, Junior women, U23 men) used laps of the Wollongong City Circuit for their events.
The time trial events used courses similar to the Wollongong City Circuit, albeit avoiding the Mount Pleasant climb. The Elite Women and Elite Men time trial events were over the same distance ().
Schedule All times listed below are for the local time – Australian Eastern Standard Time or UTC+10:00.
Date Timings Event Location(start) Location(finish)Distance Individual time trial events18 September 09:35 12:30 Elite women Wollongong U23 Women 18 September 13:30 17:00 Elite men 19 September 13:20 17:00 U23 Men 20 September 09:30 11:06 Junior women 20 September 13:20 17:01 Junior men Mixed team relay 21 September 14:20 17:03 Mixed relayWollongong Road race events Distance Laps 23 September 08:30 12:00 Junior men Wollongong Wollongong 8 WCC 23 September 13:00 17:16 U23 Men 10 WCC 24 September 08:00 09:53 Junior women 4 WCC24 September11:5517:00 Elite women Helensburgh 1 MKL6 WCC U23 Women 25 September 10:00 16:51 Elite men 1 MKL12 WCC
Medal summary Elite events Men's Events 6h 16' 08" + 2' 21" + 2' 21" 40' 02.78" + 2.95" + 9.16" Women's Events 4h 24' 25" + 1" + 1" 44' 28.60" + 12.73" + 41.68" Mixed Event Stefan BisseggerElise ChabbeyNicole KollerStefan KüngMarlen ReusserMauro Schmid 33' 47.17" Edoardo AffiniElena CecchiniFilippo GannaVittoria GuazziniElisa Longo BorghiniMatteo Sobrero + 2.92" Georgia BakerLuke DurbridgeAlexandra ManlyMichael MatthewsLuke PlappSarah Roy + 38.40"
Under-23 events Men's Under-23 Events 3h 57' 08" + 1" + 3" 34' 13.40" + 16.34" + 24.16" Women's Under-23 Events 4h 24' 26" + 12" + 12" 45' 20.71" + 1' 48.74" + 2' 17.37"
Junior events Men's Juniors Events 3h 11' 07" + 0" + 55" 34' 59.26" + 19.19" + 33.45" Women's Juniors Events 1h 47' 05" + 2' 07" + 2' 07" 18' 26.78" + 1' 35.78" + 1' 48.98"
Medal table
Notes
References
External links