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

Men's under-23 road race

2017 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates	22 September 2017
Stages	1
Distance	191 km (118.7 mi)
Winning time	4h 48' 23"[1]
Medalists
Gold  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)    Silver  Lennard Kämna (GER)    Bronze  Michael Carbel (DEN)
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Events at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships
Participating nations Qualification
Elite events
Elite road race	men	women
Elite time trial	men	women
Elite team time trial	men	women
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race	men
Under-23 time trial	men
Junior events
Junior road race	men	women
Junior time trial	men	women
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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	Eritrea	African Champion
Hayato Okamoto	Japan	Asian Champion
Lucas Hamilton	Australia	Oceanian Champion
Matías Muñoz	Chile	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 191 kilometres (119 miles).

Rank	Rider	Nation	Time
	Benoît Cosnefroy	France	4h 48'  23"
	Lennard Kämna	Germany	+ 0"
	Michael Carbel Svendgaard	Denmark	+ 3"
4	Oliver Wood	United Kingdom	+ 3"
5	Vincenzo Albanese	Italy	+ 3"
6	Damien Touzé	France	+ 3"
7	Max Kanter	Germany	+ 3"
8	Michał Paluta	Poland	+ 3"
9	Mark Downey	Ireland	+ 3"
10	Anders Skaarseth	Norway	+ 3"
11	Nicolás Tivani	Argentina	+ 3"
12	Patrick Müller	Switzerland	+ 3"
13	Stylianos Farantakis	Greece	+ 3"
14	Marc Hirschi	Switzerland	+ 3"
15	Bjorg Lambrecht	Belgium	+ 3"
16	Alexandr Riabushenko	Belarus	+ 3"
17	Wilmar Paredes	Colombia	+ 3"
18	Giovanni Carboni	Italy	+ 3"
19	Emiel Planckaert	Belgium	+ 3"
20	Tadej Pogačar	Slovenia	+ 3"
21	Iván García Cortina	Spain	+ 3"
22	Callum Scotson	Australia	+ 3"
23	Pavel Sivakov	Russia	+ 3"
24	Lucas Eriksson	Sweden	+ 3"
25	Jon Irisarri	Spain	+ 3"
26	Jaakko Hänninen	Finland	+ 3"
27	Rasmus Tiller	Norway	+ 3"
28	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Netherlands	+ 3"
29	Valentin Madouas	France	+ 3"
30	Michael Storer	Australia	+ 3"

References

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