As the world's best riders compete for rainbow jerseys at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, the UCI unveiled the courses for next year’s Worlds, with the punishingly hot and relentlessly flat Doha to be followed by the icy fjords and hills around Bergen, Norway.
The most eye-catching aspect of the event - back in the traditional September slot - is the men's individual time trial, which will feature a summit finish at Mount Floyen with gradients of 10 per cent.
The 31km course – the shortest in the history of the event – features two laps of a rolling circuit, but the riders will then peel off to take on the 3.4km climb of Floyen, at which point they will almost certainly have to switch their time trial machines for a road bike.
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The climb goes from sea level to 300 metres, averaging 9.1 per cent, and a steep funicular railway is the standard means of transport for tourists wishing to take in the views from the top.
Usually the reserve of rouleurs – or at most power riders who can absorb hills and rolling terrain – the Worlds time trial has never seen such severe uphill gradients.
"Bergen 2017 will offer a spectacular time trial circuit never seen before at the UCI Road World Championships," said former world champion Thor Hushovd, who's an ambassador for the event.
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