The 2018 UCI Road World Championships concluded on Sunday, with the elite men's road race bringing the curtain down on a week of racing in which 12 world titles were awarded.
With the dust settled in Innsbruck, here is your essential round-up of the action from the 2018 Worlds.
ELITE
Men's road race
World champion: Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
Silver: Romain Bardet (France)
Bronze: Michael Woods (Canada)
ADVERTISEMENT
Alejandro Valverde finally has the rainbow jersey. The Spaniard had come close on so many occasions, with six medals already in his locker, but he finally fulfilled his 15-year quest on Sunday with victory in Innsbruck.
Though a few big names, such as Michal Kwiatkowski and Simon Yates, had already fallen out of contention, a sizeable group arrived at the foot of the devilishly steep Höll climb in the 258.5km race's finale. By the top, Valverde had emerged alongside Romain Bardet and Michael Woods as the leading trio, though Tom Dumoulin did manage to re-engage after the descent.
- Race report, results, photos
- Highlights video
- Valverde ends 15-year hunt for World Championships title
- Bardet: We can't be satisfied with second place
- Worlds: Woods hangs on for bronze after cramping in final sprint
Women's road race
- Race report, results, photos
- Highlights video
- Party time for Van der Breggen as rainbow jersey plan comes together
- Spratt: Silver feels like a victory at World Championships
Men's time trial
- Race report, results, photos
- Highlights video
- Dennis' world title four years in the making
- Dumoulin: Physically, I'm a broken man
Women's time trial
- Race report, results, photos
- Highlights video
- Time trial was a 'game of seconds', says Van Vleuten
- Van der Breggen disappointed with another silver medal behind Van Vleuten
Men's team time trial
- Race report, results, photos
- Quick-Step savour fourth TTT world title
- Team Sky crash out of the medals
- BMC Racing sign off with a fifth and final podium place in team time trial
Women's team time trial
- Race report, results, photos
- Worrack moved by fifth team time trial victory
- Canyon-SRAM celebrate victory in final women’s TTT World Championships
UNDER 23
Men's road race
Men's time trial
- Race report, results, photos
- Worlds: U23 time trial medallists not tempted to step up to WorldTour level in 2019
JUNIOR
Men's road race
- Race report, results, photos
- Highlights video
- Eddy Merckx: Remco Evenepoel really is something special
- Evenepoel shows true depth of his talent with chase and solo victory
Women's road race
- Race report, results, photos
- Highlights video
- Stigger becomes world champion in just her second road race
Men's time trial
- Race report, results, photos
- Remco Evenepoel: Don't call me the next Eddy Merckx
- Plapp takes silver for Australia in Worlds junior men's time trial
Women's time trial
You can read more at Cyclingnews.com
via Cyclingnews Latest Interviews and Features http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/worlds-wrap-round-up-from-innsbruck-2018
No comments:
Post a Comment