The best of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships – Gallery

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And so it ends: eight magnificent days of racing around stunning Innsbruck, Austria, where the world champions in the disciplines of time trialling and road racing, at junior, under-23 and elite levels, were crowned.

The new world champions now have 12 months as custodians of their rainbow jerseys before we do it all again in Harrogate, Yorkshire, in the UK.

Can the Dutch women's team dominate again, as they have at the championships for the past two years? Will Spain's Alejandro Valverde still have the hunger, and indeed the legs, to defend his title, or will we see 2015, 2016 and 2017 road race world champion Peter Sagan take back 'his' rainbow jersey? And what kind of progression will we see from the junior riders, like Remco Evenepoel, who won both the time trial and the road race in the junior men's category?

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In the meantime, enjoy our gallery of the best pictures from the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck.

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Wout van Aert's Stevens Super Prestige - Gallery

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Cyclo-cross champion Wout van Aert finished second place at the Jingle Cross World Cup in Iowa last Saturday, being edged out by Toon Aerts (Telenet Fidea) after a mistake on lap 6 of the second World Cup race of the season.

After Mathieu van der Poel switched to Canyon bikes earlier this year, Van Aert took on the Stevens Super Prestige framesets, which were formally used by the Dutchman.

Van Aert's mechanic at the Jingle Cross event said the stock frameset is temporary and a custom-painted frameset, commemorating Van Aert's world championship title, will be used when the cyclo-cross World Cup returns to Europe later this month.

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Previously riding a Felt frameset, Van Aert retains the SRAM and Zipp components, finishing kit and wheels used on last season's bike.

Click or swipe through the gallery above for a closer look at the cyclo-cross world champion's bike.

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Cervelo S5 Dura-Ace Di2 first ride review

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This article first appeared on BikeRadar.

Like many other aero road bikes of the same era (the first-generation Specialized Venge, Scott Foil, Giant Propel), many forgave the Cervélo S5 for some shortcomings in favour of its aero benefits. These niggles included slightly muted handling, a firm ride and carrying a bit of extra weight compared to its more traditionally tubed siblings.

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Over the last year, however, there’s been something of a revolution in aero road — the new Madone rides beautifully, the latest Venge is a lightweight speedy dream-machine, BMC’s Timemachine road is a masterpiece of integration, and Cannondale’s debut SystemSix hits the handling high-notes. In other words, the new S5 has a lot to live up to.

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For a full run-down of all of the interesting tech on the S5, check out our range overview. 

Cervélo S5 Dura-Ace Di2 specifications

• Weight: 8.14kg (58cm including 2x bottle cages, Barfly Garmin mount, Shimano 105 pedals)
• Gears: Shimano Dura-Ace R9170 Di2 (52/36, 11-30)
• Wheels: Enve SES Disc 5.6
• Brakes: Shimano Dura-Ace 9170 with 160mm rotors
• Finishing kit: Cervélo carbon AB08 bar, Cervélo V-Stem, Prologo Dimension Nack saddle, Cervélo carbon SP20 seatpost

Cervélo S5 Dura-Ace Di2 ride

The new S5 is one of those bikes that looks fast standing still. Compared to the older model it looks more lithe and more road than time trial, even with the hinged fork design of a time-trial bike.

Cervélo S5 Dura-Ace Di2 handling

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Worlds Wrap: Round-up from Innsbruck 2018

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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. 

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Men's road race

World champion: Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
Silver: Romain Bardet (France)
Bronze: Michael Woods (Canada)

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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

• Race report, results, photos
• World Championships: My legs just didn't show up, says Dunbar
  

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

• Race report, results, photos
• Ammerlaan rides Van der Breggen's old bike to Worlds glory

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Party time for Van der Breggen as rainbow jersey plan comes together

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Anna van der Breggen stood on the podium with a look of relief and satisfaction as she pulled on the rainbow jersey after winning the elite women's road race at the 2018 UCI Road Worlds Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, on Saturday. 

Mouthing the words to Dutch national anthem Wilhelmus van Nassouwe, she perked up and smiled when she noticed one particular section of fans wearing orange t-shirts with painted faces among the seas of spectators – three women who had travelled from Holland to see their childhood friend win her first world title.

"It was so special for me to see them because normally I don't have my people standing at the side of the road watching me race," Van der Breggen said. "For these World Championships, I knew that they were expecting a bit more from me.

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"I went out for dinner on Thursday night with 14 people, and it was really special to have the feeling that they had all travelled here for me, and to watch and support me in this race. Of course, it makes it even more special to be able to win this race in front of my closest family and friends."

Van der Breggen's victory at the World Championships has been a long time coming. She had won every major event in professional women's cycling with gold medals, winners' trophies and title jerseys from the Olympic Games, Giro Rosa, Tour of Flanders, all three Ardennes Classics and Strade Bianche. The list is long. 

The only glaring void in her palmarès was the World Championship title, and, after a decade of racing, the pressure had mounted, and she had begun to struggle with the idea that she may never be a world champion.

Double Dutch leadership

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Road World Championships 2018: The agony of a 28% climb after cycling 240km

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Watch how cyclists in the Road World Championships dealt with a hill climb with an incline of 28% after already cycling 240km.

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Road World Championships 2018: Spain's Alejandro Valverde heads sprint finish to win world crown

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Watch highlights from the Road World Championships as Alejandro Valverde wins his first title aged 38, having previously finished on the podium a record six times.

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