The 91st UCI World Road Race Championships opened with Team Time Trials for men on a hilly course and a mostly downhill route for women on Sunday.
For the men, the Quick-Step Floors team from Belgium was the winner by 18 seconds over Team Subweb (GER). The winning riders included Niki Terpstra (NED), Maximilian Schachmann (GER), Yves Lampaert (BEL), Bob Jungels (LUX), Laurens de Plus (BEL) and Kasper Asgreen (DEN).
The women TTT was won by Germany’s Canyon SAM Racing, including Trixi Worrack (GER), Lisa Klein (GER), Elena Cecchini (ITA), Hannah Barnes (GBR), Alice Barnes (GBR) and Alena Amialiusik (BLR). They finished with a 22-second edge over the favored Boels-Dolmans team from the Netherlands.
The racing schedule for the rest of the week is oriented to the individual events:
∙ 24 September:
Women’s Junior Time Trial (20 km)
Men’s U-23 Time Trial (27.8 km)
∙ 25 September:
Men’s Junior Time Trial (27.8 km)
Women’s Individual Time Trial (27.8 km; three major climbs)
In 2017:
1. Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
2. Anna van der Breggen (NED)
3. Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
∙ 26 September:
Men’s Individual Time Trial (52.5 km; one major climb)
∙ 27 September:
Women’s Junior Road Race (71.7 km: one lap ~ two major climbs)
Men’s Junior Road Race (132.4 km: two laps ~ three major climbs)
∙ 28 September:
Men’s U-23 Road Race (179.9 km: three laps ~ five major climbs)
∙ 29 September:
Women’s Road Race (156.2 km: four laps ~ four major climbs)
∙ 30 September:
Men’s Road Race (258.5 km: seven laps ~ nine major climbs)
NBC’s Olympic Channel has coverage of the Worlds. Summaries so far:
UCI World Road Race Championships
Innsbruck (AUT) ~ 23-30 September 2018
(Full results here)
Men’s Team Time Trial (62.8 km): 1. Quick-Step Floors (BEL), 1:07:26; 2. Team Sunweb (GER), 1:07:44; 3. BMC Racing Team (USA), 1:07:45; 4. Team Sky (GBR), 1:08:11; 5. Mitchelton-Scott (AUS), 1:08:23; 6. Movistar Team (ESP), 1:08:58; 7. Trek-Segafredo (USA), 1:09:30; 8. Bora-hansgrohe (GER), 1:09:33.
Women’s Team Time Trial (54.5 km): 1. Canyon SRAM Racing (GER), 1:01;46; 2. Boels-Dolmans Cycling (NED), 1:02:08; 3. Team Sunweb (NED), 1:02:15; 4. Wiggle High5 (GBR), 1:02:44; 5. Mitchelton-Scott (AUS), 1:03:16; 6. Team Virtu Cycling (DEN), 1:03:53; 7. BTC City Ljubljana (SLO), 1:04:55; 8. Valcar PBM (ITA), 1:05:22.
