2011 UCI Road World Championships
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The 2011 UCI Road World Championships
took place in Copenhagen
, Denmark
, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and junior women competed at the same event as the elite riders. It was the 78th running of the Road World Championships. Castelfidardo
near Loreto
in Italy
was also a candidate, but Italy
held the UCI Road World Championships in Varese
in 2008. It was the first time that Denmark has hosted the event since 1956, when it was also held in Copenhagen.
20 September
21 September
23 September
24 September
25 September
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and junior women competed at the same event as the elite riders. It was the 78th running of the Road World Championships. Castelfidardo
Castelfidardo
Castelfidardo is a town and comune in the province of Ancona, in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy.It is particularly remembered for the Italian victory over a "volunteer" army defending the Papal States, on September 18, 1860...
near Loreto
Loreto (AN)
Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.-Location:...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
was also a candidate, but Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
held the UCI Road World Championships in Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
in 2008. It was the first time that Denmark has hosted the event since 1956, when it was also held in Copenhagen.
Schedule
19 September- 10h00-11h45 Time trial Junior Women, 13,9 km
- 13h00-17h30 Time trial Under 23 Men, 35,2 km (2x17,6 km)
20 September
- 09h30-13h15 Time trial Junior Men, 27,8 km (2x13,9 km)
- 14h00-17h10 Time trial Elite Women, 27,8 km (2x13,9 km)
21 September
- 12h30-17h05 Time trial Elite Men, 46,4 km (2x23,2 km)
23 September
- 09h30-11h55 Road race Junior Women, 70 km (5 x 14km)
- 13h00-17h15 Road race Under 23 Men, 168 km (12 x 14km)
24 September
- 09h00-12h30 Road race Junior Men, 126 km (9 x 14km)
- 13h30-17h15 Road race Elite Women, 140 km (10 x 14km)
25 September
- 10h00-17h05 Road race Elite Men, 266 km (17 x 14km + 28 km, from start in Copenhagen town center)
Courses
Events summary
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season... |
5h 40' 27" | Matthew Goss Matthew Goss Matthew Harley Goss is an Australian professional road and track racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI ProTour outfit .-Career:Goss started in the business with track cycling... |
s.t. | André Greipel Andre Greipel André Greipel is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .He currently lives in Hürth, close to Cologne in Germany... |
s.t. |
| Men's time trial |
Tony Martin Tony Martin (cyclist) Tony Martin is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam . Martin is known as a time trial specialist: in 2011, he won a time trial stage in the Tour de France and in the Vuelta a España, and became world champion... |
53' 43.85" | Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines.... |
+ 1' 15.83" | Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist... |
+ 1' 20.59" |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Giorgia Bronzini Giorgia Bronzini Giorgia Bronzini is an Italian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Piacenza. She is the current Road World Champion.-Notable results:20032004... |
3h 21' 28" | Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships... |
s.t. | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ina-Yoko Teutenberg is an elite road bicycle racer from Düsseldorf, Germany who turned professional in 2001. Teutenberg rides for the Team Columbia-HTC Women professional cycling team on the UCI Women's Road World Cup and other professional races... |
s.t. |
| Women's time trial |
Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20... |
37' 07.38" | Linda Villumsen Linda Villumsen Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup is a Danish-born road racing cyclist. She finished 5th in the Women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished third in Women's Time Trial at the 2009 World Championships in Mendriso.... |
+ 21.73" | Emma Pooley Emma Pooley Emma Jane Pooley is an English professional cyclist and Olympic silver medallist currently riding for . Pooley was the 2010 World Time Trial Champion and is a former British Road Race and Time Trial Champion.-Biography:... |
+ 24.13" |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare is a professional road racing cyclist who currently rides as a trainee for the Team. In 2011 he won the UCI Road World Championships under 23 race.- Major achievements :2010... |
3h 52' 16" | Adrien Petit Adrien Petit Adrien Petit is a French racing cyclist who rides for .- External links :... |
s.t. | Andrew Fenn Andrew Fenn Andrew Fenn is an English born - although he rode for Scotland in the 2010 Commonwealth Games - road and track cyclist from Hertfordshire who rides for the An Post–Sean Kelly team. He now lives in West Malling, Kent. He is a former member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy... |
s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
Luke Durbridge Luke Durbridge Luke Durbridge is an Australian road and track cyclist specialising in the individual time trial, road races, and various track cycling events. He started cycling at 14 years of age, competing in Triathlons, and is now the youngest ever medal winner in the U23 Individual time trial of the UCI Road... |
42' 47.13" | Rasmus Quaade |
+ 35.68" | Michael Hepburn Michael Hepburn Michael Hepburn is an Australian track and road cyclist from Brisbane. Hepburn started competitively cycling at 14 years of age after making the change from triathlons.- Sporting Achievements :... |
+ 46.47" |
| Men's Juniors Events | ||||||
| Men's junior road race |
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier |
2h 48' 58" | Martijn Degreve |
s.t. | Steven Lammertink |
s.t. |
| Men's junior time trial |
Mads Würtz Schmidt |
35' 07.68" | James Oram |
+ 4.11" | David Edwards |
+ 20.79" |
| Women's Juniors Events | ||||||
| Women's junior road race |
Lucy Garner |
1h 46' 17" | Jessy Druyts |
s.t. | Christina Siggaard |
s.t. |
| Women's junior time trial |
Jessica Allen |
19' 18.63" | Elinor Barker |
+ 1.84" | Mieke Kröger |
+ 2.80" |
Medals table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |