2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
# 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The Men's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 84th edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the two times defending champion.

After a late move from France's Julian Alaphilippe was brought back within the final kilometres, Sagan outsprinted his rivals to win a third consecutive world title, the first male rider to do so. As well as this, he became the fifth man – after Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Óscar Freire – to win three elite road world championship titles. European champion Alexander Kristoff from Norway took the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Australian Michael Matthews.

## Course

The race started in Rong and traversed 39.5 kilometres (24.5 miles) before reaching the finishing circuit in Bergen. After a further 17.9 kilometres (11.1 miles), the riders crossed the finish line on the Festplassen for the first time, with the riders completing eleven full laps of the circuit 19.1 kilometres (11.9 miles) in length. The main feature of the circuit was the climb of Salmon Hill, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) into the lap; the climb was 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) long at an average gradient of 6.4%. At 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles), the 2017 men's road race was the longest in the championships since 272.26 kilometres (169.17 miles) were covered in 2013.

## Qualification

Qualification were based on performances on the UCI World Ranking on August 15, 2017.

### UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.

| Criterium | Rank | Number of riders | Number of riders | Nations |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Criterium | Rank | To enter | To start | Nations |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 1–10 | 14 | 9 | Belgium Colombia Spain France Italy Australia Netherlands Great Britain Germany Norway |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 11–20 | 9 | 6 | Poland Slovakia Ireland Slovenia Denmark United States Switzerland Czech Republic Portugal Russia |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 21–30 | 6 | 3 | Luxembourg Austria South Africa New Zealand Canada Belarus Ukraine Kazakhstan Eritrea Estonia |
| UCI World Ranking by Nations | 31–50 | 2 | 1 | Latvia Iran Morocco Romania Lithuania Venezuela Argentina Turkey Costa Rica Japan Ecuador Croatia Rwanda Brazil Sweden South Korea Algeria Tunisia China Azerbaijan |
| UCI World Ranking by Individuals (if not already qualified) | 1–200 | 2 | 1 | — |

### Additional places

Ukraine, Iran, Venezuela, Turkey, Ecuador, Croatia, Brazil, South Korea, Algeria, Tunisia and China have chosen not to use (all of their) quota places. Latvia, Argentina, Sweden, Greece, Hong Kong, Finland and Albania have received additional quota places.

### Participating nations

196 cyclists from 44 nations were entered in the men's road race, however Irish representative Damien Shaw did not start the race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.

* Albania (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (9)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belarus (3)
* Belgium (9)
* Canada (3)
* Colombia (9)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Czech Republic (6)
* Denmark (6)
* Eritrea (3)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (9)
* Germany (9)
* Great Britain (9)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Ireland (6 5)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (9)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (9)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (6)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (6)
* Rwanda (1)
* Slovakia (6)
* Slovenia (6)
* South Africa (3)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (6)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (6)

## Final classification

Of the race's 196 entrants, 132 riders completed the full distance of 267.5 kilometres (166.2 miles).

| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Slovakia | 6h 28' 11" |
| 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Norway | + 0" |
| 3 | Michael Matthews | Australia | + 0" |
| 4 | Matteo Trentin | Italy | + 0" |
| 5 | Ben Swift | Great Britain | + 0" |
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | Belgium | + 0" |
| 7 | Michael Albasini | Switzerland | + 0" |
| 8 | Fernando Gaviria | Colombia | + 0" |
| 9 | Alexey Lutsenko | Kazakhstan | + 0" |
| 10 | Julian Alaphilippe | France | + 0" |
| 11 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Poland | + 0" |
| 12 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Denmark | + 0" |
| 13 | Tony Gallopin | France | + 0" |
| 14 | Zdeněk Štybar | Czech Republic | + 0" |
| 15 | Vasil Kiryienka | Belarus | + 0" |
| 16 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | Russia | + 0" |
| 17 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | + 0" |
| 18 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Russia | + 0" |
| 19 | Rui Costa | Portugal | + 0" |
| 20 | Simon Geschke | Germany | + 0" |
| 21 | Michael Valgren | Denmark | + 0" |
| 22 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Austria | + 0" |
| 23 | Ilnur Zakarin | Russia | + 0" |
| 24 | Niki Terpstra | Netherlands | + 0" |
| 25 | Tom Dumoulin | Netherlands | + 0" |
| 26 | Dan Martin | Ireland | + 0" |
| 27 | Rigoberto Urán | Colombia | + 5" |
| 28 | Alberto Bettiol | Italy | + 5" |
| 29 | Magnus Cort | Denmark | + 27" |
| 30 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Norway | + 1' 04" |
| 31 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Spain | + 1' 04" |
| 32 | Julien Simon | France | + 1' 04" |
| 33 | Nicolas Roche | Ireland | + 1' 04" |
| 34 | Bauke Mollema | Netherlands | + 1' 20" |
| 35 | Guillaume Boivin | Canada | + 1' 20" |
| 36 | Peter Kennaugh | Great Britain | + 1' 22" |
| 37 | Warren Barguil | France | + 1' 23" |
| 38 | Diego Ulissi | Italy | + 1' 23" |
| 39 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | South Africa | + 2' 32" |
| 40 | Nikias Arndt | Germany | + 2' 32" |
| 41 | Michael Schär | Switzerland | + 2' 32" |
| 42 | Luka Pibernik | Slovenia | + 2' 32" |
| 43 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Latvia | + 2' 32" |
| 44 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland | + 2' 32" |
| 45 | Juraj Sagan | Slovakia | + 2' 32" |
| 46 | Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | + 2' 32" |
| 47 | Marcus Burghardt | Germany | + 2' 32" |
| 48 | Roman Kreuziger | Czech Republic | + 2' 32" |
| 49 | Daryl Impey | South Africa | + 2' 32" |
| 50 | Silvan Dillier | Switzerland | + 2' 32" |
| 51 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Sweden | + 2' 32" |
| 52 | Michał Gołaś | Poland | + 2' 32" |
| 53 | Alex Howes | United States | + 2' 32" |
| 54 | Imanol Erviti | Spain | + 2' 32" |
| 55 | Nelson Oliveira | Portugal | + 2' 32" |
| 56 | Odd Christian Eiking | Norway | + 2' 32" |
| 57 | Elia Viviani | Italy | + 2' 32" |
| 58 | José Joaquín Rojas | Spain | + 2' 32" |
| 59 | Sonny Colbrelli | Italy | + 2' 32" |
| 60 | Simon Clarke | Australia | + 2' 32" |
| 61 | Jan Polanc | Slovenia | + 2' 32" |
| 62 | Mitchell Docker | Australia | + 2' 32" |
| 63 | Eduardo Sepúlveda | Argentina | + 2' 32" |
| 64 | Tiago Machado | Portugal | + 2' 32" |
| 65 | Ricardo Vilela | Portugal | + 2' 32" |
| 66 | Luis León Sánchez | Spain | + 2' 32" |
| 67 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | + 2' 32" |
| 68 | Stefan Denifl | Austria | + 2' 32" |
| 69 | Tony Martin | Germany | + 2' 32" |
| 70 | David de la Cruz | Spain | + 2' 32" |
| 71 | Bob Jungels | Luxembourg | + 2' 32" |
| 72 | Dylan Teuns | Belgium | + 2' 32" |
| 73 | Oliver Naesen | Belgium | + 2' 32" |
| 74 | Sebastian Langeveld | Netherlands | + 2' 32" |
| 75 | Michael Mørkøv | Denmark | + 2' 32" |
| 76 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Denmark | + 2' 32" |
| 77 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Norway | + 2' 32" |
| 78 | Andriy Hrivko | Ukraine | + 3' 13" |
| 79 | Jan Bárta | Czech Republic | + 3' 13" |
| 80 | Zhandos Bizhigitov | Kazakhstan | + 3' 13" |
| 81 | Hugo Houle | Canada | + 3' 13" |
| 82 | Paweł Poljański | Poland | + 3' 13" |
| 83 | Natnael Berhane | Eritrea | + 3' 13" |
| 84 | Anthony Roux | France | + 3' 13" |
| 85 | Lilian Calmejane | France | + 3' 13" |
| 86 | Cyril Gautier | France | + 3' 13" |
| 87 | Jens Keukeleire | Belgium | + 3' 13" |
| 88 | Salvatore Puccio | Italy | + 3' 13" |
| 89 | Jasper Stuyven | Belgium | + 5' 49" |
| 90 | Paul Martens | Germany | + 5' 49" |
| 91 | Matej Mohorič | Slovenia | + 5' 49" |
| 92 | Luka Mezgec | Slovenia | + 5' 49" |
| 93 | Heinrich Haussler | Australia | + 5' 49" |
| 94 | Jack Haig | Australia | + 5' 49" |
| 95 | Tiesj Benoot | Belgium | + 6' 33" |
| 96 | Łukasz Wiśniowski | Poland | + 6' 37" |
| 97 | Scott Thwaites | Great Britain | + 7' 33" |
| 98 | Mark Christian | Great Britain | + 7' 33" |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 99 | Rick Zabel | Germany | + 7' 33" |
| 100 | Fabian Lienhard | Switzerland | + 7' 33" |
| 101 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Norway | + 7' 33" |
| 102 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Lithuania | + 7' 33" |
| 103 | Lluís Mas | Spain | + 7' 33" |
| 104 | Lars Boom | Netherlands | + 7' 35" |
| 105 | Daniele Bennati | Italy | + 7' 35" |
| 106 | Jesús Herrada | Spain | + 7' 35" |
| 107 | Gorka Izagirre | Spain | + 7' 35" |
| 108 | Marc Soler | Spain | + 7' 35" |
| 109 | Kiel Reijnen | United States | + 7' 35" |
| 110 | Tim Wellens | Belgium | + 9' 21" |
| 111 | Grégory Rast | Switzerland | + 9' 24" |
| 112 | Marco Haller | Austria | + 9' 24" |
| 113 | Alessandro De Marchi | Italy | + 9' 26" |
| 114 | Nils Politt | Germany | + 10' 21" |
| 115 | Sergio Henao | Colombia | + 10' 21" |
| 116 | Jasha Sütterlin | Germany | + 10' 21" |
| 117 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Great Britain | + 10' 21" |
| 118 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Germany | + 10' 21" |
| 119 | Koen de Kort | Netherlands | + 10' 21" |
| 120 | Antoine Duchesne | Canada | + 10' 21" |
| 121 | Primož Roglič | Slovenia | + 10' 21" |
| 122 | Olivier Le Gac | France | + 10' 21" |
| 123 | Mihkel Räim | Estonia | + 11' 53" |
| 124 | Joey Rosskopf | United States | + 11' 53" |
| 125 | Daniel Hoelgaard | Norway | + 11' 53" |
| 126 | Ryan Mullen | Ireland | + 11' 53" |
| 127 | Jiří Polnický | Czech Republic | + 11' 53" |
| 128 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Kazakhstan | + 11' 53" |
| 129 | Dion Smith | New Zealand | + 11' 53" |
| 130 | José Gonçalves | Portugal | + 11' 53" |
| 131 | Maximiliano Richeze | Argentina | + 11' 53" |
| 132 | Jempy Drucker | Luxembourg | + 11' 53" |
| | Truls Korsæth | Norway | DNF |
| | Michael Kolář | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Jack Bauer | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Luke Durbridge | Australia | DNF |
| | Wout Poels | Netherlands | DNF |
| | Conor Dunne | Ireland | DNF |
| | Andrey Amador | Costa Rica | DNF |
| | Nairo Quintana | Colombia | DNF |
| | Stanislau Bazhkou | Belarus | DNF |
| | Ruben Guerreiro | Portugal | DNF |
| | Tejay van Garderen | United States | DNF |
| | Krists Neilands | Latvia | DNF |
| | Maciej Paterski | Poland | DNF |
| | Jos van Emden | Netherlands | DNF |
| | Rory Sutherland | Australia | DNF |
| | Juan Sebastián Molano | Colombia | DNF |
| | Jay McCarthy | Australia | DNF |
| | Alexey Vermeulen | United States | DNF |
| | Erik Baška | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Marek Čanecký | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Maciej Bodnar | Poland | DNF |
| | Sebastián Henao | Colombia | DNF |
| | Alex Kirsch | Luxembourg | DNF |
| | Alexander Porsev | Russia | DNF |
| | Willie Smit | South Africa | DNF |
| | Jan Tratnik | Slovenia | DNF |
| | Alexis Gougeard | France | DNF |
| | Adam Blythe | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Owain Doull | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Jonathan Dibben | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Sean McKenna | Ireland | DNF |
| | Julien Vermote | Belgium | DNF |
| | Kim Magnusson | Sweden | DNF |
| | Petr Vakoč | Czech Republic | DNF |
| | Kristoffer Skjerping | Norway | DNF |
| | August Jensen | Norway | DNF |
| | Maxim Belkov | Russia | DNF |
| | Nelson Soto | Colombia | DNF |
| | Jhonatan Restrepo | Colombia | DNF |
| | Danny van Poppel | Netherlands | DNF |
| | Alo Jakin | Estonia | DNF |
| | Aksel Nõmmela | Estonia | DNF |
| | Serghei Țvetcov | Romania | DNF |
| | Mads Pedersen | Denmark | DNF |
| | Charalampos Kastrantas | Greece | DNF |
| | Salah Eddine Mraouni | Morocco | DNF |
| | Patrik Tybor | Slovakia | DNF |
| | Ian Stannard | Great Britain | DNF |
| | Ivan Savitskiy | Russia | DNF |
| | Josef Černý | Czech Republic | DNF |
| | Elchin Asadov | Azerbaijan | DNF |
| | Kostyantyn Rybaruk | Ukraine | DNF |
| | Nathan Brown | United States | DNF |
| | Valens Ndayisenga | Rwanda | DNF |
| | Mekseb Debesay | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Eugert Zhupa | Albania | DNF |
| | Yauhen Sobal | Belarus | DNF |
| | Cheung King Lok | Hong Kong | DNF |
| | Patrick Bevin | New Zealand | DNF |
| | Matti Manninen | Finland | DNF |
| | Mathew Hayman | Australia | DNF |
| | Amanuel Gebrezgabihier | Eritrea | DNF |
| | Gianni Moscon | Italy | DSQ |
| | Damien Shaw | Ireland | DNS |
