For 11 days, the world cycling championships are on the program and the French can hope for several medals.
This year, the World Cycling Championships include all competitions. From this Thursday and during these 11 days, 200 world titles will be awarded. Road cycling, mountain biking, track or even BMX events, the program promises to be very busy. From now on, this format will be renewed every four years, the years preceding the Olympic Games (Haute-Savoie will host the event in 2027). A reorganization which was wanted by David Lappartient, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI): “It was one of the commitments I made during my campaign for the presidency of the UCI and I am proud to have completed it. Over several weeks, the host city and/or region will truly become the cycling capital of the world.”
One of the highlights will be the men’s road race on Sunday. The course is extremely technical with very few straight lines and many 90° changes of direction throughout the course. If the profile should allow a sprint finish, a short climb of just over 200 meters is about 2 km from the finish line and could allow a few riders to blow up the peloton like Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel. As for the French team, Thomas Voeckler announced the composition with Julian Alaphilippe, already twice world champion, and Christophe Laporte, vice world champion, accompanied by Benoit Cosnefroy (Ag2r-Citroën), Rémi Cavagna, Florian Sénéchal (Soudal-Quick Step), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Olivier Le Gac and Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ). Bruno Armirail and Rémi Cavagna, French time trial champion, are the two French riders selected for the world championship.
For the very first day of the Worlds, a first blow was recorded for the French delegation with the elimination in the first round of the French women’s team pursuit team. Marie Divine Kouamé, Mathilde Gros, Julie Michaux were eliminated after only setting the 9th time, more than a second and a half behind Great Britain. “We didn’t know how to manage, get close to our record from qualifying. I insisted on that, we had to beat or at least get close to our record. We didn’t know how to do it. I didn’t haven’t analyzed the girls’ lap times yet, but I’m looking at the overall team time. Of course (it’s a failure). It’s the last world championship before the Olympics, it’s important to score points compared to our opponents. We will take the time to analyze this evening. It is annoying for qualification for the Olympic Games in the sense that it is the event where we could score the most points “explained Grégory Baugé . On the other hand, it passes for Florian Grengbo, Sébastien Vigier and Rayan Helal who signed the 5th fastest time in qualifying, securing one of the eight places for the rest of the competition.
What are the dates?
Here are all the dates of the races for these 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships:
- Friday August 4
- Track cycling. Men’s Team Pursuit : first round at 6:45 p.m. Men’s team sprint: first round at 7:48 p.m., the final at 8:33 p.m. 500 meters women: qualification at 11:18 a.m., the final at 7:26 p.m. Women’s scratch race at 8:01 p.m. Women’s Team Pursuit: qualifying at 9:30 a.m.
- MTB. Women’s elite downhill : qualifying at 12 p.m. men’s elite downhill : qualifying at 12:30 p.m. Junior Women’s Downhill : final at 2:30 p.m. Junior men’s downhill : final at 3:30 p.m.
- Saturday August 5
- Road cycling. Women’s Junior Road Race at 10 a.m. (70 km), Junior women’s road race at 1 p.m. (127.2 km).
- Track cycling. speed men : qualification: 11:14 a.m., 1/16 final at 12:47 p.m., 1/8 final at 2:28 p.m. Men’s Elite Team Pursuit : final at 7:07 p.m. keirin women : first round at 6.21 p.m., repechage at 7.43 p.m. Women’s Elite Team Pursuit : first round at 12:19 p.m., the final at 8:28 p.m.
- MTB. Women’s Elite Downhill : final at 12:30 p.m., Men’s Elite Downhill : final at 2 p.m.
- Sunday August 6
- Road cycling. Elite Men’s Road Race at 9:30 a.m. (271.1 km).
- Track cycling. Men’s Individual Pursuit : qualification at 10.24 a.m. and the final at 7.01 p.m. Men’s Omnium : scratch race at 2:41 p.m., tempo race at 6:22 p.m., elimination at 7:16 p.m., points race at 8:12 p.m. speed men : quarter-finals at 1:09 p.m. Elimination women : final at 6:34 p.m. keirin women : quarter-finals at 11:58 a.m., semi-finals at 6:13 p.m., final at 7:57 p.m.
- MTB. men’s cross country marathon at 9 o’clock, cross country marathon women at 9:30 a.m.
- Monday August 7
- Track cycling. men’s sprint : semi-finals at 12:18 p.m., the final at 6:55 p.m. american women at 7:34 p.m. speed women : qualification at 11:30 a.m., 1/16 finals at 12:26 p.m. Men’s Elimination Final at 6:28 p.m.
- Tuesday August 8
- Road cycling. Mixed Relay Time Trial at 1 p.m. (40.3 km).
- Track cycling. The men’s kilometer : qualification at 2:04 p.m., final at 5:25 p.m. keirin men : round 1 at 6:04 p.m., repechage at 7:19 p.m. American men : 7:44 p.m. Women’s points race at 6:42 p.m. speed women : 1/8 finals at 12:30 p.m., quarter-finals at 1:48 p.m.
- Wednesday August 9
- Road cycling: men’s U23 time trial at 2:30 p.m. (36.4 km).
- Track cycling. keirin men : quarter-finals at 6:01 p.m., semi-finals at 6:41 p.m. and the final at 8:11 p.m. Men’s points race at 7:15 p.m. women’s omnium : scratch race at 5:38 p.m., tempo race at 6:19 p.m., elimination at 6:58 p.m., points race at 8:21 p.m. women’s sprint : semi-finals at 5.30 p.m., the final at 6.33 p.m.
- MTB. Mixed relay race at 12:30 p.m. Women’s electric mountain bike race at 15h, racing electric mountain bike men at 4:30 p.m. trial : by mixed teams at 6 p.m.
- Para-cycling. Against the watch : T2 men at 10 a.m., T1 men at 10:22 a.m., H2 men at 10:34 a.m., T2 women at 10:51 a.m., T1 women at 11:03 a.m., H2 women at 11:13 a.m., H1 women at 11:17 a.m., H1 men at 11:21 a.m., H3 men at 2 p.m., H4 men at 2:42 p.m., H5 men at 3:09 p.m., H5 women at 3:09 p.m., H5 women at 3:31 p.m., H4 women at 3:38 p.m., H3 women at 3:50 p.m.
- Thursday August 10
- Road cycling: Women’s Junior Time Trial at 11.15 a.m. (13.6 km), Women’s Elite and U23 time trial at 2 p.m. (36.4 km).
- MTB. Women’s Junior Cross Country at 12, junior cross country men at 14h. Men’s Cross-Country Elite Track Shorts at 5:45 p.m., Women’s Cross-Country Elite Track Shorts at 6:30 p.m. Trial junior men 20” : semi-finals at 12 p.m. Trial junior men 26” : semi-finals at 2:30 p.m.
- Para-cycling. Against the watch C3 men at 10 a.m., C2 men at 10:32 a.m., C1 men at 10:59 a.m., C3 women at 11:26 a.m., C2 women at 11:38 a.m., C1 women at 11:49 a.m., B men at 2 p.m., C5 men at 2:37 p.m., C4 men at 3:04 p.m., B women at 3:36 p.m. , C5 women at 3:58 p.m., C4 women at 4:15 p.m.
- Friday August 11
- Road cycling. Men’s junior time trial at 10 a.m. (23 km), men’s elite time trial at 2:35 p.m. (48.1 km).
- MTB. Cross country U23 men at 11:30 a.m., cross country U23 women at 3:30 p.m. Men’s Elite Trial 20” : semi-final at 9 a.m. Men’s Elite Trial 26” : semi-finals at 2 p.m.
- Para-cycling. Online race : T2 men at 9 a.m., T1 men at 9:02 a.m., T1 women at 9:02 a.m., T2 women at 9:02 a.m., H2 men at 11 a.m., H1 men at 11:01 a.m., H5 women at 11:03 a.m., H4 women at 11:03 a.m., H2 women at 11:04 a.m., H3 women at 11:04 a.m. , Women H1 at 11:04 a.m., Men H4 at 2 p.m., Men H5 at 2:02 p.m., Men H3 at 4 p.m.
- Saturday August 12
- Road cycling. Men’s U23 Road Race at 12 p.m. (168.4 km).
- MTB. Women’s Cross Country 11:30 a.m., cross country men at 3:30 p.m. Men’s Elite Trial 20” : final at 5 p.m. Trial elite men 26” : final at 6:30 p.m. Trial junior men 20” : final at 10:30 a.m. Trial junior men 26” : final at 12 p.m.
- BMX. Elite Men : first round, repechage, 1/8 final. junior men : first round, repechage, 1/8 final. U23 men : first round, repechage. 1/8 final. Elite Women : first round, repechage. junior women : first round, repechage. U23 women : first round, repechage. Elite Women : final at 1:30 p.m.
- Para-cycling. Online race : C5 men at 8:45 am, C4 men at 8:47 am, C3 men at 11:15 am, C2 men at 11:17 am, C1 men at 11:18 am, B men at 1:45 pm, B women at 1:47 pm, C4 women at 4:45 pm, C5 women at 4:45 pm, C3 women at 4:47 pm , C2 women at 4:48 p.m., C1 women at 4:48 p.m.
- Sunday August 13
- Road cycling. Women’s Elite and U23 Road Race at 12 p.m. (154.1 km).
- BMX. Elite Men : quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. junior mans: quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. U23 men : quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. Elite Women : quarter-finals, semi-finals, final. junior women : quarter-finals, semi-finals. final. U23 women : quarter-finals, semi-finals.
- Para-cycling. Mixed relay at 10:45 a.m.
Who are the engaged?
Discover the start list of riders entered for the World Road Cycling Championships. This list will be updated as announcements are made.
What is the route of the World Cycling Championships?
The Men’s Elite road race will start in Scotland’s capital Edinburgh, at the foot of the dormant volcano of Arthur’s Seat, then pass through the Old Town before following the road to Glasgow to complete 10 laps of the final street circuit as the indicates the UCI website. In total, 277.6 km for 3,167 m of elevation gain are on the program for this event.
The online event will be to follow this Sunday from 12:55 p.m. on the antennas of France 3 and Eurosport, here is the complete program:
- Saturday August 5 – Mountain biking, track cycling:
- From 2 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. on France 3
- From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on France 4
- Sunday 6 August – road cycling, BMX, track cycling:
- From 10:30 a.m. to 12:55 p.m. on France 4
- From 12:55 p.m. to 3 p.m. on France 3 (in the event of an extension during the Football World Cup, cycling will remain on France 4 until the end of the match)
- From 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on France 2
- From 6:30 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. on France 4
- From 8:05 p.m. to 9:10 p.m. on France 3
- Monday August 7 – BMX, track cycling:
- From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on France 3
- From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on France 4
- Tuesday August 8 – road cycling, track cycling:
- From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on France 3
- From 6:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. on France 4
- Wednesday August 9 – Mountain biking, track cycling:
- From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on France 3 (in the event of an extension during the Football World Cup, the antenna will be taken a few minutes later)
- From 6:30 p.m. to 8:25 p.m., then from 10:15 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. on France 4
- Thursday August 10 – road cycling, BMX, mountain biking:
- From 3 p.m. to 5:37 p.m. on France 3
- From 5:37 p.m. to 8 p.m. on France 4
- Friday August 11 – road cycling, BMX, mountain biking:
- From 3 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. on France 3
- Saturday August 12 – road cycling, mountain biking:
- From 12:30 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. on France 4
- From 2:25 p.m. to 5:47 p.m. on France 3 (schedule depending on the 2023 Football World Cup)
- From 5:47 p.m. to 9 p.m. on France 4
- Sunday August 13 – road cycling, BMX:
- From 1 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. on France 3