2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race


The Men's under-23 road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in and around in Richmond, Virginia, United States on September 25, 2015. The course of the race was with the start and finish in Richmond.
Kévin Ledanois became the third French rider to win the title, after making a late solo move in the closing kilometers. He held off Italy's Simone Consonni to take the gold medal, while Ledanois' team mate Anthony Turgis completed the podium, two seconds later.

Qualification

Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours and the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup during 2015. Results from January to the middle of August counted towards the qualification criteria. In addition to this number, the current continental champions were also able to take part. The outgoing World Champion, Matej Mohorič, did not compete as he was no longer eligible – he moved to the UCI ProTeam for the 2015 season. If a nation is included in the final classification of the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup, but that nation was not yet qualified, it may register 6 riders, 3 of whom were starters. The first 5 nations of the final classification of the Men Under 23 Nations' Cup were entitled to an extra rider.
Number of ridersNations
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8 to enter, 4 to start,,,,,,,,,,
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2 to enter, 1 to start,,,

In addition to this number the current continental champions were also able to take part.
ChampionName
Asian Champion
Pan American Champion
European Champion

Course

The under-23 men rode ten laps on the road race circuit. The length of the circuit was and had a total elevation of. All road races took place on a challenging, technical and inner-city road circuit. The circuit headed west from Downtown Richmond, working its way onto Monument Avenue, a paver-lined, historic boulevard that's been named one of the "10 Great Streets in America". Cyclists took a 180-degree turn at the Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and Virginia Commonwealth University. Halfway through the circuit, the race headed down into Shockoe Bottom before following the canal and passing Great Shiplock Park, the start of the Virginia Capital Trail. A sharp, off-camber turn at Rocketts Landing brought the riders to the narrow, twisty, cobbled climb up to Libby Hill Park in the historic Church Hill neighborhood. A quick descent, followed by three hard turns led to a climb up 23rd Street. Once atop this steep cobbled hill, riders descended into Shockoe Bottom. This led them to the final climb on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, to the finish.

Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time.
DateTimeEvent
25 September 201512:45–16:50Men's under-23 road race

Participating nations

170 cyclists from 52 nations took part in the men's under-23 road race. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of €8,049.
Position1st2nd3rdTotal
Amount€3,833€2,683€1,533€8,049

Final classification

Of the race's 170 entrants, 130 riders completed the full distance of.
RankRiderCountryTime
1Kévin Ledanois
2Simone Consonni
3Anthony Turgis+ 2"
4Gianni Moscon+ 2"
5Alexander Kamp Egested+ 5"
6Fabian Lienhard+ 5"
7Michal Schlegel+ 5"
8Lucas Gaday+ 5"
9Adam de Vos+ 10"
10Lennard Kämna+ 12"
11Merhawi Kudus+ 12"
12Tom Bohli+ 12"
13Jack Haig+ 12"
14Tim Kerkhof+ 13"
15Mihkel Räim+ 13"
16Michał Paluta+ 13"
17Benjamin Declercq+ 13"
18Jakub Kaczmarek+ 13"
19Maxime Farazijn+ 13"
20Miguel Ángel Benito+ 16"
21Alexander Wachter+ 16"
22Sam Oomen+ 16"
23Twan Brusselman+ 16"
24Imanol Estévez+ 24"
25Rok Korošec+ 24"
26Ben Perry+ 24"
27Lucas Eriksson+ 24"
28Felix Großschartner+ 24"
29Søren Kragh Andersen+ 24"
30Sebastian Schönberger+ 24"
31Ignacio Prado+ 29"
32Fabien Grellier+ 29"
33Stylianos Farantakis+ 29"
34Josip Rumac+ 35"
35Jan Dieteren+ 37"
36Dylan Page+ 37"
37Laurens De Plus+ 37"
38Truls Engen Korsæth+ 37"
39Nuno Matos+ 37"
40David Per+ 37"
41Cristian Raileanu+ 37"
42Anders Skaarseth+ 48"
43Metkel Eyob+ 48"
44Héctor Sáez+ 48"
45Yuri Kobashi+ 48"
46Samir Jabrayilov+ 48"
47Erik Baška+ 48"
48Daniel Eaton+ 48"
49Gašper Katrašnik+ 48"
50Nils Politt+ 48"
51Michael Gogl+ 59"
52Oliviero Troia+ 1' 03"
53Josten Vaidem+ 1' 07"
54Sergey Luchshenko+ 1' 09"
55Rui Carvalho+ 1' 12"
56Nick Schultz+ 1' 12"
57Ildar Arslanov+ 1' 12"
58Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier+ 1' 12"
59Hugo Hofstetter+ 1' 12"
60Guy Gabay+ 1' 12"
61Toshiki Omote+ 1' 12"
62Yevgeniy Gidich+ 1' 12"
63Ryan Gibbons+ 1' 12"
64Daan Myngheer+ 1' 12"
65Maximilian Schachmann+ 1' 12"
66Davide Martinelli+ 1' 12"
67Gregor Mühlberger+ 1' 12"
68Artem Nych+ 1' 12"
69Roman Kustadinchev+ 1' 17"
70James Oram+ 1' 20"
71Anass Aït El Abdia+ 1' 25"
72José Luis Rodríguez+ 1' 25"
73Daniel Hoelgaard+ 1' 25"
74Odd Christian Eiking+ 1' 25"
75Wilmar Paredes+ 1' 25"
76Oleg Zemlyakov+ 1' 25"
77Lennard Hofstede+ 1' 48"
78Harry Carpenter+ 2' 08"
79Patrick Müller+ 2' 20"
80Juan Felipe Osorio+ 2' 22"
81Marcus Fåglum+ 2' 49"
82Nathan Van Hooydonck+ 3' 02"
83Adrian Banaszek+ 3' 02"
84Dion Smith+ 3' 02"
85Daniel Turek+ 3' 31"

RankRiderCountryTime
86Josef Černý+ 3' 31"
87Logan Owen+ 3' 32"
88Leonardo Basso+ 3' 34"
89Jayde Julius+ 3' 34"
90Colin Joyce+ 4' 11"
91Markus Hoelgaard+ 4' 25"
92Owain Doull+ 4' 40"
93Michael Carbel+ 4' 40"
94Krists Neilands+ 4' 40"
95Gustav Hoog+ 5' 17"
96Davide Ballerini+ 5' 42"
97Bonaventure Uwizeyimana+ 6' 11"
98Théry Schir+ 6' 53"
99Pedro Rodríguez+ 8' 14"
100Fabrizio Von Nacher+ 8' 51"
101Juraj Bellan+ 9' 46"
102Stepan Astafyev+ 9' 46"
103Esteban Villareal+ 9' 46"
104João Rodrigues+ 10' 44"
105Abderrahmane Mansouri+ 10' 44"
106Aksel Nõmmela+ 10' 44"
107Ludvig Bengtsson+ 10' 44"
108Eddie Dunbar+ 10' 44"
109Adil Barbari+ 10' 44"
110Dmitriy Lukyanov+ 10' 44"
111Mamyr Stash+ 11' 06"
112Jonas Gregaard+ 11' 06"
113Ľuboš Malovec+ 11' 06"
114Franck Bonnamour+ 11' 49"
115Hayden McCormick+ 11' 49"
116Juan Ignacio Curuchet+ 12' 04"
117Roy Goldstein+ 14' 27"
118Yonas Tekeste+ 14' 27"
119Tao Geoghegan Hart+ 15' 19"
120Ruben Guerreiro+ 15' 19"
121Aviv Yechezkel+ 15' 19"
122Yūma Koishi+ 15' 41"
123Jhonatan Ospina+ 16' 38"
124Tyler Williams+ 16' 38"
125Valens Ndayisenga+ 17' 01"
126Scott Davies+ 17' 01"
127Alex Peters+ 17' 01"
128Alejandro Morales+ 17' 08"
129Tom Wirtgen+ 17' 45"
130Salvador Martínez+ 23' 19"
Jonas Koch
Martin LaasDNF
Marlen ZmorkaDNF
Sergiy KozachenkoDNF
Nigel EllsayDNF
Ruslan GiliazovDNF
Alexander CatafordDNF
Marc FournierDNF
Suguru TokudaDNF
Mads Würtz SchmidtDNF
Caio GodoyDNF
Gregory DanielDNF
Xavier San SebastiánDNF
Rustom LimDNF
Atsushi OkaDNF
Álvaro HodegDNF
Jean Bosco NsengiyumvaDNF
Gabriel CullaighDNF
Nikolay CherkasovDNF
František SisrDNF
Andrej PetrovskiDNF
Fridtjof RøinåsDNF
Dominic PerezDNF
Juan Sebastián MolanoDNF
Dominique MayhoDNF
Miles ScotsonDNF
John CamingaoDNF
Jefferson CepedaDNF
Oskar NisuDNF
Gerardo MedinaDNF
Nassim SaidiDNF
Narankhuu BaterdeneDNF
Abderrahmane BechlaghemDNF
Omer GoldsteinDNF
Nic DlaminiDNF
Kolya ShumovDNF
Jhonatan RestrepoDNF
Elias Abou RachidDNF
Steven LammertinkDNF
Alistair Donohoe

Alistair Donohoe was disqualified: rule 12.1.040.18 holding on to the car.