The 2018 World Cycling Championships take place in Tirol, Austria, from 23 September until 30 September 2018. The focus of the road races lies on a local circuit that is centered around a 7.9 kilometres climb at 5.7%, while the finale of the men’s race is spiced up with a punchy climb of 2.8 kilometres at 11.5% and steepest ramps of up to 25%.
2018 Innsbruck World Championships – Men’s Road Race (Kufstein – Innsbruck 252.9km) LIVESTREAM: Sunday, 30 September, starts at 10:00am CET (Europe), 04:00am U.S. Eastern
2018 Innsbruck World Championships – Men’s Road Race profile:
Favourites for the win:
***** Julian Alaphilippe, Alejandro Valverde
**** Simon Yates, Michal Kwiatkowski, Daniel Martin
*** Primoz Roglic, Vincenzo Nibali, Romain Bardet, Adam Yates, Nairo Quintana, Gianni Moscon, Thibaut Pinot, Tim Wellens, Dylan Teuns, Jakob Fuglsang
** Wout Poels, Enric Mas, Miguel Angel Lopez, Domenico Pozzovivo, Rigoberto Uran, Tom Dumoulin, Rafal Majka, Tiesj Benoot, Matej Mohoric, Roman Kreuziger, Michael Woods
* Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet, George Bennett, Wilco Kelderman, Bob Jungels, Sergio Henao, Jack Haig, Emanuel Buchmann, Patrick Konrad, Rui Costa
