255 km – Still no breakaway to report
The first attempts of Silvan Dillier (Switzerland) or Lukas Postlberger (Austria) fell through. For the moment, it rolls grouped.
267 km – No headsets this Sunday
Who says Worlds, says racing without a headset. This always complicates the control of the race, especially on the part of large formations.
271 km – Let’s go for this world championship!
Despite a technical glitch from Portuguese Joao Almeida after the fictitious start, the real start of the world championship has just been given! Let’s go for 271 km and more than six hours of suffering.
What you need to know about this long-awaited online race
Belgium will have the keys to the race this Sunday with defending champion Remco Evenepoel but also Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen, while the Netherlands will play the Mathieu van der Poel card. France will bet on Christophe Laporte. But the other actor is this very particular layout.
>>> The favourites, the route, the French… Discover here our presentation of the event
Can France do it?
World champion thanks to Julian Alaphilippe in 2020 and 2021 and second with Christophe Laporte last year, the French team will still have a great role to play with its two men but also Valentin Madouas or Benoît Cosnefroy. “The Belgians are favourites, we leave that role to them but we also have ambitions,” coach Thomas Voeckler told RMC.
But we must not forget Tadej Pogacar, no doubt revengeful after his second place in the Tour de France, behind an untouchable Jonas Vingegaard.
Julie Bégo champion in the Juniors
Thirteen years after Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, the Frenchwoman Julie Bégo became junior world champion in road cycling by winning after a solo raid of more than 20 km on Saturday in Glasgow.
>>> We tell you everything here
A course that makes a lot of talk
“The guy who designed it may have hung around the pub too long”: with 271 km on the program and above all its countless turns, the street circuit of the world road championships in Glasgow confuses the stars of the peloton who compete on Sunday on a disconcerting and criticized course.
>>> Our paper: why the course confuses the peloton
Hello everyone and welcome to the live of the road cycling world championships
While the track events have started for three days, the road is taking up residence in the multidisciplinary world cycling championships in Glasgow. This Sunday, it’s time for the big explanation for men.
Departure at 10:30 a.m. for the race, with an expected arrival, a priori, between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.