the French dynamite the race before entering the final

🏁 59.5 km – Big pace

The Belgians printed a sustained tempo in the counter-attack, while the breakaways were taken back, with the exception of Battistella who took a few lengths ahead.

The movement caused by the French on video

🏁 61.5 km – One minute ahead for the counter-attack

The chasing group is preparing to see the breakaways again, as the gap with the peloton has just passed over a minute.

🏁 62 km – Composition of the hunting group

In this group are Florian Sénéchal, Quentin Pacher and Romain Bardet for France, Quinten Hermans, Remco Evenepoel and Stan Dewulf for the Belgians, Jan Tratnik for Slovenia, Mattias Jensen on the Danish side, Ben Tulett and Jake Stewart for the British, the Colombian Nairo Quintana, Jai Hindley for Australia, the Italians Lorenzo Rota and Nicola Conci, Mauro Schmid for Switzerland, Neilson Powless on the American side, the Canadians Nickolas Zukowsky and Pierre-André Cote, the New Zealander James Fouche, the Kazakhstani Alexey Lutsenko, Kevin Geniets for Luxembourg, Juraj Sagan for Slovakia and Guy Sagiv for Israel.

🏁 67 km – The absent Spaniards

There is no Spanish rider in the group that went out. The Iberians therefore ride at the head of the peloton.

🏁 71 km – Florian Sénéchal restarts

Big group that emerged and among the favorites, we find Remco Evenepoel. The Belgians and the French are well represented. The group is 30 seconds ahead of the peloton.

🏁 73.5 km – Georg Zimmermann Waterfall

The German rider suffered a heavy fall as the descent of Mount Pleasant began. He gets up but will not play the leading roles today.

🏁 76 km – Attack by Quentin Pacher!

This time it went in the peloton. First banderilla for the French for a while, with the Groupama-FDJ rider accelerating in this new ascent of Mount Pleasant. This stretches the peloton and a group is coming out. Romain Bardet and Florian Sénéchal are there, Remco Evenepoel too.

🏁 77 km – Attack of Battistella

We try to restart in the leading group with the Italian rider who is attacking. This splits the group with runners struggling to keep up. Battistella and O’Connor are the most restless, while Sivakov manages to follow without too much trouble.

🏁 78 km – The gap continues to fall

The escapees lose time, second after second. Symbol of the peloton’s acceleration as Mount Pleasant once again presents itself under their wheels. More than 2’10” ahead now.

🏁 84 km – Five laps to go

The riders are slowly approaching the end of this race, with five more laps to complete after crossing the finish line again. The favorites are gradually rising to the front.

🏁 90 km – Intensity still quite low

For now, serious things have not yet been launched. The leading men have a 3’35 lead over a peloton which has just finished once again with Mount Pleasant.

🏁 100 km – Only one hundred kilometers left!

The runners enter the last hundred kilometers. 166.9 terminals were run. Things should soon get carried away on the side of Wollongong.

🏁 108 km – Jake Stewart Falls!

The British rider was at the front of the pack in Mount Pleasant but his handlebars got snagged with a spectator’s flag. He left with no problem. Peter Sagan, next to him at the time of the incident, was a little hampered, but did not fall.

🏁 110.5 km – O’Connor insists

The Australian, fourth in the Tour de France last year, accelerates in the ascent of Mount Pleasant to revive the pace of the group, which has a little more than five minutes in advance.

🏁 119.5 km – Breakaways lose ground

The gap has been falling for several kilometers now. As they cross the line, the leading men lost a minute on that last lap. They are still 5’40” ahead of the peloton still led by the Spaniards and the Dutch.

🏁 133.5 km – Halfway

With over 133 kilometers and 133 kilometers remaining, the runners passed the halfway mark. Already more than three hours of saddle.

🏁 138 km – Spain and the Netherlands at the helm

The Spaniards and the Dutch continue to set the pace at the front of the peloton. The two nations have no representatives at the front of the race. With sixteen riders in front, several countries are represented, which makes it possible not to ride. This is the case of France but also of Belgium and Italy, in particular.

2010 hopefuls confirmed

These Worlds are the second in Australia. In 2010, in Geelong, Thor Hushovd brought the title to Norway. And among the hopefuls, the race had highlighted several runners who have since shone at the highest level. The winner of the event, a certain Michael Matthews, is among the favorites today at home.

🏁 152 km – Spain in the driving seat

The Spanish riders have taken control of the peloton and are stretching the group. In front, the five men in pursuit joined the eleven leading men. They are therefore sixteen at the front, with in particular the Frenchman Pavel Sivakov.

Abandonment of Rien Schuurhuis

His name may not speak to you, but the Dutchman created a small event today by becoming the first runner to represent the Vatican at the Worlds. He has just given up after just over 100 kilometres.

🏁 162 km – In Mount Pleasant

The front men are in Mount Pleasant again with ten laps to cover in these Worlds. Difficult climb on the course of the circuit, this is where the difference should be created by the favorites in a few hours. If you want to familiarize yourself with the course, Ouest-France has recognized the circuit.

🏁 165.6 km – The gap increases

The peloton considerably reduced its pace, after the junction between the two groups. The gap with the leading group is affected: more than seven minutes now.

Mathieu van der Poel is no longer there

The Dutchman, one of the favorites of the event, retired after a few kilometers today. He spent part of the night at the police station, after an altercation at his hotel. He was reportedly charged with two assaults.

🏁 183 km – Reunited peloton

Everything is back to normal for the peloton, with the loose group managing to rejoin the group of 25 riders which included Tadej Pogacar and Wout van Aert.

🏁 193 km – Attack of Tadej Pogacar!

First ascent of Mount Pleasant and the Slovenian is already accelerating in the first peloton.

🏁 195 km – Update on the race

Completely crazy scenario in Australia, with an explosive race at the moment. The peloton moved on, spurred on by the French team with an attack by Pavel Sivakov. This broke the main group, where only 25 riders are present. We find there in particular Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar or Biniam Girmay. On the French side, Sivakov, Bardet, Madouas and Armirail are present. The second peloton with Alaphilippe, Cosnefroy or even Matthews and Evenepoel is more than a minute away. Finally, a group of twelve riders escaped and had a lead of 1’45” over a counter-attack of five riders and 2’20” over the first peloton.

Today’s menu

Nearly 270 kilometers on the program for this event to determine the new world champion. The riders entered the urban circuit of Wollongong, where they will have the rehearsal of the ascent of Mount Pleasant, the main difficulty in this circuit. There are currently 197 kilometers to cover.

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