2014 UCI Road World Championships

Cycling world championships February 2020 2014 UCI Road World Championships logo.jpg 2014 UCI Road World Championships logo Spain Castile and León#Spain Ponferrada Ponferrada, Spain Spain 42 33 N 6 35 W type:landmark_region:ES inline 21–28 September 2014 68 12 Firenze 2013 Richmond 2015 The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the seventh time that Spain had hosted the championships; they were previously held in Lasarte in 1965, Montjuïc in 1973, Barcelona in 1984, Benidorm in 1992, San Sebastián in 1997 and Madrid in 2005. Bidding process The UCI announced on 4 April 2011 that the city of Ponferrada had the best candidature file to host the Championships. The candidature file of Ponferrada had the best score on the important sporting and economic elements.Press release - 2014 UCI Road World Championships: Ponferrada's candidature retained https://web.archive.org/web/20110408172755/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NzI4NA&MenuId=MTI2Mjc 8 April 2011 UCI, 4 April 2011 Ponferrada had unsuccessfully bid for the 2013 World Championships, which were awarded to Tuscany. Other candidates for the 2014 Championships were Hooglede-Gits in Belgium, Chihuahua in Mexico and the Vendée region in France.UCI backing Ponferrada to host 2014 world road championships Preparations Sponsors of the Championships Main event partners: Mapei Junta de Castilla y León Tissot Shimano Movistar Santini SMS Tacx Loterias y Apuestas del Estado Nautalia Gadis Coca-Cola Santander Kyocera Embutidos Pajariel Media partners: Marca Televisión Española El Mundo Ciclismo a Fondo ExpansiónRFEC Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada CSD Fundacion Mundial Ciclismo Ponferrada 2014 Diputación de León Aemet The original plan was to have two different finish sections, one for the road races and one for an uphill time trial. The idea was later discarded because it was not possible from a logistical and financial point of view. Unpaid volunteers will perform a variety of tasks before and during the Championships. A target of 1000 volunteers was set with a maximum of 1400. When recruitment started begin April 2014, 200 applications were received within the first day.CTO. MUNDO 2014 El Mundial de Ponferrada suma 200 voluntarios en 24 horas http://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/20140402/deportes/ciclismo/cto.-mundo-2014-mundial-ponferrada_201404021909.html diariovasco.com 2 April 2014 es 29 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042108/http://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/20140402/deportes/ciclismo/cto.-mundo-2014-mundial-ponferrada_201404021909.html 24 September 2014 dead As of 16 September 1186 volunteers were recruited. On 11 July the official anthem of the Championships was announced titled Song-G Ponferrada 2014 written by Bierzo band Rapabestas.'Son-g Ponferrada 2014', elegida sintonía oficial del Mundial http://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-ep/mostrar/20140711191357/son-g-ponferrada-2014-elegida-sintonia-oficial-del-mundial#.U8URHvl_uwA diariosigloxxi.com 11 July 2014 es 15 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140728154011/http://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-ep/mostrar/20140711191357/son-g-ponferrada-2014-elegida-sintonia-oficial-del-mundial#.U8URHvl_uwA 28 July 2014 dead Tickets for the Championships to sit near the finish line could be bought in advance. Day passes were available for €60–80 and special packages were available for more days.Tickets http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/tickets mundialciclismoponferrada.com 4 September 2014 https://archive.today/20140904143546/http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/tickets 4 September 2014 dead The Italian company Erreà was made responsible to develop and distribute the official merchandising, from which a percentage of sales will go towards funding the event.La italiana Erreà hará el merchandising del Mundial de Ponferrada http://leonoticias.com/frontend/leonoticias/La-Italiana-Errea-Hara-El-Merchandising-Del-Mundial-De-Ponfe-vn144923-vst279 leonoticias.com 22 May 2014 es 24 May 2014 23 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140523234024/http://www.leonoticias.com/frontend/leonoticias/La-Italiana-Errea-Hara-El-Merchandising-Del-Mundial-De-Ponfe-vn144923-vst279 dead Costs The city council of Ponferrada estimated that at the end of April, €12.42 million had been spent on organizing the championships, an amount that could reach €14 million by the end of September. About €4.8 million comes from sponsors, merchandising and contributing hotels and several more millions will come from other contracts. The organization of championships has an overall budget of €11 million; organisers have to pay €5 million to the UCI for organizing the championships and €6 million are used for the organization and logistics. Ponferrada cerrará a finales de mes 12,4 millones para financiar el Mundia http://www.elconfidencial.com/ultima-hora-en-vivo/2014-07-14/ponferrada-cerrara-a-finales-de-mes-12-4-millones-para-financiar-el-mundial_313987/ elconfidencial.com 14 July 2014 es The Provincial Council of León invested €323,181 to upgrade Ponferrada and make the city ready for the championships.CTO. MUNDO 2014 El Mundial de Ponferrada suma 200 voluntarios en 24 horas http://www.leonactualidad.es/campeonato-mundial-ciclismo-ponferrada/116824 leonactualidad.es 27 May 2014 es 2 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140719022829/http://www.leonactualidad.es/campeonato-mundial-ciclismo-ponferrada/116824 19 July 2014 dead According to media reports in March 2015, the championships failed to make a profit, with estimates for losses ranging from €2.7 to €9 million.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/multi-million-euro-losses-reported-for-ponferrada-world-championships Multi-million euro losses reported for Ponferrada World Championships 19 March 2015 cyclingnews.com 19 March 2015 Qualification 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification Main qualification was based on performances on the UCI events during 2014. Results from January to the middle of August counted towards the qualification criteria, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on 15 August 2014.Qualification System for the 2014 UCI Road World Championships: Men Elite Road Race http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYzNDI&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=ODQ1MzM&LangId=1 22 July 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130928153607/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYzNDI&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=ODQ1MzM&LangId=1 28 September 2013 Participating nations Cyclists from 68 national federations competed. Apart from these nations, one rider from Namibia competed in the men's team time trial.UCI Road World Championships, Entries, Start lists, results http://www.uci.ch/road/ucievents/2014-road-uci-road-world-championships/111129014/widgets/entries-start-lists-results-165688/ UCI 17 September 2014 Rider from the Dominican Republic and Turkmenisten were registered but did not compete. The number of cyclists per nation that competed, excluding riders in the team time trials, is shown in parentheses. Participating national federationsClick on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page17em ALB 4 ALG 7 ARG 7 AUS 29 AUT 18 AZE 6 BLR 11 BEL 35 BRA 12 CAN 16 CHI 4 COL 23 CRC 2 CRO 7 CZE 7 DEN 23 ECU 2 EGY 4 ESA 1 ERI 7 EST 11 FIN 6 FRA 37 GER 38 GBR 32 GRE 3 HON 1 HUN 7 IRL 13 ISR 5 ITA 37 JPN 11 KAZ 20 LAT 10 LIE 1 LTU 9 LUX 8 MKD 3 MRI 1 MEX 11 MDA 2 MAR 12 NED 34 NZL 10 NOR 21 PAR 1 POL 31 POR 15 QAT 1 ROU 9 RUS 32 RWA 3 SKN 1 SRB 4 SIN 1 SVK 12 SLO 23 RSA 16 ESP 32 (host) SWE 17 SUI 24 TUR 11 UKR 15 USA 29 URU 1 UZB 6 VEN 12 VIE 1 Schedule All events will start and finish in Ponferrada. All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1).Sport Competition Schedule http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/imagenes/tinyMCE/Files/Events_Program_III.pdf mundialciclismoponferrada.com 26 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140802041152/http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/imagenes/tinyMCE/Files/Events_Program_III.pdf 2 August 2014 dead Date Timings EventDistance Team time trial events 21 September 10:00 11:25 Women's teams36.15 km on 14:00 17:05 Men's teams57.10 km on Individual time trial events 22 September 10:00 11:30 Junior women13.90 km on 14:00 16:35 Under-23 men36.15 km on 23 September 10:00 12:40 Junior men 29.50 km on 14:00 16:45 Elite women 24 September 13:30 17:00 Elite men47.10 km on Road race events Laps 26 September 09:00 11:10 Junior women 72.80 km on4 13:00 17:40 Under-23 men 182.00 km on10 27 September 09:00 12:15 Junior men 127.40 km on7 14:00 17:20 Elite women 28 September 10:00 16:35 Elite men 254.80 km on14 Events summary Elite events Men's EventsMen's road racehttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/12RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Men Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes Elite Sport Result Tissot Timing 28 September 2014 28 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006150531/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/12RES00.pdf 6 October 2014 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race Michał Kwiatkowski POL 6h 29' 07" Simon Gerrans AUS + 1" Alejandro Valverde ESP + 1"Men's time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/07RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Men Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Elite Sport Result Tissot Timing 24 September 2014 24 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054137/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/07RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial Bradley Wiggins GBR 56' 25.52" Tony Martin DEU + 26.23" Tom Dumoulin NED + 40.64" Men's team time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/02RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Team Time Trial Men / Contre-la-montre par équipe hommes Sport Result Tissot Timing 21 September 2014 21 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054905/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/02RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial USA BMC 2014 1h 03' 29.85" AUS OGE 2014 + 31.84" BEL OPQ 2014 + 35.22" Rohan Dennis AUSSilvan Dillier SUIDaniel Oss ITAManuel Quinziato ITATejay van Garderen USAPeter Velits SVK Luke Durbridge AUSMichael Hepburn AUSDamien Howson AUSBrett Lancaster AUSJens Mouris NEDSvein Tuft CAN Tom Boonen BELMichał Kwiatkowski POLTony Martin DEUPieter Serry BELNiki Terpstra NEDJulien Vermote BEL Women's EventsWomen's road racehttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/11RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Women Elite Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Elite Sport Result Tissot Timing 27 September 2014 27 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101611/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/11RES00.pdf 6 October 2014 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race Pauline Ferrand-Prévot FRA 3h 29' 21" Lisa Brennauer DEU s.t. Emma Johansson SWE s.t.Women's time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/06RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Women Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Elite Sport Result Tissot Timing 23 September 2014 23 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054600/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/06RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial Lisa Brennauer DEU 38' 48.16" Hanna Solovey UKR + 18.68" Evelyn Stevens USA + 21.25" Women's team time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/01RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Team Time Trial Women / Contre-la-montre par équipe femmes Sport Result Tissot Timing 21 September 2014 21 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041815/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/01RES00.pdf 24 September 2014 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial USA SLU 2014 43' 33.35" AUS LAJ 2014 + 1' 17.56" ITA Astana BePink + 2' 19.64" Chantal Blaak NEDLisa Brennauer DEUKarol-Ann Canuel CANCarmen Small USAEvelyn Stevens USATrixi Worrack DEU Annette Edmondson AUSMelissa Hoskins AUSEmma Johansson SWEJessie MacLean AUSValentina Scandolara ITAAmanda Spratt AUS Alena Amialiusik BLRSimona Frapporti ITADoris Schweizer SUIAlison Tetrick USASilvia Valsecchi ITASusanna Zorzi ITA Under-23 events Men's Under-23 EventsMen's under-23 road racehttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/09RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Men Under 23 Road Race / Course en ligne Hommes U23 Sport Result Tissot Timing 26 September 2014 26 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184038/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/09RES00.pdf 3 March 2016 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race Sven Erik Bystrøm NOR 4h 32' 39" Caleb Ewan AUS + 7" Kristoffer Skjerping NOR + 7"Men's under-23 time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/04RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Men Under 23 Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes U23 Sport Result Tissot Timing 22 September 2014 22 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129055222/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/04RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial Campbell Flakemore AUS 43' 49.94" Ryan Mullen IRL + 0.48" Stefan Küng SUI + 9.22" Junior events Men's Juniors EventsMen's junior road race2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race Jonas Bokeloh DEU 3h 07' 00" Alexandr Kulikovskiy RUS s.t. Peter Lenderink NED s.t.Men's junior time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/05RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Men Juniors Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Juniors Sport Result Tissot Timing 23 September 2014 23 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054902/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/05RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial Lennard Kämna DEU 36' 13.49" Adrien Costa USA + 44.66" Michael Storer AUS + 58.11" Women's Juniors EventsWomen's junior road racehttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/08RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Women Juniors Road Race / Course en ligne Femmes Junior Sport Result Tissot Timing 26 September 2014 26 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129054725/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/08RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race Amalie Dideriksen DEN 2h 02' 59" Sofia Bertizzolo ITA s.t. Agnieszka Skalniak POL s.t.Women's junior time trialhttp://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/03RES00.pdf Results / Résultats: Women Juniors Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Femmes Junior Sport Result Tissot Timing 22 September 2014 22 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150129055302/http://cycling.sportresult.com/results/cr/2014/WM/03RES00.pdf 29 January 2015 dead2014 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior time trial Macey Stewart AUS 20' 08.39" Pernille Mathiesen DEN + 10.79" Anna-Leeza Hull AUS + 13.31" Medal table Place Nation Total 1 DEU 3 2 0 5 2 AUS 2 4 2 8 3 USA 2 1 1 4 4 DEN 1 1 0 2 5 NOR 1 0 1 2 POL 1 0 1 2 7 FRA 1 0 0 1 SVK 1 0 0 1 GBR 1 0 0 1 9 ITA 0 1 1 2 10 IRL 0 1 0 1 RUS 0 1 0 1 UKR 0 1 0 1 13 NED 0 0 2 2 14 ESP 0 0 1 1 SWE 0 0 1 1 SUI 0 0 1 1 BEL 0 0 1 1 Total 12 12 12 36 Courses Team time trial The course for the Women's Race is 36.15 km on and 57.10 km on for the Men's Race. The team time trial starts in the centre of Ponferrada and will go via La Martina, Posada del Bierzo, Carracedelo and Cacabelos back to Ponferrada. The total incline of the women's course is 198 m on. A few kilometres before the finish there is a climb with an elevation of over 100 m on and a maximum inclination of 7%. The men face a few small climbs during the course with a total of 386 m on of climbing and a maximum incline of 10%.Team time trial elite women (course) http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/descargas/883421.pdf mundialciclismoponferrada .com 15 April 2014Team time trial elite men (course) http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/descargas/9140764.pdf mundialciclismoponferrada .com 15 April 2014 Individual time trial The initial plan was to have a time trial finishing uphill. This idea was discarded because it was required to have two finish sections which was not possible from a logistical and financial point of view.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/no-uphill-time-trial-at-ponferrada-worlds No uphill time trial at Ponferrada Worlds 21 November 2013 18 April 2014 cyclingnews.com The length of the individual time trials varies between 13.90 km on for junior women and 47.10 km on for elite men. All courses will start and finish in Ponferrada and will run through La Martina, Posada del Bierzo and Carracedelo. A short stretch before riding into Ponferrada was made for the championships. Except for the elite men's course, all courses are quite flat until a steep climb a few kilometres before the finish with an incline of over 100 m on and a maximum inclination of 7% a few kilometres before the finish line. The total elevation over the elite men's course is 458 m on with a few hills in the last 15 km on with a maximum inclination of 10%. The course starts with a flat section of 30 km on through the valley of Bierzo, before the parcours goes slightly up. In a little under 10 km on the riders rise from 550 m on to an altitude of 700 m on. The ascent overlaps partly with the road race for men, which means the steepest part has a negative gradient of 16%. After 40 km on there is another climb. In a few kilometres the riders will reach the highest point in the route, located at 709 m on after 43 km on. The rest of the course is going downhill. Road race The road races of all events will be on the same circuit. The circuit is 18.20 km on and includes two hills. The total climbing is 306 m on per lap and the maximum incline is 10.7%.HILLS PROFILES http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/descargas/6205956.pdf mundialciclismoponferrada .com 15 April 2014 The first 4 km on are flat, after which starts the climb to Alto de Montearenas with an average gradient of 8%. After a few hundred metres the ascent flattens and the remaining 5.1 km on are at an average gradient of 3.5%. Next is a descent, with the steepest after 11 km on with a 16% negative gradient. Alto de Compostilla is a short climb of 1.1 km on, at an average gradient is 6.5% with some of the steepest parts are 11%. The remaining distance of 4.5 km on is almost completely going down.Road race elite women (course) http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/descargas/8662004.pdf mundialciclismoponferrada .com 15 April 2014 Prize money The UCI assigned premiums in all of the twelve events, with a total prize money of €179,805. In the individual time trials and road races the top 3 finishers win prize money and in the team time trials the top 5 teams. The prize money in the road races is about twice as high as in the time trials for each category. About 60% of the prize money goes to the three elite men events and 28% to the elite women's. 61% of the prize money is awarded in the team time trials, 26% in the road races and 13% in the time trials.http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/57/43/GB_GUIDE2014_HD_English.pdf Competitions Guide uci.ch 5 September 2014 RankMen elitesWomen elitesMen U23Men juniorsWomen juniorsTotalRoad races 1 €7,667 €7,667 €3,833 €1,533 €1,533 €22,233 2 €5,367 €5,367 €2,683 €1,150 €1,150 €15,717 3 €3,067 €3,067 €1,533 €767 €767 €9,201 Total €16,101 €16,101 €8,049 €3,450 €3,450 €47,151Time trials 1 €3,833 €3,833 €3,067 €767 €767 €12,267 2 €2,300 €2,300 €1,533 €383 €383 €6,899 3 €1,633 €1,633 €767 €230 €230 €4,493 Total €7,766 €7,766 €5,367 €1,380 €1,380 €23,659Team time trials 1 €33,333 €10,666 N/A €43,999 2 €20,833 €6,666 €27,499 3 €16,666 €4,166 €20,832 4 €8,333 €2,500 €10,833 5 €4,166 €1,666 €5,832 Total €83,331 €25,664 €108,995 Total €107,198 €49,531 €13,416 €4,830 €4,830 €179,805 Broadcasting 20em Africa (French speaking): BeIN Sports Andorra: BeIN Sports Australia: SBS Australia Austria: ORF Belgium: RTBF, VRT Bosnia: SportKlub Brazil: Globosat Canada: RDS, Rogers Sportsnet Croatia: SportKlub Czech Republic: Czech TV Denmark: Viasat Estonia: Viasat Finland: Viasat France: France TV, BeIN Sports Germany: Das Erste Hungary: Sport 1 India: Sport 1 Israel: Charlton Italy: RAI Japan: NHK Kosovo: SportKlub Latvia: Viasat Lithuania: Viasat Macedonia: SportKlub Malaysia: ASTRO Mexico: SKY México Middle East: Al Jazeera Monaco: BeIN Sports Montenegro: SportKlub Netherlands: NOS New-Zealand: Sky New-Zealand Norway: Viasat PAN Africa: SuperSport PAN South America: Direct TV Poland: Polsat Portugal: RTP 2 Romania: Pro TV Serbia: SportKlub Slovakia: Slovak TV Slovenia: SportKlub Spain: TVE (international broadcast signal) Sweden: Viasat Switzerland: SRG SSR United Kingdom: BBC Television United States: Universal Sports Worldwide: SNTV, Perform SourcesTV Broadcast http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/69/24/2014UCIRoadWorldChampionshis-TVSchedule_Neutral.pdf UCI 18 September 20142014 UCI Road World Championships, TV Takers list http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTY0Mjg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=OTM5NzE&LangId=1 UCI 15 April 2014 See also 2014 in men's road cycling 2014 in women's road cycling References 30em External links http://www.mundialciclismoponferrada.com/ en es Entries, Start Lists and Results on the UCI website Sports Spain Category:UCI Road World Championships by year UCI Road World Championships UCI Road World Championships Category:International cycle races hosted by Spain Category:Cycle races in Castile and León Category:September 2014 sports events in Spain Category:Sport in Ponferrada Category:2010s in Castile and León