Saturday August 5: Junior women’s road race, 70km
The 2023 UCI Road World Championships kick off on August 5 with the junior women’s 70-kilometre road race with 5 laps of the Glasgow City Circuit. Starting and ending in George Square, the technical circuit with punchy short climbs includes 207 metres of climbing per lap. The Montrose Street incline, at 200 meters long with an average gradient of 10.8% at around 1.5km to go in the lap should provide a perfect place to launch an attack.
Saturday August 5: Junior men’s road race, 127.2km
The junior men’s 127.2-kilometre road race takes place on the first day of 2023 UCI Road World Championships on August 5. The riders will face 9 laps of the Glasgow City Circuit. Starting and ending in George Square, the technical circuit with punchy short climbs includes 207 metres of climbing per lap. The Montrose Street incline, at 200 meters long with an average gradient of 10.8% at around 1.5km to go in the lap should provide a perfect place to launch an attack.
Sunday August 6: Elite men’s road race, 271.1km
The elite men’s road race, on August 6, is over 271.1km and includes 3570 metres of climbing. It will start in the shadow of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh and then pass through Edinburgh’s Old Town, near Edinburgh Castle before crossing the Firth of Forth and following the Fife coastline towards Glasgow. After racing 120km including the climb of Crow Road (5.8km at 10%), the race ends with 10 laps of the technical Glasgow City Circuit with punchy short climbs.
Tuesday August 8: Mixed relay team time trial, 40.3km
Starting in Argyle Street, Glasgow and finishing in George Square, Glasgow the mixed relay team time trial on August 8, will see two laps of 20.15km for a total of 40.3km.
Wednesday August 9: Men’s U23 time trial, 36.2km
The individual time trial events will be held on a circuit that starts and finishes in Stirling to the north of Glasgow. The final three kilometres are the same…
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