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UCI Road World Championships 2024 – Junior Men’s Road Race contenders

GLASGOW SCOTLAND AUGUST 05 EDITORS NOTE Alternate crop Albert Withen Philipsen of Denmark celebrates at finish line as gold medal winner during the mens junior road race at the 96th UCI Glasgow 2023 Cycling World Championships Day 3 1277km course in Glasgow UCIWWT on August 05 2023 in Glasgow Scotland Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images

The distance of the junior men’s road course at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships is a carbon copy of Glasgow’s 127.2km route but the climbs on the city circuit around Zürich are a little different, opening the door for rivals to defending champion Albert Philipsen (Denmark). 

Most of the 1,913 metres of elevation gain takes place on back-to-back sections of the Zürichbergstrasse and Witikon, while last year there were short, punchy climbs around Glasgow for 1,863m total. 

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