2023 UCI Road World Championships

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The 2023 UCI Road World Championships were held from August 5 to August 13 in Scotland, as part of the first-ever UCI Cycling World Championships. It was the 96th edition of the world championships in road cycling. A total of 13 events were contested: six road races (mostly in Glasgow city center), six individual time trials (centered around Stirling), and a mixed team relay (also in Glasgow).

Routes and venues
- Road races: All six road races used a 14.3-kilometer finishing circuit in Glasgow. The men’s elite road race started in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, then headed toward Glasgow to finish with ten laps on the Glasgow circuit, including a climb on Crow Road. The women’s and under-23 road races followed the same finishing circuit. The junior road races also used the same Glasgow circuit.
- Time trials: All individual time trials were held around Stirling, finishing at Stirling Castle. Distances varied, from 23 kilometers for some junior events up to 48.1 kilometers for the men’s elite time trial.
- Mixed relay: The mixed team relay used a 40.3-kilometer circuit around Glasgow.

Winners
- Men’s road race: Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) won gold; silver went to Wout van Aert (Belgium); bronze to Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia).
- Men’s time trial: Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) won gold; silver to Filippo Ganna (Italy); bronze to Josh Tarling (Great Britain).
- Women’s road race: Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) won gold; silver to Demi Vollering (Netherlands); bronze to Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark).
- Women’s time trial: Chloe Dygert (USA) won gold; silver to Grace Brown (Australia); bronze to Christina Schweinberger (Austria).
- Mixed team relay: Switzerland won gold; medals for other nations followed (France and Germany among others).

The event showcased Scotland’s cities—Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Stirling—as the backdrop for a wide program of world championship racing, concluding a landmark year that brought together road cycling’s world championships with other cycling disciplines under one umbrella event.