# 2024 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The men's road race of the 2024 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling race that took place on 29 September 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland. It was won by Tadej Pogačar, who went on the attack 100km from the finish line.

## Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 20 August 2024.

### UCI World Rankings

The following nations qualified.
| Nations | Riders |
| Australia | 8 |
| Belgium | 8 |
| Denmark | 8 |
| France | 8 |
| Great Britain | 8 |
| Italy | 8 |
| Netherlands | 8 |
| Slovenia | 8 |
| Spain | 8 |
| United States | 8 |
| Austria | 6 |
| Colombia | 6 |
| Ecuador | 6 |
| Eritrea | 6 |
| Germany | 6 |
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Norway | 6 |
| Portugal | 6 |
| Switzerland | 6 |
| Neutral athletes of Russian sporting nationality | 6 |
| Canada | 4 |
| Czechia | 4 |
| Hungary | 4 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 |
| Latvia | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 4 |
| Mexico | 4 |
| Poland | 4 |
| Venezuela | 4 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Mauritius | 1 |
| Mongolia | 1 |
| Morocco | 1 |
| Panama | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 |

### Continental champions

| Name | Country | Reason |
| Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | Incumbent World Champion |
| Leangel Linarez | Venezuela | Panamerican Champion |
| Kim Eu-ro | South Korea | Asian Champion |

## Final classification

Source:
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | 6h 27' 30" |
| 2 | Ben O'Connor | Australia | + 34" |
| 3 | Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | + 58" |
| 4 | Toms Skujiņš | Latvia | + 58" |
| 5 | Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | + 58" |
| 6 | Marc Hirschi | Switzerland | + 58" |
| 7 | Ben Healy | Ireland | + 1' 00" |
| 8 | Enric Mas | Spain | + 1' 01" |
| 9 | Quinn Simmons | United States | + 2' 18" |
| 10 | Romain Bardet | France | + 2' 18" |
| 11 | Roger Adrià | Spain | + 2' 18" |
| 12 | Bauke Mollema | Netherlands | + 2' 18" |
| 13 | Mads Pedersen | Denmark | + 3' 52" |
| 14 | Markus Hoelgaard | Norway | + 3' 52" |
| 15 | Georg Zimmermann | Germany | + 3' 52" |
| 16 | Oscar Onley | Great Britain | + 3' 52" |
| 17 | Brandon McNulty | United States | + 3' 52" |
| 18 | Jai Hindley | Australia | + 3' 52" |
| 19 | Kevin Vermaerke | United States | + 3' 52" |
| 20 | Mathias Vacek | Czech Republic | + 3' 52" |
| 21 | Archie Ryan | Ireland | + 6' 04" |
| 22 | Valentin Madouas | France | + 6' 04" |
| 23 | Frederik Wandahl | Denmark | + 6' 04" |
| 24 | Magnus Cort | Denmark | + 6' 36" |
| 25 | Giulio Ciccone | Italy | + 6' 36" |
| 26 | Juan Ayuso | Spain | + 6' 36" |
| 27 | Attila Valter | Hungary | + 6' 36" |
| 28 | Florian Lipowitz | Germany | + 6' 36" |
| 29 | Felix Großschartner | Austria | + 6' 36" |
| 30 | Adam Yates | Great Britain | + 6' 36" |
| 31 | Wilco Kelderman | Netherlands | + 6' 36" |
| 32 | Aleksandr Vlasov | [[ at the UCI Road World Championships|]] | + 6' 36" |
| 33 | David Gaudu | France | + 6' 36" |
| 34 | Matteo Jorgenson | United States | + 6' 36" |
| 35 | Pavel Sivakov | France | + 6' 40" |
| 36 | Simon Geschke | Germany | + 7' 01" |
| 37 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland | + 7' 01" |
| 38 | Romain Grégoire | France | + 7' 01" |
| 39 | Neilson Powless | United States | + 12' 09" |
| 40 | Harold Tejada | Colombia | + 12' 09" |
| 41 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Norway | + 12' 09" |
| 42 | Rui Costa | Portugal | + 12' 09" |
| 43 | Lorenzo Rota | Italy | + 12' 09" |
| 44 | Pier-André Côté | Canada | + 12' 09" |
| 45 | Edoardo Zambanini | Italy | + 12' 09" |
| 46 | Nick Schultz | Australia | + 12' 09" |
| 47 | Magnus Sheffield | United States | + 12' 09" |
| 48 | Diego Ulissi | Italy | + 12' 09" |
| 49 | Sam Oomen | Netherlands | + 12' 09" |
| 50 | Georg Steinhauser | Germany | + 12' 09" |
| 51 | Maxim Van Gils | Belgium | + 12' 09" |
| 52 | Mikkel Honoré | Denmark | + 12' 09" |
| 53 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Eritrea | + 12' 09" |
| 54 | Michael Woods | Canada | + 12' 09" |
| 55 | Nelson Oliveira | Portugal | + 12' 09" |
| 56 | Johannes Staune-Mittet | Norway | + 12' 09" |
| 57 | tom Pidcock | Great Britain | + 12' 09" |
| 58 | Alex Aranburu | Spain | + 12' 09" |
| 59 | Carlos Rodríguez | Spain | + 12' 09" |
| 60 | Daniel Martínez | Colombia | + 12' 09" |
| 61 | Rudy Molard | France | + 12' 09" |
| 62 | Pablo Castrillo | Spain | + 12' 09" |
| 63 | Mattia Cattaneo | Italy | + 12' 09" |
| 64 | Primož Roglič | Slovenia | + 12' 09" |
| 65 | Bob Jungels | Luxembourg | + 12' 09" |
| 66 | Filippo Zana | Italy | + 12' 09" |
| 67 | Eddie Dunbar | Ireland | + 12' 09" |
| 68 | Simon Yates | Great Britain | + 12' 09" |
| 69 | Antonio Tiberi | Italy | + 17' 39" |
| 70 | Lawrence Warbasse | United States | + 17' 39" |
| 71 | Krists Neilands | Latvia | + 17' 39" |
| 72 | Lukáš Kubiš | Slovakia | + 19' 23" |
| 73 | Reuben Thompson | New Zealand | + 19' 23" |
| 74 | Edgar Cadena | Mexico | + 19' 23" |
| 75 | Andreas Leknessund | Norway | + 19' 23" |
| 76 | Sebastian Schönberger | Austria | + 19' 23" |
| 77 | Lukasz Owsian | Poland | + 19' 23" |
| 78 | Márton Dina | Hungary | + 19' 23" |
| 79 | Einer Rubio | Colombia | + 19' 23" |
| 80 | Guillermo Thomas Silva | Uruguay | + 19' 23" |
| 81 | Eric Fagúndez | Uruguay | + 19' 23" |
| Rider | Country | Time |
| Marco Brenner | Germany | DNF |
| Michael Matthews | Australia | DNF |
| Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Eritrea | DNF |
| Bart Lemmen | Netherlands | DNF |
| Piotr Pękala | Poland | DNF |
| Luc Wirtgen | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Silvan Dillier | Switzerland | DNF |
| Frank van den Broek | Netherlands | DNF |
| Michael Gogl | Austria | DNF |
| Johan Jacobs | Switzerland | DNF |
| Henok Mulubrhan | Eritrea | DNF |
| Emanuel Zangerle | Austria | DNF |
| Fabian Lienhard | Switzerland | DNF |
| Marcin Budziński | Poland | DNF |
| Michael Boroš | Czech Republic | DNF |
| Ivo Oliveira | Portugal | DNF |
| Tobias Bayer | Austria | DNF |
| Nadav Raisberg | Israel | DNF |
| Felix Gall | Austria | DNF |
| Conn McDunphy | Ireland | DNF |
| Kaden Hopkins | Bermuda | DNF |
| Jan Tratnik | Slovenia | DNF |
| Rui Oliveira | Portugal | DNF |
| Tobias Foss | Norway | DNF |
| Stephen Williams | Great Britain | DNF |
| Laurens De Plus | Belgium | DNF |
| Jay Vine | Australia | DNF |
| Daan Hoole | Netherlands | DNF |
| Julien Bernard | France | DNF |
| Harry Sweeny | Australia | DNF |
| Quinten Hermans | Belgium | DNF |
| Mauro Schmid | Switzerland | DNF |
| Tim Wellens | Belgium | DNF |
| Tiesj Benoot | Belgium | DNF |
| James Knox | Great Britain | DNF |
| George Bennett | New Zealand | DNF |
| Michael Storer | Australia | DNF |
| Finn Fisher-Black | New Zealand | DNF |
| Andrea Bagioli | Italy | DNF |
| Victor Campenaerts | Belgium | DNF |
| Andrea Mifsud | Malta | DNF |
| Jaka Primožič | Slovenia | DNF |
| Louis Meintjes | South Africa | DNF |
| Michel Ries | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Oscar Riesebeek | Netherlands | DNF |
| Jasper Stuyven | Belgium | DNF |
| Sjoerd Bax | Netherlands | DNF |
| Kasper Asgreen | Denmark | DNF |
| Jakob Fuglsang | Denmark | DNF |
| Michael Valgren | Denmark | DNF |
| Biniam Girmay | Eritrea | DNF |
| Madis Mihkels | Estonia | DNF |
| Lucas Eriksson | Sweden | DNF |
| Kévin Geniets | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Derek Gee | Canada | DNF |
| Jefferson Alexander Cepeda | Ecuador | DNF |
| Emīls Liepiņš | Latvia | DNF |
| Chris Hamilton | Australia | DNF |
| Yevgeniy Fedorov | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Gleb Brussenskiy | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Santiago Buitrago | Colombia | DNF |
| Miguel Díaz | Mexico | DNF |
| Periklis Ilias | Greece | DNF |
| Iustin-Ioan Vaidian | Romania | DNF |
| Domen Novak | Slovenia | DNF |
| Pello Bilbao | Spain | DNF |
| Matevž Govekar | Slovenia | DNF |
| Jake Stewart | Great Britain | DNF |
| Mark Donovan | Great Britain | DNF |
| Afonso Eulálio | Portugal | DNF |
| Maximilian Schachmann | Germany | DNF |
| Victor Langellotti | Monaco | DNF |
| Ulises Alfredo Castillo | Mexico | DNF |
| Riley Sheehan | United States | DNF |
| Francisco Joel Peñuela | Venezuela | DNF |
| Eder Frayre | Mexico | DNF |
| Roberto González | Panama | DNF |
| Sergio Chumil | Guatemala | DNF |
| Dawit Yemane | Eritrea | DNF |
| Jonathan Caicedo | Ecuador | DNF |
| Alexandre Mayer | Mauritius | DNF |
| Xianjing Lyu | China | DNF |
| Walter Vargas | Colombia | DNF |
| Jonas Abrahamsen | Norway | DNF |
| Callum Ormiston | South Africa | DNF |
| Luka Mezgec | Slovenia | DNF |
| Erik Fetter | Hungary | DNF |
| Filip Maciejuk | Poland | DNF |
| Jambaljamts Sainbayar | Mongolia | DNF |
| Markus Pajur | Estonia | DNF |
| Anton Kuzmin | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Alekss Krasts | Latvia | DNF |
| Jakub Otruba | Czech Republic | DNF |
| Michal Schlegel | Czech Republic | DNF |
| Carlos Oyarzún | Chile | DNF |
| Cory Williams | Belize | DNF |
| Amir Arslan Ansari | Refugee Nation | DNF |
| Fredd Matute | Honduras | DNF |
| Rien Schuurhuis | Vatican City | DNF |
| Ahmad Wais | Refugee Nation | DNF |
| Matic Žumer | Slovenia | DNF |
| Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | DNF |
| Mattias Skjelmose | Denmark | DNF |
| Anderson Timoteo Paredes | Venezuela | DNF |
| Armando Reis Da Costa Camargo Filho | Brazil | DNF |
| Mikel Landa | Spain | DNF |
| Hamza Mansouri | Algeria | DNF |
| Leangel Linarez | Venezuela | DNF |
| Dmitriy Bocharov | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Julian Alaphilippe | France | DNF |
| João Almeida | Portugal | DNF |
| Igor Chzhan | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Tullatorn Sosalam | Thailand | DNF |
| Fadhel Al Khater | Qatar | DNF |
| Guillaume Boivin | Canada | DNS |