# 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships was the seventh edition of the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.

## Classification
### Sport class

* Cycling
** C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
** C2 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation
** C3 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
** C4 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
** C5 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
* Hand cycling
** H1 - tetraplegics with severe upper limb impairment to the C6 vertebra
** H2 - Tetraplegics with minor upper limb impairment from C7 through T3
** H3 - paraplegics with impairment from T4 through T10
** H4 - Paraplegics with impairment from T11 down, and amputees unable to kneel
** H5 - Athletes who can kneel on a handcycle, a category that includes paraplegics and amputees
* Tricycle
** T1 - Severe locomotor dysfunction
** T2 - Moderate loss of stability and function
* Tandem
** Tandem B - Visual impairment

## Event winners

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's events ||||||||
| 15.5 km time trial details | H1 | Benjamin Früh Switzerland | 45:14.14 | Nicolas Pieter du Preez South Africa | 46:52.67 | Harri Sopanen Finland | 50:39.42 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | H2 | Luca Mazzone Italy | 29:19.00 | William Groulx United States | 29:25.63 | Sergio Garrote Munoz Spain | 31:21.98 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | T1 | Sergey Semochkin Russia | 35:45.68 | Rickard Nilsson Sweden | 38:09.64 | Leonardo Melle Italy | 38:56.77 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | T2 | Hans-Peter Durst Germany | 27:41.14 | Ryan Boyle United States | 27:57.17 | Stephen Hills New Zealand | 29:21.08 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | C1 | Michael Teuber Germany | 35:29.66 | Ross Wilson Canada | 35:57.87 | William Lister United States | 37:02.31 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | C2 | Tristen Chernove Canada | 35:32.72 | Darren Hicks Australia | 35:49.16 | Israel Hilario Rimas Peru | 35:50.96 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | C3 | Michael Sametz Canada | 32:48.92 | Benjamin Watson Great Britain | 33:26.11 | Esneider Muñoz Colombia | 34:18.19 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | H3 | Paolo Cecchetto Italy | 39:30.59 | Heinz Frei Switzerland | 39:55.97 | Charles Moreau Canada | 40:22.98 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | H4 | Jetze Plat Netherlands | 36:39.14 | Rafal Wilk Poland | 38:27.81 | Krystian Giera Poland | 39:04.52 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | H5 | Alessandro Zanardi Italy | 37:47.96 | Tim de Vries Netherlands | 37:50.59 | Luis Costa Portugal | 38:35.47 |
| 31 km time trial details | C4 | Jozef Metelka Slovakia | 42:11.02 | Kyle Bridgwood Australia | 42:23.08 | Diego Germán Dueñas Colombia | 43:46.44 |
| 31 km time trial details | C5 | Daniel Abraham Gebru Netherlands | 41:07.98 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | 41:17.23 | Lauro Cesar Chaman Brazil | 41:44.23 |
| 31 km time trial details | Tandem B | Marcin Polak Michał Ładosz (pilot) Poland | 39:17.24 | Stephen Bate Adam Duggleby (pilot) Great Britain | 39:20.93 | Vincent ter Schure Timo Fransen (pilot) Netherlands | 40:00.59 |
| 30.4 km Road race details | H1 | Nicolas Pieter du Preez South Africa | 1:22:29 | Benjamin Früh Switzerland | + 00:00:45 | Fabrizio Cornegliani Italy | + 00:04:26 |
| 30.4 km Road race details | T1 | Sergey Semochkin Russia | 1:10:43 | Leonardo Melle Italy | -1 LAP | Rickard Nilsson Sweden | -1 LAP |
| 30.4 km Road race details | T2 | Hans-Peter Durst Germany | 56:51 | Stephen Hills New Zealand | + 00:02 | Joan Reinoso Figuerola Spain | + 00:11 |
| 42.5 km Road race details | H2 | Luca Mazzone Italy | 1:20:13 | William Groulx United States | + 00:01:12 | Sergio Garrote Munoz Spain | + 00:04:05 |
| 60.7 km Road race details | C1 | Pierre Senska Germany | 1:34:37 | Ricardo Ten Argiles Spain | s.t. | Michael Teuber Germany | + 00:00:03 |
| 60.7 km Road race details | C2 | Tristen Chernove Canada | 1:33:47 | Darren Hicks Australia | s.t. | François Lacroix France | s.t. |
| 60.7 km Road race details | C3 | Henrik Marvig Sweden | 1:33:46 | Steffen Warias Germany | s.t. | Fabio Anobile Italy | s.t. |
| 60.7 km Road race details | H3 | David Franek France | 1:42:19 | Paolo Cecchetto Italy | s.t. | Heinz Frei Switzerland | + 00:00:03 |
| 60.7 km Road race details | H4 | Jetze Plat Netherlands | 1:42:47 | Rafal Wilk Poland | + 00:00:02 | Bernd Jeffré Germany | + 00:03:13 |
| 60.7 km Road race details | H5 | Tim de Vries Netherlands | 1:50:11 | Alessandro Zanardi Italy | s.t. | Johan Reekers Netherlands | s.t. |
| 85.0 km Road race details | C4 | Tobias Vetter Germany | 2:06:47 | Kyle Bridgwood Australia | s.t. | Sergei Pudov Russia | s.t. |
| 85.0 km Road race details | C5 | Lauro Cesar Chaman Brazil | 2:04:04 | Wolfgang Eibeck Germany | + 00:02:12 | Dorian Foulon France | + 00:02:41 |
| 109.3 km Road race details | Tandem B | Nelson Javier Serna Marlon Pérez Arango(pilot) Colombia | 2:29:45 | Tristan Bangma Patrick Bos(pilot) Netherlands | + 00:00:27 | Marcin Polak Michał Ładosz(pilot) Poland | s.t. |
| Women's events ||||||||
| 15.5 km time trial details | C2 | Daniela Munévar Colombia | 27:57.61 | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | 28:28.93 | Allison Jones United States | 28:29.86 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | C3 | Keiko Noguchi Japan | 26:17.23 | Anna Beck Sweden | 26:20.19 | Denise Schindler Germany | 26:24.89 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | H1 | Emilie Miller Australia | 1:47:32.51 | | | | |
| 15.5 km time trial details | H2 | Carmen Koedood Netherlands | 51:27.92 | Ciara Staunton Ireland | 1:10:24.36 | | |
| 15.5 km time trial details | H3 | Francesca Porcellato Italy | 31:16.70 | Renata Kałuża Poland | 33:14.03 | Anna Oroszova Slovakia | 33:52.38 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | H4 | Christiane Reppe Germany | 32:08.05 | Sandra Graf Switzerland | 33:21.34 | Svetlana Moshkovich Russia | 33:22.44 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | H5 | Andrea Eskau Germany | 27:47.61 | Laura de Vaan Netherlands | 29:06.63 | Jennette Jansen Netherlands | 30:09.82 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | T1 | Shelley Gautier Canada | 38:03.35 | Yulia Sibagatova Russia | 38:08.46 | Toni Mould South Africa | 1:06:38.81 |
| 15.5 km time trial details | T2 | Carol Cooke Australia | 33:03.98 | Jill Walsh United States | 33:11.05 | Jana Majunke Germany | 34:14.85 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | C4 | Shawn Morelli United States | 36:48.39 | Raphaela Eggert Germany | 40:03.52 | Meg Lemon Australia | 40:12.06 |
| 23.3 km time trial details | C5 | Anna Harkowska Poland | 36:39.63 | Samantha Bosco United States | 36:49.97 | Kerstin Brachtendorf Germany | 36:52.63 |
| 31 km time trial details | Tandem B | Katie-George Dunlevy Eve McCrystal(pilot) Ireland | 45:40.57 | Lora Fachie Corrine Hall(pilot) Great Britain | 45:46.02 | Iwona Podkościelna Aleksandra Tecław(pilot) Poland | 47:02.75 |
| 18.2 km Road race details | H1 | Emilie Miller Australia | 1:47:32.51 | | | | |
| 24.3 km Road race details | T1 | Shelley Gautier Canada | 1:01:41 | Toni Mould South Africa | -1 LAP | | |
| 24.3 km Road race details | T2 | Carol Cooke Australia | 51:07 | Jana Majunke Germany | + 00:32 | Jill Walsh United States | + 01:03 |
| 36.4 km Road race details | H2 | Carmen Koedood Netherlands | 1:34:54 | Ciara Staunton Ireland | -1 LAP | | |
| 42.5 km Road race details | H3 | Francesca Porcellato Italy | 1:24:16 | Anna Oroszova Slovakia | + 00:05:21 | Renata Kałuża Poland | + 00:05:43 |
| 42.5 km Road race details | H4 | Christiane Reppe Germany | 1:29:16 | Svetlana Moshkovich Russia | + 00:00:02 | Sandra Graf Switzerland | + 00:00:18 |
| 42.5 km Road race details | H5 | Andrea Eskau Germany | 1:18:05 | Laura de Vaan Netherlands | + 00:06:04 | Jennette Jansen Netherlands | s.t. |
| 48.6 km Road race details | C2 | Allison Jones United States | 1:30:44 | Daniela Munévar Colombia | + 00:00:03 | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | + 00:05:23 |
| 48.6 km Road race details | C3 | Anna Beck Sweden | 1:31:33 | Denise Schindler Germany | s.t. | Keiko Noguchi Japan | s.t. |
| 60.7 km Road race details | C4 | Shawn Morelli United States | 1:42:15 | Jenny Narcisi Italy | + 00:03:34 | Meg Lemon Australia | + 00:04:21 |
| 60.7 km Road race details | C5 | Kerstin Brachtendorf Germany | 1:41:58 | Mariela Delgado Argentina | s.t. | Crystal Lane Great Britain | s.t. |
| 85 km Road race details | Tandem B | Katie-George Dunlevy Eve McCrystal(pilot) Ireland | 2:05:54 | Iwona Podkościelna Aleksandra Tecław(pilot) Poland | s.t. | Eleni Kalatzi Argyro Milaki(pilot) Greece | s.t. |
| Mixed events ||||||||
| Team Relay details | H1-5 | Paolo Cecchetto Luca Mazzone Alessandro Zanardi Italy | 16:31 | Matthew Updike William Groulx Alfredo de los Santos United States | + 00:00:06 | Bernd Jeffré Mariusz Frankowski Andrea Eskau Germany | + 00:00:51 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 10 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 51 | 49 | 46 | 146 |

## Participating nations

38 nations participated.
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Burkina Faso
* Canada
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Dominican Republic
* Spain
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Germany
* Greece
* India
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* South Africa
* Russia
* Switzerland
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Ukraine
* United States
* Venezuela