# 2023 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The men's road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 6 August 2023 in Glasgow, Great Britain. Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the race after a crash in a high speed corner, racing solo, 16 km before the finish.

## Qualification

Qualification was based mainly on the UCI World Ranking by nations as of 30 June 2023.

### UCI World Rankings

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

### Continental champions

| Name | Country | Reason |
| Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | Incumbent World Champion |
| Henok Mulubrhan | Eritrea | African Champion |
| Pier-André Côté | Canada | Panamerican Champion |
| Gleb Brussenskiy | Kazakhstan | Asian Champion |

### Participating nations

195 cyclists from 58 nations competed in the event. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
* Anguilla (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Algeria (2)
* Australia (8)
* Austria (6)
* Belgium (9)
* Brazil (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Canada (6)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (1)
* Colombia (7)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Denmark (8)
* Ecuador (3)
* Eritrea (3)
* France (8)
* Germany (6)
* Great Britain (8)
* Greece (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (8)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Latvia (4)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Monaco (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* Morocco (4)
* Netherlands (8)
* New Zealand (5)
* Norway (6)
* Panama (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (4)
* Rwanda (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (8)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (8)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (6)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (6)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Vatican City (1)
* Venezuela (1)

## Final classification

| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | 6h 07' 27" |
| 2 | Wout van Aert | Belgium | + 1' 37" |
| 3 | Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | + 1' 45" |
| 4 | Mads Pedersen | Denmark | + 1' 45" |
| 5 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland | + 3' 48" |
| 6 | Jasper Stuyven | Belgium | + 3' 48" |
| 7 | Matthew Dinham | Australia | + 3' 48" |
| 8 | Toms Skujiņš | Latvia | + 3' 48" |
| 9 | Tiesj Benoot | Belgium | + 3' 48" |
| 10 | Alberto Bettiol | Italy | + 4' 03" |
| 11 | Neilson Powless | United States | + 4' 20" |
| 12 | Dylan van Baarle | Netherlands | + 4' 24" |
| 13 | Mauro Schmid | Switzerland | + 5' 50" |
| 14 | Mattias Skjelmose | Denmark | + 6' 22" |
| 15 | Valentin Madouas | France | + 7' 53" |
| 16 | John Degenkolb | Germany | + 8' 30" |
| 17 | Rasmus Tiller | Norway | + 8' 30" |
| 18 | Owain Doull | Great Britain | + 8' 30" |
| 19 | Alex Aranburu | Spain | + 8' 30" |
| 20 | Kevin Vermaerke | United States | + 8' 30" |
| 21 | Simon Clarke | Australia | + 8' 30" |
| 22 | Patrick Gamper | Austria | + 8' 30" |
| 23 | Krists Neilands | Latvia | + 8' 55" |
| 24 | Petr Kelemen | Czech Republic | + 10' 01" |
| 25 | Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | + 10' 10" |
| 26 | Connor Swift | Great Britain | + 13' 59" |
| 27 | Simone Velasco | Italy | + 13' 59" |
| 28 | Lorenzo Rota | Italy | + 13' 59" |
| 29 | Emīls Liepiņš | Latvia | + 13' 59" |
| 30 | Iván García Cortina | Spain | + 13' 59" |
| 31 | Marco Haller | Austria | + 13' 59" |
| 32 | Lucas Eriksson | Sweden | + 13' 59" |
| 33 | Matevž Govekar | Slovenia | + 13' 59" |
| 34 | Kristian Sbaragli | Italy | + 13' 59" |
| 35 | Michael Gogl | Austria | + 13' 59" |
| 36 | Guillaume Boivin | Canada | + 13' 59" |
| 37 | Michael Boroš | Czech Republic | + 13' 59" |
| 38 | Sebastian Schönberger | Austria | + 13' 59" |
| 39 | Andrea Bagioli | Italy | + 13' 59" |
| 40 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Canada | + 14' 06" |
| 41 | Jonas Rutsch | Germany | + 14' 06" |
| 42 | Adam Ťoupalík | Czech Republic | + 14' 06" |
| 43 | Silvan Dillier | Switzerland | + 14' 06" |
| 44 | Yves Lampaert | Belgium | + 14' 11" |
| 45 | Olav Kooij | Netherlands | + 14' 11" |
| 46 | Nelson Oliveira | Portugal | + 14' 13" |
| 47 | Benoît Cosnefroy | France | + 14' 13" |
| 48 | Ryan Christensen | New Zealand | + 14' 13" |
| 49 | Alexey Lutsenko | Kazakhstan | + 14' 15" |
| 50 | Andreas Leknessund | Norway | + 14' 18" |
| 51 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Norway | + 14' 18" |
| Rider | Country | Time |
| Jhonatan Narváez | Ecuador | DNF |
| Nathan Van Hooydonck | Belgium | DNF |
| João Almeida | Portugal | DNF |
| Lawson Craddock | United States | DNF |
| Michael Matthews | Australia | DNF |
| Julian Alaphilippe | France | DNF |
| Luke Rowe | Great Britain | DNF |
| Ion Izagirre | Spain | DNF |
| Bryan Coquard | France | DNF |
| Rory Townsend | Ireland | DNF |
| Santiago Buitrago | Colombia | DNF |
| Christophe Laporte | France | DNF |
| Matteo Trentin | Italy | DNF |
| Lukas Pöstlberger | Austria | DNF |
| Jonas Abrahamsen | Norway | DNF |
| Victor Campenaerts | Belgium | DNF |
| Michel Hessmann | Germany | DNF |
| Harold Tejada | Colombia | DNF |
| Søren Kragh Andersen | Denmark | DNF |
| Marc Hirschi | Switzerland | DNF |
| Michał Kwiatkowski | Poland | DNF |
| Ben Healy | Ireland | DNF |
| Florian Sénéchal | France | DNF |
| Mathias Vacek | Czech Republic | DNF |
| Jasper Philipsen | Belgium | DNF |
| Ruben Guerreiro | Portugal | DNF |
| Ryan Gibbons | South Africa | DNF |
| Jan Maas | Netherlands | DNF |
| Alexander Kristoff | Norway | DNF |
| Magnus Cort | Denmark | DNF |
| Gonzalo Serrano | Spain | DNF |
| Mikkel Frølich Honoré | Denmark | DNF |
| André Carvalho | Portugal | DNF |
| Roger Adrià | Spain | DNF |
| Corbin Strong | New Zealand | DNF |
| Kaden Groves | Australia | DNF |
| Harry Sweeny | Australia | DNF |
| Laurence Pithie | New Zealand | DNF |
| Andreas Miltiadis | Cyprus | DNF |
| Kevin Geniets | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Kasper Asgreen | Denmark | DNF |
| Fred Wright | Great Britain | DNF |
| Pascal Eenkhoorn | Netherlands | DNF |
| Ben Turner | Great Britain | DNF |
| Alex Kirsch | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Daniel Oss | Italy | DNF |
| Olivier Le Gac | France | DNF |
| Luka Mezgec | Slovenia | DNF |
| Stefan Bissegger | Switzerland | DNS |
| Rigoberto Urán | Colombia | DNF |
| Ben Swift | Great Britain | DNF |
| Peter Sagan | Slovakia | DNF |
| Nils Politt | Germany | DNF |
| Jake Stewart | Great Britain | DNF |
| George Bennett | New Zealand | DNF |
| Jaka Primožič | Slovenia | DNF |
| Jannik Steimle | Germany | DNF |
| Jesús Herrada | Spain | DNF |
| Mohcine El Kouraji | Morocco | DNF |
| Jonathan Caicedo | Ecuador | DNF |
| Edvald Boasson Hagen | Norway | DNF |
| James Oram | New Zealand | DNF |
| Nico Denz | Germany | DNF |
| Daan Hoole | Netherlands | DNF |
| Sean Quinn | United States | DNF |
| Rainer Kepplinger | Austria | DNF |
| Yukiya Arashiro | Japan | DNF |
| Márton Dina | Hungary | DNF |
| German Tivani | Argentina | DNF |
| Jefferson Alexander Cepeda | Ecuador | DNF |
| Sainbayaryn Jambaljamts | Mongolia | DNF |
| Omar El Gouzi | Morocco | DNF |
| Samuel Watson | Great Britain | DNF |
| Anatoliy Budyak | Ukraine | DNF |
| Derek Gee | Canada | DNF |
| Itamar Einhorn | Israel | DNF |
| Nicolas Sessler | Brazil | DNF |
| Gleb Brussenskiy | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Rémi Cavagna | France | DNF |
| Larry Warbasse | United States | DNF |
| Georgios Bouglas | Greece | DNF |
| Charles Kagimu | Uganda | DNF |
| Adil El Arbaoui | Morocco | DNF |
| Jason Huertas | Costa Rica | DNF |
| Filippo Baroncini | Italy | DNF |
| Igor Chzhan | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Matúš Štoček | Slovakia | DNF |
| Tom Wirtgen | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Charles-Étienne Chrétien | Canada | DNF |
| Ben Perry | Canada | DNF |
| Dmitriy Gruzdev | Kazakhstan | DNF |
| Will Barta | United States | DNF |
| Xabier Azparren | Spain | DNF |
| Cormac McGeough | Ireland | DNF |
| Jesús Ezquerra | Spain | DNF |
| Frederik Frison | Belgium | DNF |
| El Houcaine Sabbahi | Morocco | DNF |
| Muradjan Khalmuratov | Uzbekistan | DNF |
| Walter Vargas | Colombia | DNF |
| Michael Mørkøv | Denmark | DNF |
| Mick van Dijke | Netherlands | DNF |
| Hugo Houle | Canada | DNF |
| Domen Novak | Slovenia | DNF |
| Dillon Corkery | Ireland | DNF |
| Ryan Mullen | Ireland | DNF |
| Cedric Pries | Luxembourg | DNF |
| Oscar Riesebeek | Netherlands | DNF |
| Juan Sebastián Molano | Colombia | DNF |
| Anže Skok | Slovenia | DNF |
| Mārtiņš Pluto | Latvia | DNF |
| Alex Edmondson | Australia | DNF |
| Fabian Lienhard | Switzerland | DNF |
| Daryl Impey | South Africa | DNF |
| Kristijan Koren | Slovenia | DNF |
| Tilen Finkšt | Slovenia | DNF |
| Mikkel Bjerg | Denmark | DNF |
| Victor Langellotti | Monaco | DNF |
| Eric Manizabayo | Rwanda | DNF |
| Luke Plapp | Australia | DNF |
| Luke Durbridge | Australia | DNF |
| Manuel Lira | Chile | DNF |
| Aidan Buttigieg | Malta | DNF |
| Su Haoyu | China | DNF |
| Fernando Gaviria | Colombia | DNF |
| Jesús David Peña | Colombia | DNF |
| Sam Bennett | Ireland | DNF |
| Dawit Yemane | Eritrea | DNF |
| Henok Mulubrhan | Eritrea | DNF |
| Natnael Berhane | Eritrea | DNF |
| Callum Ormiston | South Africa | DNF |
| Morné van Niekerk | South Africa | DNF |
| Yacine Hamza | Algeria | DNF |
| Youcef Reguigui | Algeria | DNF |
| Eric Fagúndez | Uruguay | DNF |
| José Alarcón | Venezuela | DNF |
| Christopher Rougier-Lagane | Mauritius | DNF |
| Darel Christopher | British Virgin Islands | DNF |
| Cammie Adams | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | DNF |
| Briton John | Guyana | DNF |
| Eliezer Soares | Cape Verde | DNF |
| Hasani Hennis | Anguilla | DNF |
| Rien Schuurhuis | Vatican City | DNF |
| Carlos Samudio | Panama | DNF |
| Yevgeniy Fedorov | Kazakhstan | DNS |