# 2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial

The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 23rd edition of the event, for which Danish rider Mikkel Bjerg was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 71 riders from 42 nations entered the competition, held over a rolling route 27.7 kilometres (17.2 miles) in length, starting from Wattens and ending in Innsbruck.
Bjerg became the first rider to win a second under-23 world time trial title, finishing 33.47 seconds clear of his closest competitor, Belgium's Brent Van Moer. The podium placings were completed by Bjerg's Danish team-mate Mathias Norsgaard, a further 4.83 seconds behind Van Moer.

## Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.

### Continental and defending World champions

| Championship | Name | Note |
| Outgoing World Champion | Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) | Competed |
| European Champion | Edoardo Affini (ITA) | Competed |
| Pan American Champion | Diego Ferreyra (CHI) | Competed |
| Asian Champion | Hang Shi (CHN) | Did not compete |
| Oceanian Champion | Jake Marryatt (NZL) | Did not compete |

### Participating nations

71 cyclists from 42 nations were scheduled to take part in the men's under-23 time trial. However, one rider – Syria's Tarek Al Moakee – did not start, therefore reducing the event to 70 competitors from 41 nations. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (3)
* Eritrea (2)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Luxembourg (2)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Mongolia (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Russia (2)
* Rwanda (2)
* Serbia (2)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Syria (1)
* Taiwan (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (2)

## Final classification

All 70 race starters completed the 27.7-kilometre (17.2 mi)-long course.
| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) | 32' 31.05" |
| 2 | Brent Van Moer (BEL) | + 33.47" |
| 3 | Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) | + 38.30" |
| 4 | Edoardo Affini (ITA) | + 44.48" |
| 5 | Ethan Hayter (GBR) | + 45.65" |
| 6 | Tobias Foss (NOR) | + 50.60" |
| 7 | Brandon McNulty (USA) | + 52.79" |
| 8 | Stefan de Bod (RSA) | + 59.43" |
| 9 | Matteo Sobrero (ITA) | + 1' 01.39" |
| 10 | Callum Scotson (AUS) | + 1' 01.52" |
| 11 | Stefan Bissegger (SUI) | + 1' 01.90" |
| 12 | Patrick Gamper (AUT) | + 1' 03.53" |
| 13 | Andreas Leknessund (NOR) | + 1' 03.67" |
| 14 | Lennard Kämna (GER) | + 1' 04.66" |
| 15 | Max Kanter (GER) | + 1' 05.04" |
| 16 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED) | + 1' 06.31" |
| 17 | Mark Padun (UKR) | + 1' 07.49" |
| 18 | Alexys Brunel (FRA) | + 1' 08.10" |
| 19 | Jakub Otruba (CZE) | + 1' 11.66" |
| 20 | Senne Leysen (BEL) | + 1' 18.57" |
| 21 | Nickolas Zukowsky (CAN) | + 1' 20.33" |
| 22 | Filip Maciejuk (POL) | + 1' 22.37" |
| 23 | Gage Hecht (USA) | + 1' 22.72" |
| 24 | Julius van den Berg (NED) | + 1' 24.28" |
| 25 | Michael O'Loughlin (IRL) | + 1' 27.63" |
| 26 | Tom Wirtgen (LUX) | + 1' 30.90" |
| 27 | Charlie Tanfield (GBR) | + 1' 31.70" |
| 28 | Ivo Oliveira (POR) | + 1' 34.52" |
| 29 | Jaime Castrillo (ESP) | + 1' 38.06" |
| 30 | João Almeida (POR) | + 1' 39.77" |
| 31 | Johan Price-Pejtersen (DEN) | + 1' 40.74" |
| 32 | Nikolay Cherkasov (RUS) | + 1' 42.91" |
| 33 | Barnabás Peák (HUN) | + 1' 44.79" |
| 34 | Markus Wildauer (AUT) | + 1' 44.93" |
| 35 | Thibault Guernalec (FRA) | + 1' 48.93" |
| 36 | Alexander Konychev (ITA) | + 1' 53.41" |
| 37 | Kent Main (RSA) | + 2' 00.02" |
| 38 | Conn McDunphy (IRL) | + 2' 06.44" |
| 39 | Marc Hirschi (SUI) | + 2' 07.20" |
| 40 | Adam Roberge (CAN) | + 2' 08.62" |
| 41 | Jaka Primožič (SLO) | + 2' 33.39" |
| 42 | Norman Vahtra (EST) | + 2' 37.30" |
| 43 | Diego Ferreyra (CHI) | + 2' 50.30" |
| 44 | Sergio Tu (TWN) | + 2' 53.77" |
| 45 | Veljko Stojnić (SRB) | + 2' 55.89" |
| 46 | Andreas Miltiadis (CYP) | + 2' 57.45" |
| 47 | Shoi Matsuda (JPN) | + 2' 58.18" |
| 48 | Igor Chzhan (KAZ) | + 3' 00.36" |
| 49 | Masaki Yamamoto (JPN) | + 3' 00.88" |
| 50 | Pit Leyder (LUX) | + 3' 08.25" |
| 51 | Petr Rikunov (RUS) | + 3' 12.72" |
| 52 | Tegshbayar Batsaikhan (MGL) | + 3' 15.46" |
| 53 | Matúš Štoček (SVK) | + 3' 20.59" |
| 54 | Redwan Ebrahim (ETH) | + 3' 24.94" |
| 55 | Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) | + 3' 36.89" |
| 56 | José Félix Parra (ESP) | + 3' 37.34" |
| 57 | Timur Maleev (UKR) | + 3' 39.30" |
| 58 | Andrej Petrovski (MKD) | + 3' 41.57" |
| 58 | Adrián Babič (SVK) | + 3' 41.57" |
| 60 | Jambaljamts Sainbayar (MGL) | + 3' 49.61" |
| 61 | Awet Habtom (ERI) | + 3' 52.31" |
| 62 | Samuel Mugisha (RWA) | + 3' 52.62" |
| 63 | Ognjen Ilić (SRB) | + 4' 03.73" |
| 64 | Izidor Penko (SLO) | + 4' 13.13" |
| 65 | Joseph Areruya (RWA) | + 4' 23.85" |
| 66 | Paul Daumont (BUR) | + 4' 47.03" |
| 67 | Million Beza (ETH) | + 5' 31.63" |
| 68 | Musa Mikayilzade (AZE) | + 6' 46.48" |
| 69 | Othman Harakat (MAR) | + 7' 13.41" |
| 70 | Tyler Cole (TRI) | + 13' 28.47" |
| | Tarek Al Moakee (SYR) | DNS |