Road World Championships head to a very Hilly Flanders

Another exciting World Championships on the menu as the races head to Belgium "Classics Style" this September 23rd - 26th

The road races start with the men's junior and under 23 races taking place on Friday, September 24. Women's junior and elite races both go ahead a day later with the elite men's road race being the last event on the Sunday 26th.

The time trials set off from Knokke-Heist to finish in Bruges after a virtually flat race on September 19th and 20th.

The men's elite road race is over a brutal distance of 268.3km taking in 2,562 metres of elevation including 42 categorised climbs along the way over the two  circuits after a flat first quarter of the day and a slightly uphill finish on the Geldenaaksevest.

The road race for men includes multiple circuits and takes in no less than 42 climbs, which adds up to 2,562 vertical metres. The route amounts to 267.7 kilometres, while the finish on Leuven’s Geldenaaksevest runs slightly uphill.

VIDEO: Men's Elite Road Race Course

The women tackle the same circuits, only less often. After 20 climbs and 157.5 kilometres the finish is also on the Geldenaanaaksevest.

Julian Alaphilippe and Anna van der Breggen are title holders in the road race, while Filippo Ganna and Anna van der Breggen defend their ITT crowns in Flanders.

There's also four rides for cycling fans to enjoy the racing and ride the routes: https://www.flanders2021.com/en/rides

So Who's Riding the Worlds?

All the male big hitters and favorites are down to ride for their prospective country, here's a list of riders that are currently known:

Australia
Michael Matthews, Caleb Ewan, Nathan Haas, Luke Durbridge, Nick Schultz, Miles Scotson, Robert Stannard, Harry Sweeny

Austria
Marco Haller, Lukas Pöstlberger, Michael Gogl

Azerbaijan
Elchin Asadov

Belgium
Wout van Aert, Jasper Stuyven, Remco Evenepoel, Yves Lampaert, Tiesj Benoot, Victor Campenaerts, Dylan Teuns, Tim Declercq

Canada
Hugo Houle

Colombia
Rigoberto Uran, Sergio Higuita, Álvaro Hodeg, Esteban Chaves, Fernando Gaviria, José Tito Hernández, Sebastián Molano, Nelson Andrés Soto

Czech Repulic
Zdenek Stybar, Josef Cerny, Petr Vakoc

Denmark
Magnus Cort, Kasper Asgreen, Søren Kragh Andersen, Michael Valgren, Mads Pedersen, Mikkel Honoré

Eritrea
Biniam Ghirmay Hailu

Estonia
Tanel Kangert

France
Julian Alaphilippe, Rémi Cavagna, Benoît Cosnefroy, Arnaud Démare, Anthony Turgis, Christophe Laporte, Florian Sénéchal, Valentin Madouas, Florian Sénéchal

Germany
Maximilian Schachmann, John Degenkolb, Nils Politt, Jasha Sütterlin, Jannik Steimle, Nikias Arndt

Great Britain
Luke Rowe, Ben Swift, Tom Pidcock, Etan Hayter

Greece
Polychronis Tzortzakis

Hungary
Attila Valter

Ireland
Nicolas Roche,, Ryan Mullen

Italy
Alberto Bettiol, Matteo Trentin, Filippo Ganna, Giacomo Nizzolo, Sonny Colbrelli, Davide Ballerini

Japan
Yukiya Arashiro

Kazakhstan
Alexey Lutsenko, Dmitriy Gruzdev

Latvia
Toms Skujins, Krists Neilands

Luxembourg
Kevin Geniets, Alex Kirsch, Jean-Pierre Drucker

Netherlands
Mathieu van der Poel, Dylan van Baarle, Mike Teunissen, Ide Schelling, Sebastian Langeveld

New Zealand
Jack Bauer, Dion Smith, Finn Fisher-Black

Norway
Alexander Kristoff, Rasmus Tiller, Vegard Stake Laengen, Odd Christian Eiking, Sven Erik Bystrøm

Poland
Michal Kwiatkowski, Maciej Bodnar

Portugal
João Almeida, Rui Costa, Rui Oliveira, Nelson Oliveira,

Romania
Eduard-Michael Grosu

Slovakia
Peter Sagan

Slovenia
Tadej Pogacar, Matej Mohoric, Jan Tratnik

South-Africa
Daryl Impey, Ryan Gibbons, Stefan de Bod, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Jayde Julius, Nic Dlamini

Spain
Iván García, Luis León Sánchez

Sweden
Lucas Eriksson

Switzerland
Stefan Küng, Marc Hirschi, Stefan Bissegger, Michael Schär, Silvan Dillier

Ukraine
Mark Padun

USA
Lawson Craddock, Brandon McNulty, Matteo Jorgenson, Neilson Powless, Joey Rosskopf, Quinn Simmons