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The 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Belgium continue this week, with the road races starting on Friday, September 24. The program includes the Junior and U23 Men’s road races on the first day, the Junior and Elite Women’s races on Saturday, and the Elite Men’s race on Sunday. Find the course and profiles of the different events below.
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The organizers of the 2021 World Championships are offering an original format, with races that will combine a road section followed by two circuits between Antwerp and Leuven: a first circuit around Leuven with the short climbs of Sint Antoniusberg, Keizersberg, Decouxlaan, and Wijnpers, and a circuit renamed the Flemish circuit with famous difficulties: Smeysberg (690 m at 6.8% average), Moskesstraat (500 m at 9.1% on cobblestones), Taymansstraat, Bekestraat, and Veeweidestraat.
The Elite Men will cover 267 km with 2500 m of elevation gain, alternating between:
- One lap of the Leuven circuit
- One lap of the Flemish circuit
- Four laps of the Leuven circuit
- One lap of the Flemish circuit
- Three laps of the Leuven circuit
The Elite Women will have 157 km to cover with a little over 1000 m of elevation gain, including:
- One lap of the Flemish circuit
- Four laps of the Leuven circuit
How to watch the 2021 World Championships on TV?
The 2021 World Championships will be broadcast live on Eurosport 1, and live without commercials on the Eurosport app and Eurosport.fr.
- From 9:20 AM on Friday, September 24
- From 8:15 AM on Saturday, September 25
- From 10:40 AM on Sunday, September 26
France 3 will also offer live coverage starting at 3:15 PM on Saturday, September 25, and from 1:30 PM on Sunday, September 26.
Maps and profiles of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships road races
Friday, September 24, 2021:
Junior Men’s Road Race
Leuven – Leuven: 121.4 km (8 laps) / 995 m D+
Start at 8:15 AM
U23 Men’s Road Race
Antwerp – Leuven: 160.9 km (1.5 laps of Leuven, 1 lap of the Flemish circuit, 2.5 laps of Leuven) / 1049 m D+
Start at 1:15 PM
Saturday, September 25, 2021:
Junior Women’s Road Race
Leuven – Leuven: 75 km (5 laps) / 624 m D+
Start at 8:15 AM
Elite Women’s Road Race
Antwerp – Leuven: 157.7 km (1.5 laps of Leuven, 1 lap of the Flemish circuit, 2.5 laps of Leuven) / 1047 m D+
Start at 12:20 PM
Sunday, September 26, 2021:
Elite Men’s Road Race
Antwerp – Leuven: 268.3 km (1 lap of Leuven, 1 Flemish lap, 4 laps of Leuven, 1 Flemish lap, 3 laps of Leuven) / 2562 m D+
Start at 10:25 AM
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