The Men's road race of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 16 October 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 83rd edition of the championship, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan was the defending champion.
Sagan became the first rider since Paolo Bettini in 2006 and 2007 to retain the rainbow jersey, after winning the sprint finish from a select group of riders that had made a break from the rest of the field in the opening half of the race, in the desert crosswinds. The silver medal went to 2011 world champion Mark Cavendish from Great Britain, a bike length in arrears of Sagan, with the bronze medal going to Belgium's Tom Boonen, the 2005 world champion. It was the first time that all three medallists were previous world title winners.
Course The race was due to start and finish in the capital city of Doha, the home base for the Tour of Qatar. The route for the Worlds road races was presented in February 2015, which was made up of a loop of through the desert and a finishing circuit in Doha city centre, including of cobblestones. The finishing circuit of on The Pearl Island was used for a stage of February's Tour of Qatar: riders noted that the course was highly technical, going through 24 roundabouts, with stage winner Alexander Kristoff comparing it to a criterium. However it was also noted that the lack of long straight sections meant that the effect of the crosswinds frequently occurring in Qatar would be significantly lessened, reducing the race's unpredictability.
Subsequently, in August 2016 it was reported that the UCI had made changes to the course, increasing the amount of riding through the desert to and reducing the number of laps of the finishing circuit from eleven down to seven. The start of the men's race was also moved to the Aspire Zone, with the riders heading out northwards towards Al Khor and returning to Doha.
Qualification Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours and UCI World Ranking during 2016. Results from January to the middle of August counted towards the qualification criteria on both the UCI World Ranking and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous rankings on 22 August 2016.
The following nations qualified.
Number of riders Nations14 to enter, 9 to start, , , , , , , , , 9 to enter, 6 to start, , , , , , , , , 5 to enter, 3 to start, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 3 to enter, 2 to start, , , , , 2 to enter, 1 to start, , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Schedule All times are in Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00). Date Time Event16 October 2016 10:30–16:35 Men's road race
Participating nations 199 cyclists from 48 nations were entered in the men's road race, with 197 riders taking the start. The numbers of cyclists per nation are shown in parentheses.
Results Final classification Of the race's 199 entrants, 53 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Country Time 1 Peter Sagan 2 Mark Cavendish 3 Tom Boonen s.t. 4 Michael Matthews s.t. 5 Giacomo Nizzolo s.t. 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen s.t. 7 Alexander Kristoff s.t. 8 William Bonnet s.t. 9 Niki Terpstra s.t. 10 Greg Van Avermaet s.t. 11 Jacopo Guarnieri s.t. 12 Adam Blythe s.t. 13 Natnael Berhane + 4" 14 Jürgen Roelandts + 9" 15 Ryan Roth + 9" 16 Truls Engen Korsæth + 9" 17 Tom Leezer + 9" 18 Nicolas Dougall + 9" 19 Michael Kolář + 13" 20 Elia Viviani + 14" 21 Mathew Hayman + 21" 22 Anass Aït El Abdia + 2' 48" 23 Oliver Naesen + 4' 00" 24 Jasper Stuyven + 4' 00" 25 Daniele Bennati + 4' 00" 26 Alexander Porsev + 5' 26" 27 Aidis Kruopis + 5' 26" 28 Maximiliano Richeze + 5' 26" 29 Magnus Cort + 5' 26" 30 Sven Erik Bystrøm + 5' 26" 31 Yauheni Hutarovich + 5' 26" 32 Nacer Bouhanni + 5' 26" 33 Imanol Erviti + 5' 26" 34 Marco Haller + 5' 26" 35 Yukiya Arashiro + 5' 26" 36 Michael Schär + 5' 26" 37 Dylan Groenewegen + 5' 26" 38 Stefan Küng + 5' 26" 39 Juraj Sagan + 5' 26" 40 Maciej Bodnar + 5' 26" 41 Iljo Keisse + 5' 26" 42 André Greipel + 5' 26" 43 Taylor Phinney + 5' 26" 44 Koen de Kort + 5' 26" 45 Zdeněk Štybar + 5' 26" 46 Manuel Quinziato + 5' 26" 47 Jens Debusschere + 5' 26" 48 Dylan van Baarle + 5' 26" 49 Ben Swift + 5' 26" 50 Mitchell Docker + 5' 26" 51 Zak Dempster + 5' 33" 52 Scott Thwaites + 5' 33" 53 Robin Carpenter + 6' 03"
Failed to finish 144 riders failed to finish, while Colombia's Rigoberto Urán and Norway's Vegard Breen failed to start.
Rider Country Jens Keukeleire Mauro Richeze Mekseb Debesay Ryan Mullen Marc Sarreau Arnaud Démare Hugo Houle Gediminas Bagdonas Dmitriy Gruzdev David de la Cruz Jack Bauer Francisco Ventoso Luis Ángel Maté Reto Hollenstein Alexey Lutsenko Youcef Reguigui Fumiyuki Beppu Nikolas Maes Joey Rosskopf Fabian Lienhard Carlos Barbero Omar Fraile Bernhard Eisel Dion Smith Matt Brammeier Łukasz Wiśniowski Antoine Duchesne Vegard Stake Laengen Daniel Hoelgaard Michael Mørkøv Lars Bak Guillaume Boivin Jos van Emden Matti Breschel Christopher Juul-Jensen John Degenkolb Vyacheslav Kuznetsov Marcel Kittel Sonny Colbrelli Jasha Sütterlin Jempy Drucker Christophe Laporte Nelson Oliveira Tony Martin Grégory Rast Bob Jungels Nils Politt Sam Bennett
Rider Country Heinrich Haussler Sergiy Lagkuti Søren Kragh Andersen Soufiane Haddi Azzedine Lagab Alexey Vermeulen Chad Haga Clint Hendricks Ryan Gibbons Daniel Turek Andriy Vasylyuk Mihkel Räim Vitaliy Buts Edwin Ávila Omar Mendoza Ian Stannard Maksym Averin Łukasz Owsian Maciej Paterski Matti Manninen Geraint Thomas Danny van Poppel Mark Renshaw Adrian Banaszek Steve Cummings Sebastian Langeveld Luka Pibernik Jiří Polnický Tom Dumoulin Fabio Sabatini Carlos Alzate Adam de Vos Brayan Ramírez Ruslan Tleubayev Daniel Oss Andžs Flaksis Yoann Offredo Ioannis Tamouridis Cyril Lemoine Anton Vorobyev Karol Domagalski Maxim Belkov Fabricio Ferrari Silvan Dillier Sergey Lagutin Andrei Nechita Martin Elmiger Pirmin Lang
Rider Country Juan José Lobato Kristoffer Skjerping Diego Rubio Andriy Kulyk Jonathan Castroviejo Ramūnas Navardauskas Luke Rowe Fernando Gaviria Walter Vargas Daniel McLay Adrien Petit Geoffrey Soupe Luke Durbridge Caleb Ewan Steele Von Hoff Matteo Trentin Sondre Holst Enger Roman Maikin Eric Marcotte Vojtěch Hačecký Alois Kaňkovský František Sisr Andrii Bratashchuk Mykhaylo Kononenko José Goncalves Sérgio Paulinho Grega Bole Luka Mezgec Metkel Eyob Daniel Teklehaimanot Tesfom Okubamariam Meron Teshome Alo Jakin Gert Jõeäär Salah Eddine Mraouni Abderrahmane Mehdi Hamza Ryan Anderson Siarhei Papok Kanstantsin Sivtsov Francisco Chamorro Māris Bogdanovičs Ho Burr Bonaventure Uwizeyimana René Corella Hassen Ben Nasser Tedros Redae Jonas Ahlstrand Myagmarsuren Baasankhuu
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