The Men's under-23 road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 22 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was the 22nd edition of the event, for which Norwegian rider Kristoffer Halvorsen was the defending champion, having won in 2016. The race was won by French rider Benoît Cosnefroy, who outsprinted German rider Lennard Kämna. 178 riders from 56 nations entered the competition.
Qualification Qualification was based mainly on the UCI Under-23 Continental Rankings by nations as of 12 August 2018, with varying number on qualifications depending on the continent. In addition to this number, any rider within the top placings of the continent's elite tour ranking that was not already qualified, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.
Continental champions Name Country Reason Meron Abraham African Champion Hayato Okamoto Asian Champion Lucas Hamilton Oceanian Champion Matías Muñoz Pan American Champion The European champion Casper Pedersen, was not directly eligible, as Denmark had already reached the cap of six qualified riders.
Final classification Of the race's 178 entrants, 121 riders completed the full distance of .
Rank Rider Nation Time Benoît Cosnefroy Lennard Kämna + Michael Carbel Svendgaard + 4Oliver Wood + 5Vincenzo Albanese + 6Damien Touzé + 7Max Kanter + 8Michał Paluta + 9Mark Downey + 10Anders Skaarseth + 11Nicolás Tivani + 12Patrick Müller + 13Stylianos Farantakis + 14Marc Hirschi + 15Bjorg Lambrecht + 16Alexandr Riabushenko + 17Wilmar Paredes + 18Giovanni Carboni + 19Emiel Planckaert + 20Tadej Pogačar + 21Iván García Cortina + 22Callum Scotson + 23Pavel Sivakov + 24Lucas Eriksson + 25Jon Irisarri + 26Jaakko Hänninen + 27Rasmus Tiller + 28Pascal Eenkhoorn + 29Valentin Madouas + 30Michael Storer +
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