2018 Road World Championships odds

Who wins Men's road race?

Odd unit: EU | UK | US

	Highest odds	Lowest odds
Julian Alaphilippe	5.50	4.50
Alejandro Valverde	6.00	5.00
Simon Yates	16.00	13.00
Primož Roglic	17.00	15.00
Adam Yates	19.00	15.00
Vincenzo Nibali	21.00	13.00
Gianni Moscon	21.00	15.00
Thibaut Pinot	21.00	15.00
Michal Kwiatkowski	21.00	19.00
Wouter Poels	23.00	21.00
Romain Bardet	34.00	25.00
Peter Sagan	34.00	29.00
Rigoberto Urán	41.00	30.00
Tom Dumoulin	41.00	34.00
Daniel Martin	51.00	34.00
Jakob Fuglsang	51.00	40.00
Michael Woods	51.00	40.00
Bob Jungels	51.00	41.00
Enric Mas Nicolau	51.00	41.00
Miguel Ángel López	51.00	50.00
Nairo Quintana Rojas	67.00	41.00
Bauke Mollema	67.00	50.00
Dylan Teuns	67.00	50.00
Greg Van Avermaet	67.00	51.00
Matej Mohoric	67.00	51.00
Tim Wellens	67.00	51.00
Sergio Henao	81.00	50.00
Tony Gallopin	81.00	50.00
Rafal Majka	81.00	51.00
Wilco Kelderman	81.00	60.00
Steven Kruijswijk	101.00	51.00
Domenico Pozzovivo	101.00	67.00
Michael Valgren	101.00	67.00
Richard Carapaz	101.00	100.00
Pierre-Roger Latour	101.00	101.00
Rui Costa	126.00	60.00
Patrick Konrad	126.00	81.00
Maximilian Schachmann	150.00	81.00
Michael Albasini	151.00	126.00
Tiesj Benoot	151.00	126.00
Jelle Vanendert	151.00	151.00
Pello Bilbao	151.00	151.00
Alexis Vuillermoz	200.00	151.00
Warren Barguil	201.00	67.00
Roman Kreuziger	201.00	150.00
Alessandro De Marchi	201.00	151.00
Diego Rosa	201.00	201.00
Fabio Aru	201.00	201.00
Jack Haig	250.00	151.00
Davide Villella	250.00	250.00
Lilian Calmejane	250.00	250.00
Sam Bennett	250.00	250.00
Omar Fraile	251.00	101.00
Ilnur Zakarin	251.00	150.00
Jon Izagirre	251.00	150.00
David De La Cruz	251.00	151.00
Alexey Lutsenko	251.00	200.00
Søren Kragh Andersen	251.00	251.00
Sam Oomen	301.00	101.00
Benjamin King	301.00	250.00
Daryl Impey	301.00	250.00
Gianluca Brambilla	301.00	250.00
Laurens De Plus	301.00	250.00
Simon Clarke	301.00	250.00
Fabio Felline	301.00	301.00
Marc Soler	301.00	301.00
Peter Kennaugh	301.00	301.00
Tom-Jelte Slagter	351.00	351.00
Damiano Caruso	401.00	101.00
Giovanni Visconti	401.00	101.00
Robert Gesink	401.00	101.00
Emanuel Buchmann	401.00	150.00
Gregor Mühlberger	401.00	250.00
Hugh Carthy	401.00	250.00
Mikel Nieve	401.00	250.00
Rudy Molard	401.00	250.00
Sergey Chernetskiy	401.00	250.00
Simon Geschke	401.00	250.00
Mathias Frank	401.00	301.00
Carlos Betancur	401.00	401.00
Dario Cataldo	401.00	401.00
Winner Anacona	401.00	401.00
Zdenek Stybar	401.00	401.00
Simon Špilak	500.00	151.00
José Gonçalves	500.00	401.00
Guillaume Martin	500.00	500.00
George Bennett	501.00	201.00
Anthony Roux	501.00	250.00
Antwan Tolhoek	501.00	250.00
Davide Formolo	501.00	250.00
Sébastien Reichenbach	501.00	250.00
Serge Pauwels	501.00	250.00
Sepp Kuss	501.00	301.00
Stefan Denifl	501.00	301.00
Dries Devenyns	501.00	401.00
Georg Preidler	501.00	401.00
Tanel Kangert	501.00	401.00
Jesús Herrada	501.00	500.00
Rohan Dennis	501.00	500.00
Jan Bakelants	501.00	501.00
Patrick Bevin	501.00	501.00
Rodrigo Contreras	501.00	501.00
Daniel Felipe Martínez	601.00	301.00
Nicolas Roche	601.00	351.00
Toms Skujinš	601.00	351.00
Andrey Amador	601.00	401.00
Ben Hermans	601.00	401.00
Edvald Boasson Hagen	601.00	401.00
Felix Grossschartner	601.00	500.00
Hermann Pernsteiner	601.00	500.00
Rein Taaramäe	601.00	501.00
Jan Hirt	601.00	601.00
Louis Meintjes	601.00	601.00
Tejay Van Garderen	601.00	601.00
Tony Martin	601.00	601.00
Vasil Kiryienka	601.00	601.00
Merhawi Kudus	751.00	500.00
Jesper Hansen	751.00	601.00
Pavel Sivakov	751.00	601.00
Jan Polanc	751.00	751.00
Jan Tratnik	751.00	751.00
Jhonatan Narváez	751.00	751.00
Peter Stetina	751.00	751.00
Roman Daniel Villalobos	751.00	751.00
Tao Geoghegan Hart	751.00	751.00
Yonathan Monsalve	751.00	751.00
Riccardo Zoidl	801.00	601.00
Nelson Oliveira	801.00	751.00
Robert Power	801.00	751.00
James Knox	1001.00	1001.00
Niklas Eg	1001.00	1001.00
Conor Dunne	2001.00	2001.00
Verified (CET) Changed (CET)

Bet365	Betclic	Betway	Expekt	Unibet
5.00	5.00	5.50	5.00	4.50
5.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	5.75
13.00	13.00	15.00	13.00	16.00
15.00	15.00	17.00	15.00	17.00
15.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	19.00
21.00	15.00	13.00	15.00	19.00
15.00	17.00	21.00	17.00	16.00
19.00	15.00	21.00	15.00	21.00
19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	21.00
21.00	21.00	23.00	21.00	23.00
29.00	25.00	34.00	25.00	29.00
34.00	30.00	34.00	30.00	29.00
41.00	30.00	41.00	30.00	41.00
34.00	40.00	41.00	40.00	34.00
34.00	40.00	41.00	40.00	51.00
51.00	40.00	51.00	40.00	51.00
51.00	40.00	41.00	40.00	51.00
41.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	41.00
41.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	51.00
51.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	51.00
41.00	50.00	67.00	50.00	51.00
67.00	50.00	67.00	50.00	67.00
67.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	51.00
67.00	60.00	51.00	60.00	67.00
67.00	60.00	51.00	60.00	67.00
51.00	60.00	51.00	60.00	67.00
67.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	81.00
81.00	50.00	51.00	50.00	51.00
51.00	60.00	67.00	60.00	81.00
81.00	60.00	81.00	60.00	67.00
101.00	60.00	51.00	60.00	81.00
67.00	80.00	81.00	80.00	101.00
81.00	100.00	101.00	100.00	67.00
101.00	100.00	101.00	100.00	na
na	na	101.00	na	na
81.00	60.00	67.00	60.00	126.00
81.00	100.00	101.00	100.00	126.00
81.00	150.00	na	150.00	101.00
na	na	151.00	na	126.00
126.00	150.00	151.00	150.00	151.00
na	na	151.00	na	na
na	na	151.00	na	na
na	200.00	151.00	200.00	na
101.00	100.00	67.00	100.00	201.00
201.00	150.00	151.00	150.00	201.00
201.00	200.00	151.00	200.00	201.00
na	na	201.00	na	na
na	na	201.00	na	na
151.00	250.00	na	250.00	201.00
na	250.00	na	250.00	na
na	250.00	na	250.00	na
na	250.00	na	250.00	na
101.00	125.00	201.00	125.00	251.00
251.00	150.00	151.00	150.00	201.00
251.00	150.00	151.00	150.00	201.00
201.00	200.00	151.00	200.00	251.00
251.00	200.00	201.00	200.00	251.00
na	na	na	na	251.00
301.00	200.00	101.00	200.00	251.00
301.00	250.00	na	250.00	na
na	250.00	na	250.00	301.00
301.00	250.00	na	250.00	251.00
301.00	250.00	na	250.00	251.00
301.00	250.00	na	250.00	251.00
na	na	301.00	na	na
na	na	na	na	301.00
301.00	na	na	na	na
na	na	na	na	351.00
401.00	250.00	na	250.00	101.00
na	na	101.00	na	401.00
na	na	101.00	na	401.00
401.00	150.00	na	150.00	401.00
401.00	250.00	na	250.00	301.00
401.00	250.00	na	250.00	na
401.00	250.00	na	250.00	251.00
401.00	250.00	401.00	250.00	301.00
401.00	250.00	na	250.00	401.00
401.00	250.00	na	250.00	301.00
401.00	na	na	na	301.00
na	na	na	na	401.00
401.00	na	na	na	na
401.00	na	na	na	na
401.00	na	na	na	na
151.00	500.00	na	500.00	na
na	500.00	na	500.00	401.00
na	500.00	na	500.00	na
501.00	na	na	na	201.00
501.00	250.00	na	250.00	401.00
501.00	250.00	na	250.00	na
na	250.00	301.00	250.00	501.00
501.00	250.00	na	250.00	301.00
501.00	250.00	na	250.00	351.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	301.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	301.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	401.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	401.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	401.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	501.00
501.00	500.00	na	500.00	501.00
na	na	na	na	501.00
501.00	na	na	na	na
501.00	na	na	na	na
601.00	na	na	na	301.00
601.00	na	na	na	351.00
601.00	na	na	na	351.00
601.00	na	na	na	401.00
601.00	na	na	na	401.00
601.00	na	na	na	401.00
601.00	500.00	na	500.00	601.00
601.00	500.00	na	500.00	501.00
601.00	na	na	na	501.00
601.00	na	na	na	na
601.00	na	na	na	601.00
601.00	na	na	na	601.00
601.00	na	na	na	601.00
601.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	500.00	na	500.00	601.00
751.00	na	na	na	601.00
751.00	na	na	na	601.00
751.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	na	na	na	na
751.00	na	na	na	na
601.00	na	na	na	801.00
751.00	na	na	na	801.00
751.00	na	na	na	801.00
1001.00	na	na	na	na
1001.00	na	na	na	na
2001.00	na	na	na	na
25 Sep 15:18 25 Sep 14:14	25 Sep 15:47 25 Sep 14:15	25 Sep 15:38 25 Sep 14:15	25 Sep 15:30 25 Sep 14:14	25 Sep 15:20 25 Sep 14:14

UCI Road World Championships 2018

The UCI Road World Championships 2018 begin on the 22nd September and end on the 30th September, taking place in Innsbruck-Tirol (Austria). Over the eight days of competition, the world’s best road bike riders will compete in an individual time trial (ITT) and team time trial (TTT) before the prestigious World Championship road race on Sunday 30th September.

The road race will see the peloton cover 265 km, with a hefty 5000 metres of climbing and a final climb ramping up to 25% gradient. It is set to be one of the toughest World Championship courses in recent years.

Last year, the race was won by Peter Sagan, taking the Slovakian riders tally to three consecutive titles. Sagan won the race in a bunch sprint, beating Alexander Kristoff (Norway) over the line.

The 2018 route

The race starts in the town of Kufstein, and begins with seven ‘Olympic Circuits’ of 24 km in Innsbruck, before heading north towards the Hungerburg settlement. The circuit includes a 7.9 km climb at 5.7%, and the Gnadenwald at 57 km - a 2.6 km climb at 10.5%. From the top it’s 8 km to the finish line in Innsbruck.

The final 2 km of the race are played out on the flat so if there is a group it will likely come down to a sprint finish.

Recent winners, teams and favourites

The Road World Championships is the only race in which riders represent their country and not their professional team. The World Championships is always at the end of the season and the winning rider wears the rainbow jersey for the year following.

Sagan has won the last three years, with Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) winning in 2014. It will be a versatile rider who is going to win the 2018 road race in Innsbruck. This year, those who can cope with the long climbs and also the flat finish will do well. It could well come down to a sprint of a select group of breakaway riders, so speed and endurance are both key.

Julian Alaphilippe (France), fresh from his Tour de France triumphs, will be a hot favourite, alongside Kwiatkowski, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), and Primoz Roglic (Slovenia). France have a strong climbing team including Alaphilippe, Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot. Alaphilippe won on the polka-dot jersey for best climber at the Tour de France this year and is also a hilly one-day specialist, winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Clásica San Sebastián this year.

If the main climbers don’t get a good advantage to eliminate the fast men, the likes of Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) and Michael Matthews (Australia) will fancy their chances on the flat finish. Sagan, in particular, can never be written off and if he can last on the climbs then he could ride himself into the rainbow jersey once more.

Other challenges include Adam Yates (GBR), Geraint Thomas (GBR), Alejandro Valverde (Spain), Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) and Daniel Martin (Ireland).

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