UCI Road World Championships 2024: Elite men's road race contenders
Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar near the end of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images) https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/uci-road-world-championships-2024-elite-mens-road-race-contenders/ By Stephen Farrand published 1 hour ago Tadej Pogačar tops short list of contenders to succeed Mathieu van der Poel Jump to: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) Michael Matthews (Australia) Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) Mads Pedersen (Denmark) Marc Hirschi (Switzerland) Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) Biniam Girmay (Eritrea) Michael Woods (Canada) Julian Alaphilippe (France) Tom Pidcock (Great Britain) The outsiders The 2024 UCI Road World Championships end with the elite men's road race on Sunday, September 29, the day after the elite women's race, creating a thrilling final weekend of rainbow jersey racing. The 273.9 km Zurich road race route is finely balanced. Mathieu van der Poel, Mads Pedersen and others are convinced they can challenge Tadej Pogačar , Remco E