2023 Road National Champions index
The winners from this year's elite men's and women's competitions around the world
One of the most important - and busiest - moments of the cycling year is upon us, with the majority of the Road National Championships around the globe taking place in late June.
To keep you up to date will all the action, Cyclingnews has compiled a list of the national champions, which will be updated regularly as more are crowned. We will have reports, results and photographs from all the major championships and regularly update this index page with information, links and information.
Most of the leading cycling nations will host their road races and time trials national championships, with riders battling it out for their respective national championships jerseys. titles and medals. If a rider is crowned a national champion, they will have the honour of wearing their nation's colours in the discipline in which they earned that title for one full year.
With the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia Donne and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift fast approaching in July, many of the new national champions will debut their new trade team-adapted national champion' jerseys in the most important races of the summer.
Reports and Results
Australia: Brodie Chapman breaks away solo on the final lap to claim the women's road race title, while it was back-to-back wins for Luke Plapp in the men's road race. In the time trials, Grace Brown powered to a third time trial title, and Jay Vine delivered an upset win.
New Zealand: It was a triumph for Ally Wollaston in the women's road race as James Oram won the road title in the men's event. In the time trials, Georgia Williams and Aaron Gate won their respective elite time trial titles.
Ecuador: Richard Carapaz won the title on EF Education-EasyPost debut and so wears a red, blue and yellow jersey instead of the trade-team pink.
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Colombia: Peñuela sprinted to a second consecutive victory, and her compatriot Esteban Chaves found the top step of podium in the men's road race.
Great Britain: Elizabeth Holden won the women's time trial title for the first time in her career, as Josh Tarling went on to win the men's time trial title on the Croft Circuit. In the road races, Fred Wright won his first national title, while Pfeiffer Georgi regained her title with a solo win.
Netherlands: Riejanne Markus won the elite women's time trial title for the first time in her career, obliterating favourites Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten, while in the men's event, Jos van Emden won a third career time trial title. In the road races, Dylan van Baarle and Jumbo-Visma outwit their opposition in the men's race, while Demi Vollering's dream season continued with gold in the women's race.
Belgium: It was a remarkable five in a row for Lotte Kopecky in the women's time trial, while Wout van Aert won the men's time trial title as Remco Evenepoel crashed and finished fourth. Unstoppable Lotte Kopecky claimed a third women's road race title, and Remco Evenepoel conquered the men's road race title in a two-up duel.
Italy: Filippo Ganna got his season back on track dominating the men's time trial to retain the tricolore jersey for another year, while Elisa Longo Borghini captured a seventh time trial title. She also captured a fourth road race title, while Simone Velasco took a surprise win in the men's road race.
Slovenia: Tadej Pogačar and Urška Žigart won the elite men's and elite women's national time trial championships, giving the couple two titles to celebrate during a rare visit to compete at home.
France: Cédrine Kerbaol won her first elite women's time trial title holding off six-time champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot, while Rémi Cavagna regained the elite men’s time trial title. Victoire Berteau took a breakthrough first pro win in the women's road race, while Valentin Madouas overcame intense heat and a series of tough climbs to claim a dramatic solo victory in the men's race.
Spain: Mireia Benito pipped Mavi García by one second for the time trial title, while Jonathan Castroviejo captured a sixth time trial title. Mavi García claimed a historic fifth women's road race title, and Oier Lazkano went solo for gold in the men's road race.
USA: Chloe Dygert sailed through the rain and won her second US women’s time trial title of her career, while Brandon McNulty ruled the roads and won the elite men’s time trial title. Dygert went on to capture the women's road race title in a reduced sprint, while Quinn Simmons secured a solo win in the men's road race.
Canada: Top triathlete Paula Findlay claimed her second straight time trial title, and Derek Gee also repeated his 2022 success in the same specialty. Paris-Roubaix Femmes winner Alison Jackson won the women's road race title, while Nick Zukowsky won the elite men's title in Edmonton.
Index
Header Cell - Column 0 | Men's Road Race | Women's Road Race | Men's Time Trial | Women's Time Trial | Men's Criterium | Women's Criterium |
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Argentina | Sergio Fredes | Micaela Gutierrez | Sergio Fredes | Maria Yapura Plaza | Row 0 - Cell 5 | Row 0 - Cell 6 |
Australia | Luke Plapp | Brodie Chapman | Jay Vine | Grace Brown | Row 1 - Cell 5 | Row 1 - Cell 6 |
Austria | Gregor Mühlberger | Carina Schrempf | Patrick Gamper | Ana Kiesenhofer | Row 2 - Cell 5 | Row 2 - Cell 6 |
Belgium | Remco Evenepoel | Lotte Kopecky | Wout van Aert | Lotte Kopecky | Row 3 - Cell 5 | Row 3 - Cell 6 |
Bolivia | Freddy González | Elizabeth Vasquez | Eduardo Moyata | Micaela Sarabia | Row 4 - Cell 5 | Row 4 - Cell 6 |
Brazil | Caio Godoy Ormenese | Ana Vitória Magalhães | Diego De Jesus Mendes | Ana Paula Polegatch | Row 5 - Cell 5 | Row 5 - Cell 6 |
Canada | Nickolas Zukowsky | Alison Jackson | Derek Gee | Paula Findlay | Row 6 - Cell 5 | Row 6 - Cell 6 |
Chile | Manuel Lira Eguiguren | Karla Vallejos | Jose Luis Rodriguez | Aranza Villalon | Row 7 - Cell 5 | Row 7 - Cell 6 |
Colombia | Esteban Chaves | Diana Penuela | Miguel Angel López | Lina Marcela Hernandez | Row 8 - Cell 5 | Row 8 - Cell 6 |
Costa Rica | Jason Huertas | Dixiana Quesada | Jason Huertas | Milagro Mena | Row 9 - Cell 5 | Row 9 - Cell 6 |
Croatia | Viktor Potočki | Majda Horvat | Fran Miholjević | Mia Radotić | Row 10 - Cell 5 | Row 10 - Cell 6 |
Cuba | Row 11 - Cell 1 | Row 11 - Cell 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 | Row 11 - Cell 4 | Row 11 - Cell 5 | Row 11 - Cell 6 |
Czech Republic | Mathias Vacek | Jarmila Machakova | Jakub Otruba | Eliška Kvasničková | Row 12 - Cell 5 | Row 12 - Cell 6 |
Denmark | Mattias Skjelmose | Rebecca Koerner | Kasper Asgreen | Emma Norsgaard | Row 13 - Cell 5 | Row 13 - Cell 6 |
Ecuador | Richard Carapaz | Ana Vivar Torres | Jonathan Caicedo | Miryam Nunez | Row 14 - Cell 5 | Row 14 - Cell 6 |
El Salvador | José Dagoberto Joya | Sauking Raquel Shi | Gregory Guardado | Saira Massiel Martínez | Row 15 - Cell 5 | Row 15 - Cell 6 |
Eritrea | Awet Aman | Ksanet Ghebremeskel | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Row 16 - Cell 4 | Row 16 - Cell 5 | Row 16 - Cell 6 |
Estonia | Emils Liepins | Laura Lizette Sander | Rein Taaramäe | Laura Lizette Sander | Row 17 - Cell 5 | Row 17 - Cell 6 |
Ethiopia | Bizay Tesfu Redae | Row 18 - Cell 2 | Tsgabu Grmay | Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay | Row 18 - Cell 5 | Row 18 - Cell 6 |
Finland | Antti-Jussi Juntunen | Anniina Ahtosalo | Vladyslav Makogon | Anniina Ahtosalo | Row 19 - Cell 5 | Row 19 - Cell 6 |
France | Valentin Madouas | Victoire Berteau | Rémi Cavagna | Cédrine Kerbaol | Row 20 - Cell 5 | Row 20 - Cell 6 |
Germany | Emanuel Buchmann | Liane Lippert | Nils Politt | Mieke Kröger | Row 21 - Cell 5 | Row 21 - Cell 6 |
Great Britain | Fred Wright | Pfeiffer Georgi | Josh Tarling | Elizabeth Holdon | Row 22 - Cell 5 | Row 22 - Cell 6 |
Guatemala | Adolfo Vasquez | Jasmin Gabriela Soto | Manuel Rodas | Jasmin Gabriela Soto | Row 23 - Cell 5 | Row 23 - Cell 6 |
Honduras | Christopher Diaz | Linda Daniela Menendez | Cesar Castillo | Ninoska Gissel Andino | Row 24 - Cell 5 | Row 24 - Cell 6 |
Hungary | Attila Valter | Blanka Vas | Attila Valter | Blanka Vas | Row 25 - Cell 5 | Row 25 - Cell 6 |
Ireland | Ben Healy | Lara Gillespie | Ryan Mullen | Kelly Murphy | Row 26 - Cell 5 | Row 26 - Cell 6 |
Israel | Itamar Einhorn | Antonina Reznikova | Oded Kogut | Rotem Gafinovitz | Row 27 - Cell 5 | Row 27 - Cell 6 |
Italy | Simone Velasco | Elisa Longo Borghini | Filippo Ganna | Elisa Longo Borghini | Row 28 - Cell 5 | Row 28 - Cell 6 |
Japan | Masaki Yamamoto | Eri Yonamine | Yuma Koishi | Yui Ishida | Row 29 - Cell 5 | Row 29 - Cell 6 |
Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Makhabbat Umutzhanova | Alexey Lutsenko | Makhabbat Umutzhanova | Row 30 - Cell 5 | Row 30 - Cell 6 |
Latvia | Emīls Liepiņš | Anastasia Carbonari | Toms Skujiņš | Dana Rožlapa | Row 31 - Cell 5 | Row 31 - Cell 6 |
Lesotho | Kabelo Makatile | Tsepiso Lerata | Row 32 - Cell 3 | Row 32 - Cell 4 | Row 32 - Cell 5 | Row 32 - Cell 6 |
Lithuania | Rokas Adomaitis | Olivija Baleišytė | Aivaras Mikutis | Olivija Baleišytė | Row 33 - Cell 5 | Row 33 - Cell 6 |
Luxembourg | Alex Kirsch | Christine Majerus | Alex Kirsch | Christine Majerus | Row 34 - Cell 5 | Row 34 - Cell 6 |
Mauritius | Christopher Rougier-Lagane | Row 35 - Cell 2 | Christopher Rougier-Lagane | Aurelie Halbwachs | Row 35 - Cell 5 | Row 35 - Cell 6 |
Mexico | Row 36 - Cell 1 | Row 36 - Cell 2 | Row 36 - Cell 3 | Row 36 - Cell 4 | Row 36 - Cell 5 | Row 36 - Cell 6 |
Morocco | Row 37 - Cell 1 | Row 37 - Cell 2 | Adil El Arbaoui | Chaimae Ez-zakraoui | Row 37 - Cell 5 | Row 37 - Cell 6 |
Namibia | Tristan De Lange | Vera Looser | Drikus Coetzee | Melissa Hinz | Row 38 - Cell 5 | Row 38 - Cell 6 |
Netherlands | Dylan van Baarle | Demi Vollering | Jos van Emden | Riejanne Markus | Row 39 - Cell 5 | Row 39 - Cell 6 |
New Zealand | James Oram | Ally Wollaston | Aaron Gate | Georgia Williams | Row 40 - Cell 5 | Row 40 - Cell 6 |
Norway | Fredrik Dversnes | Susanne Andersen | Søren Wærenskjold | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad | Row 41 - Cell 5 | Row 41 - Cell 6 |
Panama | Randish Abdul Lorenzo | Wendy Ducreux | Bolivar Espinoza | Annibel Emilia Prieto | Row 42 - Cell 5 | Row 42 - Cell 6 |
Poland | Alan Banaszek | Monica Brzezna | Michał Kwiatkowski | Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka | Row 43 - Cell 5 | Row 43 - Cell 6 |
Portugal | Ivo Oliveira | Cristiana Valente | João Almeida | Ana Caramelo | Row 44 - Cell 5 | Row 44 - Cell 6 |
Puerto Rico | Row 45 - Cell 1 | Row 45 - Cell 2 | Christopher Morales | Erialis Otero | Row 45 - Cell 5 | Row 45 - Cell 6 |
Qatar | Ahmed Albourdainy | Row 46 - Cell 2 | Row 46 - Cell 3 | Row 46 - Cell 4 | Row 46 - Cell 5 | Row 46 - Cell 6 |
Romania | Serghei Țvetcov | Georgeta Ungureanu | Eduard-Michael Grosu | Manuela Mureșan | Row 47 - Cell 5 | Row 47 - Cell 6 |
Serbia | Dušan Rajović | Row 48 - Cell 2 | Ognjen Ilić | Jelena Erić | Row 48 - Cell 5 | Row 48 - Cell 6 |
Slovakia | Matúš Štoček | Nora Jencusova | Matúš Štoček | Nora Jenčušová | Row 49 - Cell 5 | Row 49 - Cell 6 |
Slovenia | Tadej Pogačar | Ursa Pintar | Tadej Pogačar | Urška Žigart | Row 50 - Cell 5 | Row 50 - Cell 6 |
South Africa | Travis Stedman | Frances Janse van Rensburg | Stefan de Bod | Zanri Rossouw | Row 51 - Cell 5 | Row 51 - Cell 6 |
South Korea | Row 52 - Cell 1 | Row 52 - Cell 2 | Row 52 - Cell 3 | Row 52 - Cell 4 | Row 52 - Cell 5 | Row 52 - Cell 6 |
Spain | Oier Lazkano | Mavi García | Jonathan Castroviejo | Mireia Benito | Row 53 - Cell 5 | Row 53 - Cell 6 |
Sweden | Lucas Eriksson | Emilia Fahlin | Jacob Ahlsson | Jenny Rissveds | Row 54 - Cell 5 | Row 54 - Cell 6 |
Switzerland | Marc Hirschi | Marlen Reusser | Row 55 - Cell 3 | Row 55 - Cell 4 | Row 55 - Cell 5 | Row 55 - Cell 6 |
Thailand | Noppachai Klahan | Chaniporn Batriya | Peerapol Chawchiangkwang | Chaniporn Batriya | Row 56 - Cell 5 | Row 56 - Cell 6 |
Trinidad & Tobago | Maurice Burnette | Alexi Costa-Ramirez | Akill Campbell | Alexi Costa-Ramirez | Row 57 - Cell 5 | Row 57 - Cell 6 |
Ukraine | Maksym Bilyi | Maryna Altukhova | Vitalii Novakowskyi | Valeriya Kononenko | Row 58 - Cell 5 | Row 58 - Cell 6 |
United Arab Emirates | Ahmed Al Mansoori | Safia Al Sayegh | Saif Al Kaabi | Shaikha Rashed | Row 59 - Cell 5 | Row 59 - Cell 6 |
United States | Quinn Simmons | Chloe Dygert | Brandon McNulty | Chloe Dygert | Luke Lamperti | Coryn Labecki |
Uruguay | Diego Leonel Rodriguez | Johanna Noelia Bracco Olmedo | Eric Fagundez | Mariana Garcia Britos | Row 61 - Cell 5 | Row 61 - Cell 6 |
Venezuela | Row 62 - Cell 1 | Row 62 - Cell 2 | Row 62 - Cell 3 | Row 62 - Cell 4 | Row 62 - Cell 5 | Row 62 - Cell 6 |
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