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Ben Swift won Great Britain's second gold of the opening night of competition, his first ever world title in a gutsy victory in the men's scratch race. Swift held off a late surge by South Africa's Nolan Hoffman to win the men's 15-kilometer scratch race. Wim Stroetinga of the Netherlands finished third.
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| 1 | Ben Swift (Great Britain) |
| 2 | Nolan Hoffman (South Africa) |
| 3 | Wim Stroetinga (Netherlands) |
| 4 | Alex Frame (New Zealand) |
| 5 | Martin Blaha (Czech Republic) |
| 6 | Lucas Liß (Germany) |
| 7 | Sunjae Jang (Korea) |
| 8 | Angel Dario Colla (Argentina) |
| 9 | Pablo Aitor Bernal Rosique (Spain) |
| 10 | Vivien Brisse (France) |
| 11 | Edison Bravo (Chile) |
| 12 | Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) |
| 13 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kazakhstan) |
| 14 | Andreas Mueller (Austria) |
| 15 | Ivan Savitsky (Russian Federation) |
| 16 | Alexander Edmondson (Australia) |
| 17 | Hariff Salleh (Malaysia) |
| 18 | Aliaksandr Lisouski (Belarus) |
| 19 | Moreno De Pauw (Belgium) |
| 20 | Bobby Lea (United States of America) |
| 21 | Elia Viviani (Italy) |
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