After a late move from France's Julian Alaphilippe was brought back within the final kilometres,[2] Sagan outsprinted his rivals to win a third consecutive world title, the first male rider to do so.

As well as this, he became the fifth man – after Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Óscar Freire – to win three elite road world championship titles.

[1][4] The race started in Rong and traversed 39.5 kilometres (24.5 miles) before reaching the finishing circuit in Bergen.

[8] Ukraine,  Iran,  Venezuela,  Turkey,  Ecuador,  Croatia,  Brazil,  South Korea,  Algeria,  Tunisia and  China have chosen not to use (all of their) quota places.

Latvia,  Argentina,  Sweden,  Greece,  Hong Kong,  Finland and  Albania have received additional quota places.