The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.^[1]

Classification

Sport class

• Cycling
  • C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C2 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation
  • C3 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C4 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
  • C5 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
• Hand cycling
  • H1 - tetraplegics with severe upper limb impairment to the C6 vertebra
  • H2 - Tetraplegics with minor upper limb impairment from C7 thru T3
  • H3 - paraplegics with impairment from T4 thru T10
  • H4 - Paraplegics with impairment from T11 down, and amputees unable to kneel
  • H5 - Athletes who can kneel on a handcycle, a category that includes paraplegics and amputees^[2]
• Tricycle
  • T1 - Severe locomotor dysfunction
  • T2 - Moderate loss of stability and function
• Tandem
  • Tandem B - Visual impairment

Event winners

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
15.5 km time trial details	H1	Benjamin Früh  Switzerland	45:14.14	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	46:52.67	Harri Sopanen  Finland	50:39.42
	H2	Luca Mazzone  Italy	29:19.00	William Groulx  United States	29:25.63	Sergio Garrote Munoz  Spain	31:21.98
	T1	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	35:45.68	Rickard Nilsson  Sweden	38:09.64	Leonardo Melle  Italy	38:56.77
	T2	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	27:41.14	Ryan Boyle  United States	27:57.17	Stephen Hills  New Zealand	29:21.08
23.3 km time trial details	C1	Michael Teuber  Germany	35:29.66	Ross Wilson  Canada	35:57.87	William Lister  United States	37:02.31
	C2	Tristen Chernove  Canada	35:32.72	Darren Hicks  Australia	35:49.16	Israel Hilario Rimas  Peru	35:50.96
	C3	Michael Sametz  Canada	32:48.92	Benjamin Watson  Great Britain	33:26.11	Esneider Munoz  Colombia	34:18.19
	H3	Paolo Cecchetto  Italy	39:30.59	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	39:55.97	Charles Moreau  Canada	40:22.98
	H4	Jetze Plat  Netherlands	36:39.14	Rafal Wilk  Poland	38:27.81	Krystian Giera  Poland	39:04.52
	H5	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	37:47.96	Tim de Vries  Netherlands	37:50.59	Luis Costa  Portugal	38:35.47
31 km time trial details	C4	Jozef Metelka  Slovakia	42:11.02	Kyle Bridgwood  Australia	42:23.08	Diego German Duenas  Colombia	43:46.44
	C5	Daniel Abraham Gebru  Netherlands	41:07.98	Yegor Dementyev  Ukraine	41:17.23	Lauro Cesar Chaman  Brazil	41:44.23
	Tandem B	Marcin Polak Michał Ładosz (pilot)  Poland	39:17.24	Stephen Bate Adam Duggleby (pilot)  Great Britain	39:20.93	Vincent ter Schure Timo Fransen (pilot)  Netherlands	40:00.59
30.4 km Road race details	H1	Nicolas Pieter du Preez  South Africa	1:22:29	Benjamin Früh  Switzerland	+ 00:00:45	Fabrizio Cornegliani  Italy	+ 00:04:26
	T1	Sergey Semochkin  Russia	1:10:43	Leonardo Melle  Italy	-1 LAP	Rickard Nilsson  Sweden	-1 LAP
	T2	Hans-Peter Durst  Germany	56:51	Stephen Hills  New Zealand	+ 00:02	Joan Reinoso Figuerola  Spain	+ 00:11
42.5 km Road race details	H2	Luca Mazzone  Italy	1:20:13	William Groulx  United States	+ 00:01:12	Sergio Garrote Munoz  Spain	+ 00:04:05
60.7 km Road race details	C1	Pierre Senska  Germany	1:34:37	Ricardo Ten Argiles  Spain	s.t.	Michael Teuber  Germany	+ 00:00:03
	C2	Tristen Chernove  Canada	1:33:47	Darren Hicks  Australia	s.t.	François Lacroix  France	s.t.
	C3	Henrik Marvig  Sweden	1:33:46	Steffen Warias  Germany	s.t.	Fabio Anobile  Italy	s.t.
	H3	David Franek  France	1:42:19	Paolo Cecchetto  Italy	s.t.	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	+ 00:00:03
	H4	Jetze Plat  Netherlands	1:42:47	Rafal Wilk  Poland	+ 00:00:02	Bernd Jeffré  Germany	+ 00:03:13
	H5	Tim de Vries  Netherlands	1:50:11	Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	s.t.	Johan Reekers  Netherlands	s.t.
85.0 km Road race details	C4	Tobias Vetter  Germany	2:06:47	Kyle Bridgwood  Australia	s.t.	Sergei Pudov  Russia	s.t.
	C5	Lauro Cesar Chaman  Brazil	2:04:04	Wolfgang Eibeck  Germany	+ 00:02:12	Dorian Foulon  France	+ 00:02:41
109.3 km Road race details	Tandem B	Nelson Javier Serna Marlon Pérez Arango(pilot)  Colombia	2:29:45	Tristan Bangma Patrick Bos(pilot)  Netherlands	+ 00:00:27	Marcin Polak Michał Ładosz(pilot)  Poland	s.t.
Women's events
15.5 km time trial details	C2	Carolina Munévar  Colombia	27:57.61	Alyda Norbruis  Netherlands	28:28.93	Allison Jones  United States	28:29.86
	C3	Keiko Noguchi  Japan	26:17.23	Anna Beck  Sweden	26:20.19	Denise Schindler  Germany	26:24.89
	H1	Emilie Miller  Australia	1:47:32.51
	H2	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	51:27.92	Ciara Staunton  Ireland	1:10:24.36
	H3	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	31:16.70	Renata Kałuża  Poland	33:14.03	Anna Oroszova  Slovakia	33:52.38
	H4	Christiane Reppe  Germany	32:08.05	Sandra Graf  Switzerland	33:21.34	Svetlana Moshkovich  Russia	33:22.44
	H5	Andrea Eskau  Germany	27:47.61	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	29:06.63	Jennette Jansen  Netherlands	30:09.82
	T1	Shelley Gautier  Canada	38:03.35	Yulia Sibagatova  Russia	38:08.46	Toni Mould  South Africa	1:06:38.81
	T2	Carol Cooke  Australia	33:03.98	Jill Walsh  United States	33:11.05	Jana Majunke  Germany	34:14.85
23.3 km time trial details	C4	Shawn Morelli  United States	36:48.39	Raphaela Eggert  Germany	40:03.52	Meg Lemon  Australia	40:12.06
	C5	Anna Harkowska  Poland	36:39.63	Samantha Bosco  United States	36:49.97	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	36:52.63
31 km time trial details	Tandem B	Katie-George Dunlevy Eve McCrystal(pilot)  Ireland	45:40.57	Lora Fachie Corrine Hall(pilot)  Great Britain	45:46.02	Iwona Podkościelna Aleksandra Tecław(pilot)  Poland	47:02.75
18.2 km Road race details	H1	Emilie Miller  Australia	1:47:32.51
24.3 km Road race details	T1	Shelley Gautier  Canada	1:01:41	Toni Mould  South Africa	-1 LAP
	T2	Carol Cooke  Australia	51:07	Jana Majunke  Germany	+ 00:32	Jill Walsh  United States	+ 01:03
36.4 km Road race details	H2	Carmen Koedood  Netherlands	1:34:54	Ciara Staunton  Ireland	-1 LAP
42.5 km Road race details	H3	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	1:24:16	Anna Oroszova  Slovakia	+ 00:05:21	Renata Kałuża  Poland	+ 00:05:43
	H4	Christiane Reppe  Germany	1:29:16	Svetlana Moshkovich  Russia	+ 00:00:02	Sandra Graf  Switzerland	+ 00:00:18
	H5	Andrea Eskau  Germany	1:18:05	Laura de Vaan  Netherlands	+ 00:06:04	Jennette Jansen  Netherlands	s.t.
48.6 km Road race details	C2	Allison Jones  United States	1:30:44	Carolina Munévar  Colombia	+ 00:00:03	Alyda Norbruis  Netherlands	+ 00:05:23
	C3	Anna Beck  Sweden	1:31:33	Denise Schindler  Germany	s.t.	Keiko Noguchi  Japan	s.t.
60.7 km Road race details	C4	Shawn Morelli  United States	1:42:15	Jenny Narcisi  Italy	+ 00:03:34	Meg Lemon  Australia	+ 00:04:21
	C5	Kerstin Brachtendorf  Germany	1:41:58	Mariela Delgado  Argentina	s.t.	Crystal Lane  Great Britain	s.t.
85 km Road race details	Tandem B	Katie-George Dunlevy Eve McCrystal(pilot)  Ireland	2:05:54	Iwona Podkościelna Aleksandra Tecław(pilot)  Poland	s.t.	Eleni Kalatzi Argyro Milaki(pilot)  Greece	s.t.
Mixed events
Team Relay details	H1-5	Paolo Cecchetto Luca Mazzone Alessandro Zanardi  Italy	16:31	Matthew Updike William Groulx Alfredo de los Santos  United States	+ 00:00:06	Bernd Jeffré Mariusz Frankowski Andrea Eskau  Germany	+ 00:00:51

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	10	5	6	21
2	Italy (ITA)	7	4	4	15
3	Netherlands (NED)	6	5	5	16
4	Canada (CAN)	5	1	1	7
5	Australia (AUS)	4	4	2	10
6	United States (USA)	3	6	3	12
7	Poland (POL)	2	4	4	10
8	Russia (RUS)	2	2	2	6
9	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
10	Ireland (IRL)	2	2	0	4
11	Colombia (COL)	2	1	2	5
12	Switzerland (SUI)	1	3	2	6
13	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	1	4
14	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	1	3
15	France (FRA)	1	0	2	3
16	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
18	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	1	4
19	Spain (ESP)	0	1	3	4
20	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	1	2
21	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
23	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
24	Finland (FIN)	0	0	0	0
	Peru (PER)	0	0	0	0
Totals (25 entries)		51	49	44	144

Participating nations

38 nations participated.^[3]