Road World Championships 2021: Strava data shows brutality of race around Flanders

Remco Evenepoel, Michael Valgren, Dylan van Baarle and more posted their rides to the site

The UCI Road World Championships 2021 in Leuven, Belgium
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The UCI Road World Championships elite men's road race was, as ever, a brutal race full of attacks with an outstanding ride by Julian Alaphilippe to take the win - But what do the rider's Strava rides tell us about the race?

While Alaphilippe himself does not appear to have Strava, other riders involved in the race absolutely do. 

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