The French cyclist Alaphlippe Julian won the 2020 World Road Championships in 6 hours 38 minutes and 34 seconds.

The Runner up was Van Aet Wout while Hirschi March was at the third spot.

The event commenced on 24th September in Imola, Italy with track length of 258.2 km for the 93rd edition.

The event was originally planned to be held in Switzerland during August but was rescheduled with a change in venue too due to the corona pandemic.

Earlier, the Elite road race and elite time trial events were held. Filippo Ganna of Italy won the time trial by leading the 31.7 km track. Wout van Aert of Belgium and Swiss cyclist Stefan Küng were victorious for the 2nd and 3rd slot of the time trial.