UCI Road World Championships
StatusActive
GenreRoad bicycle racing
Date(s)August–September
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1921
Previous event2023
Next event2024
Organised byUCI
2024 UCI Road World Championships

The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and as of 2019 a mixed team relay.

Events

Outfit of Jean-Pierre Monseré as worldchampion (1970), consisting of victory ribbon, cap, medal and rainbow jersey (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)

All the world championship events are ridden by national teams, not trade teams such as in most other major races. The winner of each category is entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in races of that category (either mass start or time trial) until the next championships. It currently includes the following championships:

Former events:

History

The first world championships took place in 1921, though the only event that was contested was the men's road race for amateurs.[1] The first professional world championship took place in July 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany where Italian Alfredo Binda won the professional men's race and Belgian Jean Aerts won the men's amateur race. The women's road race was introduced in 1958. A men's team time trial, contested by national teams, was introduced in 1962. Beginning in 1972, the team time trial was discontinued in Olympic years only. Individual time trials in all categories were added in 1994, which was also the last year for the original incarnation of the men's team time trial. In 2012, the men's team time trial was reinstated, and a women's team time trial added to the program; both were contested by trade teams. In 2019, the team time trial events for men and women were replaced by a mixed relay team time trial.[2]

Until 1995, there were separate races for male professional and amateur riders. In 1996, the amateur category was replaced with a category for men under-23 years old, with the professional category becoming an open (later elite) category.

From 1995 until 2022, the event was held towards the end of the European season in late September, usually following the Vuelta a España. Before that, the event had always been a summer race, held in late August or the first week of September (except for 1970, when it was a mid-season summer event).

From 2023, every fourth year the event will held as part of the combined multi-disciplinary UCI Cycling World Championships, the inaugural edition of which will be held in August.

The world championships are located in a different city or region every year. The event can be held over a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or a hilly course which favors a climbing specialist or all-rounder. In each case, the course is usually held on a circuit, of which the riders complete multiple laps.

The world championship road race and two of the three Grand Tours (namely the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France) form the Triple Crown of Cycling.

Editions

Note: Not held from 1939 to 1945 because of World War II.

Edition Year Host City Host Country Events
11921Copenhagen Denmark1
21922Liverpool Great Britain1
31923Zürich  Switzerland1
41924Paris France1
51925Apeldoorn Netherlands1
61926Milan Italy1
71927Nürburgring Germany2
81928Budapest Hungary2
91929Zürich  Switzerland2
101930Liège Belgium2
111931Copenhagen Denmark2
121932Rome Italy2
131933Montlhéry France2
141934Leipzig Germany2
151935Floreffe Belgium2
161936Berne  Switzerland2
171937Copenhagen Denmark2
181938Valkenburg Netherlands2
191946Zürich  Switzerland2
201947Reims France2
211948Valkenburg Netherlands2
221949Copenhagen Denmark2
231950Moorslede Belgium2
241951Varese Italy2
251952Luxembourg Luxembourg2
261953Lugano  Switzerland2
271954Solingen West Germany2
281955Frascati Italy2
291956Copenhagen Denmark2
301957Waregem Belgium2
311958Reims France3
321959Zandvoort Netherlands3
331960Karl-Marx-Stadt East Germany3
341961Berne  Switzerland3
351962Salò di Garda Italy4
361963Ronse Belgium4
371964Sallanches France4
381965San Sebastián Spain4
391966Nürburgring West Germany4
401967Heerlen Netherlands4
411968Imola Italy4
421969Zolder Belgium4
431970Leicester Great Britain4
441971Mendrisio  Switzerland4
451972Gap France2
461973Barcelona Spain4
471974Montreal Canada4
481975Yvoir Belgium4
491976Ostuni Italy2
501977San Cristóbal Venezuela4
511978Nürburgring West Germany4
Edition Year Host City Host Country Events
521979Valkenburg Netherlands4
531980Sallanches France2
541981Prague Czechoslovakia4
551982Chichester Great Britain4
561983Altenrhein  Switzerland4
571984Barcelona Spain1
581985Giavera del Montello Italy4
591986Colorado Springs United States4
601987Villach Austria5
611988Ronse Belgium2
621989Chambéry France5
631990Utsunomiya Japan5
641991Stuttgart Germany5
651992Benidorm Spain2
661993Oslo Norway5
671994Agrigento Italy7
681995Duitama Colombia5
691996Lugano  Switzerland6
701997San Sebastián Spain10
711998Valkenburg Netherlands10
721999Verona Italy10
732000Plouay France10
742001Lisbon Portugal10
752002Zolder Belgium10
762003Hamilton Canada10
772004Verona Italy10
782005Madrid Spain6
792006Salzburg Austria6
802007Stuttgart Germany6
812008Varese Italy6
822009Mendrisio  Switzerland6
832010Geelong Australia6
842011Copenhagen Denmark10
852012Valkenburg Netherlands12
862013Florence Italy12
872014Ponferrada Spain12
882015Richmond United States12
892016Doha Qatar12
902017Bergen Norway12
912018Innsbruck Austria12
922019Harrogate Great Britain11
932020Imola [lower-alpha 1] Italy4
942021Flanders Belgium11
952022Wollongong Australia11
962023Glasgow [lower-alpha 2] Great Britain11
972024Zürich  Switzerland11
982025Kigali Rwanda11
992026Montreal Canada11
1002027Haute-Savoie [lower-alpha 3] France11
1012028Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates11

Hosts

Updated after 2023 UCI Road World Championships.
TimesNations
14 Italy
10 Belgium -   Switzerland
9 France
8 Germany -  Netherlands
7 Spain
6 Denmark
5 Great Britain
3 Austria
2 Australia -  Canada -  Norway -  United States
1 Colombia -  Czechoslovakia -  Hungary -  Japan -  Luxembourg -  Portugal -  Qatar -  Venezuela

All Medals

Updated after 2022 UCI Road World Championships.

Medal table includes only medals achieved in senior events. Mixed nation team events such as the Team Time Trial from 2012 to 2018 are excluded.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy544844146
2 Belgium393231102
3 Netherlands38332899
4 France34313095
5  Switzerland16242161
6 Germany14172051
7 United States14141341
8 Great Britain13111236
9 Soviet Union12161644
10 East Germany102416
11 Spain9131638
12 Sweden95721
13 Denmark7111028
14 Poland77418
15 Australia612826
16 West Germany44513
17 Russia44412
18 Lithuania33511
19 Norway3249
20 Slovakia3104
21 Colombia2125
22 Belarus2013
23 Luxembourg1348
24 New Zealand1225
25 Ukraine1214
26 Ireland1135
27 Latvia1102
28 Portugal1001
29 Canada0336
30 Czechoslovakia0224
31 Austria0123
32 Hungary0112
 Slovenia0112
34 Brazil0101
35 Kazakhstan0022
36 Czech Republic0011
 Finland0011
 Uruguay0011
Totals (38 entries)309309309927

Countries

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally planned to be held in the Aigle and Martigny area in Switzerland, however this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  2. ↑ Held in conjunction with the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships
  3. ↑ To be held in conjunction with the 2027 UCI Cycling World Championships

References

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  1. ↑ "Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Sports 123. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ Cotton, Jim (2021-09-21). "Mixed relay team time trial explainer: What is it, how does it work, why should we care?". Velo. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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