UCI Road World Championships

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The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial. In addition, U-23 world championship events are held for the same events in the same manner for cyclists under the age of 23 years old.

• The winner of the UCI Road World Championships Road Race is considered the World Cycling Champion (or World Road Cycling Champion) and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'massed start' road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance.

• The winner of the UCI Road World Championships Time Trial is considered the World Time Trial Champion and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in individual time trial (ITT) events or stages (for example, the prologue and ITT stages at the Tour de France or other stage races).

Both the road race and individual time trial events are competed by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.

[edit] History

The first professional World Cycling Championship took place in 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany and was won by Alfredo Binda, of Italy. The recent years, the race is held towards the end of the European season, usually following the Vuelta a España. The event can be held over either a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or over a hilly course which favors more of a climbing specialist or all-round type of cyclist.

The elite men's race is usually won by riders on the UCI ProTour or its predecessor, the UCI World Cup. However, in the past there were separate events for amateur riders, mainly from Eastern bloc countries.

For men at the elite professional level, the World Cycling Championship, along with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, forms the Triple Crown of Cycling.

[edit] Championships

Year Country City 1927 Germany Nürburgring 1928 Hungary Budapest 1929 Switzerland Zürich 1930 Belgium Liège 1931 Denmark Copenhagen 1932 Italy Rome 1933 France Montlhéry 1934 Germany Leipzig 1935 Belgium Floreffe 1936 Switzerland Berne 1937 Denmark Copenhagen 1938 Netherlands Valkenburg no race from 1939 to 1945 because of World War II 1946 Switzerland Zürich 1947 France Reims 1948 Netherlands Valkenburg 1949 Denmark Copenhagen 1950 Belgium Moorslede 1951 Italy Varese 1952 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1953 Switzerland Lugano 1954 West Germany Solingen 1955 Italy Frascati 1956 Denmark Copenhagen 1957 Belgium Waregem 1958 France Reims 1959 Netherlands Zandvoort

Year Country City 1960 East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt 1961 Switzerland Berne 1962 Italy Salò di Garda 1963 Belgium Ronse 1964 France Sallanches 1965 Spain San Sebastián 1966 West Germany Nürburgring 1967 Netherlands Heerlen 1968 Italy Imola 1969 Belgium Zolder 1970 United Kingdom Leicester 1971 Switzerland Mendrisio 1972 France Gap 1973 Spain Barcelona 1974 Canada Montreal 1975 Belgium Yvoir 1976 Italy Ostuni 1977 Venezuela San Cristóbal 1978 West Germany Nürburgring 1979 Netherlands Valkenburg 1980 France Sallanches 1981 Czechoslovakia Prague 1982 United Kingdom Goodwood 1983 Switzerland Altenrhein 1984 Spain Barcelona 1985 Italy Giavera del Montello

Year Country City 1986 United States Colorado Springs 1987 Austria Villach 1988 Belgium Ronse 1989 France Chambéry 1990 Japan Utsunomiya 1991 Germany Stuttgart 1992 Spain Benidorm 1993 Norway Oslo 1994 Italy Agrigento 1995 Colombia Duitama 1996 Switzerland Lugano 1997 Spain San Sebastián 1998 Netherlands Valkenburg 1999 Italy Verona 2000 France Plouay 2001 Portugal Lisbon 2002 Belgium Zolder and Hasselt 2003 Canada Hamilton 2004 Italy Verona 2005 Spain Madrid 2006 Austria Salzburg 2007 Germany Stuttgart 2008 Italy Varese 2009 Switzerland Mendrisio 2010 Australia Melbourne and Geelong 2011 Denmark Copenhagen

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