UCI Road World Championships, Men
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| Cycling World Championship - Road | |
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| Region: | Different location each year. Outside Europe at least once every seven years |
| Date: | Differed through history; early October in recent years |
| Type: | World Championship: Open Road Race and Individual Time Trial |
| History | |
| First Edition: | 1927 |
| Number of Editions: | 71 |
| First Winner: |  Alfredo Binda |
| Most Wins (road race): |
Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Óscar Freire,3 times |
| Most Wins (time trial): |
 Michael Rogers,3 times |
- For the women's event, see UCI Road World Championships, Women.
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 versus commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.
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[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 (such as 2005 champion Tom Boonen), or over a hilly course (Salzburg 2006) 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] Other world cycling championships
This article contains a list of winners for the men's elite road race and individual time trial. For the elite women's events in bicycle road racing and track cycling, see:
For other cycling championships, see:
- Track Cycling - UCI Track World Championships: Men and Women
- Sprint
- Kilo (or 1 km time trial)
- Keirin
- Individual Pursuit
- Scratch Race
- Points Race
- BMX Racing - UCI BMX World Championships
- Cyclo-cross - UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
- Mountain Bike and Trials - UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships including:
- MTB Cross Country (XCO)
- MTB Downhill (DH)
- MTB 4-Cross (4X)
- MTB Dual Slalom (DS)
- Mountain Bike Marathon - UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
- MTB Marathon (XCM)
- Artistic Cycling and Cycle-Ball - UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
[edit] Palmares
[edit] World Cycling Champions
Only four cyclists have successfully defended their title (three Belgians and one Italian): Georges Ronsse (Belgium, 1928-29); Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium, 1956-57); Rik Van Looy (Belgium, 1960-61); Gianni Bugno (Italy, 1991-92).
[edit] World Time-Trial Champions
| Year | Venue | World Time Trial Champion | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Catania, Italy | Chris Boardman |  United Kingdom |
| 1995 | Paipa-Tunja, Colombia | Miguel Indurain | Spain |
| 1996 | Lugano, Switzerland | Alex Zülle |  Switzerland |
| 1997 | San Sebastian, Spain | Laurent Jalabert |  France |
| 1998 | Valkenburg, Netherlands | Abraham Olano | Spain |
| 1999 | Treviso, Italy | Jan Ullrich |  Germany |
| 2000 | Plouay, France | Serhiy Honchar |  Ukraine |
| 2001 | Lisbon, Portugal | Jan Ullrich | Germany |
| 2002 | Zolder/Hasselt, Belgium | Santiago Botero |  Colombia |
| 2003 | Hamilton, Canada | Michael Rogers | Australia |
| 2004 | Bardolino, Italy | Michael Rogers | Australia |
| 2005 | Madrid, Spain | Michael Rogers | Australia |
| 2006 | Salzburg, Austria | Fabian Cancellara | Switzerland |
† David Millar won the race, but later confessed having used Epogen.
Therefore the UCI decided to grant the title to second-placed Rogers.
[edit] Country wins
| Pos. | Country | Total wins | Road Race | Time Trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium |
25 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Italy |
17 | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | France |
9 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
7 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Spain |
7 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Switzerland |
5 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Germany |
4 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  United States |
3 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | United Kingdom |
2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 |  Latvia |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 |  Ireland |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ukraine |
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Colombia |
1 | 0 | 1 |
Note: This Cycling World Championship country-wins list shown here represent only the above two major professional road cycling disciplines, road race and time trial.
[edit] See also
- Rainbow jersey
- GP Wolber
- Mountain Bike World Championships
- UCI Road World Championships, Women
- World Championship of Track Cycling (women)
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