2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships explained

Venue:Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
Date:30–31 January 2016
Events:5
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2015–16. It was held in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31 January 2016. The championships featured five events, in addition to the men's and women's elite races there was a U23 men's and junior men's races, and for the first time, a U23 women's race.

Participants

See main article: List of cyclists at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.

Mechanical doping

Almost six years since the first allegations of “mechanical doping” in cycling the UCI, during the Women's under-23 race, for the first time in cycling history found evidence of technological fraud when they checked the bicycle of Femke Van den Driessche. The UCI had been testing a new detection system. The offence carries a minimum six-month suspension and a fine of between 20,000 and 200,000 Swiss francs.[1]

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's events
Men's elite race[2]
1h 05' 52"+5"+35"
Men's under-23 race[3]
51' 18"+1"+5"
Men's junior race[4]
43' 05"+ 35"+ 1' 00"
Women's events
Women's elite race[5]
41' 03"+ 14"+ 24"
Women's under-23 race[6]
41' 34"+ 35"+ 47"

Medal table

Broadcasting

Andorra, France, Madagascar, Mauritius, Monaco, France overseas, PAN Middle-East

Brazil

the Netherlands

Australia

Belgium

Norway

the United States

Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden

Belgium

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/30/hidden-motor-bike-world-cyclo-cross-championships Rider implicated after motor found on bike at world cyclo-cross championships
  2. Web site: Results > Men Elite. 31 January 2016. 11 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311100803/http://62.50.72.82/uciroot/cmcro/2016/Results.aspx?id=ME&language=eng&cat=Men%20Elite. dead.
  3. Web site: Results > Men Under 23. 31 January 2016. 11 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311095236/http://62.50.72.82/uciroot/cmcro/2016/Results.aspx?id=MU&language=eng&cat=Men%20Under%2023. dead.
  4. Web site: Results > Men Juniors. 31 January 2016. 11 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311095944/http://62.50.72.82/uciroot/cmcro/2016/Results.aspx?id=MJ&language=eng&cat=Men%20Juniors. dead.
  5. Web site: Results > Women Elite. 31 January 2016. 11 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311095653/http://62.50.72.82/uciroot/cmcro/2016/Results.aspx?id=WE&language=eng&cat=Women%20Elite. dead.
  6. Web site: Results > Women Under 23. 31 January 2016. 11 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311095420/http://62.50.72.82/uciroot/cmcro/2016/Results.aspx?id=WU&language=eng&cat=Women%20Under%2023. dead.
  7. Web site: Home.