UCI Cycling World Championships explained

UCI Cycling World Championships
Status:Active
Genre:Road bicycle racing,Track cycling,Marathon mountain bike racing,Mountain bike trials,BMX racing,Freestyle BMX,Artistic cycling
Date:August–September
Frequency:Quadrennially
Location:Various
Next:2027
Organised:UCI

The UCI Cycling World Championships is the multi-discipline world championship event for cycle sports, organised by its governing body the (UCI). It brings together the individual cycling disciplines, which hold separate UCI World Championships events, to be held as part of one event every 4 years; these disciplines will also continue to hold separate annual world championship events outside of the planned quadrennial editions. The inaugural edition was held in 2023, and further editions are to be held in the year preceding the Olympic Games.[1]

Championships and locations

2023

The inaugural edition was hosted by the United Kingdom and ran from 3 to 13 August 2023 in Glasgow.[2]

It included 13 individual UCI World Championships, and was billed as the biggest ever cycling event.[3] It was announced that the championship would cover the events listed below:[4]

2027

The 2027 edition is to be held in Haute-Savoie in France. It will include 19 disciplines: all those featuring in 2023, as well as gravel and junior track events. [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glasgow to host first multi-discipline UCI Worlds in 2023 . 20 April 2022 . Cyclist . en.
  2. Web site: 2 February 2022 . 2023 Glasgow 'mega world championships' set for August 3–13 . 20 April 2022 . VeloNews.com.
  3. Web site: 8 February 2019 . Glasgow to host ALL 13 UCI World Championships in 2023 for debut 'mega event' format . 20 April 2022 . road.cc . en.
  4. News: 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships: full schedule unveiled. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 8 September 2022. 9 September 2022.
  5. Web site: 22 September 2022 . 2027 'Super Worlds' to be held in France, UCI announces . 1 January 2023.