World University Cycling Championship Explained

World University Cycling Championship
Discipline:Road cycling
Track cycling
Mountainbike
Cyclo-cross
Organiser:FISU
First: (non FISU editions)
(FISU editions)
Number:3 (non FISU editions)
5 (FISU editions)

The World University Cycling Championship is a competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which was first held in 1978 in Antwerp, Belgium.[1] Before 1978 there were also World University Championships, but these were not sponsored by the International University Sports Federation.[2] The next edition will be held in Jelenia Gora, Poland in 2014. The championship last five days and could contain events in five cycling sports: road cycling (road race and time trial), track cycling, mountainbike (cross-country and marathon), BMX and Cyclo-Cross.[3]

Competitions

As part of the Student World Championships:

Year Country City Track Cycling
Road race (M) Individual pursuit (M)
Team pursuit (M)
Road race (M) Team pursuit (M)
Road race (M)
Road race (M)
FISU World University Cycling Championships:
Year Country City Track Cycling Mountainbike Cyclo-cross Most gold medals
Road race (M) Individual pursuit (M) bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included ? (?)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included ? (?)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included ? (?)
Road race (M&W)<br>Time trial (M&W) bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Cyclo-cross race (M) Netherlands (4)
Road race (M&W)<br>Time trial (M&W) bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Cross-country (M&W)<br>Marathon (M&W)bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Netherlands (4)
Road race (M&W)<br>Time trial (M&W) bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Mass start (M&W)<br>Time trial (M&W)bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Poland (4)
Criterium (M&W)<br>Road race (M&W) bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Cross-country Eliminator
Cross-country (M&W)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE align="center"Not included Germany (4)
To be announced TBD

See also

References

  1. Web site: Belgium (BEL). . 2012-09-13.
  2. Web site: Cycling, The History in Cycling in FISU. FISU. 2012-09-09.

External links