Britain's Road World Championships medal winners

All of Great Britain's medal winners in the Road Cycling World Championships

Lizzie Armitstead wins the 2015 Womens World Road Championships

(Image credit: Watson)

Beryl Burton won the women's world title twice in the 1960s before Mandy Jones won on home soil at Goodwood in 1982. Tom Simpson was Britain's first men's world road race champion, winning his rainbow jersey in the Basque Country in 1965.

Dave Marsh won the world road race championship for amateurs in Liverpool in 1922, when British riders won gold, silver and bronze. Graham Webb was amateur road race champion in 1967 - the most astonishing thing being that his victory came on the same day as Burton's win in the women's race

Chris Boardman won the first ever world individual time trial title in Sardinia in 1994 when the UCI introduced the event to the World Championship programme.

Nicole Cooke added to the tally in 2008 by winning the road race, with Emma Pooley taking the time trial in 2010, Mark Cavendish the road race in 2011, Bradley Wiggins winning the time trial title in 2014 and Lizzie Armitstead winning the women's road race in 2015.

>>> From Burton to Armitstead: Britain’s road race world champions

Here is a run down of all the British medallists in the World Championships on the road.

Men's road race

GOLD

Tom Simpson, 1965 San Sebastian, Spain

Mark Cavendish, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

Men's amateur road race

GOLD

Dave Marsh, 1922 Liverpool, Great Britain

Graham Webb, 1967 Heerlen, Netherlands

SILVER

William Burkill, 1922 Liverpool, Great Britain

Les West, 1966 Adenau, West Germany

BRONZE

Charles Dawey, 1921 Copenhagen, Denmark

Charles Dawey, 1922 Liverpool, Great Britain

Men's under-23 road race

BRONZE

Jonny Bellis, 2007 Stuttgart, Germany

Andy Fenn, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

The men's under-23 road race was first run in 1996. Until 1995 the road races were divided into professional and amateur. From 1996 this became elite and under-23

Men's time trial

GOLD

Chris Boardman, 1994 Catania, Italy

David Millar, 2003 Hamilton, Canada - Millar admitted using EPO and was stripped of his title, which was handed to Australia's Michael Rogers

Bradley Wiggins, 2014 Ponferrada, Spain

SILVER

Chris Boardman, 1996 Lugano, Switzerland

David Millar, 2001 Lisbon, Portugal

David Millar, 2010 Geelong, Australia

Bradley Wiggins, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

Bradley Wiggins, 2013 Tuscany, Italy

BRONZE

Chris Boardman, 1997 San Sebastian, Spain

Chris Boardman, 1999 Verona, Italy

Sir Bradley Wiggins on the podium after winning the Elite Mens TT at the 2014 World Championships

Sir Bradley Wiggins on the podium after winning the elite men's time trial at the 2014 World Championships
(Image credit: Watson)

Junior men's road race

No medals

Junior men's time trial

No medals

Women's road race

GOLD

Beryl Burton, 1960 Leipzig, East Germany

Beryl Burton, 1967 Heerlen, Netherlands

Mandy Jones, 1982 Goodwood, Great Britain

Nicole Cooke, 2008 Varese, Italy

Lizzie Armitstead, 2015 Richmond, USA

SILVER

Beryl Burton, 1961 Douglas, Isle of Man

Bernadette Swinnerton, 1969 Brno, Czechoslovakia

Nicole Cooke, 2005 Madrid, Spain

BRONZE

Mandy Jones, 1980 Sallanches, Great Britain

Nicole Cooke, 2003 Hamilton, Canada

Nicole Cooke, 2006 Salzburg, Austria

Women's time trial

GOLD

Emma Pooley, 2010 Geelong, Australia

BRONZE

Emma Pooley, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

Junior women's road race

GOLD

Nicole Cooke, 2000 Plouay, France

Nicole Cooke, 2001 Lisbon, Portugal

Lucy Garner, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

Lucy Garner, 2012 Limburg, Netherlands

SILVER

Sally Dawes, 1991 Colorado Springs, USA

Junior women's time trial

GOLD

Nicole Cooke, 2001 Lisbon, PortugalElinor Barker, 2012 Limburg, Netherlands

SILVER

Elinor Barker, 2011 Copenhagen, Denmark

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