UCI Road World Championships
News and information ahead of and from the road cycling world championships each year
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Ellen van Dijk claims third time trial title at World ChampionshipsThe Dutchwoman won by almost 13 seconds ahead of Grace Brown
By Tom Davidson Last updated
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Irish riders weren't keen to 'get bitten by a spider' at Worlds, former national champ jokesRyan Mullen isn't too downhearted about missing the event.
By Tom Davidson Published
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'It's disappointing': Sean Kelly on Ireland choosing to skip World ChampionshipsThe Irishman says he often had to pay for himself at the event
By Tom Davidson Last updated
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Mads Pedersen to miss World Championships: 'I'm close to reaching the limit'Pedersen joins Jonas Vingegaard in deciding not to represent Denmark at the forthcoming Worlds
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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Caleb Ewan 'heartbroken' to miss out as Australia announce Worlds squadThe Lotto-Soudal sprinter believed he deserved to be in the team.
By Tom Davidson Published
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Glasgow needs you: UCI World Championships seek volunteers for 2023The event, scheduled for August 2023, will be the largest cycling world championships in history.
By Tom Davidson Published
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USA name strong World Championships squad packed with WorldTour ridersUSA Cycling has released the list of 24 riders who will travel to Wollongong next month.
By Tom Davidson Published
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Stirling to host time trials at the 2023 World ChampionshipsCentral Scottish city to host time trial events at first multi-event worlds
By Adam Becket Last updated
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Female pros want a separate Under 23s World Championships, not a race within a race, The Cyclists' Alliance saysLimited support for UCI plan to introduce an U23 jersey, awarded from the elite road race
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Road World Championships 2022 route announced: Australia races to suit puncheursThe local loop takes in a brutally steep climb every lap to whittle down the field
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Flanders 2021 produces cycling's first-ever sustainability report for Road World ChampionshipsOrganisers focussed on limiting the event's environmental impact, measuring its carbon footprint at 2,292 tonnes of CO2
By Ryan Dabbs Published
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Tadej Pogačar adds World Championships and Giro d'Italia to his wish list but is not done with the Tour de FranceThe Slovenian says he's still hungry to win at the Tour despite his dominance over the last year
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Jasper Stuyven has his say on Belgian storm after World Championships'All of a sudden we’re so stupid' says Stuyven after his fourth place in Leuven
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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'The girls who were still there can blame themselves': Annemiek van Vleuten critical of team-mates at World ChampionshipsDemi Vollering was due to be a key rider for the sprint but didn't have the legs after multiple mechanicals
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Neilson Powless rescues remarkable fifth for USA at World Championships road raceThe American was shouldered with all his nations' hopes after Quinn Simmons crashed out early on
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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'Remco Evenepoel was the best man in the race after Julian Alaphilippe': Lefevere baffled by Belgian tactics at World ChampionshipsThe Deceuninck - Quick-Step boss is happy to keep the rainbow jersey in the team but questions the Belgians' ride
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Road World Championships 2021: Strava data shows brutality of race around FlandersRemco Evenepoel, Michael Valgren, Dylan van Baarle and more posted their rides to the site
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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Thomas Voeckler: 'We wanted to attack earlier than everyone else at Worlds so they would think we were idiots'French boss happily accepts fine for coaching Julian Alaphilippe when it wasn't permitted
By Richard Windsor Published
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'I don't want to become a robot': Julian Alaphilippe's second rainbow jersey is another triumph for pure bike racingThe Frenchman was relentless in the defence of his world title
By Jonny Long Published
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'S**t, it's up to me now': Michael Valgren 'saves the day' for Danish Worlds hopesWith a stacked team, much was expected of Denmark, who suffered many misfortunes during the men's road race, but still came up with a bronze medal
By Jonny Long Published
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Crashes mar Ethan Hayter's Worlds leaving 'missed opportunity' feelingThe Brit had planned to get in a move up the road on the finishing circuit to give himself a 'headstart'
By Jonny Long Published
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Tom Pidcock says Belgians made it 'near impossible' for Wout van Aert to win Worlds as Brit rides to impressive sixthThe 21-year-old Brit says the atmosphere in Belgium was 'like a football match'
By Jonny Long Published
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Five talking points from the women's elite World Championships 2021 road raceThe Netherlands finally lose their grip on the rainbow jersey, fantastically dramatic route and more from the first elite road race
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Marianne Vos: 'Silver was all I could do' as Dutch spell over rainbow jersey is brokenEverything had gone perfectly, Vos says, until the last few metres when Balsamo couldn't be brought to heel
By Jonny Long Published
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Worlds win was 'revenge for this season' says Elisa Balsamo, who now sets sights on finishing her degreeThe Italian has come close often this year and was also disappointed by her Olympic Games performance, so knuckled down for the Worlds and comes away with the rainbow jersey
By Jonny Long Published
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Road World Championships 2021:Italian Elisa Balsamo outsprints Marianne Vos to take the rainbow jerseyThe 2016 Junior champion comes of age beating Marianne Vos to rainbow glory
By Owen Rogers Published
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Zoe Bäckstedt keeps composed until finish line tears to take rainbow jersey as dad Magnus watches on from the boothBäckstedt reveals she had a slow puncture for the entire race
By Jonny Long Published
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Road World Championships 2021: Elite men’s road race start listAll the names taking part in the 2021 elite men's World Championships road race in Leuven, Belgium
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
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'It's just not feasible': The uphill battle for Tao stagiaire Red Walters to even get to the Worlds start lineThe 22-year-old had a place in the U23 road race but for riders attending solo it means carrying their own bottles and going along to pre-race manager's meetings
By Jonny Long Published
