UCI Road World Championships
News and information ahead of and from the road cycling world championships each year
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Caleb Ewan 'heartbroken' to miss out as Australia announce Worlds squad
The 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 2023
The 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 riders
USA 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 Championships
Central 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 says
Limited 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 puncheurs
The 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 Championships
Organisers 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 France
The 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 Championships
Demi 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 race
The 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 Championships
The 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 Flanders
Remco 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 racing
The 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 hopes
With 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' feeling
The 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 sixth
The 21-year-old Brit says the atmosphere in Belgium was 'like a football match'
By Jonny Long Published
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Road World Championships 2021: Elite men’s road race start list
All the names taking part in the 2021 elite men's World Championships road race in Leuven, Belgium
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Last updated
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Five talking points from the women's elite World Championships 2021 road race
The 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 broken
Everything 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 degree
The 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 jersey
The 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 booth
Bäckstedt reveals she had a slow puncture for the entire race
By Jonny Long 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 line
The 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
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Zoe Bäckstedt takes the Junior women’s rainbow jersey after an exemplary British display in Leuven
After taking silver in the time trial Bäckstedt won a two-woman sprint to prove herself a dominant force
By Owen Rogers Published
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Ethan Hayter: 'I think everyone knows Tom Pidcock is the leader' at Flanders World Championships
The 23-year-old doesn't rule out his own chances, or Mark Cavendish's, and is nervous and excited about the British squad's multiple options for victory this year
By Jonny Long Published
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'People think I just sit behind eight people and sprint, I can race,' says Cavendish ahead of return to Worlds
The Manxman confirms he also plans to ride the British National Championships later this year
By Jonny Long Published
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Filippo Baroncini triumphant in men's Under-23 road race at World Championships
The Italian star launched a brutal attack late on to take the U23 title
By Tim Bonville-Ginn Published
