UCI Road World Championships
News and information ahead of and from the road cycling world championships each year
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Mark Cavendish on World Champs disappointment: 'I lost gold, instead of winning silver'
Mark Cavendish narrowly missed out on claiming his second world title as he was 'boxed in' and then subsequently beaten by Peter Sagan
By Gregor Brown Published
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This is who the bookies are backing to win the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships
We are just over a week away from crowning a new world champion in Yorkshire, and the excitement is ramping up.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Australia name full women's World Championships squad after initially filling just five of seven places
Cycling Australia has reversed a decision to fill only five of its seven spaces in the women's road race at the Road World Championships after an appeal.
By Henry Robertshaw Published
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Julian Alaphilippe to lead French squad at Yorkshire Worlds
The 27-year-old is one of the favourites to take the rainbow bands
By Jonny Long Published
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Alex Dowsett and Steve Cummings selected by GB for World Championships time trial
Great Britain will be represented by Alex Dowsett and Steve Cummings in the elite men's individual time trial at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in Qatar
By Nigel Wynn Published
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UCI will announce new venue for World Championships this week
The UCI is scheduled to announce the new venue for the 2020 World Championships this week.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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Crashes, mechanicals and illness hamper GB in World Champs U23 road race
Bad luck and bad form for Britain's riders saw Owain Doull finish a disappointing 92nd in the U23 men's road race at the 2015 Road World Championships
By Richard Abraham Published
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Pauline Ferrand Prevot wins women's road race world title
Pauline Ferrand Prevot takes women's road race World Championships win as Lizzie Armitstead and Marianne Vos cancel each other out
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Lennard Kamna wins junior men's World Championship time trial
Germany's Lennard Kamna obliterates field; Britain's Matthew Gibson finishes 10th
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Eddy Merckx presents Doha World Championships course
Organisers aim to utilise Qatar's windy conditions to make 2016 edition a challenge for elite teams and riders
By Gregor Brown Published
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Your essential guide to the 2016 UCI Road World Championships (video)
The UCI Road World Championships head to the Middle East in October as Peter Sagan and Lizzie Deignan look to defend their road race titles
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Yorkshire World Championships will use planned route after bridge washed away in floods
The Yorkshire World Championships will use the original planned route after a bridge on the course was washed away during floods.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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The Dutch Supremacy - how the Netherlands came to rule the Worlds
Can Lizzie Diegnan, or anyone else, take on and beat the Dutch women at the World Championships next week?
By Simon Richardson Published
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British Cycling confirms men's road race and time trial squads for Yorkshire 2019 World Championships
The men's squads for the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships have been confirmed by British Cycling.
By Alex Ballinger Published
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As it happened: Chloe Dygert smashes Yorkshire World Championships elite women's time trial
Recap live updates from the elite women's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships 2019
By Cycling Weekly Published
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Chris Froome planning World Championships time trial participation
Tour de France champion Chris Froome will ride in the team time trial at the 2017 Road World Championships, and possibly the individual time trial too
By Gregor Brown Published
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Men's time trial World Championship gallery
Images from the elite men's time trial event at the 2014 Road World Championships, won by Bradley Wiggins
By Cycling Weekly Published
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Peter Sagan storms to World Championship road race victory in Richmond
The Slovak attacked with just over 3km to go on the final cobbled climb of the race to hold off the chasing peloton to take the rainbow jersey
By Richard Windsor Published
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Alexey Lutsenko out of Worlds road race following positive coronavirus test
The Kazakh rider was pulled from the men's road race after returning a positive test two days before the start
By Jonny Long Published
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'I was able to test my legs and it felt good': Mathieu van der Poel confident ahead of Yorkshire Worlds road race
The young Dutchman is one of the favourites to take the rainbow bands in Harrogate
By Jonny Long Published
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Tom Simpson’s World Championships win: 50 years on
Paired with exclusive photography from the Cycling Weekly archive, Chris Sidwells looks back on the year his uncle Tom Simpson won the world title
By Chris Sidwells Published
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Tom Dumoulin: 'On paper, the World Championships time trial is a battle between me and Rohan Dennis'
Dumoulin sees himself and Dennis as the front runners, but adds that "we all know that the paper may be in the trash can on Wednesday afternoon"
By Gregor Brown Published
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German Jonas Bokeloh takes junior road race world title
Jonas Bokeloh sprints to win the junior road race title at the 2014 Road World Championships in Spain
By Stephen Puddicombe Published
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Why pro riders including Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas are protesting against their union
You might have seen the pros discussing the CPA online – but what’s the story?
By Alex Ballinger Published
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British Cycling names selection for 2016 Road World Championships
Mark Cavendish and Lizzie Deignan are selected to head up the men's and women's road race teams
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Alex Dowsett's best ever World Championships ride helps secure GB second Olympic time trial spot
The British national champion finished fifth amongst a strong field in Yorkshire
By Richard Windsor Published
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Tony Martin dominates to win record-equalling fourth World Championships time trial title
Tony Martin beats defending champion Vasil Kiryienka by 45 seconds to win his fourth UCI World Championships time trial in Doha, Qatar
By Stuart Clarke Published
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Yorkshire named as host of 2019 UCI Road World Championships
Yorkshire will host the UCI road World Championships in 2019, the UCI announced on Wednesday in Doha
By Vern Pitt Published
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Simon Gerrans heads list of World Championship favourites after Canadian double victory
Simon Gerrans wins both Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Montreal WorldTour races in Canada
By Nigel Wynn Published
