The UCI Cycling World Championships is the multi-discipline world championship event for cycle sports, organised by its governing body the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). It brings together the individual cycling disciplines, which hold separate UCI World Championships events, to be held as part of one event every 4 years; these disciplines will also continue to hold separate annual world championship events outside of the planned quadrennial editions. The inaugural edition was held in 2023, and further editions are to be held in the year preceding the Olympic Games.[1]
| UCI Cycling World Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Road bicycle racing,Track cycling,Marathon mountain bike racing,Mountain bike trials,BMX racing,Freestyle BMX,Artistic cycling |
| Date(s) | August–September |
| Frequency | Quadrennially |
| Location(s) | Various |
| Inaugurated | 2023 |
| Next event | 2027 |
| Organised by | UCI |
Championships and locations edit
2023 edit
The inaugural edition was hosted by the United Kingdom and ran from 3 to 13 August 2023 in Glasgow.[2]
It included 13 individual UCI World Championships, and was billed as the biggest ever cycling event.[3] It was announced that the championship would cover the events listed below:[4]
- UCI Road World Championships
- UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
- UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
- UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
- UCI Trials World Championships
- UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships
- UCI BMX Freestyle Flatland World Championships
- UCI BMX World Championships
- UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
- UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
2027 edit
The 2027 edition is to be held in Haute-Savoie in France. It will include 19 disciplines: all those featuring in 2023, as well as gravel and junior track events. [5]
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Glasgow to host first multi-discipline UCI Worlds in 2023". Cyclist. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "2023 Glasgow 'mega world championships' set for August 3–13". VeloNews.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Glasgow to host ALL 13 UCI World Championships in 2023 for debut 'mega event' format". road.cc. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "2023 UCI Cycling World Championships: full schedule unveiled". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "2027 'Super Worlds' to be held in France, UCI announces". 22 September 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.