UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships (English UCI Road World Championships ) are the world championships in road bicycle racing and the International Cycling Union UCI since 1921, held every year at different locations.
- 2.1 Road Race
- 2.2 Individual Time Trial
- 2.3 team time trial
- 4.1 Men 4.1.1 Team
- 4.3.1 Team
General
History
As a precursor of the Road World Championships of professionals was from 1922 the Grand Prix Wolber in France. There the best riders from Italy, France, Belgium and Switzerland met.
For the first time in 1927 held at the Nürburgring, the race slowly developed:
Categories
From 1921 to 1926, the Road World Championships for men were held exclusively for amateurs, from 1927 until the introduction of unit license after the 1995 season, then parallel for professionals and amateurs, since 1996 in parallel for Men Elite and U23 men. The World Championships of the women were first held in 1958, the Junior in 1975 and those of the juniors in 1989, the latter two, however, with the exception of the period from 1997 to 2004 at sites other than the events of the men.
Jersey
The currently reigning World Champion or the relevant reigning World Champion in road driving has the right and duty to the next World Championships the following year during all road races (excluding time trials ) to wear the jersey of the World Champion (rainbow jersey). The same applies for the award in the individual time trial rainbow jersey, to be worn in the following year in all time trials.
The rainbow jersey is white and has a wide horizontal stripes in the colors blue, red, black, yellow and green ( top to bottom ) to the chest on. The rainbow stripe is interrupted in the time trial version with a stylized clock. At the end of this year, former world champions and world champions are allowed to wear these colors as a thin stripe on the sleeve edge.
Time
Up to and including 1994 Road World Championships (except the events for juniors ) were held in late August, a few weeks after the Tour de France. Since late September or early October, the race held shortly before the end of the season. The current date is controversial, as many racing drivers and cyclists have already finished their season at this late date.
By 1995 Road and Track World Championships were held new date consecutively in the same country, sometimes in conjunction with the World Championships in indoor cycling. Since 1996, the World Championships will be awarded to different national associations. In addition, between 1997 and 2003 so-called B World Championships were held in which athletes participated from countries where was still the performance level of cycling in development.
Disciplines
Road race
The road races were and are discharged at the Road World Championships in all the above categories. Here is the course of a most challenging round, which will navigate by category and length several times. Besides the big stage race Tour de France, Giro d' Italia and Vuelta a España and the classics, the road race of men shall at the Road World Championships as the most prestigious race in cycling.
ITT
In 1994, the ITT was introduced as a second discipline for men, women and juniors, which has been established since 1996, also in the men's U23 and from 1998 in the Junior Women.
Team time trial
In the years 1962 to 1994 World Cup for four national teams was played in the team time trial over 100 km. This tradition has been modified resumed in 2012, in which a world title in the team time trial for 6- cycling teams for men ( 53.2 km ) and women ( 34.2 km ) will be given.
Participation
The Road World Championships replace national teams, which is for men and women, in contrast to most other UCI events where start usually private teams. The number of starting places for each national team ( with the exception of juniors and the time trial ) determined by the United Nations votes of each UCI racing series in the different categories: the UCI World Tour and the UCI Continental Circuits in the men's elite, the UCI World Ranking in the women 's elite, the UCI Continental Circuits and the wheel of the Nations Cup U23 men among men under 23 and the wheel Nations Cup for Juniors in the juniors. The most successful nations must summon the most riders and drivers, which means a team strength of nine riders in the road race of men.
Palmarčs
Subsequently, all winners of the Road World Championships men's road race are listed ( amateurs and professionals ) and Individual Time Trial:
Team
Subsequently, all victorious nations of the Road World Championships men's four-man team time trial are listed. 2012, the time trial # team time trial was resumed in the streets of the World Championships program. To fight for the title six teams competing as Privatmahnschaften.
Men U23
Subsequently, all winners of the Road World Championships U23 Men are listed in the road race and individual time trial:
Women
Subsequently, all winners of the Road World Championships of women in the road race and time trial are listed below:
Team
Subsequently, all the winning teams of the Road World Championships Women are listed since the reintroduction in 2012 Secher team time trial. From 1987 to 1994 Nationalmahnschaften went in the team time trial at the start.
Junior
1973 and 1974 were held UCI open European Junior Championships as a precursor to the Junior World Championships.
Subsequently, all winners of the Road World Junior Championships are listed in the road race:
Subsequently, all winners of the Road World Junior Championships in the road race and time trial are listed below:
Junior Women
Subsequently, all winners of the Road World Championships in the junior women road race and time trial are listed below:
Record winner
- Road race of men ( professionals ): Italy 1861 Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium, Belgium Eddy Merckx and Spain Óscar Freire ( 3 each)
- Road race of men ( amateurs): Italy 1861 Giuseppe Martano and Germany Democratic Republic in 1949 Gustav -Adolf Schur (2 each)
- Individual Time Trial Men: Switzerland Fabian Cancellara ( 4)
- Four team time trial of the men: Italy Italy ( 8)
- Road race in the women: France Jeannie Longo - Ciprelli ( 5)
- Individual Time Trial Women: France Jeannie Longo - Ciprelli ( 4)
- Road race in the Junior: Italy Giuseppe Palumbo and Italy Diego Ulissi (2 each)
- ITT Juniors: Switzerland Fabian Cancellara, Russia Mikhail Ignatiev and Germany Marcel Kittel (2 each)
- Road race in the Junior Women: United Kingdom Nicole Cooke ( 2)
In the road race and the time trial men under 23, as well as in the individual time trial of the juniors so far no one more than once, was able to secure the world title.