UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The UCI Track World Championships (English UCI Track Cycling World Championships ) takes place every year since 1893. Since they are now discharged from cycling 's world governing body UCI in the various disciplines of track cycling, they bear this name, common are also names like UCI Track Cycling World Championships (or UCI Track Cycling World Championships ), train or train Cycling World Championships. The World Championships from 1893 to 1899 were aligned by predecessor organizations of the UCI.

History

The first track world championships in Chicago in 1893 were organized for amateurs in two disciplines: the American Arthur Augustus Zimmerman won the Sprint, the South Africans Laurens Meintjes Smitz the 62- mile race behind mehrsitziger pacemaker lead (without motor). First German world champion was in 1894 August teaching in Antwerp in the sprint.

The first competitions for professionals found in 1895 in Cologne, which simultaneously were the first Track World Championships in Germany. Initially, only the sprint and the 100 - km - stayer races were on the program. On April 14, 1900, the UCI was founded in Paris and has since been responsible for organizing the World Cup. 1946 was added in the individual pursuit and team pursuit in 1962. In 1966, the time trial over 1000 meters and a tandem sprint were introduced. A competition in the points race and the keirin sprint followed in 1980.

In the 1990s, the cycling 's world governing body UCI designed the program for the Track World Championships fundamentally about: In 1992, the separation between professional and amateur world championships have been lifted so the track world championships since then discharged as "open" championships. Three years later, the tandem disciplines and beams were abolished, the two - team driving and the Team Sprint on the other hand were newly included in the program. Since 2002 there are also competitions in scratch and since 2007 there is an all-around title ( Omnium ). It consists of the individual disciplines Scratch, 200 meter sprint, 3000m individual pursuit, points and 1000 meter time trial.

Since 1975, separate world championships for juniors and since 1995 Masters Track World Championships also will be held for older athletes. Up to and including 1995 Rail and Road 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, the Track World Championships will take place in the spring, the Road World Championships in autumn. In addition, since 1997, so-called B World Championships will be held in which athletes from countries participating, in which the power level of cycling is still in development.