UCI World Championships Archives

Off-Road Cyclists Bring Panache and New Skills to WorldTour Roads

August 11, 2023 at 2:17 pm3 min reading

There was an exceptional moment in Mathieu van der Poel’s superb ride to victory in this year’s UCI World Championship Road Race: he crashed. He was riding on his own, well ahead of his pursuers, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar and Mads Pedersen, when he lost…

Mathieu van der Poel on World Championships Win: ‘It’s a huge honour to get to wear these stripes’

August 7, 2023 at 9:27 am3 min reading

Road cycling

In a startling turn of events, Mathieu van der Poel clinched his first-ever road world title at the World Championships in Glasgow despite a late crash that left him with a torn jersey and a broken shoe.

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Pogačar Targets the 2023 Tour de France – Of Course!

December 13, 2022 at 12:52 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

It’s difficult to believe that a cyclist who amassed the most UCI points in a year had a disappointing season, unless that cyclist is Tadej Pogačar and he did not win the Tour de France. The UAE Team Emirates leader did win the Tirreno-Adriatico, the…

Kasia Niewiadoma Reflects on The UCI Elite Women’s Road Race

September 29, 2022 at 3:02 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

It is always interesting to look back after a race and understand the different phases I went through both in preparation and during the actual event. To be honest, I think it is fair to say that I had very mixed feelings leading up to…

Enormous Evenepoel and ITT upset at 2022 World Championships

September 26, 2022 at 11:13 am5 min reading

Road cycling

In many ways, the Elite Men’s side of the 2022 World Road Championships, held in Wollongong, Australia, provided two enormous races. On the first day of the competition, there was an enormous upset in the individual time trial as an unheralded Norwegian, Lukas Foss, beat…

Evenepoel on His World Championships Title: “I don’t think I will ever have such a good year again“

September 26, 2022 at 10:49 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Belgian soloed to a spectacular victory in the 2022 World Championships Elite Men Road Race. Christophe Laporte (France) took silver in a bunch sprint and Michael Matthews (Australia) won the bronze for the host nation of Australia.

Fedorov Claims the Under 23 Road World Title

September 23, 2022 at 8:00 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Kazakhstan’s Yevgeniy Fedorov won the men’s under-23 road race at the 2022 World Championships in Wollongong, Australia.

Emil Herzog Lands Junior Men’s Road World Title

September 23, 2022 at 7:49 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Germany’s Emil Herzog outsprinted António Morgado of Portugal to claim the junior men’s world title.

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The Škoda Cars Behind the 2022 UCI Road World Championships

September 22, 2022 at 8:42 am5 min reading

Road cycling

This year’s UCI Road World Championships are gearing up to be a real cycling milestone. Taking place between 17th and 25th September 2022 in a historical second for Australia, the battle for the rainbow jersey will unfold in Wollongong, “the southern hemisphere’s only UCI bike…

Tobias Foss on Becoming Time Trial World Champ: “If I were a top 10 today, I would be really satisfied”

September 19, 2022 at 10:19 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Norwegian blinked, shook his head and laughed in disbelief. He slapped his face a few times to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. The last of the big names just crossed the finish line and he became the first-ever Norwegian to win the world time-trial…