The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion (or World Road Cycling Champion) and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. The road race is contested by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.
The first professional World Cycling Championship took place in 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany and was won by Alfredo Binda, of Italy. In recent years, the race is held towards the end of the European season, usually following the Vuelta a España.
The elite men's race is usually won by riders on the UCI World Tour or its predecessors. However, in the past there were separate events for amateur riders, mainly from Eastern bloc countries.
The event can be held over either a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or over a hilly course which favors more of a climbing specialist or all-round type of cyclist. It usually involves laps of a circuit with a total race distance over 250 kilometres (160 mi) in length.
Medalists
Alfredo Binda, posing with his third World Championship jersey in 1932
Eddy Merckx celebrating his first professional World Championship in 1967, after winning it as amateur in 1964
Seven cyclists have successfully defended their title (three Belgians, two Italians, a Slovakian and a French): Georges Ronsse (Belgium, 1928–29); Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium, 1956–57); Rik Van Looy (Belgium, 1960–61); Gianni Bugno (Italy, 1991–92); Paolo Bettini (Italy, 2006–07), Peter Sagan (Slovakia, 2015–17) and Julian Alaphilippe (France, 2020–21). Sagan is the only rider with three straight titles (2015–17). Spaniard Alejandro Valverde has the most total medals by any individual rider with seven (1 gold in 2018; 2 silver in 2003, 2005; 4 bronze in 2006, 2012–14).
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The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men s Road Race is a one day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion or World Road Cycling Champion and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events The event is a single mass start road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance The road race is contested by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams which is the standard in professional cycling UCI Road World Championships Men s road raceRainbow jerseyRace detailsDateEnd of seasonDisciplineRoad raceTypeOne dayOrganiserUCIHistoryFirst edition1927 1927 Editions88 as of 2021 First winner Alfredo Binda ITA Most wins Alfredo Binda ITA Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Eddy Merckx BEL oscar Freire ESP Peter Sagan SVK 3 timesMost recent Remco Evenepoel BEL Contents 1 History 1 1 Course 2 Medalists 2 1 Most successful riders 2 2 Medals per country 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory EditThe first professional World Cycling Championship took place in 1927 at the Nurburgring in Germany and was won by Alfredo Binda of Italy In recent years the race is held towards the end of the European season usually following the Vuelta a Espana The elite men s race is usually won by riders on the UCI World Tour or its predecessors However in the past there were separate events for amateur riders mainly from Eastern bloc countries For men at the elite professional level the World Cycling Championship along with the Tour de France and the Giro d Italia forms the Triple Crown of Cycling Course Edit The event can be held over either a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or over a hilly course which favors more of a climbing specialist or all round type of cyclist It usually involves laps of a circuit with a total race distance over 250 kilometres 160 mi in length Medalists Edit Alfredo Binda posing with his third World Championship jersey in 1932 Eddy Merckx celebrating his first professional World Championship in 1967 after winning it as amateur in 1964 Maurizio Fondriest left as World Champion at the 1989 Giro d Italia Cadel Evans in the rainbow jersey at the 2010 Tour de France Mark Cavendish centre is crowned World Champion following the 2011 road race Alejandro Valverde wins the 2018 road race in Innsbruck Seven cyclists have successfully defended their title three Belgians two Italians a Slovakian and a French Georges Ronsse Belgium 1928 29 Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium 1956 57 Rik Van Looy Belgium 1960 61 Gianni Bugno Italy 1991 92 Paolo Bettini Italy 2006 07 Peter Sagan Slovakia 2015 17 and Julian Alaphilippe France 2020 21 Sagan is the only rider with three straight titles 2015 17 Spaniard Alejandro Valverde has the most total medals by any individual rider with seven 1 gold in 2018 2 silver in 2003 2005 4 bronze in 2006 2012 14 Championships Gold Silver BronzeMen road race medallists 1 1927 Nurburgring details Alfredo Binda ITA Costante Girardengo ITA Domenico Piemontesi ITA 1928 Budapest details Georges Ronsse BEL Herbert Nebe GER Bruno Wolke GER 1929 Zurich details Georges Ronsse BEL Nicolas Frantz LUX Alfredo Binda ITA 1930 Liege details Alfredo Binda ITA Learco Guerra ITA Georges Ronsse BEL 1931 Copenhagen details Learco Guerra ITA Ferdinand Le Drogo FRA Albert Buchi SUI 1932 Rome details Alfredo Binda ITA Remo Bertoni ITA Nicolas Frantz LUX 1933 Montlhery details Georges Speicher FRA Antonin Magne FRA Marinus Valentijn NED 1934 Leipzig details Karel Kaers BEL Learco Guerra ITA Gustave Danneels BEL 1935 Floreffe details Jean Aerts BEL Luciano Montero ESP Gustave Danneels BEL 1936 Bern details Antonin Magne FRA Aldo Bini ITA Theo Middelkamp NED 1937 Copenhagen details Eloi Meulenberg BEL Emil Kijewski GER Paul Egli SUI 1938 Valkenburg details Marcel Kint BEL Paul Egli SUI Leo Amberg SUI 1946 Zurich details Hans Knecht SUI Marcel Kint BEL Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 1947 Reims details Theo Middelkamp NED Albert Sercu BEL Sjefke Janssen NED 1948 Valkenburg details Briek Schotte BEL Apo Lazarides FRA Lucien Teisseire FRA 1949 Copenhagen details Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Ferdinand Kubler SUI Fausto Coppi ITA 1950 Moorslede details Briek Schotte BEL Theo Middelkamp NED Ferdinand Kubler SUI 1951 Varese details Ferdinand Kubler SUI Fiorenzo Magni ITA Antonio Bevilacqua ITA 1952 Luxembourg details Heinz Muller FRG Gottfried Weilenmann Jr SUI Ludwig Hormann FRG 1953 Lugano details Fausto Coppi ITA Germain Derycke BEL Stan Ockers BEL 1954 Solingen details Louison Bobet FRA Fritz Schaer SUI Charly Gaul LUX 1955 Frascati details Stan Ockers BEL Jean Pierre Schmitz LUX Germain Derycke BEL 1956 Copenhagen details Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Rik Van Looy BEL Gerrit Schulte NED 1957 Waregem details Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Louison Bobet FRA Andre Darrigade FRA 1958 Reims details Ercole Baldini ITA Louison Bobet FRA Andre Darrigade FRA 1959 Zandvoort details Andre Darrigade FRA Michele Gismondi ITA Noel Fore BEL 1960 Karl Marx Stadt details Rik Van Looy BEL Andre Darrigade FRA Pino Cerami BEL 1961 Bern details Rik Van Looy BEL Nino Defilippis ITA Raymond Poulidor FRA 1962 Salo di Garda details Jean Stablinski FRA Shay Elliott IRL Jos Hoevenaers BEL 1963 Ronse details Benoni Beheyt BEL Rik Van Looy BEL Jo de Haan NED 1964 Sallanches details Jan Janssen NED Vittorio Adorni ITA Raymond Poulidor FRA 1965 San Sebastian details Tom Simpson GBR Rudi Altig FRG Roger Swerts BEL 1966 Nurburgring details Rudi Altig FRG Jacques Anquetil FRA Raymond Poulidor FRA 1967 Heerlen details Eddy Merckx BEL Jan Janssen NED Ramon Saez ESP 1968 Imola details Vittorio Adorni ITA Herman Van Springel BEL Michele Dancelli ITA 1969 Zolder details Harm Ottenbros NED Julien Stevens BEL Michele Dancelli ITA 1970 Leicester details Jean Pierre Monsere BEL Leif Mortensen DEN Felice Gimondi ITA 1971 Mendrisio details Eddy Merckx BEL Felice Gimondi ITA Cyrille Guimard FRA 1972 Gap details Marino Basso ITA Franco Bitossi ITA Cyrille Guimard FRA 1973 Barcelona details Felice Gimondi ITA Freddy Maertens BEL Luis Ocana ESP 1974 Montreal details Eddy Merckx BEL Raymond Poulidor FRA Mariano Martinez FRA 1975 Yvoir details Hennie Kuiper NED Roger De Vlaeminck BEL Jean Pierre Danguillaume FRA 1976 Ostuni details Freddy Maertens BEL Francesco Moser ITA Tino Conti ITA 1977 San Cristobal details Francesco Moser ITA Dietrich Thurau FRG Franco Bitossi ITA 1978 Nurburgring details Gerrie Knetemann NED Francesco Moser ITA Jorgen Marcussen DEN 1979 Valkenburg details Jan Raas NED Dietrich Thurau FRG Jean Rene Bernaudeau FRA 1980 Sallanches details Bernard Hinault FRA Gianbattista Baronchelli ITA Juan Fernandez ESP 1981 Prague details Freddy Maertens BEL Giuseppe Saronni ITA Bernard Hinault FRA 1982 Goodwood details Giuseppe Saronni ITA Greg LeMond USA Sean Kelly IRL 1983 Altenrhein details Greg LeMond USA Adri van der Poel NED Stephen Roche IRL 1984 Barcelona details Claude Criquielion BEL Claudio Corti ITA Steve Bauer CAN 1985 Giavera del Montello details Joop Zoetemelk NED Greg LeMond USA Moreno Argentin ITA 1986 Colorado Springs details Moreno Argentin ITA Charly Mottet FRA Giuseppe Saronni ITA 1987 Villach details Stephen Roche IRL Moreno Argentin ITA Juan Fernandez ESP 1988 Ronse details Maurizio Fondriest ITA Martial Gayant FRA Juan Fernandez ESP 1989 Chambery details Greg LeMond USA Dimitri Konychev URS Sean Kelly IRL 1990 Utsunomiya details Rudy Dhaenens BEL Dirk De Wolf BEL Gianni Bugno ITA 1991 Stuttgart details Gianni Bugno ITA Steven Rooks NED Miguel Indurain ESP 1992 Benidorm details Gianni Bugno ITA Laurent Jalabert FRA Dimitri Konychev RUS 1993 Oslo details Lance Armstrong USA Miguel Indurain ESP Olaf Ludwig GER 1994 Agrigento details Luc Leblanc FRA Claudio Chiappucci ITA Richard Virenque FRA 1995 Duitama details Abraham Olano ESP Miguel Indurain ESP Marco Pantani ITA 1996 Lugano details Johan Museeuw BEL Mauro Gianetti SUI Michele Bartoli ITA 1997 San Sebastian details Laurent Brochard FRA Bo Hamburger DEN Leon van Bon NED 1998 Valkenburg details Oscar Camenzind SUI Peter Van Petegem BEL Michele Bartoli ITA 1999 Verona details oscar Freire ESP Markus Zberg SUI Jean Cyril Robin FRA 2000 Plouay details Romans Vainsteins LAT Zbigniew Spruch POL oscar Freire ESP 2001 Lisbon details oscar Freire ESP Paolo Bettini ITA Andrej Hauptman SLO 2002 Zolder Hasselt details Mario Cipollini ITA Robbie McEwen AUS Erik Zabel GER 2003 Hamilton details Igor Astarloa ESP Alejandro Valverde ESP Peter Van Petegem BEL 2004 Verona details oscar Freire ESP Erik Zabel GER Luca Paolini ITA 2005 Madrid details Tom Boonen BEL Alejandro Valverde ESP Anthony Geslin FRA 2006 Salzburg details Paolo Bettini ITA Erik Zabel GER Alejandro Valverde ESP 2007 Stuttgart details Paolo Bettini ITA Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Stefan Schumacher GER 2008 Varese details Alessandro Ballan ITA Damiano Cunego ITA Matti Breschel DEN 2009 Mendrisio details Cadel Evans AUS Alexandr Kolobnev RUS Joaquim Rodriguez ESP 2010 Geelong details Thor Hushovd NOR Matti Breschel DEN Allan Davis AUS 2011 Copenhagen details Mark Cavendish GBR Matthew Goss AUS Andre Greipel GER 2012 Valkenburg details Philippe Gilbert BEL Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Alejandro Valverde ESP 2013 Florence details Rui Costa POR Joaquim Rodriguez ESP Alejandro Valverde ESP 2014 Ponferrada details Michal Kwiatkowski POL Simon Gerrans AUS Alejandro Valverde ESP 2015 Richmond details Peter Sagan SVK Michael Matthews AUS Ramunas Navardauskas LTU 2016 Doha details Peter Sagan SVK Mark Cavendish GBR Tom Boonen BEL 2017 Bergen details Peter Sagan SVK Alexander Kristoff NOR Michael Matthews AUS 2018 Innsbruck details Alejandro Valverde ESP Romain Bardet FRA Michael Woods CAN 2019 Yorkshire details Mads Pedersen DEN Matteo Trentin ITA Stefan Kung SUI 2020 Imola details Julian Alaphilippe FRA Wout van Aert BEL Marc Hirschi SUI 2021 Flanders details Julian Alaphilippe FRA Dylan van Baarle NED Michael Valgren DEN 2022 Wollongong details Remco Evenepoel BEL Christophe Laporte FRA Michael Matthews AUS Most successful riders Edit Rank Name and country Gold Silver Bronze Total Winning years1 Alfredo Binda ITA 3 0 1 4 1927 1930 1932 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 3 0 1 4 1949 1956 1957 oscar Freire ESP 3 0 1 4 1999 2001 20044 Eddy Merckx BEL 3 0 0 3 1967 1971 1974 Peter Sagan SVK 3 0 0 3 2015 2016 20176 Rik Van Looy BEL 2 2 0 4 1960 1961 Greg LeMond USA 2 2 0 4 1983 19898 Freddy Maertens BEL 2 1 0 3 1976 1981 Paolo Bettini ITA 2 1 0 3 2006 200710 Georges Ronsse BEL 2 0 1 3 1928 1929 Gianni Bugno ITA 2 0 1 3 1991 199212 Briek Schotte BEL 2 0 0 2 1948 1950 Julian Alaphilippe FRA 2 0 0 2 2020 202114 Alejandro Valverde ESP 1 2 4 7 201815 Learco Guerra ITA 1 2 0 3 1931 Louison Bobet FRA 1 2 0 3 1954 Francesco Moser ITA 1 2 0 3 197718 Andre Darrigade FRA 1 1 2 4 195919 Theo Middelkamp NED 1 1 1 3 1947 Ferdinand Kubler SUI 1 1 1 3 1951 Felice Gimondi ITA 1 1 1 3 1973 Giuseppe Saronni ITA 1 1 1 3 1982 Moreno Argentin ITA 1 1 1 3 1986Medals per country Edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Belgium BEL 271212512 Italy ITA 192116563 France FRA 101315384 Netherlands NED 756185 Spain ESP 6612246 Switzerland SUI 366157 United States USA 32058 Slovakia SVK 30039 Germany GER 1 2761510 Great Britain GBR 210311 Australia AUS 143812 Denmark DEN 133713 Norway NOR 120314 Ireland IRL 113515 Poland POL 110216 Latvia LAT 1001 Portugal POR 100118 Russia RUS 2 031419 Luxembourg LUX 022420 Canada CAN 002221 Lithuania LTU 0011 Slovenia SLO 0011Totals 22 entries 898989267Notes 1 Includes West Germany and Nazi Germany 2 Includes Soviet UnionSee also EditUCI Road World Championships GP WolberReferences Edit UCI Road World Championships Men Elite Road race PDF UCI Retrieved 21 September 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title UCI Road World Championships Men 27s road race amp oldid 1129726258, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
