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UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships heads to Zurich, Switzerland for 2024. The racing takes place September 21-29, 2024 with the biggest names in the sport set to compete for a number of gold medals and rainbow jerseys. This is the first ever time the road and para-cycling world championships have been combined into a single event.
Road race schedule
- Saturday, September 21: Para-Cycling: Mixed Handbike Team Relay
- Sunday, September 22: Women Elite ITT, Men Elite ITT,Para-Cycling: Women B & C4-5 ITT
- Monday, September 23: Men Junior ITT, Men Under 23 ITT, Para-Cycling: Men B & C4-5 ITT
- Tuesday, September 24: Women Junior ITT, Para-Cycling: Women C1-3 & H3-5, Men C1-3 & H1-5 ITT, Women H1-2 & T1-2, Men T1-2 ITT
- Wednesday, September 25: Mixed Relay Team Time Trial, Para-Cycling: Men B, Women B RR
- Thursday, September 26: Women Junior RR, Men Junior RR, Para-Cycling: Men H1-2, Women H1-5 RR, Men C4-5 & C3 RR
- Friday, September 27: Men Under 23 RR, Para-Cycling: Men C1 & C2 RR, Men T1-2, Women T1-2 RR
- Saturday, September 28: Women Elite RR, Para-Cycling: Men H3 RR, Women C1-3 & C4-5 RR
- Sunday, September 29: Men Elite RR, Para-Cycling: Men H4 & H5 RR
World champion Kwiatkowski to debut rainbow jersey in Il Lombardia
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Kwiatkowski to Race in Rainbow Stripes for First Time
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How the Race Was Won: 2014 Men’s World Championship Road Race
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Inside Line: Tiff Cromwell on the World Championships Road Race
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On-board footage from UCI world championships
Take a ride inside the elite women's peloton in Ponferrada with POV camera footage, including video from the dramatic crash
U.S. encouraged by Bookwalter and Howes as road worlds conclude
With 2015 worlds slated for Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. team looks back on a modestly successful run in Ponferrada
In photos: highlights from the 2014 Road World Championships
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Gerrans: ‘At the end of the day, I was beaten by a better rider’
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In Images: Chasing The Rainbow Jersey
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Michal Kwiatkowski: Everything Or Nothing
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Gallery: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, elite men’s road race
Casey B. Gibson shoots the elite men's road race at the UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
Kwiatkowski’s initiative pays off with solo world championship victory
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained: Michal Kwiatkowski gambles and wins
Brazenly attacking as the others waited, Michal Kwiatkowski rolled the dice and came away from the table a winner
Bannan, Vaughters and Plugge give predictions for Elite worlds
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Dan Martin on elite worlds road race: It is a great course because it is so open
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Results: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, elite men
Results from the elite men's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski wins elite men’s world championship
Michael Kwiatkowski jumps away from a furious pursuit to first join, then drop a breakaway and ride alone to the rainbow jersey in Spain
Ferrand-Prevot May Dominate Women’s Racing in Future
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Scenes from the Women’s Elite World Championship RR
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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot sprints to world championship road race win
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2014 Elite Men’s World Championship Road Race preview
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Defeat at worlds doesn’t mean Marianne Vos is washed up, say rivals
Marianne Vos will not wear the rainbow jersey on the road in 2015, but her rivals say one loss does not mean the Dutchwoman is slowing down
Gallery: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, elite women’s road race
Casey B. Gibson and his Nikons are on hand for the elite women's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
Analysis: At worlds, professional interests often override patriotism
Trade team loyalties are often at odds with national allegiances at worlds, when the jackpot for the rainbow jersey is worth millions
Gallery: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, junior men’s road race
Casey B. Gibson snaps the action during the junior men's road race at the UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
Ferrand-Prevot Victory Stuns Women’s Field
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U.S. women’s team disappointed despite Shelly Olds’ top-10 finish
Shelly Olds finishes a career-best sixth on the day, but the U.S. women had hoped to do better with a sprint in the offing
2014 UCI World Road Championships, women’s road race
Results from the elite women's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot sprints to victory in women’s race at UCI road worlds
As a lead group hesitates en route to the line, the race is lost, and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot surges in the final meters to take the victory
2014 UCI World Road Championships, junior men’s road race
Results from the junior men's road race at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
German Jonas Bokeloh wins junior men’s race at UCI road worlds
Germany’s Jonas Bokeloh wins the junior men's road race in a sprint as a shrinking peloton overhauls a two-man break
2014 Elite Women’s World Championship Road Race preview
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Punchy Circuit Makes 2014 Worlds RR an Enigma
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Watch Out World Tour, the Norwegians are Coming!
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Gallery: 2014 junior women and U23 men’s world road race championships
Dideriksen repeats for Denmark, and Bystrom wins Norway's first worlds title in Ponferrada
Results: 2014 U23 men’s world road race championships
Sven Erik Bystrøm (Norway) attacked the peloton on the final lap to win the U23 men's road race
Sven Erik Bystrom wins men’s U23 world championship road race
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Preview: The world versus Vos
Marianne Vos' form is in question after a disappointing worlds team time trial. Saturday's elite women's road race may be wide open
Results: 2014 junior women’s world road race championships
Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) claims the world title in the junior women's road race
Bystrom breakaway wins U23 worlds road race
Norway strikes gold in U23 road race and scoops up a bronze medal as Skjerping sprints to third behind Aussie Caleb Ewan
Amalie Dideriksen repeats as junior world road champion
In her final year as a junior, the Danish rider takes her second world title, sprinting out of a small group for gold
Spanish national team promises to bury hatchet, ride for Valverde
Though they have a long, acrimonious history, Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodríguez will attempt to ride as a united Spanish squad on home soil
The Race of Truth, Suffering, Defeat and Victory
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Dumoulin underscores potential with worlds bronze
Tom Dumoulin's stock continues to rise with a podium at worlds, and veterans like Wiggins recognize the Dutchman's potential
Missing Le Tour Key to Wiggins TT Championship
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Results: 2014 elite men’s world time trial championships
Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) wins the world time trial championships in Ponferrada
Sagan remains an enigma ahead of road worlds
Though his 2014 results don't show it, Peter Sagan is one of the riders to watch in Ponferrada, but he is cagey about his chances
Triumph for Wiggins as Briton takes first Elite road title in Ponferrada
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Gallery: 2014 elite men’s world time trial championships
Bradley Wiggins' conquers all comers on the final climbs of the world championship TT course, dethroning Tony Martin
Sir Wiggo Dethrones the Panzerwagen
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Wiggins rounds out the crown jewels with brilliant time trial victory
Bradley Wiggins' strategic approach to worlds TT pays off. He looks ahead to Paris-Roubaix and the Olympics, but won't defend TT title
Bradley Wiggins claims world time trial championships
British Olympic time trial champion wins his first world championship TT title, beating three-time defending champ Martin
Wiles to replace Small on U.S. women’s road worlds team
Carmen Small is forced to withdraw from world road championships due to illness. Tayler Wiles takes her spot for the U.S.
LIVE STREAM: Men’s individual time trial – 2014 Road Cycling World Championships
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Women Roll the 2014 World Championship Time Trial
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Gallery: 2014 junior men and elite women’s world time trial championships
Rain can't spoil the German party in day two of time trials at the world championships in Ponferrada
With two medals in the pocket, Stevens aims for the rainbow
After winning medals in the TTT and the ITT, Evelyn Stevens hopes to complete the worlds sweep with a top-three in the road race
Ukraine’s political insecurity makes future uncertain for Solovey
Anna Solovey finds her cycling career, and even her safety, threatened by Ukranian conflict, but wins world time trial championships medal
Results: 2014 women’s elite world time trial championships
Brennauer takes gold as Stevens wins bronze in Ponferrada, Spain
Germany’s Lisa Brennauer wins elite women’s time trial championship
Germany earns its second TT gold medal on the shoulders of Lisa Brennauer, who overcame rainy conditions to win
Results: 2014 men’s junior world time trial championships
Germany's Lennard Kamna wins the junior time trial in Ponferrada
Lennard Kamna wins junior world time trial championships
American Adrien Costa finishes second, 44 seconds behind the German
Bradley Wiggins feels Tony Martin there for taking
Olympic time trial champion feels the Ponferrada course favors him, and he showed his form in the TTT on Sunday
Wiggins Believes He Can Dethrone Martin
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LIVE STREAM: Elite women’s individual time trial – 2014 Road Cycling World Championships
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The Future is Now: Men’s U23 World Championship TT
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Photo Essay: World team time trial championships
Images from the opening event at world championships in Ponferrada, Spain
Gallery: 2014 junior women and U23 men’s ITT world championships
Young riders battle rainy conditions for world championship titles in Spain
Results: 2014 men’s U23 world time trial championships
Australia's Campbell Flakemore beats Ireland's Ryan Mullen by less than a second
Results: 2014 women’s junior world time trial championships
Australia wins gold and bronze, and Denmark's Mathiesen takes second
Double delight for Australia at worlds
U23 Campbell Flakemore and junior Macey Stewart win gold in the world time trial championships
Farrar ‘disappointed’ to miss out on worlds ride
Farrar wasn't selected for the six-man squad heading to Sunday's climbing-centric world championships in Spain
In Images: Women’s World Championship TTT
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In Images: World Championship TTT
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BMC Dethrones OPQS to Win World TTT Title
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Gallery: 2014 UCI World Road Championships, TTT
Casey B. Gibson is on hand as BMC Racing and Specialized-Lululemon win the team time trials at the UCI World Road Championships
Tejay van Garderen calls team’s victory ‘the highlight of my career’
Cycling is a team sport, but the glory goes mostly to individuals, and Tejay van Garderen was happy to finally share a podium with his boys
Results: 2013 UCI World Road Championships, team time trial
Results from the team time trial at the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain
BMC Racing Team unhorses Omega Pharma-Quick Step in worlds TTT
The defending champions finish on the podium, but not on the top step, as BMC Racing wins the team time trial at the world championships