UCI Road World Championships

Van Aert, Evenepoel and Stuyven will anchor a strong Belgian worlds team to be finalized in late August.

Race officials at the Vuelta a Burgos confirm the Giro d'Italia champ will be starting the five-day race in northern Spain.

'I win one medal after another at the World Championships and then there are people who dare to start a discussion about it,' says Dutch rider.

Elite men's and women's time trials to be raced over the same route and distance.

For the first time in history, men and women will race the same length time trial at the World Championships

As things currently stand.

Russian invasion of Ukraine provoked quick indignation from many major sport governing bodies, and the UCI vows no events in Russia.

The Flandrian worlds proved a staggering success for all involved – but things aren't always rosy for those behind rainbow jersey races.

Elisa Longo Borghini, Coryn Labecki, and Amanda Spratt all comment on the proposed combined U23 and elite women's worlds road race.

…but, they will have to wait until 2025 for their own race. In the meantime, the title will be awarded from within the elite women’s event.

Governing body confirms rainbow jerseys to be handed to U23 and senior riders after shared race, with stand-alone event by 2025.

There has never been a U23 women's race at the world road championships, while men have had one since 1996.

So far, everything seems to be lining up for the 22-year-old Briton.

Words/images: James Startt | From Issue 106

This September's road worlds will be a marathon as Aussie hosts hatch huge route.

The 23-year-old Italian is stepping into the WorldTour next season with Trek-Segafredo as the reigning road race world champion.

Belgian star defends team tactics and prefers to remember the 'goosebumps' of racing in front of 1 million fans on home roads.

97% of survey respondents want a standalone race.

Race director tips van Aert, van der Poel and Alaphilippe as top contenders for rainbow jersey in Wollongong.

We now have a sense of what to expect in September next year, but not quite the full picture.

Two interviews that help explain what's involved in planning for one of cycling's biggest events.

Initial details of Wollongong road worlds released, men and women to race equal-length TTs on the same day for first time.

Here's the news making the headlines on Wednesday, December 1.

Ex-Belgian national coach Rik Verbrugghe watched helpless from the sidelines, 'I saw a strange strategy from the team.'

Bust or boom? Peter Sagan brings his familiar entourage with him in a high-profile transfer that will define his next chapter — our editors debate his prospects.

The Slovakian is setting his sights on a fourth world road race title in 2022 and says he won't do a Alejandro Valverde and keep racing until he's 40.

The Norwegian star squeezed the most out of his motor, winning the world title, two green jerseys, and more than 60 victories during a 15-year career.

The fallout from Belgium's disappointing home Worlds continues, with young Evenepoel again in focus.

Internal rancor continues on Belgian national team after misfire on world championships on home roads.

We got a close-up look at what a world champion rides when taking on the cobbles of Roubaix.

The former junior road race world champion is back on the road again with Team DSM this fall and loving it, despite some heavy crashes recently.

The worlds-Paris-Roubaix combination delivered absolutely thrilling racing — should cycling consider keeping it that way?

Remco Evenepoel says Flanders worlds was a 'missed opportunity' for him to win the world title. Wout van Aert questions why the 21-year-old attacked so early.

What's it like in the convoy at the World Championships? Well, we found out with the help of Team Ireland.

Hot takes from Caley, Ronan and Shoddy on the ground at the World Championships in Leuven.

Massive crowds, great racing, wonderful weather and the unique Flanders ambiance – what wasn't there to dig about these worlds?

An estimated 1 million fans packed the roadsides from Antwerp to Leuven, creating a festival-like atmosphere unlike anything anyone's seen before.

Breaking down the men's and women's World Champ road races from Leuven.

In this column, we dive into the power numbers of Neilson Powless, Remco Evenepoel, and Michael Valgren at the elite men’s world championships.

From the lens of Kristof Ramon, a study of the men's road race and Julian Alaphilippe in flight.

All the winners and the most important stories from each race.

Peter Sagan rolls in with second chase group in 26th on a course that was ideal for his chances to become the first elite male to win four world titles.

Patrick Lefevere slates team tactics, riders rue miscommunication: Belgian inquest begins after leaving home worlds empty-handed.

Worlds is the most complicated but most enjoyable race on the calendar for veteran mechanic Kevin Grove.

The young Brit finished sixth in the World Championship road race after missing the winning move.

Fresh from the finish line, the bike has tubes in its tyres, is caked in Flemish dirt, and is covered in sweat and tears.

France executed a carefully laid plan that saw Alaphilippe win a second consecutive world title, although that last part was improvised...

As the Belgians proved on Sunday, asking your stars to bury themselves with huge pulls for their teammates won't always win you a bike race.

The fans were out in force to watch the Frenchman ride to a second consecutive World Championship victory in Leuven, Belgium.

Newly crowned two-time world champion promises never to change: 'Even if you lose sometimes, it's even more beautiful when you win'

Dylan van Baarle saves day for the Dutch team while Valgren earns overdue worlds medal for Danes.

Mathieu van der Poel's back holds out under pressure in Flanders but he lacked top form after major disruptions to his racing and training schedule.

The 22-year-old British rider rues a 'lack of experience' after missing final cut and finishing sixth in worlds road race.

Neilson Powless's fifth is the first top-10 since 2011 and equals Chann McRae's fifth of 1999.

Alaphilippe, van Aert, van der Poel and Tom Pidcock share their jubiliation and dejection after an all-attacking, fervently supported worlds road race.

Alaphilippe defends 2020 title with solo move after blasting van Aert, van der Poel and stellar group of favorites off his wheel in final 20km.

At estimated 500,000 fans lined the finishing loops in and around Leuven for the elite men's road race Sunday.

Elisa Balsamo was almost invisible until the last few-hundred metres, beating Marianne Vos in the sprint to take the rainbow jersey in style.

Coryn Rivera won't comment on rumors she's heading to Jumbo-Visma, and lauded retiring teammate Ruth Winder as racing 'like 10 women.'

Anna van der Breggen has no regrets as she ends her illustrious career playing a team role at the world championships in Flanders.

The former U.S. national road champion calls it a career, after relentlessly attacking ‘without fear or pressure.’

Van der Breggen talks retirement, Vos discusses disappointment, Kopecky celebrates home crowd after Elisa Balsamo wins world tile.

The Danish men's road race squad at the world championships comes with what Magnus Cort believes is 'historically strong' for the nation.

The peloton lacks development, and a U23 race would help close the gap between juniors and elites.

Silver medal is bittersweet for Lux's successful junior racer.

Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, September 25.

Backstedt and Schmid attacked together at 30km to go before the Brit went one-better than the silver she scored in Tuesday's TT.

It has been 41 years since Beth Heiden won the rainbow jersey in Sallanches. Can Leah Thomas, Ruth Winder, Coryn Rivera, Kirsten Faulkner, Lauren Stephens, or Tayler Wiles end the drought?

Peter Sagan is usually a favorite in every world championships, but his condition remains a mystery as he quietly targets a history-making fourth rainbow jersey.

Biniam Girmay rides to second in the U23 men's road race at Flanders Worlds.

Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe, and plenty of other big names are set to battle for the rainbow jersey on Sunday.

Nineteen years after Mario Cipollini was crowned world champion in Zolder, Belgium, we managed to get hold of not just his custom-painted world champion's bike but also the bike that took him to victory.

USA Cycling sees its top-10 stripped away after UCI jury disqualifies rider.

On Saturday Van der Breggen will race her bike for the final time

The 21-year-old Eritrean hopes that his silver medal in the U23 men's road race will turn to gold in years to come.

David Lappartient was re-elected to a four-year term as UCI president during the UCI Congress while junior and U23 riders endured endless crashes.