World Cycling Championship
The World Cycling Championship, officially known as SCA Road World Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Sioran Cycling Association (SCA). The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial. In addition, women's world championship events are held for the same events in the same manner ; under-23 world championship for cyclists under the age of 23 years; junior world championships for cyclists under the age of 19 years.
The winner of the SCA Road World Championships road race 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, 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.
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History
The first professional World Cycling Championship took place in 1521 in Nantes, Valland and was won by Jacques Guadin, of Valland. In recent years, the race is held towards the end of the Brigidnan season, usually following the Ceribian Tour. 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.
For men at the elite professional level, the World Cycling Championship, along with the Tour de Valland and the Ceribian Tour, forms the Triple Crown of Cycling.
Most successful riders
Men's Cycling
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randolph de Meisen | Adwest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1523 |
Women's Cycling
| Rank | Name | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randolph de Meisen | Adwest | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1523 |
Men's Road Race
| Year | City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1521 | Nantes, Valland | Jacques Gaudin (Valland) | Alfred Haas (Kyrland) | Franz Wesl (Alstaria) |
| 1522 | Leipstadt, Lochland | Charles Chauvert (Valland) | Oskar Waldmüller (Ostland) | Randolph de Meisen (Adwest) |
| 1523 | Trivenze, Lomarre | Randolph de Meisen (Adwest) | Charles Chauvert (Valland) | Alfred Haas (Kyrland) |
| 1524 | Casteja, Castleon | Wenceslao Tros (Castleon) | Vilhelm Göth (Abdania) | Otto Reinhardt (Ostland) |
| 1525 | Lauren, Valland | Valentin Eriksen (Oslanburg) | Alfred Haas (Kyrland) | GÜnther Habsburg (Vienland) |
| 1526 | Wien, Gehenna | Charles Chauvert (Valland) | Wilhelm Kirschen (Dyrheim) | Geoffrey Winscar (Adwest) |
| 1527 | Handwerpenstad, Soyabar | Otto Reinhardt (Ostland) | Georges Giroud (Valland) | Vilhelm Göth (Abdania) |
| 1528 | Vaxholm, Ostland | Ludwig Diemberger (Alstaria) | Erich Preminger (Ostland) | Michel Breton (Kyrland) |
| 1529 | Esborg, Oslanburg | Sigfred Estridsen (Lanlania) | Konrad Rottmayr (Abdania) | Adam Britton (Goldecia) |
| 1530 | Kondag, Galeae | Vincenzo Padania (Lomarre) | Pierre Signoret (Valland) | Feolthanos de Meisen (Adwest) |
| 1531 | Roune, Valland | Jeremy Fontaine (Valland) | Markus Rubert (Kyrland) | Kurt von Althoff (Nerysia) |
| 1532 | Goudadam, Goldecia | Mathias Carsen (Oslanburg) | Feolthanos de Meisen (Adwest) | Rudiberto Torda (Castleon) |
| 1533 | Fenridge, Florinthus | Jean-Claude Debuchy (Valland) | Herodianus Athanasiou (Pythos) | Gustav Kubin (Vienland) |
| 1534 | Tara, Taeunas | Johann Rainer (Ostland) | Gerhard Schmidt (Alstaria) | Konrad Taisuun (Abdania) |
| 1535 | Heldenstadt, Nerysia | Gerhard Schmidt (Alstaria) | Heinrich Fischer (Gehenna) | Mathias Carsen (Oslanburg) |
| 1536 | Viborg, Oslanburg | Herodianus Athanasiou (Pythos) | Konrad Taisuun (Abdania) | Werner Ratzenberger (Alstaria) |
| 1537 | New Fenridge, Nyland | Pierre Sévigné (Valland) | Kurt von Althoff (Nerysia) | Herodianus Athanasiou (Pythos) |
| 1538 | Athenne, Kyrland | Mathias Carsen (Oslanburg) | Fritz Kollhotz (Ostland) | Stsiapan Radionov (Nentsia) |
| 1539 | Rambouillet, Eskkya | Herodianus Athanasiou (Pythos) | Joseph Mendelsson (Nyland) | Mathias Carsen (Oslanburg) |
| 1540 | Leroux, Valland | Stsiapan Radionov (Nentsia) | Pierre Sévigné (Valland) | Fritz Kollhotz (Ostland) |
| 1541 | Etova, Ceribia | Simon Henry (Valland) | Viktor Trolowsky (Alstaria) | Herodianus Athanasiou (Pythos) |
| 1542 | Denil, Florinthus | Stsiapan Radionov (Nentsia) | Werner Stock (Ostland) | Mathias Carsen (Oslanburg) |
| 1543 | Langefeld, Nerysia | Mathias Carsen (Oslanburg) | Simon Henry (Valland) | Gintaras Grybas (Abdania) |
| 1544 | Fürstenstadt, Abdania | Joseph Mendelsson (Nyland) | Jens Tiedermann (Nerysia) | Stsiapan Radionov (Nentsia) |
| 1545 | Jvaru, Ceribia | Alexandre Doisneau (Valland) | Daniel Lenz (Vienland) | Klaus Uhland (Ostland) |
| 1546 | Annions, Valland | Jens Tiedermann (Nerysia) | Zándor Makasz (Keszaria) | Simon Henry (Valland) |
| 1547 | Vaxholm, Ostland | Günter Goldberg (Ostland) | Fabrice Montillet (Valland) | Gintaras Grybas (Abdania) |
| 1548 | Wrolaw, Biyra | Raymond Guynemer (Kyrland) | Zándor Makasz (Keszaria) | Jens Tiedermann (Nerysia) |
| 1549 | Arbër, Qenderi Commonwealth | Hans Kohler (Ostland) | Vladislav Kerzhakov (Severyane) | Alexandre Doisneau (Valland) |
| 1550 | Gatthaus, Lochland | Matthias Blümer (Alstaria) | Pascal Desnos (Eskkya) | Iphikrates Kanas (Pythos) |
| 1551 | Sforza, Lomarre | Thomas Hardy (Ashford) | Oswald Martin Winscar (Adwest) | Ekvtime Uznadze (Ceribia) |
| 1552 | Viendag, Vienland | Alfred Honstein (Alstaria) | Jacques Gondry (Valland) | Slavoj Slak (Abdania) |
| 1553 | Vundt, Oslanburg | Iphikrates Kanas (Pythos) | Oswald Martin Winscar (Adwest) | Pascal Desnos (Eskkya) |
| 1554 | Tarleton, Florinthus | Hans-Georg Simmel (Gehenna) | Léo Gilbert (Valland) | Vladislav Kerzhakov (Severyane) |
| 1555 | Arseille, Valland | Georges Vadim (Valland) | Thomas Hardy (Ashford) | Oswald Martin Winscar (Adwest) |
| 1556 | Athos, Ceribia | Jacques Delpy (Valland) | Slavoj Slak (Abdania) | Ekvtime Uznadze (Ceribia) |
| 1557 | Lochway, Kave | Julien Herbstritt (Nerysia) | Jakub Strauss (Ostland) | Thomas Hardy (Ashford) |
| 1558 | Vaxholm, Ostland | Henri Caumont (Valland) | Jakub Strauss (Ostland) | Oswald Martin Winscar (Adwest) |
| 1559 | Denfeld, Arrenland | Oswald Martin Winscar (Adwest) | Mathiu Dermy (Valland) | Julien Herbstritt (Nerysia) |
| 1560 | Amsberg, Abdania | Georges Vadim (Valland) | Slavoj Slak (Abdania) | Oswald Martin Winscar (Adwest) |
Men's Individual time trial
| Year | City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1521 | Nantes, Valland | Jacques Gaudin (Valland) | Alfred Haas (Kyrland) | Franz Wesl (Alstaria) |
Women's Road Race
| Year | City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1521 | Nantes, Valland | Jacques Gaudin (Valland) | Alfred Haas (Kyrland) | Franz Wesl (Alstaria) |
Women's Individual Time Trial
| Year | City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1521 | Nantes, Valland | Jacques Gaudin (Valland) | Alfred Haas (Kyrland) | Franz Wesl (Alstaria) |
Records
| Cyclist | Nation | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Gaudin | Valland | 4 | 1513, 1515, 1516, 1520 |
By nationality
| Country | No. of winning cyclists | No. of wins |
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| Valland | 17 | 29 |
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| Valland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
