Belgium at the UCI Road World Championships is an overview of the Belgian results at the UCI Road World Championships. The Belgian competitors are selected by coaches of the Royal Belgian Cycling League. Apart from cycling events at the four-yearly Summer Olympics, the only times that road cyclists appear in proper national selections (instead of in commercial cycling teams) of one or multiple athletes are the yearly UCI Road World Championships. Because of this, all Belgian national road cycling teams (either elite, amateur or younger teams) only compete as such during one day per year. Belgium first sent athletes to the World Championships in the early 1920s when only amateur cyclists competed. The nation's first medal, a gold, was earned by Henri Hoevenaers in the men's amateur road race in 1925.
List of medalists
This is a list of all Belgian medals (including elite, amateur, under-23 and junior races). Since the 2012 UCI Road World Championships there is the men's and women's team time trial event for trade teams and these medals are included under the UCI registration country of the team. Note that in these events also foreign cyclists can belong to the "national" team.
Medal Championship Name Event 1925 Apeldoorn Henri Hoevenaers Men's amateur road race 1927 Nürburgring Jean Aerts Men's amateur road race 1928 Budapest Georges Ronsse Men's road race 1928 Budapest Jean Aerts Men's amateur road race 1929 Zürich Georges Ronsse Men's road race 1930 Liège Georges Ronsse Men's road race 1933 Montlhéry Joseph Lowagie Men's amateur road race 1934 Leipzig Karel Kaers Men's road race 1934 Leipzig Gustave Danneels Men's road race 1934 Leipzig Paul André Men's amateur road race 1935 Floreffe Jean Aerts Men's road race 1935 Floreffe Gustave Danneels Men's road race 1937 Copenhagen Éloi Meulenberg Men's road race 1938 Valkenburg Marcel Kint Men's road race 1946 Zürich Marcel Kint Men's road race 1946 Zürich Rik Van Steenbergen Men's road race 1946 Zürich Henri van Kerkhoven Men's amateur road race 1947 Reims Albert Sercu Men's road race 1948 Valkenburg Briek Schotte Men's road race 1948 Valkenburg Liévin Lerno Men's amateur road race 1949 Copenhagen Rik Van Steenbergen Men's road race 1950 Moorslede Briek Schotte Men's road race 1952 Luxembourg André Noyelle Men's amateur road race 1953 Lugano Germain Derijcke Men's road race 1953 Lugano Stan Ockers Men's road race 1953 Lugano Rik Van Looy Men's amateur road race 1954 Solingen Emiel van Cauter Men's amateur road race 1955 Frascati Stan Ockers Men's road race 1955 Frascati Germain Derijcke Men's road race 1956 Copenhagen Rik Van Steenbergen Men's road race 1956 Copenhagen Rik Van Looy Men's road race 1956 Copenhagen Norbert Veroughstraete Men's amateur road race 1957 Waregem Rik Van Steenbergen Men's road race 1957 Waregem Louis Proost Men's amateur road race 1958 Reims Valere Paulissen Men's amateur road race 1958 Reims Henri Dewolf Men's amateur road race 1959 Zandvoort Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1959 Zandvoort Noel Fore Men's road race 1959 Zandvoort Constant Goossens Men's amateur road race 1960 Leipzig Rik Van Looy Men's road race 1960 Leipzig Rosa Sels Women's road race 1960 Leipzig Pino Cerami Men's road race 1960 Leipzig Willy Vanden Berghen Men's amateur road race 1961 Bern Rik Van Looy Men's road race 1961 Bern Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1962 Salò Marie-Rose Gaillard Women's road race 1962 Salò Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1962 Salò Jos Hoevenaars Men's road race 1962 Salò Marie-Thérèse Naessens Women's road race 1963 Renaix Benoni Beheyt Men's road race 1963 Renaix Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1963 Renaix Rik Van Looy Men's road race 1963 Renaix Rosa Sels Women's road race 1964 Sallanches Eddy Merckx Men's amateur road race 1964 Sallanches Willy Planckaert Men's amateur road race 1964 Sallanches Men's 100km team mountains race 1964 Sallanches Rosa Sels Women's road race 1965 Lasarte-Oria Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1965 Lasarte-Oria Roger Swerts Men's road race 1966 Nürburgring Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1967 Heerlen Eddy Merckx Men's road race 1968 Imola Herman Van Springel Men's road race 1969 Zolder Julien Stevens Men's road race 1969 Zolder Jean-Pierre Monseré Men's amateur road race 1969 Zolder Gustave Van Roosbroeck Men's amateur road race 1970 Leicester Jean-Pierre Monseré Men's road race 1970 Leicester Ludo Van der Linden Men's amateur road race 1970 Leicester Tony Gakens Men's amateur road race 1971 Mendrisio Eddy Merckx Men's road race 1971 Mendrisio Men's team time trial 1971 Mendrisio Freddy Maertens Men's amateur road race 1973 Barcelona Nicole Vandenbroeck Women's road race 1973 Barcelona Freddy Maertens Men's road race 1974 Montreal Eddy Merckx Men's road race 1975 Mettet and Yvoir Roger De Vlaeminck Men's road race 1976 Ostuni Freddy Maertens Men's road race 1976 Ostuni Yvonne Reynders Women's road race 1979 Valkenburg Jen De Smet Women's road race 1981 Prague Freddy Maertens Men's road race 1981 Prague Rudy Rogiers Men's amateur road race 1982 Goodwood Francis Vermaelen Men's amateur road race 1982 Goodwood Gerda Sierens Women's road race 1984 Barcelona Claude Criquielion Men's road race 1985 Giavera del Montello Franck Van De Vijver Men's amateur road race 1990 Utsunomiya Rudy Dhaenens Men's road race 1990 Utsunomiya Dirk De Wolf Men's road race 1994 Agrigento Patsy Maegerman Women's road race 1996 Lugano Johan Museeuw Men's road race 1998 Valkenburg Peter van Petegem Men's road race 2001 Lisbon Jurgen van den Broeck Men's junior time trial 2003 HamiltonJohan Van Summeren Men's under-23 road race 2003 HamiltonPeter van Petegem Men's road race 2005 MadridTom Boonen Men's road race 2006 Salzburg Dominique Cornu Men's under-23 time trial 2011 Copenhagen Martijn Degreve Men's junior road race 2011 Copenhagen Jessy Druyts Women's junior road race 2012 Valkenburg Philippe Gilbert Men's road race 2012 Valkenburg Tom Boonen Kristof Vandewalle Men's team time trial 2012 Valkenburg Tom Van Asbroeck Men's under-23 road race 2013 Tuscany Kristof Vandewalle Men's team time trial 2013 Tuscany Igor Decraene Men's junior time trial 2014 Ponferrada Tom BoonenPieter SerryJulien Vermote Men's team time trial 2015 Richmond Tom BoonenYves Lampaert Men's team time trial 2016 Qatar Yves LampaertJulien Vermote Men's team time trial 2016 Qatar Tom Boonen Men's road race 2019 Yorkshire Remco Evenepoel Men's time trial 2020 Imola Wout van Aert Men's time trial 2020 Imola Wout van Aert Men's road race 2021 Flanders Wout van Aert Men's time trial 2021 Flanders Remco Evenepoel Men's time trial 2021 Flanders Florian Vermeersch Men's under-23 time trial 2021 Flanders Alec Segaert Men's junior time trial 2022 Wollongong Remco Evenepoel Men's road race 2022 Wollongong Remco Evenepoel Men's time trial 2022 Wollongong Lotte Kopecky Women's road race 2022 Wollongong Alec Segaert Men's under-23 time trial 2022 Wollongong Vlad Van Mechelen Men's junior road race 2022 Wollongong Febe Jooris Women's junior time trial 2023 Glasgow Remco Evenepoel Men's time trial 2023 Glasgow Lotte Kopecky Women's road race 2023 Glasgow Wout Van Aert Men's road race 2023 Glasgow Alec Segaert Men's under-23 time trial 2023 Glasgow Julie De Wilde Women's under-23 time trial 2023 Glasgow Fleur Moors Women's junior road race
Medals by discipline Updated after the 2023 UCI Road World Championships on 13 August EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank Men's (professional) road race 27 13 12 52 Men's amateur road race 5 10 11 26 Men's time trial 1 3 2 6 Men's team time trial 4 1 1 6 100 km mountains race 0 0 1 1 Women's road race 7 7 4 18 Women's time trial 0 0 0 0 Women's team time trial 0 1 0 1 Men's under-23 road race 0 1 1 2 Men's under-23 time trial 1 2 1 4 Women's under-23 road race 0 0 0 0 Women's under-23 time trial 0 0 1 1 Men's junior road race 0 1 1 2 Men's junior time trial 2 0 1 3 Women's junior road race 0 1 2 3 Total 47 40 38 125
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