The UCI Trials World Championships are the world championship events in trials organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of world cycling. The first three finishers in each category are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. The winner of each category is also entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in events in that category until the following year's World Championships.
History The UCI Trials World Championships were held for the first time in 1986. Until 1999 they were held separately from the UCI World Championships in other cycling disciplines. From 2000 to 2016 they were combined with the world championships in other mountain-biking disciplines and run as the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Beginning in 2017, the UCI world championships in trials will be held as part of the newly created UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, which will also include the UCI world championships in freestyle BMX and cross-country eliminator.
Separate titles are awarded for men and women. The men's events include categories for junior and "elite" (an open age category) using bicycles with 20" and 26" wheels. There is also a team event, in which each country enters one junior and one elite 20" rider, one junior and one elite 26" rider, and one female rider.
From 1986 to 1994 there were no separate categories for bikes with different wheel sizes. The 20" and 26" categories were introduced in 1995. The women's category was introduced in 2001. A team event has been included since the first UCI world championships in 1986, though the format has varied over time.
Venues
Year Country City 1986 5 events 1987 4 events 1988 Limbourg 1989 Lazzate 1990 Durango 1991 Wangen 1992 Lorca 1993 Val d'Isère 1994 Zafra 1995 Großheubach 1996 Zuoz 1997 Avoriaz 1998 Cartagena 1999 Avoriaz 2000 Sierra Nevada 2001 Vail 2002 Kaprun 2003 Lugano
Year Country City 2004 Les Gets 2005 Livigno 2006 Rotorua 2007 Fort William 2008 Val di Sole 2009 Canberra 2010 Mont-Sainte-Anne 2011 Champéry 2012 Saalfelden 2013 Pietermaritzburg 2014 Lillehammer 2015 Vallnord 2016 Val di Sole 2017 Chengdu 2018 Chengdu 2019 Chengdu 2021 Vic 2022 2023 Glasgow
UCI Trials World Champions Men's trials, 20 inch Men's trials, 26 inch Junior men's trials, 20 inch Junior men's trials, 26 inch Women's trials
References
External links
UCI trials page