The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was the inaugural edition of the UCI Cycling World Championships organised by the (UCI), held between 3 and 13 August 2023 in Glasgow.
The UCI Cycling World Championships, to be held every four years in the year preceding the Olympic Games, brings together various disciplines of cycling for them to be held as part of one event, including the UCI Road World Championships, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
The event had a budget of £45–50 million, with funding coming from various local and national bodies, including the Scottish Government and UK Sport. Glasgow City Council provided £15 million to the championships after it was predicted the economic boost would total £67 million.
Championships and locations The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships hosted individual UCI World Championships in 13 different disciplines, and was the world's biggest ever cycling event to date. It was confirmed that the following events would feature, with the full schedule announced on 8 September 2022.
In total, over 200 world champions were crowned and 2,600 athletes travelled to compete at the events with a further 8,000 cyclists taking part in a mass participation event. Disciplines included events for professional and amateurs, able-bodied and para cyclists, youth and age-grade athletes
The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, which are considered a winter discipline, and the UCI Gravel World Championships which were introduced after the awarding of the 2023 championships, and require a very specific terrain, are the only UCI disciplines not included, while junior and under-23 track cycling was also not included.
Championships Location(s) Article UCI Road World Championships Edinburgh (road race; start)Loch Lomond (road race; start)George Square (road race; finish)Stirlingshire (time trial) UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships Dumfries and Galloway UCI Track Cycling World Championships Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships Glentress Forest UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Cross-country Downhill Nevis Range UCI Trials World Championships Glasgow Green UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships UCI BMX Freestyle Flatland World Championships UCI BMX Racing World Championships Glasgow BMX Centre UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships Commonwealth Arena UCI Gran Fondo World Championships Perth and Kinross (road races)Dundee and Angus (time trials)
Schedule 115 events in cycling and 101 events in para cycling. In cycling UCI Gran Fondo World Championships had most event in this games with 40 events.
+Legend competition day Number of finals +Full ScheduleSportsDate (August)Wed2Thu3Fri4Sat5Sun6Mon7Tue8Wed9Thu10Fri11Sat12Sun13Total BMX Freestyle Flatland22 BMX Freestyle Park22 BMX Racing66 Indoor cycling1247 Track cycling332433422 Road cycling2111321213 Gran Fondo202040 Para-cycling track875812848 Para-cycling road14121412153 Trials156 Mountain bike cross-country342211 Mountain bike downhill224 Mountain bike marathon22 Rainbow jersey1132111537122321192213216
Medal tables Overall
Cycling This medal table refers to all events except for para-cycling, including Gran Fondo.
Para-cycling
Notes
References
External links
UCI website