World Championship of Road Cycling (women)
Encyclopedia
The UCI Road World Championships (for Women) is an annual event that is recognized as the world championship
for road race and time trial
events for women. The event is held in conjunction with the men's event.
, France in 1958
. For the first several years (until about 1990), the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). Beginning in 1991, the race length began to gradually increase, first to 79 km (Stuttgart, Germany), and then to over 100 km in 1996 (Lugano
, Switzerland).
Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. The 2008 edition, held in Varese
in Italy
, is to date the longest ever at 138.8 km.
World championship
A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...
for road race and time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
events for women. The event is held in conjunction with the men's event.
History
The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in ReimsReims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
, France in 1958
1958 in sports
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. For the first several years (until about 1990), the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). Beginning in 1991, the race length began to gradually increase, first to 79 km (Stuttgart, Germany), and then to over 100 km in 1996 (Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Switzerland).
Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. The 2008 edition, held in Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, is to date the longest ever at 138.8 km.
World Road Race Champions
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