UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
World championship one-day road cycling race / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner 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 with 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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Race details | |
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Date | End of season |
Discipline | Road race |
Type | One-day |
Organiser | UCI |
History | |
First edition | 1927 (1927) |
Editions | 90 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Alfredo Binda (ITA) |
Most wins |
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Most recent | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
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