2023 UCI Cycling World Championships
UCI announce Glasgow as the host of the the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships
8th February 2019
2023 UCI Cycling World Championships
UCI announce Glasgow as the host of the the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships
8th February 2019
The UCI today announced that Glasgow, Scotland are to host the inaugural ‘UCI Cycling World Championships’, an event that will bring together 13 cycling disciplines, including BMX Racing, in one ‘unprecedented event’. The event will take place during August 2023 over a two-week period.
The BMX racing event will take place at the recently built Glasgow BMX Centre where British duo, Kyle Evans and Kye Whyte took first and second at the 2018 UEC European Championships.
From 2023 onward, the ‘UCI Cycling World Championships’ will be held every four years, in each pre-Summer Olympic year.
The 13 events that will hand out Rainbow Jerseys over the two-week period are;
- UCI BMX World Championships
- UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships
- UCI Road World Championships
- UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot
- UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
- UCI Mountain Bike Cross-country World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz
- UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz
- UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
- UCI Mountain Bike Cross Country Eliminator World Championships
- UCI Trials World Championships
- UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
- UCI Gran Fondo World Championships
The announcement is the result of months of collaboration between UCI, EventScotland, Glasgow Life, UK Sport and British Cycling.
Speaking at today’s announcement, UCI President David Lappartient said: “I am delighted that the UCI has today awarded the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships to Glasgow and Scotland. The creation and the implementation of this event was one of the commitments I had made during my campaign for UCI presidency and I am proud to have fulfilled it. I wish to thank Event Scotland, Glasgow Life, UK Sport and British Cycling for their enthusiastic involvement in the very first edition of this historic event, which will uniquely showcase our sport and its different disciplines on an international stage. Glasgow and Scotland have a great deal of experience in the organisation of major sporting events, notably multi-sports, such as the first edition of the European Sports Championships that it organised in 2018. I am convinced that the UCI Cycling World Championships will be a great success, and I look forward enormously to preparing them with our Scottish partners.
“The award of an event such as this represents a wonderful opportunity to encourage cycling as a form of daily mobility, ensuring a sustainable future for both urban and rural areas and their populations. Glasgow and Scotland share this vision and will leverage these Championships to encourage this on their territory.”
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