The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was the inaugural edition of the UCI Cycling World Championships organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), held between 3 and 13 August 2023 in Glasgow.
| Venue | Glasgow and across Scotland |
|---|---|
| Date | 3–13 August 2023 |
| Coordinates | 55°51′40″N 4°15′00″W / 55.8611°N 4.25°W |
| Cyclists participating | c. 8,000 |
| Events | 216 in 13 Sports |
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.
| C | competition day | Number of finals |
| Sports | Date (August) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 2 | Thu 3 | Fri 4 | Sat 5 | Sun 6 | Mon 7 | Tue 8 | Wed 9 | Thu 10 | Fri 11 | Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Total | |||||||
| BMX Freestyle Flatland | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| BMX Freestyle Park | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| BMX Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indoor cycling | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Track cycling | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Road cycling | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Gran Fondo | 20 | 20 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Para-cycling track | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||||
| Para-cycling road | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Trials | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain bike cross-country | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Mountain bike downhill | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mountain bike marathon | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rainbow jersey | 11 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 216 | |||||||
Medal tables
Overall
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain* | 47 | 23 | 30 | 100 |
| 2 | France | 26 | 28 | 25 | 79 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 20 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Germany | 19 | 19 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | United States | 15 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Belgium | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | China | 8 | 12 | 11 | 31 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 8 | 8 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | Australia | 7 | 21 | 10 | 38 |
| 11 | Spain | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 12 | Italy | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 |
| 13 | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | Canada | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 15 | Japan | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 16 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 | Austria | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 18 | Ireland | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 19 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 25 | Colombia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Thailand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 37 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (45 entries) | 220 | 218 | 215 | 653 | |
Cycling
This medal table refers to all events except for para-cycling, including Gran Fondo.
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain* | 23 | 12 | 21 | 56 |
| 2 | Germany | 14 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | France | 13 | 19 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | United States | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Belgium | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | Spain | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Australia | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 15 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 | Canada | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | Japan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 24 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Ireland | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (41 entries) | 119 | 117 | 116 | 352 | |
Para-cycling
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain* | 24 | 11 | 9 | 44 |
| 2 | France | 13 | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 13 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | China | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Germany | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Italy | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | Spain | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | United States | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 12 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | Belgium | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Thailand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 25 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 101 | 101 | 99 | 301 | |
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