They Are The Champions: 2023 World Cycling Championships

Who Won The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships?

The inaugural edition of the UCI Cycling World Championships ended today after 10 days of competition based in Glasgow, Scotland. Previously, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) championships for various disciplines were held separately; this was the first time all were held under one banner.

A total of 12 world championships were held: road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike (marathon, cross-country & downhill), trials, BMX (park, flatland, racing), indoor, and Gran Fondo for men, women and elite and junior levels; para cycling road and track were also held.
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Congratulations to all the world champions! A quick recap of the elite category event winners in Olympic discipline championships (road, track, mountain bike cross-country, and BMX park and racing) is below. More information on all the action across the 12 championships can be found online at uci.org.

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2023 World Road Cycling Champions

Mathieu van der Poel won the 2023 men's Road Race at the World Road Cycling World Championships (UCI)

Men's Road Race:
​     Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
Women's Road Race:
​     Lotte Kopecky (BEL)

Men's Time Trial:
     Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
Women's Time Trial:
     Chloé Dygert (USA)
Mixed Team Time Trial (non-Olympic):
     Stefan Bissegger, Elise Chabbey, Nicole Koller, Stefan Küng, Marlen Reusser, Mauro Schmid (SUI)

2023 World Track Cycling Champions

Team Great Britain won the 2023 Women's Team Pursuit World Track Cycling Championship (UCI)

Men's Team Pursuit: 
     Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen (DEN)
Women's Team Pursuit:
     Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris (GBR)
Men's Sprint:
     Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
Women's Sprint:
     Emma Finucane (GBR)
Men's Team Sprint:
     Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland (NED)
Women's Team Sprint:
     Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze, Lea Friedrich (GER)
Men's Keirin:
     Kevin Quintero (COL)
Women's Keirin:
     Ellesse Andrews (NZL)
Men's Madison:
     Jan Willem van Schip, Yoeri Havik (NED)
Women's Madison:
     Neah Evans, Elinor Barker (GBR)
Men's Omnium:
     Iúri Leitão (POR)
Women's Omnium:
​     Jennifer Valente (USA)

(non-Olympic events)
Men's Individual Pursuit:
    Filippo Ganna (ITA)
Women's Individual Pursuit:
     Chloe Dygert (USA)
Men's Scratch:
     William Tidball (GBR)
Women's Scratch:
     Jennifer Valente
Men's Point Race:
     Aaron Gate (NZL)
Women's Point Race:
     Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Men's Elimination:
     Ethan Vernon (GBR)
Women's Elimination:
     Lotte Kopecky
Men's 1km Time Trial:
     Jeffrey Hoogland (NED)
Women's 500m Time Trial:
​     Emma Hinze

2023 World Mountain Bike Champions

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Getty Images)

Men's Cross-Country Olympic:
​     Thomas Pidcock (GBR)
Women's Cross-Country Olympic:
     Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
Mixed Team Olympic (non-Olympic):
​     Dario Lillo, Nicolas Halter, Linda Indergand, Ronja Blöchlinger, Anina Hutter, Nino Schurter (SUI)

(non-Olympic events)
Men's Cross-Country Short Track:
     Samuel Gaze (NZL)
Women's Cross-Country Short Track:
     Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Men's MTB Cross-Country:
     Joris Ryf (SUI)
Women's Electric MTB Cross-Country:
     Nathalie Schneitter (SUI)
Men's Downhill:
     Charlie Hatton (GBR)
Women's Downhill:
     Valentina Höll (AUT)

​2023 World BMX Champions

Kieran Reilly won the 2023 World Championship in BMX Freestyle Park (UCI)

Men's BMX Freestyle Park:
     Kieran Reilly (GBR)
Women's BMX Freestyle Park:
​     Hannah Roberts (USA)

Men's BMX Racing:
     Romain Mathieu (FRA)
Women's BMX Racing:
     Beth Shriever (GBR)