The 191st congress of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) was held yesterday in Wollongong, Australia, in parallel with the 2022 UCI Road World Championships.
The congress was attended by representatives of 69 national federations affiliated to the UCI. It was also confirmed that the French department of Haute-Savoie will be the second host of the UCI Cycling World Championships, the first of which will be held in Glasgow and across Scotland from August, 3-13, 2023.
With the multi-discipline UCI Cycling World Championships set for 2027, UCI noted that Haute-Savoie has a long history of hosting major international sporting events. More than a hundred cycling events are organised each year in the department, all disciplines included. UCI added that the area… ‘has numerous infrastructures to host the various disciplines and intends to develop them in the future.’
Haute-Savoie has been the scene of several UCI World Championships, notably the 1980 UCI Road World Championships won by Bernard Hinault, but also, more recently, the 2004 and 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, both organised in Les Gets.
UCI noted that the 2027 edition of the UCI Cycling World Championships will include a total of 19 UCI World Championships (six more than in 2023 – with the addition of gravel, enduro, pump track, junior track, cycling esport and polo-bike).
For the coming years, in total, the names of the host cities/regions of 14 UCI World Championships – for a total of 10 countries on four continents – were unveiled:
- 2023 and 2024 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships: Hamburg (Germany)
- 2024 UCI Gravel World Championships: Flemish Brabant (Belgium)
- 2024 UCI Junior Track World Championships: China (venue to be confirmed)
- 2025 UCI Junior Track World Championships: Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
- 2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: Ronse (Belgium)
- 2025 UCI Track World Championships: San Juan (Argentina)
- 2025 UCI Gravel World Championships: Nice (France)
- 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships: Nannup (Australia)
- 2026 UCI Track World Championships: Shanghai (China)
- 2026 UCI Road World Championships: Montreal (Canada)
- 2026 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships: Primiero San Martino di Castrozza (Italy)
- 2027 UCI Cycling World Championships: Haute-Savoie (France)
- 2028 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Leogang (Austria)
UCI President David Lappartient said “The UCI Congress in Wollongong awarded a record number of UCI World Championships for the 2023-2028 period. This is not only proof of the attractiveness of the major UCI events, but also offers welcome visibility, in particular for national federations, of the major sporting events for the coming years.
“Finally, I would like to congratulate Haute-Savoie on being awarded the organisation of the second UCI Cycling World Championships, four years after the first edition, which will take place next year in Glasgow and across Scotland.
With its vast experience and ideal setting, Haute-Savoie, in France, will offer the different and varied cycling disciplines optimal conditions for a successful event.”
