UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
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The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale
(UCI) consists of both a men's and women's cyclo-cross
world championship
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On the day before these races, two other races are organised, namely one championship for men under 20 (Juniors) and one for men under 23.
Union Cycliste Internationale
Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....
(UCI) consists of both a men's and women's cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...
world championship
World championship
A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...
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- Men - UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race
- Women - UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race
On the day before these races, two other races are organised, namely one championship for men under 20 (Juniors) and one for men under 23.
Competitions
| Year | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... | |
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| 1951 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
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| 1952 | Geneva Geneva Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... |
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| 1953 | Quato | |
| 1954 | Crenna | |
| 1955 | Saar Saar (protectorate) The Saar Protectorate was a German borderland territory twice temporarily made a protectorate state. Since rejoining Germany the second time in 1957, it is the smallest Federal German Area State , the Saarland, not counting the city-states Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen... |
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live.... |
| 1956 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
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| 1957 | Edelare | |
| 1958 | Limoges Limoges Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France.... |
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| 1959 | Geneva Geneva Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... |
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| 1960 | Tolosa Tolosa, Spain Tolosa is a town and municipality to the south of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. It is located in a valley of the river Oria and overlooked by Uzturre, a white cross-topped mountain.-Famous people from Tolosa:... |
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| 1961 | Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
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| 1962 | Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette is a commune with city status, in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second city, and its second-most populous commune, with a population of 29,853 people... |
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| 1963 | Calais Calais Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras.... |
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| 1964 | Overboelare | |
| 1965 | Cavaria | |
| 1966 | Beasain Beasáin Beasain is a town and municipality located in the Goierri region of the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain. It has an important industry of railroad vehicles and related equipment that exports its production to all the world.-External links:* *... |
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| 1967 | Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... |
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| 1968 | Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... |
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| 1969 | Magstadt Magstadt Magstadt is a town in the German Federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the district Böblingen. It is located between Renningen and Sindelfingen.... |
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| 1970 | Zolder Zolder The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the 1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix. The F1 circus... |
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| 1971 | Apeldoorn Apeldoorn Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000... |
| Year | Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... | |
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| 1973 | London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
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| 1974 | Bera | |
| 1975 | Melchnau Melchnau Melchnau is a municipality in the Oberaargau administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.-History:Melchnau celebrated its 900th anniversary in 2000. The earliest written evidence for the town dates from about 1100.... |
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| 1976 | Chazay-d'Azergues Chazay-d'Azergues Chazay-d'Azergues is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.-References:*... |
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| 1977 | Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... |
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| 1978 | Amorebieta-Etxano Amorebieta-Etxano Amorebieta-Etxano or Zornotza are two different names for the same town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. Athletic Bilbao defender Xabier Etxeita was born in Zornotza, as is Beñat Intxausti, a professional cyclist.-External links:*... |
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| 1979 | Saccolongo Saccolongo Saccolongo is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km west of Venice and about 9 km west of Padua... |
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| 1980 | Wetzikon Wetzikon Wetzikon is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Wetzikon has an area of . Of this area, 42.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 27.9% is settled and the remainder is non-productive... |
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| 1981 | Tolosa Tolosa, Spain Tolosa is a town and municipality to the south of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain. It is located in a valley of the river Oria and overlooked by Uzturre, a white cross-topped mountain.-Famous people from Tolosa:... |
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| 1982 | Lanarvily Lanarvily Lanarvily is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Lanarvily are called in French Lanarvilisiens.-References:** ;-External links:*... |
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| 1983 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
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| 1984 | Oss Oss Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.- Population centres :-Transportation:* Railway stations: Oss, Oss West, Ravenstein- The city of Oss :... |
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| 1985 | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
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| 1986 | Lembeek Lembeek Lembeek is a village with a population of 7 256 in the municipality of Halle, Belgium.-Location:It is situated to the south-west of the city of Halle, close to the 'language border' - the boundary between the Flemish Region and Wallonia.... |
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| 1987 | Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, on the left bank of the Jizera river about 50 km northeast of Prague.Founded in the second half of the 10th century by King Boleslav II as a royal castle... |
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| 1988 | Hägendorf Hägendorf Hägendorf is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.-History:Hägendorf is first mentioned in 1036 as Hagendorf. In 1102-03 it was mentioned as Haegindorf.-Geography:... |
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| 1989 | Pontchâteau Pontchâteau Pontchâteau is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-See also:*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department... |
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| 1990 | Getxo Getxo Getxo is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain.It is part of the metropolitan area of Bilbao , and has about 83,000 inhabitants... |
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| 1991 | Gieten Gieten Gieten is a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 13 km east of Assen.Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze.... |
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| 1992 | Leeds Leeds Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial... |
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| Year | Koksijde Koksijde Koksijde is a municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders on the North Sea coast, at the southwest side. It comprises the towns of Koksijde proper, Oostduinkerke, St-Idesbald and Wulpen.-Statistics:... | |
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| 1995 | Eschenbach Eschenbach - People :* Wolfram von Eschenbach , German knight, poet and Minnesinger* Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , Austrian writer* Christoph Eschenbach , German pianist and conductor... |
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| 1996 | Montreuil | |
| 1997 | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
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| 1998 1998 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 1998 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Middelfart, Denmark on Saturday January 31, 1998.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday January 31, 1998-External links:*... |
Middelfart Middelfart Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 14,781 . The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart municipality on the island of Funen .-Overview:The Middelfart municipality has a population of 37,701 people as of 2011... |
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| 1999 1999 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 1999 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Poprad, Slovakia on Saturday January 30, 1999 and Sunday January 31, 1999.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday January 31, 1999-External links:*... |
Poprad Poprad Poprad is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia with a population of approximately 55,000.The Poprad-Tatry Airport is... |
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| 2000 2000 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2000 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Sint-Michielsgestel, Netherlands on Saturday January 28 and Sunday January 29, 2000.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday January 29, 2000-Women's Elite:* Held on Sunday January 29, 2000-External links:... |
Sint-Michielsgestel Sint-Michielsgestel Sint-Michielsgestel is a municipality and a town in the southern part of the Netherlands.Sint-Michielsgestel is located directly south of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of North Brabant province. Its name refers to archangel St... |
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| 2001 2001 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2001 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Tábor, Czech Republic on Saturday February 3 and Sunday February 4, 2001.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 4, 2001-Women's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 4, 2001-External links:*... |
Tábor Tábor Tábor is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. It is named after Mount Tabor, which is believed by many to be the place of the Transfiguration of Christ; however, the name became popular and nowadays translates to "camp" or "encampment" in the Czech language.The town was... |
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| 2002 2002 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2002 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Zolder, Belgium on Saturday February 2 and Sunday February 3, 2002.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 3, 2002-Women's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 3, 2002-External links:* *... |
Zolder Zolder The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the 1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix. The F1 circus... |
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| 2003 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2003 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Monopoli, Italy on Saturday February 1 and Sunday February 2, 2003.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 2, 2003-Women's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 2, 2003-External links:* *... |
Monopoli Monopoli Monopoli is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Bari, region of Apulia. The town is roughly in area and lies about 40 km southeast from Bari. It has about 50,000 inhabitants.... |
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| 2004 2004 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2004 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Pont-Château, France on Saturday January 31 and Sunday February 1, 2004.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday February 1, 2004-Men's Juniors:* Held on Saturday January 31, 2004-Men's Espoirs:... |
Pontchâteau Pontchâteau Pontchâteau is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-See also:*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department... |
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| 2005 2005 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2005 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Sankt Wendel, Germany from Saturday January 29 to Sunday January 30, 2005.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday January 30, 2005-Men's Juniors:* Held on Saturday January 29, 2005-Men's Espoirs:... |
Sankt Wendel Sankt Wendel St. Wendel is a municipality in northeastern Saarland. It is situated on the river Blies 36 km northeast of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, and is named after Saint Wendelin of Trier.- Geography :... |
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| 2006 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Zeddam, The Netherlands from Saturday January 28 to Sunday January 29, 2006.-Men's Elite:* Held on Sunday January 29, 2006-Men's Juniors:* Held on Saturday January 28, 2006-Men's Espoirs:... |
Zeddam Zeddam Zeddam is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland, about 7 km south of Doetinchem.Zeddam was a separate municipality until 1821, when it was merged with Bergh.... |
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| 2007 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2007 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held from 27 to 28 January 2007 at the Domenico Savio Park in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium.-Men's Elite:... |
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| 2008 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place in Treviso, Italy on the weekend of January 26 and January 27, 2008. As 2007, four events were scheduled.-Medal table:-Medal Summary:-External links:*... |
Treviso Treviso Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city... |
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| 2009 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place in Hoogerheide, Netherlands on the weekend of January 31 and February 1, 2009. As in 2008, four events were scheduled.-Medal table:-Medal Summary:... |
Hoogerheide Hoogerheide Hoogerheide is a village in the municipality of Woensdrecht, North Brabant, Netherlands. The name "Hoogerheide" means "High Heath" in English. The Grand Prix Adri van der Poel cyclo-cross race is held annually in Hoogerheide.-External links:*... |
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| 2010 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place in Tábor, Czech Republic on the weekend of January 30 and 31, 2010. As in 2009, four events were scheduled.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-External links:... |
Tábor Tábor Tábor is a city of the Czech Republic, in the South Bohemian Region. It is named after Mount Tabor, which is believed by many to be the place of the Transfiguration of Christ; however, the name became popular and nowadays translates to "camp" or "encampment" in the Czech language.The town was... |
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| 2011 2011 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships The 2011 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships is the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place in Sankt Wendel, Germany on the weekend of January 29 and 30, 2011. As in the previous years, four events were scheduled.-Medal table:-Medal summary:... |
Sankt Wendel Sankt Wendel St. Wendel is a municipality in northeastern Saarland. It is situated on the river Blies 36 km northeast of Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland, and is named after Saint Wendelin of Trier.- Geography :... |
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| 2012 | Koksijde Koksijde Koksijde is a municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders on the North Sea coast, at the southwest side. It comprises the towns of Koksijde proper, Oostduinkerke, St-Idesbald and Wulpen.-Statistics:... |
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| 2013 | Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096... |