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Major Taylor (26 November 1878 – 21 June 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world 1 mile (1.6 km) track cycling championship in 1899 after setting numerous world records and overcoming racial discrimination.
The Union Cycliste Internationale became the world governing body and the International Cycling Association vanished. In 2023, the various UCI World Championships were held in the same location for the first time, with 190 world titles awarded at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
John Howard, Olympic cyclist and Ironman triathlon winner, reset the record to 244 km/h (152 mph), also at the Bonneville Salt Flats, on 20 July 1985. Fred Rompelberg from Maastricht, Netherlands was the holder of the motor-paced speed world record cycling with 268.831 km/h (167.044 mph) from 1995 to 2018. [31]
The Nations UCI World Ranking is based on the total points of that country's top eight-ranked riders, and the Teams UCI World Ranking is based on that team's top ten-ranked riders. [2] These rankings are used to determine the number of riders per country at the UCI World Championships , and which teams are allowed access to UCI WorldTour events.
The triple crown of cycling has been achieved by three men, Eddy Merckx in 1974, Stephen Roche in 1987 and Tadej Pogačar in 2024. There are no three week grand tours in women's cycling, but shorter stage races associated with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and the World Championship, were won by Annemiek van Vleuten in 2022.
UCI was founded in 1900 in Paris by the national cycling sports organisations of Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland. It replaced the International Cycling Association (ICA) by setting up in opposition in a row over whether Great Britain should be allowed just one team at the world Championships or separate teams representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The men's road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 6 August 2023 in Glasgow, Great Britain. [1] Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the race after a crash in a high speed corner, racing solo, 16 km before the finish.
Six German endurance track cyclists have been seriously injured after an 89-year-old drove a car head-on into the group. The group of athletes, including 2024 track world championship medalists ...