Past winners of the UCI Road World Championships
Elite champions throughout history in elite men's and women's races

Year | Rider Name (Country) | Header Cell - Column 2 |
---|---|---|
2022 | Remco Evenepoel (belgium) | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
2021 | Julian Alaphilippe (France) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
2020 | Julian Alaphilippe (France) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
2019 | Mads Pedersen (Denmark) | |
2018 | Alejandro Valverde (Spain) | |
2017 | Peter Sagan (Slovakia) | |
2016 | Peter Sagan (Slovakia) | |
2015 | Peter Sagan (Slovakia) | |
2014 | Michał Kwiatkowski (Poland) | |
2013 | Rui Costa (Portugal) | |
2012 | Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) | |
2011 | Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) | |
2010 | Thor Hushovd (Norway) | |
2009 | Cadel Evans (Australia) | |
2008 | Alessandro Ballan (Italy) | |
2007 | Paolo Bettini (Italy) | |
2006 | Paolo Bettini (Italy) | |
2005 | Tom Boonen (Belgium) | |
2004 | Óscar Freire (Spain) | |
2003 | Igor Astarloa (Spain) | |
2002 | Mario Cipollini (Italy) | |
2001 | Óscar Freire (Spain) | |
2000 | Romāns Vainšteins (Latvia) | |
1999 | Óscar Freire (Spain) | |
1998 | Oscar Camenzind (Switzerland) | |
1997 | Laurent Brochard (France) | |
1996 | Johan Museeuw (Belgium) | |
1995 | Abraham Olano (Spain) | |
1994 | Luc Leblanc (France) | |
1993 | Lance Armstrong (United States Of America) | |
1992 | Gianni Bugno (Italy) | |
1991 | Gianni Bugno (Italy) | |
1990 | Rudy Dhaenens (Belgium) | |
1989 | Greg LeMond (United States Of America) | |
1988 | Maurizio Fondriest (Italy) | |
1987 | Stephen Roche (Ireland) | |
1986 | Moreno Argentin (Italy) | |
1985 | Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands) | |
1984 | Claude Criquielion (Belgium) | |
1983 | Greg LeMond (United States Of America) | |
1982 | Giuseppe Saronni (Italy) | |
1981 | Freddy Maertens (Belgium) | |
1980 | Bernard Hinault (France) | |
1979 | Jan Raas (Netherlands) | |
1978 | Gerrie Knetemann (Netherlands) | |
1977 | Francesco Moser (Italy) | |
1976 | Freddy Maertens (Belgium) | |
1975 | Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) | |
1974 | Eddy Merckx (Belgium) | |
1973 | Felice Gimondi (Italy) | |
1972 | Marino Basso (Italy) | |
1971 | Eddy Merckx (Belgium) | |
1970 | Jean-Pierre Monseré (Belgium) | |
1969 | Harm Ottenbros (Netherlands) | |
1968 | Vittorio Adorni (Italy) | |
1967 | Eddy Merckx (Belgium) | |
1966 | Rudi Altig FRG | |
1965 | Tom Simpson (Great Britain) | |
1964 | Jan Janssen (Netherlands) | |
1963 | Benoni Beheyt (Belgium) | |
1962 | Jean Stablinski (France) | |
1961 | Rik Van Looy (Belgium) | |
1960 | Rik Van Looy (Belgium) | |
1959 | André Darrigade (France) | |
1958 | Ercole Baldini (Italy) | |
1957 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium) | |
1956 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium) | |
1955 | Stan Ockers (Belgium) | |
1954 | Louison Bobet (France) | |
1953 | Fausto Coppi (Italy) | |
1952 | Heinz Müller FRG | |
1951 | Ferdinand Kübler (Switzerland) | |
1950 | Briek Schotte (Belgium) | |
1949 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium) | |
1948 | Briek Schotte (Belgium) | |
1947 | Theo Middelkamp (Netherlands) | |
1946 | Hans Knecht (Switzerland) | |
1938 | Marcel Kint (Belgium) | |
1937 | Eloi Meulenberg (Belgium) | |
1936 | Antonin Magne (France) | |
1935 | Jean Aerts (Belgium) | |
1934 | Karel Kaers (Belgium) | |
1933 | Georges Speicher (France) | |
1932 | Alfredo Binda (Italy) | |
1931 | Learco Guerra (Italy) | |
1930 | Alfredo Binda (Italy) | |
1929 | Georges Ronsse (Belgium) | |
1928 | Georges Ronsse (Belgium) | |
1927 | Alfredo Binda (Italy) |
Year | Rider Name (Country) | Header Cell - Column 2 |
---|---|---|
2022 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
2021 | Elisa Balsamo (Italy) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
2020 | Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
2019 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) | |
2018 | Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) | |
2017 | Chantal Blaak (Netherlands) | |
2016 | Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) | |
2015 | Lizzie Armitstead (Great Britain) | |
2014 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France) | |
2013 | Marianne Vos (Netherlands) | |
2012 | Marianne Vos (Netherlands) | |
2011 | Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) | |
2010 | Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) | |
2009 | Tatiana Guderzo (Italy) | |
2008 | Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) | |
2007 | Marta Bastianelli (Italy) | |
2006 | Marianne Vos (Netherlands) | |
2005 | Regina Schleicher (Germany) | |
2004 | Judith Arndt (Germany) | |
2003 | Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden) | |
2002 | Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden) | |
2001 | Rasa Polikevičiūtė (Lithuania) | |
2000 | Zinaida Stahurskaia (Belarus) | |
1999 | Edita Pučinskaitė (Lithuania) | |
1998 | Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuania) | |
1997 | Alessandra Cappellotto (Italy) | |
1996 | Barbara Heeb (Switzerland) | |
1995 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1994 | Monica Valvik (Norway) | |
1993 | Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands) | |
1992 | No race | |
1991 | Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands) | |
1990 | Catherine Marsal (France) | |
1989 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1988 | No race | |
1987 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1986 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1985 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1984 | No race | |
1983 | Marianne Berglund (Sweden) | |
1982 | Mandy Jones (Great Britain) | |
1981 | Ute Enzenauer FRG | |
1980 | Beth Heiden (United States Of America) | |
1979 | Petra de Bruijn (Netherlands) | |
1978 | Beate Habetz FRG | |
1977 | Josiane Bost (France) | |
1976 | Keetie van Oosten-Hage (Netherlands) | |
1975 | Tineke Fopma (Netherlands) | |
1974 | Geneviève Gambillon (France) | |
1973 | Nicole Vandenbroeck (Belgium) | |
1972 | Geneviève Gambillon (France) | |
1971 | Anna Konkina URS | |
1970 | Anna Konkina URS | |
1969 | Audrey McElmury (United States Of America) | |
1968 | Keetie van Oosten-Hage (Netherlands) | |
1967 | Beryl Burton (Great Britain) | |
1966 | Yvonne Reynders (Belgium) | |
1965 | Elisabeth Eicholz GDR | |
1964 | Emma Sonka URS | |
1963 | Yvonne Reynders (Belgium) | |
1962 | Marie-Rose Gaillard (Belgium) | |
1961 | Yvonne Reynders (Belgium) | |
1960 | Beryl Burton (Great Britain) | |
1959 | Yvonne Reynders (Belgium) | |
1958 | Elsy Jacobs (Luxembourg) |
Year | Rider Name (Country) | Header Cell - Column 2 |
---|---|---|
2022 | Tobias Foss (Norway) | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
2021 | Filippo Ganna (Italy) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
2020 | Filippo Ganna (Italy) | |
2019 | Rohan Dennis (Australia) | |
2018 | Rohan Dennis (Australia) | |
2017 | Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) | |
2016 | Tony Martin (Germany) | |
2015 | Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) | |
2014 | Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) | |
2013 | Tony Martin (Germany) | |
2012 | Tony Martin (Germany) | |
2011 | Tony Martin (Germany) | |
2010 | Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) | |
2009 | Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) | |
2008 | Bert Grabsch (Germany) | |
2007 | Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) | |
2006 | Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) | |
2005 | Michael Rogers (Australia) | |
2004 | Michael Rogers (Australia) | |
2003 | Michael Rogers (Australia) | |
2002 | Santiago Botero (Colombia) | |
2001 | Jan Ullrich (Germany) | |
2000 | Serhiy Honchar (Ukraine) | |
1999 | Jan Ullrich (Germany) | |
1998 | Abraham Olano (Spain) | |
1997 | Laurent Jalabert (France) | |
1996 | Alex Zülle (Switzerland) | |
1995 | Miguel Indurain (Spain) | |
1994 | Chris Boardman (Great Britain) |
Year | Rider Name (Country) | Header Cell - Column 2 |
---|---|---|
2022 | Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
2021 | Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
2020 | Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) | |
2019 | Chloé Dygert Owen (United States Of America) | |
2018 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) | |
2017 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) | |
2016 | Amber Neben (United States Of America) | |
2015 | Linda Villumsen (New Zealand) | |
2014 | Lisa Brennauer (Germany) | |
2013 | Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) | |
2012 | Judith Arndt (Germany) | |
2011 | Judith Arndt (Germany) | |
2010 | Emma Pooley (Great Britain) | |
2009 | Kristin Armstrong (United States Of America) | |
2008 | Amber Neben (United States Of America) | |
2007 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) | |
2006 | Kristin Armstrong (United States Of America) | |
2005 | Karin Thürig (Switzerland) | |
2004 | Karin Thürig (Switzerland) | |
2003 | Joane Somarriba (Spain) | |
2002 | Zulfiya Zabirova (Russian Federation) | |
2001 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
2000 | Mari Holden (United States Of America) | |
1999 | Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Netherlands) | |
1998 | Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Netherlands) | |
1997 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1996 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1995 | Jeannie Longo (France) | |
1994 | Karen Kurreck (United States Of America) |
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