The UCI Gravel World Championships are the world championship events for
gravel cycling
Gravel cycling, gravel biking or gravel grinding is a sport, or a leisure activity, in which participants ride bicycles mostly on gravel roads. Sometimes, specially designed gravel bikes are used; in other cases, any bicycle capable of cove ...
in the disciplines of
cross country. They are organized by the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of world cycling. The discipline covers the space between standard road cycling on paved and asphalted roads, and the all-terrain disciplines of mountain bike cross-country and cyclo-cross. The races share the length and tactical nature of road racing parcours, but embrace the unpredictability and technical skill of off-road cycling.
The first three finishers in each discipline at the World Championships are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. The winner of each discipline is also entitled to wear the
rainbow jersey in events of the same discipline until the following year's World Championships. Unlike other UCI-sanctioned mountain-bike races, the competitors in the World Championships represent national rather than commercial teams. The World Championships are usually held towards the end of the season.
History
The first UCI Gravel World Championships took place in
Veneto
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Italy
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in 2022 and featured only cross-country events. The inaugural world champions were
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (born 10 February 1992) is a French multi-discipline bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Elite Mountain Bike team BMC MTB Racing in cross-country cycling. and has signed for Ineos Grenadiers for 2023. Ferrand-Prévot has a ...
for the women's race and
Gianni Vermeersch for the men's race.
Venues
[https://ucigravelworldseries.com/en/world-championships/]
All medals
:''Updated after
2022 UCI Gravel World Championships.''
References
External links
UCI Website
{{Main world championships
Gravel
Recurring sporting events established in 2022