The Union Européenne de Cyclisme (''abbreviation'': UEC, ''English'': European Cycling Union) is the

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an confederation of national cycling bodies; the national

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s of the

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form

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s by continent. It is headquartered in

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. In reaction to the

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, the UEC announced that Russia and Belarus officials will not be able to officiate at any UEC event, or attend or take part in any UEC meeting, committee, or forum.

European Cycling Championships

The federation organizes all the European Cycling Championships (such as the

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and the

European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...

) for all cycling disciplines, including

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track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

, cyclo-cross,

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and

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and awards the

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to the European Champions. In 2018, as part of the multi-sport

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, the UEC brought its four main European championships - track, road, mountain bike and BMX - together for the first time as the

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Summary of events

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UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...

UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) The European Track Cycling Championships (under-23 & junior) are a set of competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists under the ages of 23 and 18, and regulated by ...

UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships The European Cyclo-cross Championships are the European championships in cyclo-cross. They have been held since 2003 in November, towards the start of the cyclo-cross season. The championships are organised by the Union Européenne de Cyclisme ...

European Mountain Bike Championships The European Mountain Bike Championships (EMBCs) are an annual mountain bike racing championship in Europe. They have been held since 1989, and on an annual basis since 1991. There have been 28 editions as of 2017. Editions Medals * * Winner ...

European BMX Championships European BMX Championships is the main BMX sport championships in Europe. They are organised by the UEC, the European confederation for cycle sports. Editions Championships 2011/2012 Men Women 2013 Men Women 2014 Fr ...

* European Indoor Cycling Championships (Artistic and Cycleball) *

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(Artistic and Cycleball) * European Masters Cycling Championships * European Para Cycling Cup

Member Federations

References

External links

UEC official website
Cycle racing organizations Union Cycliste Internationale Sports governing bodies in Europe 1990 establishments in Switzerland {{Europe-sport-stub