The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships are the
world championships for
track cycling where athletes with a
physical disability compete, organized by the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
The Championships were earlier administered by the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
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The 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2007 IPC World Championships combined track and road events. The UCI and the IPC organized the 2006 IPC Cycling World Championships. The first UCI Para-cycling World Championships took place in 2007.[
The UCI awards a gold medal and a ]rainbow jersey
The rainbow jersey is the distinctive jersey worn by the reigning world champion in a cycling discipline, since 1927. The jersey is predominantly white with five horizontal bands in the UCI colours around the chest. From the bottom up the c ...
to the winner and silver and bronze medals to the second and third.
Championships
See also
* UCI Track Cycling World Championships
* UCI World Championships
References
External links
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
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Para-cycling Track Cycling World Championships
Track cycling races
Recurring sporting events established in 2007