The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km Time Trial is the world championship
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 ...
time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
event for men, held annually at the
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
.
Arnaud Tournant and
François Pervis of
France
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,
Chris Hoy of
Great Britain
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and
Stefan Nimke of
Germany
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share the record of most wins with four each.
The event was also held at the
Summer Olympics from 1928. However, after it was removed from the
2008 Summer Olympics cycling programme, some cyclists, such as Hoy, decided to concentrate on other events instead.
The event was first held at the world championships in 1966, until 1993 it was an amateurs race.
Medalists
Medal table
External links
Track Cycling World Championships 2016–1893bikecult.com
World Championship, Track, 1km, Elitecyclingarchives.com
Men's 1 km time trial
Lists of UCI Track Cycling World Championships medalists
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