The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit is the world championship
individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...
event 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 ...
. Between its inception and 1992, the men's individual pursuit was separated into two events; one for professionals at and one for amateurs at . From 1993, all competitors competed in one open event of . It was first held at the
1939 championships, but had to be abandoned upon the outbreak of World War II, so the first complete competition was at the
1946 championships.
The record number of wins by one rider is five as of 2022, held by
Filippo Ganna
Filippo Ganna (born 25 July 1996) is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is a five-time world champion in the individual pursuit, and has won a total of eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Champio ...
of Italy.
Medalists
Medal table
External links
Track Cycling World Championships 2016–1893bikecult.com
World Championship, Track, Individual pursuit, Elitecyclingarchives.com
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Men's individual pursuit
Lists of UCI Track Cycling World Championships medalists