The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch is the world championship

scratch race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...

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 ...

. It was first held at the 2002 championships in

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, near

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, Denmark. , the event has had two two-time winners,

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of Switzerland in 2002 and 2003 and

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of Denmark in 2004 and 2010.

Medalists

Medal table

External links

Track Cycling World Championships 2016–1893
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World Championship, Track, Scratch, Elite
cyclingarchives.com Men's scratch Lists of UCI Track Cycling World Championships medalists {{Cycling-stub