UCI Trials World Championships

The UCI Trials World Championships are the world championship events in trials organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of world cycling.^[1] The first three finishers in each category are awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals. The winner of each category is also entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in events in that category until the following year's World Championships.^[2]

History

The UCI Trials World Championships were held for the first time in 1986.^[3] Until 1999 they were held separately from the UCI World Championships in other cycling disciplines. From 2000 to 2016 they were combined with the world championships in other mountain-biking disciplines and run as the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships. Beginning in 2017, the UCI world championships in trials will be held as part of the newly created UCI Urban Cycling World Championships, which will also include the UCI world championships in freestyle BMX and cross-country eliminator.^[1]

Separate titles are awarded for men and women. The men's events include categories for junior and "elite" (an open age category) using bicycles with 20" and 26" wheels. There is also a team event, in which each country enters one junior and one elite 20" rider, one junior and one elite 26" rider, and one female rider.^[4]

From 1986 to 1994 there were no separate categories for bikes with different wheel sizes. The 20" and 26" categories were introduced in 1995. The women's category was introduced in 2001. A team event has been included since the first UCI world championships in 1986, though the format has varied over time.^[5]

Venues

Year Country City 1986 5 events [6] 1987 4 events [6] 1988  Belgium Limbourg 1989  Italy Lazzate 1990  United States Durango 1991  Switzerland Wangen 1992  Spain Lorca 1993  France Val d'Isère 1994  Spain Zafra 1995  Germany Großheubach 1996  Switzerland Zuoz 1997  France Avoriaz 1998  Spain Cartagena 1999  France Avoriaz 2000  Spain Sierra Nevada 2001  United States Vail 2002  Austria Kaprun 2003  Switzerland Lugano

Year Country City 2004  France Les Gets 2005  Italy Livigno 2006  New Zealand Rotorua 2007  United Kingdom Fort William 2008  Italy Val di Sole 2009  Australia Canberra 2010  Canada Mont-Sainte-Anne 2011  Switzerland Champéry 2012  Austria Saalfelden 2013  South Africa Pietermaritzburg 2014  Norway Lillehammer 2015  Andorra Vallnord 2016  Italy Val di Sole 2017  China Chengdu 2018  China Chengdu 2019  China Chengdu 2021  Spain Vic 2022 2023  United Kingdom Glasgow

UCI Trials World Champions

• Men's trials, 20 inch
• Men's trials, 26 inch
• Junior men's trials, 20 inch
• Junior men's trials, 26 inch
• Women's trials

References

External links

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• UCI trials page

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