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 ar
The 2012 world road race champion Philippe Gilbert wearing the rainbow jersey.
Katrin Schultheis wearing the rainbow jersey for artistic cycling
Stefan Nimke, 2012 men's 1 km time trial world champion wearing the track rainbow jersey
Rainbow Jersey of Jean-Pierre Monseré won in 1970, Leicester (collection KOERS Museum of Cycle Racing)
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road
Rainbow jersey
…world champions The reigning world champions (elite only) are as follows: Discipline Event World Champion Men World Champion Women Next Championships Road Road race Tadej Pogačar (SLO) Lotte Kopecky (BEL) September 2025 Time trial Remco Evenepoel (BEL) Grace Brown (AUS) Mixed relay Australia Michael…
Rainbow jersey of Annemiek van Vleuten, winner of the women's road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships (collection of KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)