The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion and earns the right t
Alfredo Binda, posing with his third World Championship jersey in 1932
Eddy Merckx celebrating his first professional World Championship in 1967, after winning it as amateur in 1964
Maurizio Fondriest (left) as World Champion at the 1989 Giro d'Italia
Paolo Bettini in the rainbow jersey at the 2008 Tour of California
Triple Crown of Cycling
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The Triple Crown of Cycling in road bicycle racing denotes the achievement of winning three major titles in the same season: the UCI Road World Championships Road Race, the Tour de France general clas
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
…countries. For men at the elite professional level, the World Cycling Championship, along with the Tour de France, and the Giro d'Italia, forms the Triple Crown of Cycling. The event can be held over either a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or over a hilly course which favors more of a climbing…
Annemiek van Vleuten is credited with winning a "triple crown" or "grand tour triple" in 2022. (pictured in 2018)
Eddy Merckx champion du monde sur route 1974, de retour à Bruxelles
Stephen Roche 1987 UCI Road World Championship
2024 UCI Road World Championships Zurich Men Elite Road Race A 25