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Complete List of UCI Elite Men Road Race World Champions

The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Here’s the complete list of the UCI Elite Men Road Race World Champions.

The first professional world championship took place in July 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany, where legendary Italian Alfredo Binda won the professional men’s race.

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UCI, Santini, and Decathlon Celebrate Wider Reach of the New Rainbow Collection

The UCI – Santini – Decathlon partnership launched in 2021 with a collection of UCI World Championships cycling wear and accessories is being expanded in 2022 to include a global distribution agreement of the New Rainbow Collection: a growth trajectory driven by a new direct contract with the Decathlon Group and presence in its French, German, Italian, Hungarian and Spanish stores.

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Santini creates a UCI Worlds 100th anniversary collection

The UCI Road World Championships reaches its 100th anniversary in 2021 and Santini is celebrating the event with a special collection including a men’s and women’s jersey decorated with the names of male and female UCI Road World Champions, plus a Limited-Edition jersey with gold details.

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Santini and UCI create an exclusive line for Decathlon

The UCI and its partner Santini Cycling Wear launch a collection in the rainbow colors of the UCI World Championships, available exclusively at Decathlon.

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Santini and the UCI renew their partnership and reveal the new ecological UCI World Champion jerseys

Santini Cycling Wear and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) are pleased to announce that they have signed a partnership agreement for another four-year period (2021-2024). The announcement comes during the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola, Italy. From 2021 onwards, the partnership will see the introduction of the new ecological UCI World Champion jersey for all disciplines made exclusively of sustainable fabrics and delivered in compostable packaging. Additionally, Santini becomes the Official Provider of UCI merchandising. The two partners will release two separate merchandising lines including a series of products and accessories featuring the UCI logo and the rainbow stripes, the symbol of the UCI World Championships.

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Gallery of Vélo d’Or winners (2010-2019)

“Vélo d’Or” is an award given annually to the cyclist considered to have performed the best over the year. Here is a gallery of Vélo d’Or winners from 2010 to 2019.

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Gallery of Vélo d’Or winners (2000-2009)

“Vélo d’Or” is an award given annually to the cyclist considered to have performed the best over the year. Here is a gallery of Vélo d’Or winners from 2000 to 2009.

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Gallery of Vélo d’Or winners (1992-1999)

“Vélo d’Or” is an award given annually to the cyclist considered to have performed the best over the year. Here is a gallery of Vélo d’Or winners from 1992, the year the award was created, to 1999.

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The World Championships-inspired Santini line dedicated to Yorkshire

Santini has created three special edition jerseys celebrating the UCI Road World Championships which take place this year in Yorkshire in Great Britain. The colors of the Union Jack and the legendary rainbow stripes feature both technical and casual wear. An inspired and inspiring capsule collection celebrating the Road World Championship in which Yorkshire-native and new mum Lizzie Deignan will be battling to take the rainbow jersey on home ground.

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Coppi e Bartali, Bartali e Coppi

Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali: two cycling legends of Italy. The rivalry between them is perhaps the most famous sporting duel in history. It has been started during World War II and continued afterward.

In December 2012, RCS Sport, the organizer of the Giro d’Italia, has put together 100 journalists to rate the greatest moments of the race’s 103-year history. The fifth question was “Which are the biggest sporting rivalries in the Giro d’Italia?”, and the obvious answer was: “The rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali.”