2014 UCI World Championships

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There are several 2014 UCI World Championships. The International Cycling Union (UCI) holds World Championships every year. In 2014, they include:

The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winners wear a white jersey with coloured bands around the chest for the following year. The similarity to the colours of a rainbow gives them the colloquial name of "the rainbow jersey." The first three individuals or teams in each championship win gold, silver and bronze medals. Former world champions are allowed to wear a trim to their collar and sleeves in the same pattern as the rainbow jersey.

2014 UCI Road World Championships

The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the seventh time that Spain had hosted the championships; they were previously held in Lasarte in 1965, Montjuïc in 1973, Barcelona in 1984, Benidorm in 1992, San Sebastián in 1997 and Madrid in 2005.

2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was the World Championships for track cycling in 2014. They took place in Cali, Colombia from 26 February to 2 March 2014 in the Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño.

The 2014 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships was the 25th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, held in Hafjell and Lillehammer, Norway.


Preceded by
2013 UCI World Championships
UCI World Championships
2014
Succeeded by
2015 UCI World Championships

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