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| 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Zurich, Switzerland |
| Dates | 21–29 September |
The 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The championships will take place in Zurich, Switzerland from 21 to 29 September 2024. [1]
Events are held in four broad categories, with four different types of bicycle, denoted by a letter-number code:[ citation needed ]
As a general rule, the lower the number in the race code (e.g., C4 or H2), the greater the level of impairment.
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.6 km team relay | H1–5 |  France Johan Quaile Florian Jouanny Joseph Fritsch | 24:55 |  Italy Federico Mestroni Luca Mazzone Davide Cortini | 25:03 |  Spain David Mouriz Sergio Garrote Muñoz Luis Miguel García-Marquina | 25:05 |
* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 |  Switzerland (SUI)* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 30 | 30 | 28 | 88 | |
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