The Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland.
Gustav Erik Larsson is a Swedish professional road racing cyclist for UCI Continental team Cult Energy Pro Cycling. He previously rode for UCI Professional Continental team IAM Cycling in 2013-14 and Vacansoleil–DCM in 2012. He is a very skilled time trialist; he has won his national title seven times, and has taken silver medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2009 World Championships in Mendrisio.
The men's individual time trial event at the UCI Road World Championships is the men's world championship for the road bicycle racing discipline of time trial. Introduced in 1994 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body of cycling, the event consists of a time trial covering a distance of approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) over flat or rolling terrain. Riders start separated by two-minute intervals; the one that completes the course in the shortest time is the winner, and is entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in time trial events for the forthcoming season.
Jack Bobridge is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who last rode for Trek–Segafredo.
Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup is a Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Team Virtu Cycling. Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010.
Dame Sarah Joanne Storey, is a British road and track racing cyclist and former swimmer. She is a multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games in both sports, and six times British (able-bodied) national track champion. Her total of fourteen gold medals makes her the most successful female British Paralympian of all time.
Michael Hepburn is an Australian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.
Michael Thomas Gallagher, OAM is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Scotland. He has won gold medals at the Beijing and 2012 London Paralympics. He was selected in the Australian team for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA) revealed that Gallagher had returned a positive A sample for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition training camp in Italy in July 2016. This A positive disqualified him from the Rio Paralympics.
David Nicholas, is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Susan Powell, is an Australian cyclist. At the 2012 London Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4, setting a new world record in the process, and a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C4. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Powell won the silver medal in the 3 km Women's Individual Pursuit C4.
Carol Lynn Cooke, is a Canadian-born Australian cyclist, swimmer and rower. A keen swimmer, she was part of the Canadian national swimming team and was hoping to be selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics before her country boycotted the games. She moved to Australia in 1994, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and took up rowing in 2006, in which she narrowly missed out on being part of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. She then switched to cycling, where she won a gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics and two gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics.
Lasse Norman Hansen is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Corendon–Circus. He turned professional in 2014.
The Netherlands first sent athletes to the UCI Road World Championships in the begin 1920s when only amateur cyclist competed. The nation's first medal, a bronze, was earned by Gerrit van den Berg in the men's amateur road race. Kees Pellenaars won the first gold medal for the Netherlands in the amateur road race. Theo Middelkamp won the first gold medal in the elite category in 1947.
Alistair Donohoe is an Australian para-cyclist with a right arm impairment. He is a multiple medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He won silver medals in the Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and Men's Road Time Trial at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Victor Campenaerts is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the UCI World Tour ranks in 2016 with LottoNL–Jumbo. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia..
Miles Scotson is an Australian track and road cycling racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. Scotson was a student at Trinity College Gawler, completing his studies in 2011.. Scotson's first professional victory was the 2017 Australian national road race. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Kyle Ivan Bridgwood is an Australian Para cyclist from South Africa. He won silver medals in the Men's Individual Pursuit C4 and Men's Road Time Trial C4 at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
The Men's road race of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on September 27, 2015 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It was the 82nd edition of the championship, and Poland's Michał Kwiatkowski was the defending champion.
Lennard Kämna is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb. He rode with Team Stölting in 2015, before his team and Cult Energy Pro Cycling merged for the 2016 season.
