UCI B World Championships

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The UCI B World Championships were the world championship for Level B bicycle road racing and bicycle time trials organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for nations with developing competitive cycling. The UCI B World Championships included events for both men and women in road cycling and track cycling. The first “B” World Championships were held in late 1997 in Ipoh, Malaysia. The event also served as a means of qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games.

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Both the road race and individual time trial events are competed by riders organized by national cycling teams as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.

The B World Championships were discontinued after the 2007 championships, with the Olympic places previously allocated through this event assigned instead through the UCI Continental Championships and the UCI Continental Circuits. [1]

2007 Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
Events
UCI B Cycling World Championship
Women's 14.9km Individual time trial

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Monrudee Chapookham
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Gu Sun-Geun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Ilzi Bole
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UCI B Cycling World Championships
Men's 26.8km Individual time trial

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Ma Haijun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chris Froome
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Eugen Wacker
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UCI B Cycling World Championship
Women's 81km Road race

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Huang Xiaomei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gao Min
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gu Sun-Geun
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
UCI B Cycling World Championship
Men's 161km Road race

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Ivan Stević
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Erik Hoffman
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
Alexandre Pliuschin
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova

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References

  1. "Press release : Meeting of the UCI Management Committee". January 1, 2008. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012.