UCI World Championships

UCI World Championships
Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships
Status	active
Genre	Cycling World championship
Date(s)	varying
Frequency	annual
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1893
Organised by	UCI
Website	www.uci.org

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.

Championships are held for men and for women in road cycling, track cycling, cyclo-cross, mountain biking, gravel, BMX, and indoor cycling. There are also championships for disabled competitors.