The best cyclists in the world will meet again this Sunday at 91st edition of the Road Cycling World Championshipsa, test where the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar part as a great favorite, where the Dutch Mathieu Van der Poel will be looking to repeat last year’s success – the last cyclist to win twice in a row was the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe2020, 2021-, where the Belgian Remco Evenepoel twill try to achieve what no one has achieved until now – the time trial and road double – and where the Spanish team presents a very competitive lineup given the profile of the route.
Today, Italy is the country that has accumulated the most medals in the historical medal table, adding the road and time trial, (133) and has been world champion the most times (46), with Spain in tenth position. In memory of all, andAlejandro Valverde won gold at Innsbruck 2018.
These are all the road cycling world champions:
1927: Alfredo Binda (ITA)
1928: Georges Ronsse (HUNGARY)
1929: Georges Ronsse (HUNGARY)
1930: Alfredo Binda (ITA)
1931: Learco Guerra (ITA)
1932: Alfredo Binda (ITA)
1933: Georges Speicher (FRA)
1934: Karel Kaers (BEL)
1935: Jean Aerts (BEL)
1936: Antonin Magne (FRA)
1937: Eloi Meulenberg (BEL)
1938: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1946: Hans Knecht (SUI)
1947: Theo Middekamp (PB)
1948: Briek Schotte (BEL)
1949: Rick Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1950: Briek Schotte (BEL)
1951: Ferdi Kübler (SUI)
1952: Heinz Müller (GER)
1953: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
1954: Louison Bobet (FRA)
1955: Stan Ockers (BEL)
1956: Rick Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1957: Rick Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1958: Ercole Baldini (ITA)
1959: André Darrigade (FRA)
1960: Rick Van Looy (BEL)
1961: Rick Van Looy (BEL)
1962: Jean Stablinski (FRA)
1963: Benoni Beheyt (BEL)
1964: Jan Janssen (PB)
1965: Tom Simpson (GBR)
1966: Rudy Altig (ALE)
1967: Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1968: Vittorio Adorni (ITA)
1969: Harm Ottenbros (BEL)
1970: Jean-Pierre Monsère (BEL)
1971: Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1972: Marino Basso (ITA)
1973: Felice Gimondi (ITA)
1974: Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1975: Hennie Kuiper (PB)
1976: Freedy Maertens (BEL)
1977: Francesco Moser (ITA)
1978: Gerrie Knetemann (PB)
1979: Jan Raas (PB)
1980: Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1981: Freedy Maertens (BEL)
1982: Guiseppe Saronni (ITA)
1983: Greg Lemond (USA)
1984: Claude Criquielion (BEL)
1985: Joop Zoetemelk (PB)
1986: Moreno Argentin (ITA)
1987: Stephen Roche (IRL)
1988: Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)
1989: Greg Lemond (USA)
1990: Rudy Dhaenens (BEL)
1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA)
1992: Gianni Bugno (ITA)
1993: Lance Armstrong (USA)
1994: Luc Leblanc (FRA)
1995: Abraham Olano (ESP)
1996: Johan Museum (BEL)
1997: Laurent Brochard (FRA)
1998: Oscar Camenzind (SUI)
1999: Oscar Freire (ESP)
2000: Romans Vainsteins (LV)
2001: Oscar Freire (ESP)
2002: Mario Cipollini (ITA)
2003: Igor Astarloa (ESP)
2004: Oscar Freire (ESP)
2005: Tom Boonen (BEL)
2006: Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2007: Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2008: Alessandro Ballah (ITA)
2009: Cadel Evans (AUS)
2010: Tom Hushovd (NOR)
2011: Mark Cavendish (GBR)
2012: Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
2013: Rui Costa (POR)
2014: Michal Kwiatkowski (POL)
2015: Peter Sagan (SVK)
2016: Peter Sagan (SVK)
2017: Peter Sagan (SVK)
2018: Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2019: Mads Pedersen (DIN)
2020: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2021: Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2022: Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
2023: Mathieu Van der Poel (PB)
Source: La Verdad
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