UCI World Championships medal table

Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) wins gold medal and rainbow jersey in elite men's road race at the UCI World Championships in Glasgow
Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) wins gold medal and rainbow jersey in elite men's road race at the UCI World Championships in Glasgow (Image credit: Getty Images)

The UCI World Championships offered 13 UCI World Championships held from August 3-13 across ten host regions in Scotland.

The event brought together more than 8,000 athletes across 120 nations who were competing for more than 200 world titles, plus medals.

The combined UCI World Championships included BMX Freestyle Park, BMX Freestyle Flatland, BMX Racing, Gran Fondo, Indoor Cycling, Mountain Bike Cross Country, Mountain Bike Marathon, Mountain Bike Downhill, Para-cycling Road, Para-cycling Track, Road, Track and Trials.

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Cycling Medal Table
Pos.CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Great Britain 23122156
2Germany 1412632
3France 13191042
4United States of America 116623
5Belgium 85821
6Netherlands 76316
7Switzerland 65516
8New Zealand 64919
9Spain 36413
10Norway 3317
11Denmark 3249
12Australia 210416
13Italy 24511
14Austria 210416
15Poland 2125
16Israel 2002
16Latvia 2002
18Canada 1438
19Japan 1348
20Portugal 1203
21Argentina 1102
21Brazil 1102
21Colombia 1102
24Hungary 1001
24Kazakhstan 1001
24Liechtenstein 1001
24Luxembourg 1001
28Ireland 0213
29People's Republic of China 0123
30Chile 0101
30Czechia 0101
30South Africa 0101
30Trinidad and Tobago 0101
30Venezuela 0101
35Slovenia 0044
36Costa Rica 0011
36Ecuador 0011
36Finland 0011
36Hong Kong, China 0011
36Slovakia 0011
36Sweden 0011
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Para-Cycling Medal Table
Pos.CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Great Britain 2411944
2France 1391537
3Netherlands 139022
4People's Republic of China 811928
5Australia 511622
6Germany 57921
7Italy 55919
8Spain 4419
9United States of America 43714
10Switzerland 3429
11New Zealand 24612
12Canada 23611
13Belgium 2338
14Japan 2327
15Ukraine 2204
16Ireland 2158
17Czechia 2002
18Denmark 1012
19South Africa 1001
19Sweden 1001
21Brazil 0235
22Slovakia0 213
23Republic of Korea 0202
23Thailand 0202
25Colombia 0123
26Austria 0112
27Poland 0101
28Malaysia 0011
28Norway 0011

Rainbow jerseys awarded in road, track and cross-country mountain bike

There were a total of 46 world titles across the disciplines of road, track and cross-country mountain bike racing held from August 3-13 in and around Glasgow. Cyclingnews has kept track of all the gold, silver and bronze medal winners in each of those events throughout the Worlds.

Road

Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands) made a solo attack to win the rainbow jersey

Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) made a solo attack to win the rainbow jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)

The road racing kicked off this year with the Julie Bego capturing the junior women's road race title after a late-race solo attack to beat solo on the finishing circuits to beat Britain's Cat Ferguson and Belgium’s Fleur Moors. In the junior men's road race, Albert Philipsen of Denmark took a stunning solo win as Paul Fietzke (Germany) claimed silver and Felix Ørn-Kristoff (Norway)  bronze.

In one of the most captivating performances this week, Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands soloed to victory in the elite men's road race despite a late crash. Wout van Aert of Belgian took silver, while Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) secured bronze.

The road events then turned to the Team Time Trial Mixed Relay where Switzerland overcame a crash to win the world title for a second year in a row, narrowly beating France and Germany.

The road events continued with the individual time trials from August 9-11, while the under-23 men's and elite/under-23 women's road races close out the World Championships on August 12-13.

Italy’s Lorenzo Milesi took a close victory in the under-23 men's individual time trial beating Belgium’s Alec Segaert and Australia's Hamish McKenzie.

In a stunning performance, Chloé Dygert (USA) reclaimed her position as the fastest individual time triallist in the world, securing her second elite women's rainbow jersey in the discipline just days after winning the Individual Pursuit world title. Antonia Niedermaier (Germany) was the fastest under-23 rider to cross the line in the combined race. Felicity Wilson-Haffenden won the junior women’s time trial title.

Remco Evenepoel smashed the elite men's individual time trial to claim the world title ahead of Italy’s Filippo Ganna and Great Britain's Josh Tarling in Stirling, becoming the first-ever Belgian to win the elite men's rainbow jersey in the discipline. Australia's Oscar Chamberlain won the junior men's time trial world title beating Great Britain’s Ben Wiggins and Germany’s Louis Leidert.

France’s Axel Laurance took a solo flyer on the penultimate lap to claim the rainbow jersey in the under-23 men's road race. Antonio Morgado (Portugal) won the sprint for the silver medal ahead of Martin Svrcek (Slovakia).

Belgian's Lotte Kopecky attacked with 5.5 km to go on the climb of Scott Street to win elite women’s road race despite being marked the whole day.  Demi Vollering (Netherlands) outsprinted Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark) in the sprint for second place, 7 seconds down on Kopecky. 

Blanka Vas outsprinted Shirin van Anrooij (Netherlands) to win the under-23 title and the first-ever rainbow jersey for Hungary. Anna Shackley (Great Britain) claimed the bronze medal.

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Road World Championship Medals
NationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Belgium2226
France2204
Australia2114
Netherlands1203
Germany1124
Italy1113
Denmark1012
Switzerland1001
Hungary1001
United States1001
Great Britain0325
Portugal0101
Norway0011
Slovenia0011
Austria0011
Slovakia0011
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Mixed Team Relay
EventGoldSilverBronze
Mixed Team RelaySwitzerland FranceGermany
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Elite
EventGoldSilverBronze
Elite Men's Road RaceMathieu van der Poel (Ned) Wout van Aert (Bel)Tagej Pogacar (Slo)
Elite Women's Road RaceLotte Kopecky (Belgium)Demi Vollering (Netherlands)Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark)
Elite Men's Time TrialRemco Evenepoel (Bel)Filippo Ganna (Ita)Josh Tarling (GBr)
Elite Women's Time TrialChloé Dygert (USA)Grace Brown (Aus)Christina Schweinberger (Aut)
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Under-23
EventGoldSilverBronze
U23 Men's Road RaceAxel Laurance (Fra)Antonio Morgado (Por)Martin Svrcek (Svk)
U23 Women's Road RaceBlanka Vas (Hungary)Shirin van Anrooij (Netherlands)Anna Shackley (Great Britain)
U23 Men's Time TrialLorenzo Milesi (Ita)Alec Segaert (Bel)Hamish McKenzie (Aus)
U23 Women's Time TrialAntonia Niedermaier (Germany) Cédrine Kerbaol (France)Julie De Wilde (Belgium)
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Junior
EventGoldSilverBronze
Junior Men's Road RaceAlbert Philipsen (Den)Paul Fietzke (Ger) Felix Orn-Kristoff (Nor)
Junior Women's Road RaceJulie Bego (Fra) Cat Ferguson (GBr)Fleur Moors (Bel)
Junior Men's Time Trail Oscar Chamberlain (Aus)Ben Wiggins (GBr)Louis Leidert (Ger)
Junior Women's Time TrialFelicity Wilson-Haffenden (Aus)Isabell Sharp (GBr)Federica Venturelli (Ita)

Track

Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com - 09/08/2023 - Track & Para Track Cycling - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow, Scotland - Women Elite Omnium, Elimination Race - The Bunch

Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Scotland (Image credit: SWPix)

American talent Chloé Dygert took the first world title of the Track World Championships on the opening day of racing at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, while Great Britain's William Tidball also took the world title in men's Scratch and Germany delivered a women's team sprint record.

On Day 2 of racing, American Jennifer Valente won the Scratch Race, Germany's Emma Hinze added to the gold-medal count in the 500m TT, and the Netherlands won the men's Team Sprint.

An exciting Day 3 saw Denmark and Great Britain claim the men's and women's Team Pursuit titles.

Italy’s Filippo Ganna won the elite men’s Individual Pursuit on Day 4 in a tight battle against Daniel Bigham (Great Britain). Belgium's Lotte Kopecky won the Elimination race, Ellesse Andrews claimed gold for New Zealand in the women's Keirin, and Iuri Leitao gave Portugal their first world title in track cycling in the men's Omnium. 

Day 5 of track racing saw Great Britain capture the gold medals in both the women's Madison and men's Elimination Race, while Harrie Lavreysen won a fifth consecutive Sprint world title.

On Day 6 at the velodrome, Lotte Kopecky secured another world title in the Points Race, Jeffrey Hoogland won the men's 1km TT, and the Netherlands staged a massive coup to win the men's Madison.

On the final day of track racing, Jennifer Valente secured the gold medal in the women's Omnium, Emma Finucane earned her first world title in the women's Sprint, Aaron Gate won the men's Points Race, Kevin Quintero won the men's Keirin

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Track World Championships Medals
NationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Great Britain5319
Netherlands4105
United States3014
Germany2226
New Zealand2158
Belgium2035
Italy1124
Denmark1102
Colombia1102
Portugal1001
Australia0617
France0235
Japan0134
Canada0101
Trinidad and Tobago0101
Spain0101
China0011
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Women
EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual PursuitChloe Dygert (USA)Franziska Brauße (Ger)Bryony Botha (NZL)
Team PursuitGreat BritainNew ZealandFrance
Team SprintGermanyGreat BritainChina
KeirinEllesse Andrews (NZl)Martha Bayona (Col)Lea Friedrich (Ger)
ScratchJennifer Valente (USA)Maike van der Duin (Ned)Michaela Drummond (NZl)
EliminationLotte Kopecky (Bel)Valentine Fortin (Fra)Jennifer Valente (USA)
500m TTEmma Hinze (Ger)Kristina Clonan (Aus)Lea Friedrich (Ger)
SprintEmma Finucane (GBr)Lea Sophie Friedrich (Ger)Ellesse Andrews (NZl)
MadisonGreat BritainAustraliaFrance
OmniumJennifer Valente (USA)Amalie Dideriksen (Den)Lotte Kopecky (Bel)
Points RaceLotte Kopecky (Bel)Georgia Baker (Aus)Tsuyaka Uchino (Jpn)
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Men
EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual PursuitFilippo Ganna (Ita)Daniel Bigham (GBr)Jonathan Milan (Ita)
Team PursuitDenmarkItalyNew Zealand
Team SprintNetherlandsAustraliaFrance
OmniumIúri Leitão (Por)Benjamin Thomas (Fra)Shunsuke Imamura (Jpn)
ScratchWilliam Tidball (GBr)Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn)Tuur Dens (Bel)
SprintHarrie Lavreysen (Ned)Nicholas Paul (TTO)Jack Carlin (GBr)
KeirinKevin Quintero (Col)Matthew Richardson (Aus)Shinji Nakano (Jpn)
MadisonNetherlandsGreat BritainNew Zealand
Points RaceAaron Gate (NZL)Albert Torres Barcelo (Spa)Fabio van den Bossche (Bel)
EliminationEthan Vernon (GBr)Dylan Bibic (Can)Elia Viviani (Ita)
1K TTJeffrey Hoogland (Ned)Matthew Glaetzer (Aus)Thomas Cornish (Aus)

Mountain Bike

Pauline Ferrand Prevot of France celebrates at finish line as race winner during the Women Elite Cross-country Short Track at the 96th UCI Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023 (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) wins the short track world title at Glentress Forest. (Image credit: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

The mountain biking events officially began with the Downhill at Fort William and Marathons from August 2-6. Following a three-day break, the competition continued with the cross-country categories of the men's and women's E-MTB on August 9 and the short track and Olympic cross-country events from August 10-12 at Glentress Forest.

Nino Schurter anchored Switzerland to another victory in the Mixed Team Relay as the mountain bike racing began in Glentress Forest Park, south of Edinburgh.

Reigning mountain bike world champions in the short track cross-country discipline proved to be the best yet again, as Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) and Sam Gaze (New Zealand) repeated as world champions at Glentress Forest.

In the junior races, Isabella Holmgren (Canada) and Albert Withen Philpsen (Den) secured the world titles for their respective nations. 

In the under-23 cross-country events, Great Britain’s Charlie Aldridge captured the men’s under-23 title, and Samara Maxwell of New Zealand won the women’s U23 title at Glentress Forest.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) added another world title to her palmares by claiming a crushing victory in the elite women’s cross country. It was her fifth XCC world title in total after previous triumphs in 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2022. Loana Lecomte (France) finished second and Puck Pieterse (Netherlands) was third.

Tom Pidcock (Great Britain) soloed to victory in the elite men's cross country to conclude the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.  Winner of the XCC, Sam Gaze (New Zealand) mounted a chase to win the silver ahead of 10-time world champion Nino Schurter (Switzerland), who claimed bronze.

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Mountain Bike World Championships Medals
CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Switzerland 3238
New Zealand 3216
Great Britain 3036
France 25411
Canada 1214
Austria 1102
Germany 1102
Denmark 1012
Netherlands 0112
Italy 0101
Poland 0011
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Mountain Bike
EventGoldSilverBronze
Elite Men E-MTB Cross CountryJory Ryft (Swi)Hugo Pigeon (Fra)Jerome Gilloux (Fra)
Elite Women E-MTB Cross CountryNathalie Schneitter (Swi)Sofia Wiedenroth (Ger)Justine Tonso (Fra)
Cross Country Team RelaySwitzerlandFranceDenmark
Junior Men Cross CountryAlbert Withen Philpsen (Den)Elian Paccagnella (Ita)Ian Ackert (Can)
Junior Women Cross CountryIsabella Holmgren (Can)Marin Lowe (Can)Natalia Grzegorzewska (Pol)
Under-23 Men Cross CountryCharlie Aldridge (GBr)Adrien Boichis (France)Dario Lillo (Switzerland)
Under-23 Women Cross CountrySamara Maxwell (NZl)Ginia Caluori (Swi)Ronja Blōchlinger (Swi)
Elite Women Cross CountryPauline Ferrand-Prévot (Fra) Loana Lecomte (Fra)Puck Pieterse (Ned)
Elite Men Cross CountryTom Pidcock (Gbr)Sam Gaze (NZl)Nino Schurter (Swi)
Elite Men's Cross Country Short TrackSam Gaze (NZl)Victor Koretzky (Fra)Tom Pidcock (GBr)
Elite Women's Cross Country Short TrackPauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra)Puck Pieterse (Ned)Evie Richards (GBr)

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