Discipline | Road cycling Track cycling Mountainbike Cyclo-cross |
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Organiser | FISU |
First edition | 1947 1978 (FISU editions) |
(non FISU editions)
Editions | 3 (non FISU editions) 5 (FISU editions) |
The World University Cycling Championship is a competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which was first held in 1978 in Antwerp, Belgium. Before 1978 there were also World University Championships, but these were not sponsored by the International University Sports Federation. The next edition will be held in Jelenia Gora, Poland in 2014. The championship last five days and could contain events in five cycling sports: road cycling (road race and time trial), track cycling, mountainbike (cross-country and marathon), BMX and Cyclo-Cross.
As part of the Student World Championships: