Past winners of the UCI Road World Championships through to 2023

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Elite champions throughout history in elite men's and women's races

Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky wins the final rainbow jersey in the road race of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships
Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) wins the final rainbow jersey of the 2023 UCI Road World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Elite Men Road Race
Year Rider Name (Country)
2023 Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)
2022 Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
2021 Julian Alaphilippe (France)
2020 Julian Alaphilippe (France)
2019 Mads Pedersen (Denmark)
2018 Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
2017 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
2016 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
2015 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
2014 Michał Kwiatkowski (Poland)
2013 Rui Costa (Portugal)
2012 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
2011 Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
2010 Thor Hushovd (Norway)
2009 Cadel Evans (Australia)
2008 Alessandro Ballan (Italy)
2007 Paolo Bettini (Italy)
2006 Paolo Bettini (Italy)
2005 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
2004 Óscar Freire (Spain)
2003 Igor Astarloa (Spain)
2002 Mario Cipollini (Italy)
2001 Óscar Freire (Spain)
2000 Romāns Vainšteins (Latvia)
1999 Óscar Freire (Spain)
1998 Oscar Camenzind (Switzerland)
1997 Laurent Brochard (France)
1996 Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
1995 Abraham Olano (Spain)
1994 Luc Leblanc (France)
1993 Lance Armstrong (United States Of America)
1992 Gianni Bugno (Italy)
1991 Gianni Bugno (Italy)
1990 Rudy Dhaenens (Belgium)
1989 Greg LeMond (United States Of America)
1988 Maurizio Fondriest (Italy)
1987 Stephen Roche (Ireland)
1986 Moreno Argentin (Italy)
1985 Joop Zoetemelk (Netherlands)
1984 Claude Criquielion (Belgium)
1983 Greg LeMond (United States Of America)
1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Italy)
1981 Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
1980 Bernard Hinault (France)
1979 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
1978 Gerrie Knetemann (Netherlands)
1977 Francesco Moser (Italy)
1976 Freddy Maertens (Belgium)
1975 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands)
1974 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
1973 Felice Gimondi (Italy)
1972 Marino Basso (Italy)
1971 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
1970 Jean-Pierre Monseré (Belgium)
1969 Harm Ottenbros (Netherlands)
1968 Vittorio Adorni (Italy)
1967 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
1966 Rudi Altig FRG
1965 Tom Simpson (Great Britain)
1964 Jan Janssen (Netherlands)
1963 Benoni Beheyt (Belgium)
1962 Jean Stablinski (France)
1961 Rik Van Looy (Belgium)
1960 Rik Van Looy (Belgium)
1959 André Darrigade (France)
1958 Ercole Baldini (Italy)
1957 Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium)
1956 Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium)
1955 Stan Ockers (Belgium)
1954 Louison Bobet (France)
1953 Fausto Coppi (Italy)
1952 Heinz Müller FRG
1951 Ferdinand Kübler (Switzerland)
1950 Briek Schotte (Belgium)
1949 Rik Van Steenbergen (Belgium)
1948 Briek Schotte (Belgium)
1947 Theo Middelkamp (Netherlands)
1946 Hans Knecht (Switzerland)
1938 Marcel Kint (Belgium)
1937 Eloi Meulenberg (Belgium)
1936 Antonin Magne (France)
1935 Jean Aerts (Belgium)
1934 Karel Kaers (Belgium)
1933 Georges Speicher (France)
1932 Alfredo Binda (Italy)
1931 Learco Guerra (Italy)
1930 Alfredo Binda (Italy)
1929 Georges Ronsse (Belgium)
1928 Georges Ronsse (Belgium)
1927 Alfredo Binda (Italy)
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Elite Women Road Race
Year Rider Name (Country)
2023 Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
2022 Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands)
2021 Elisa Balsamo (Italy)
2020 Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)
2019 Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands)
2018 Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)
2017 Chantal Blaak (Netherlands)
2016 Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)
2015 Lizzie Armitstead (Great Britain)
2014 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France)
2013 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
2012 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
2011 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
2010 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
2009 Tatiana Guderzo (Italy)
2008 Nicole Cooke (Great Britain)
2007 Marta Bastianelli (Italy)
2006 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
2005 Regina Schleicher (Germany)
2004 Judith Arndt (Germany)
2003 Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden)
2002 Susanne Ljungskog (Sweden)
2001 Rasa Polikevičiūtė (Lithuania)
2000 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Belarus)
1999 Edita Pučinskaitė (Lithuania)
1998 Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuania)
1997 Alessandra Cappellotto (Italy)
1996 Barbara Heeb (Switzerland)
1995 Jeannie Longo (France)
1994 Monica Valvik (Norway)
1993 Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands)
1992 No race
1991 Leontien van Moorsel (Netherlands)
1990 Catherine Marsal (France)
1989 Jeannie Longo (France)
1988 No race
1987 Jeannie Longo (France)
1986 Jeannie Longo (France)
1985 Jeannie Longo (France)
1984 No race
1983 Marianne Berglund (Sweden)
1982 Mandy Jones (Great Britain)
1981 Ute Enzenauer FRG
1980 Beth Heiden (United States Of America)
1979 Petra de Bruijn (Netherlands)
1978 Beate Habetz FRG
1977 Josiane Bost (France)
1976 Keetie van Oosten-Hage (Netherlands)
1975 Tineke Fopma (Netherlands)
1974 Geneviève Gambillon (France)
1973 Nicole Vandenbroeck (Belgium)
1972 Geneviève Gambillon (France)
1971 Anna Konkina URS
1970 Anna Konkina URS
1969 Audrey McElmury (United States Of America)
1968 Keetie van Oosten-Hage (Netherlands)
1967 Beryl Burton (Great Britain)
1966 Yvonne Reynders (Belgium)
1965 Elisabeth Eicholz GDR
1964 Emma Sonka URS
1963 Yvonne Reynders (Belgium)
1962 Marie-Rose Gaillard (Belgium)
1961 Yvonne Reynders (Belgium)
1960 Beryl Burton (Great Britain)
1959 Yvonne Reynders (Belgium)
1958 Elsy Jacobs (Luxembourg)
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