The cycling champions

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

Salzburg,  Austria

Madrid, Spain

Bardolino,  Italy

Hamilton,  Canada

Zolder/Hasselt,  Belgium

Lisbon,  Portugal

Plouay,  France

Treviso,  Italy

Valkenburg,  Netherlands

San Sebastian, Spain

Lugano,  Switzerland

Paipa-Tunja,  Colombia

Catania,  Italy

Fabian Cancellara

Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers

Santiago Botero

Jan Ullrich

Serhiy Honchar

Jan Ullrich

Abraham Olano

Laurent Jalabert

Alex Zlle

Miguel Indurain

Chris Boardman

Switzerland

 Australia

 Australia

 Australia

Colombia

Germany

 Ukraine

 Germany

Spain

 France

 Switzerland

Spain

United Kingdom

The UCI Road World Championships, referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial.

• The winner of the UCI Road World Championships Road Race is considered the World Cycling Champion (or World Road Cycling Champion) and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'massed start' road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance.

• The winner of the UCI Road World Championships Time Trial is considered the World Time Trial Champion and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in individual time trial (ITT) events or stages (for example, the prologue and ITT stages at the Tour de France or other stage races).

Both the road race and individual time trial events are competed by riders organized by national cycling teams versus commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.