{"id":907621,"date":"2026-09-24T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/907621\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:24:12","slug":"official-india-to-host-uci-road-world-championships-for-first-time-as-pune-awarded-historic-2032-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/907621\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICIAL: India to host UCI Road World Championships for first time as Pune awarded historic 2032 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Representatives from 117 national federations across five continents attended the Congress, where the UCI also confirmed hosts for a range of World Championships between 2027 and 2034. In total, 19 championships across 11 countries were awarded.<\/p>\n

\"Tadej<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar has won the world title in 2024 and 2025<\/p>\n

Pune set for historic first<\/p>\n

The 2032 Road World Championships will put Pune at the centre of international cycling and give India its first opportunity to host the sport\u2019s premier road racing event.<\/p>\n

UCI president David Lappartient<\/a> highlighted the significance of the decision during the Congress, pointing to the potential for the championships to help grow both competitive cycling and everyday bicycle use in India.<\/p>\n

The scale of the country gives the 2032 event unusual potential beyond the races themselves. India is home to almost a fifth of the global population, and the UCI hopes the championships can act as a catalyst for the development of cycling at both elite and grassroots level.<\/p>\n

UCI expands World Championships calendar<\/p>\n

India\u2019s selection forms part of a wider UCI push to take major championships into a broader range of markets. The newly announced hosts cover Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia, with World Championships awarded across road cycling, track, mountain bike, BMX, gravel, cyclocross and other disciplines.<\/p>\n

Pune will host the Road World Championships in 2032, while the 2034 Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships will take place in the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drenthe.<\/p>\n

France prepares for record-breaking 2027 Worlds<\/p>\n

The Congress also formally presented the 2027 UCI Cycling World Championships, which will take place in Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc, France, from August 25 to September 5.<\/p>\n

That edition will bring together 20 different World Championships, making it the largest cycling event organised to date. The presentation featured Haute-Savoie Departmental Council president Martial Saddier, French Cycling Federation and organising committee president Michel Callot, and five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault, who will serve as an ambassador for the event.<\/p>\n

Before India makes its historic debut as a Road World Championships host in 2032, France will therefore stage another landmark edition of the UCI\u2019s expanded multi-discipline format.<\/p>\n

World Championships awarded by the UCIYearWorld ChampionshipHostCountry2027Mountain Bike Eliminator World ChampionshipsDushanbeTajikistan2027Snow Bike World ChampionshipsCh\u00e2telFrance2027Masters Cyclocross World ChampionshipsMugelloItaly2028Indoor Cycling World ChampionshipsWevelgemBelgium2028Mountain Bike Marathon World ChampionshipsCastroItaly2028Masters Track World ChampionshipsSaint-Quentin-en-YvelinesFrance2028Masters Mountain Bike World ChampionshipsApricaItaly2029Masters Cyclocross World ChampionshipsMugelloItaly2029Masters Track World ChampionshipsSaint-Quentin-en-YvelinesFrance2029Masters Mountain Bike World ChampionshipsApricaItaly2029Mountain Bike Marathon World ChampionshipsAtlixco, PueblaMexico2030BMX Racing World ChampionshipsValmieraLatvia2030Gravel World ChampionshipsTurnhoutBelgium2031Cyclocross World ChampionshipsBenidormSpain2032Cyclocross World ChampionshipsFynDenmark2032BMX Racing World ChampionshipsSaint-Quentin-en-YvelinesFrance2032Mountain Bike World ChampionshipsMont-Sainte-AnneCanada2032Road World ChampionshipsPuneIndia2034Road and Para-cycling Road World ChampionshipsGroningen and DrentheNetherlands<\/p>\n

In 2032, Pune will become the first Indian city to host the UCI Road World Championships, bringing the rainbow jersey races to the country for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Representatives from 117 national federations across five continents attended the Congress, where the UCI also confirmed hosts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,46732,82,15646,30127],"class_list":["post-907621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-david-lappartient","tag-sports","tag-uci","tag-world-championships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}