Urban Cycling World Championships

Sport Cycling
Competition Category World Championships
Years 2017—2025
Editions 8
Competitors 137
Countries 22

These championships consist of the following mountain biking and BMX competitions:
–MTB: cross-country eliminator (2017-2018); trials 20″ men, 26″ men, women and mixed team (since 2017; in 2021 were disputed separately at the World Trials Championships).
–BMX Freestyle: park (since 2017) and flatland (since 2019).
The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
2017 Urban Cycling World Championships Chengdu CHN 8 – 12 November 2017 10 38 10
2018 Urban Cycling World Championships Chengdu CHN 7 – 11 November 2018 10 32 9
2019 Urban Cycling World Championships Chengdu CHN 6 – 10 November 2019 10 35 11
2021 Urban Cycling World Championships Montpellier FRA 5 – 8 June 2021 4 12 9
2022 Urban Cycling World Championships Abu Dhabi UAE 9 – 13 November 2022 10 34 10
2023 Urban Cycling World Championships Glasgow GBR 5 – 12 August 2023 10 34 11
2024 Urban Cycling World Championships Abu Dhabi UAE 17 – 21 December 2024 10 35 12
2025 Urban Cycling World Championships Riyadh KSA 4 – 8 November 2025 8 34 10

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Spain ESP 19 17 13 49
2 France FRA 13 12 17 42
3 Great Britain GBR 9 3 7 19
4 Germany GER 8 10 8 26
5 United States USA 8 4 6 18
6 Japan JPN 6 8 5 19
7 Australia AUS 4 2 3 9
8 Austria AUT 3 0 1 4
9 Switzerland SUI 1 4 1 6
10 China CHN 1 3 3 7
11 Czech Republic CZE 1 1 1 3
12 Sweden SWE 0 2 1 3
13 Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
= Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
15 Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
= Brazil BRA 0 1 0 1
= Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
= Costa Rica CRC 0 1 0 1
= Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
20 Finland FIN 0 0 3 3
21 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Croatia CRO 0 0 1 1