UCI Road World Cup
Published October 7th, 2007 in Uncategorized
The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long road bicycle racing competition comprised to ten one-day events. The competition was inaugurated in 1989, and replaced the Super Prestige Pernod International. In the first three years, the competition was sponsored by Perrier. The competition determined a winning individual, and a winning team
The record number of wins was Paolo Bettini’s three consecutive wins in 2002, 2003, and the last edition in 2004. Three riders won the competition twice: Maurizio Fondriest (1991 and 1993), Johan Museeuw (1995 and 1996) and Michele Bartoli (1997 and 1998).
The competition was run in parallel to the UCI Road World Rankings, which included all UCI sanctioned events. Both were replaced at the end of the 2004 season with the inaugration of the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits.
Palmarès
See also
- UCI Women’s Road World Cup
External links
- Official site (archives)
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