UCI Road World Championships

    Denmark  2011.08.04

    In issue: Stamp(s): 1    Sheet(s): 1   

    Printing: on self adhesive paper

    Issued in: sheet of 36 (6*6) & miniature sheet of 6 stamps

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    6 stamps in 8 kroons.

    In the design of the sheet used schematic biking trails and its main points. One of the points - #11. Mill river

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    The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial.

    The first world championships took place in 1921, though the only event that was contested was the Men's Road Race for Amateurs. The first professional world championship took place in July 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany where Italian Alfredo Binda won the professional men's race and Belgian Jean Aerts won the men's amateur race. The women's road race was introduced in 1958. The time trials in all categories were added in 1994.

    Until 1995, there were separate races for male professional and amateur riders. In 1996, the amateur category was replaced with a category for men under-23 years old with the professional category becoming an open (later elite) category. 

    Since 1995, the race has been held towards the end of the European season in late September, usually following the Vuelta a España. Before that, the event had always been a summer race, held in late August or the first week of September (with the exception of 1970, when it was a mid-season summer event).

    The world championships are located in a different city or region every year. The event can be held over a relatively flat course which favors cycling sprinters or a hilly course which favors a climbing specialist or all-round. In each case the course is usually held on a circuit of which the riders complete multiple laps.

    The world championship and two of the three Grand Tours (namely the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France) form the Triple Crown of Cycling.

    Denmark is hosting the world championships in road cycling for the first time in 55 years.

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    This information has been taken from Wikipedia

    Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 130x221