MADRID. A record in which at the country level Belgium is the one with the most champions, with up to 25 gold medals, classification in which Spain is fifth with five golds, in which Alejandro Valverde is the cyclist with the most medals in total, seven , and in which there are only five cyclists who have been able to win a maximum of three titles: Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx, Oscar Freire and Peter Sagan. (mundodeportivo.com)

THE RESULTS:

1927 Nürburgring (Germany)

Alfredo Binda (Ita), gold; Costante Girardengo (Ita), silver and Domenico Piemontesi (Ita), bronze

1928 Budapest (Hungary)

Georges Ronsse (Bel), gold; Herbert Nebe (Ale), silver and Bruno Wolke (Ale), bronze

1929 Zurich (Switzerland)

Georges Ronsse (Gel), gold; Nicolas Frantz (Lux), silver and Alfredo Binda (Ita), bronze

1930 Liege (Belgium)

Alfredo Binda (Ita), gold; Learco Guerra (Ita) silver and Georges Ronsse (Bel), bronze

1931 Copenhagen (Denmark)

Learco Guerra (Ita), gold; Ferdinand le Drogo (Fra), silver and Albert Büchi (Sui), bronze

1932 Rome (Italy)

Alfredo Binda (Ita), gold; Rowing Bertoni (Ita), silver and Nicolas Frantz (Lux), bronze

1933 Montlhéry (France)

Georges Speicher (Fra), gold; Antonin Magne (Fra), silver and Marijn Valentijn (Hol), bronze

1934 Leipzig (Germany)

Karel Kaers (Bel), gold; Learco Guerra (Ita), silver and Gustave Danneels Bel), bronze

1935 Floreffe (Belgium)

Jean Aerts (Bel), gold; Luciano Montero (ESP), silver and Gustave Danneels (Bel), bronze

1936 Bern (Switzerland)

Antonin Magne (Fra), gold; Aldo Bini (Ita), silver and Theo Middelkamp (Hol), brondce

1937 Copenhagen (Denmark)

Eloi Meulenberg (Bel), gold; Emil Kijewski (Ale), silver and Paul Egli (Sui) bronze

1938 Valkenburg (Holland)

Marcel Kint (Bel), gold; Paul Egli (Sui), silver and Leo Amberg (Sui), bronze

1946 Zurich (Switzerland)

Hans Knecht (Sui), gold; Marcel Kint (Bel), silver and Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel), bronze

1947 Reims (France)

Theo Middelkamp (Hol), gold; Albert Sercu (Bel), silver and Jef Janssen (Hol), bronze

1948 Valkenburg (Holland)

Briek Schotte (Bel), gold; Apo Lazarides (Fra), silver and Lucien Teisseire (Fra), bronze

1949 Copenhagen (Denmark)

Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel), gold; Ferdi Kübler (Sui), silver and Fausto Coppi (Ita), bronze

1950 Moorslede (Belgium)

Briek Schotte (Bel), gold; Theo Middelkamp (Hol), silver and Ferdi Kübler (Sui), bronze

1951 Varese (Italy)

Ferdi Kübler (Sui), gold; Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) and Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita), bronze

1952 Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Heinz Müller (Ale), gold; Gottfried Weilenmann (Sui), silver and Ludwig Hörmann (Ale), bronze

1953 Lugano (Switzerland)

Fausto Coppi (Ita), gold; Germain Derijcke (Bel), silver and Stan Ockers (Bel), bronze

1954 Solingen (Germany)

Louison Bobet (Fra), gold; Fritz (Sui), silver and Charly Gaul (Lux), bronze

1955 Frascati (Italy)

Stan Ockers (Bel), gold; Jean-Paul Schmitz (Lux), silver and Germain Derijcke (Bel), bronze

1956 Ballerup (Denmark)

Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel), gold; Rik Van Looy (Bel), silver and Gerrit Schulte (Bel), bronze

1957 Waregem (Belgium)

Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel), gold; Louison Bobet (Fra), silver and André Darrigade (Fra), bronze

1958 Reims (France)

Ercole Baldini (Ita), gold; Louison Bobet (Fra), silver and André Darrigade (Fra), bronze

1959 Zandvoort (Holland)

André Darrigade (Fra), gold; Michele Gismondi (Ita), silver and Noël Foré (Bel), bronze

1960 Sachsenring (Germany)

Rik Van Looy 8Bel), gold; André Darrigade (Fra), silver and Cerami Pine (Bel), bronze

1961 Bern (Switzerland)

Rik Van Looy (Bel), gold; Nino Defilippis (Ita), silver and Raymond Poulidor (Fra), bronze

1962 Saló (Italy)

Jean Stablinski (Fra), gold; Seamus Elliott (Irl), silver and Jos Hoevenaers (Bel), bronze

1963 Ronse (Belgium)

Benoni Beheyt (Bel), gold; Rik Van Looy (Bel), silver and Jo de Haan (Hol), bronze

1964 Sallanches (France)

Jan Janssen (Hol), gold; Vittorio Adorni (Ita), silver and Raymond Poulidor (Fra), bronze

1965 Lasarte (Spain)

Tom Simpson (Gbr), gold; Rudi Altig (Ale), silver and Roger Swerts (Bel), bronze

1966 Nürburgring (Germany)

Rudi Altig (Ale), gold; Jacques Anquetil (Fra), silver and Raymond Poulidor (Fra), bronze

1967 Heerlen (Holland)

Eddy Merckx (Bel), gold; Jan Janssen (Hol), silver and Ramón Sáez (ESP), bronze

1968 Imola (Italy)

Vittorio Adorni (Ita), gold; Herman Van Springel (Bel), silver and Michele Dancelli (Ita), bronze

1969 Zolder (Belgium)

Harm Ottenbros (Hol), gold; Julien Stevens (Bel), silver and Michele Dancelli (Ita), bronze

1970 Leicester (Great Britain)

Jean-Pierre Monseré (Bel), gold; Leif Mortensen (Din), silver and Felice Gimondi (Ita), bronze

1971 Mendrisio (Switzerland)

Eddy Merckx (Bel), gold; Felice Gimondi (Ita), silver and Cyrille Guimard (Fra), bronze

1972 Gap (France)

Marino Basso (Ita), gold; Franco Bitossi (Ita), silver and Cyrille Guimard (Fra), bronze

1973 Barcelona (Spain)

Felice Gimondi (Ita), gold; Freddy Maertens (Bel), silver and Luis Ocaña (ESP), silver

1974 Montreal (Canada)

Eddy Merckx (Bel), gold; Raymond Pousilver and Mariano Martínez (Fra), bronze

1975 Yvoir (Belgium)

Hennie Kuiper (Hol), gold; Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel), silver and Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra), bronze

1976 Ostuni (Italy)

Freddy Maertens (Bel), gold; Francesco Moser (Ita), silver and Tino Conti (Ita), bronze

1977 San Cristobal (Venezuela)

Francesco Moser (Ita), gold; Dietrich Thurau (Ale), silver and Franco Bitossi (Ita), bronze

1978 Nürburgring (Germany)

Gerrie Knetemann (Hol), gold; Francesco Moser (Ita), silver and Jørgen Marcussen (Din), bronze

1979 Valkenburg (Netherlands)

Jan Raas (Hol), gold; Dietrich Thurau (Ale), silver and Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fra), bronze

1980 Sallanches (France)

Bernard Hinault (Fra), gold; Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita), silver and Juan Fernández (ESP), bronze

1981 Prague (Czech Republic)

Freddy Maertens (Bel), gold; Giuseppe Saronni (Ita), silver and Bernard Hinault (Fra), bronze

1982 Goodwood (Great Britain)

Giuseppe Saronni (Ita), gold; Greg LeMond (USA), silver and Sean Kelly (Irl), bronze

1983 Altenrhein (Switzerland)

Greg LeMond (USA), gold; Adrie van der Poel (Hol), silver and Stephen Roche (Irl), bronze

1984 Barcelona (Spain)

Claude Criquielion (Bel), gold; Claudio Corti (Ita), silver and Steve Bauer (Can), bronze

1985 Giavera del Montello (Italy)

Joop Zoetemelk (Hol), gold; Greg LeMond (USA), silver and Moreno Argentin 8Ita), bronze

1986 Colorado Springs (USA)

Moreno Argentin (Ita), gold; Charly Mottet (Fra), silver and Giuseppe Saronni (Ita), bronze

1987 Villach (Austria)

Stephen Roche (Irl), gold; Moreno Argentin (Ita), silver and Juan Fernández (ESP), bronze

1988 Ronse (Belgium)

Maurizio Fondriest (Ita), gold; Martial Gayant (Fra), silver and Juan Fernández (ESP), bronze

1989 Chambery (France)

Greg LeMond (USA), gold; Dmitri Konyshev (Rus), silver and Sean Kelly (Irl), bronze

1990 Utsunomiya (Japan)

Rudy Dhaenens (Bel), gold; Dirk De Wolf (Bel), silver and Gianni Bugno (Ita), bronze

1991 Stuttgart (Germany)

Gianni Bugno (Ita), gold; Steven Rooks (Hol), silver and Miguel Indurain (ESP), bronze

1992 Benidorm (SPAIN)

Gianni Bugno (Ita), gold; Laurent Jalabert (Fra), silver and Dmitri Konyshev (Rus), bronze

1993 Oslo (Norway)

Lance Armstrong (USA), gold; Miguel Indurain (ESP), silver and Olaf Ludwig (Ale), bronze

1994 Agrigento (Italy)

Luc Leblanc (Fra), gold; Claudio Chiappucci (Ita), silver and Richard Virenque (Fra), bronze

1995 Duitama (Colombia)

Abraham Olano (SPAIN), gold; Miguel Indurain (ESP), silver and Marco Pantani (Ita), bronze

1996 Lugano (Switzerland)

Johan Museeuw (Bel), gold; Mauro Gianetti (Sui), silver and Michele Bartoli (Ita), bronze

1997 San Sebastián (SPAIN)

Laurent Brochard (Fra), gold; Bo Hamburger (Din), silver and Léon van Bon (Hol), bronze

1998 Valkenburg (The Netherlands)

Oscar Camenzind (Sui), gold; Peter Van Petegem (Bel) and Michele Bartoli (Ita), bronze

1999 Verona (Italy)

Oscar Freire (ESP), gold; Markus Zberg (Sui), silver and Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra), bronze

2000 Plouay (France)

Romāns Vainšteins (Fra), gold; Zbigniew Spruch (Pol), silver and Oscar Freire (ESP), bronze

2001 Lisbon (Portugal)

Oscar Freire (ESP), gold; Paolo Bettini (Ita), silver and Andrej Hauptman (Ale), bronze

2002 Zolder (Belgium)

Mario Cipollini (Ita), gold; Robbie McEwen (Aus), silver and Erik Zabel (Ale), bronze

2003 Hamilton (Canada)

Igor Astarloa (ESP), gold; Alejandro Valverde (ESP), silver and Peter Van Petegem Bel), bronze

2004 Verona (Italy)

Oscar Freire (ESP), gold; Erik Zabel (Ale), silver and Luca Paolini (Ita), bronze

2005 Madrid (Spain)

Tom Boonen (Bel), gold; Alejandro Valverde (ESP), silver and Anthony Geslin (Fra), bronze

2006 Salzburg (Austria)

Paolo Bettini (Ita), gold; Erik Zabel (Ale), silver and Alejandro Valverde (ESP), bronze

2007 Stuttgart (Germany)

Paolo Bettini (Ita), gold; Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus), silver and Stefan Schumacher (Ale), bronze

2008 Varese (Italy)

Alessandro Ballan (Ita), gold; Damiano Cunego (Ita), silver and Matti Breschel (Din), bronze

2009 Mendrisio (Switzerland)

Cadel Evans (Aus), gold; Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus), silver and Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodríguez (ESP), bronze

2010 Melbourne (Australia)

Thor Hushovd (Nor), gold; Matti Breschel (Din), silver and Allan Davis (Aus), bronze

2011 Copenhagen (Denmark)

Mark Cavendish (Gbr), gold; Matthew Goss (Aus), silver and André Greipel (Ale), bronze

2012 Valkenburg (Holland)

Philippe Gilbert (Bel), gold; Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), silver and Alejandro Valverde (ESP), bronze

2013 Florence (Italy)

Rui Costa (Por), gold; Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodríguez (ESP), silver and Alejandro Valverde (ESP), bronze

2014 Ponferrada (Spain)

Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol), gold; Simon Gerrans (Aus), silver and Alejandro Valverde (ESP), bronze

2015 Richmond (USA)

Peter Sagan (Esl), gold; Michael Matthews (Aus), silver and Ramūnas Navardauskas (Lit), bronze

2016 Doha (Qatar)

Peter Sagan (Esl), gold; Mark Cavendish (Gbr), silver and Tom Boonen (Bel), bronze

2017 Bergen (Norway)

Peter Sagan (Esl), gold; Alexander Kristoff (Nor), silver and Michael Matthews (Aus), bronze

2018 Innsbruck (Austria)

Alejandro Valverde (ESP), gold; Romain Bardet (Fra), silver and Michael Woods (Can), bronze