MADRID Un record dans lequel la Belgique est celle qui compte le plus grand nombre de champions, avec jusqu’à 25 médailles d’or, classement dans lequel l’Espagne est cinquième avec cinq médailles d’or, dans laquelle Alejandro Valverde est le cycliste avec le plus grand nombre de médailles, sept et dans lequel seuls cinq cyclistes ont pu remporter un maximum de trois titres: Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx, Oscar Freire et Peter Sagan. (mundodeportivo.com)
LES PALMARÉS:
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