In recent years, the UCI Road World Championships have been becoming more global in their locations, visiting countries around the world, and increasingly further away from Europe, where cycling events have long been focused.
From the United States in 2015, Qatar in 2016 and Australia in 2022, the European grip on the World Championships seems finally to be loosening – after the event only took place outside of Europe three times between 1922 and 2000, and still only five times in the 21st century.
