UCI Road World Cup

The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 and comprising ten one-day events.

"Road Cycling World Cup" redirects here. For the women's Road World Cup, see UCI Women's Road World Cup. For other similarly named events, see UCI World Cups.
UCI Road World Cup
FormerlySuper Prestige Pernod International
SportRoad bicycle racing
Inaugural season1989 (1989)
Ceased2004
Replaced byUCI ProTour
CountriesInternational
Last
champion(s)
Most titles Paolo Bettini (ITA) (3)
Related
competitions

History

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 inauguration of the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits.

Races
Permanent events
Other events

Winners
Year Country Rider Team
1989  Ireland Sean Kelly PDM–Concorde
1990  Italy Gianni Bugno Chateau d'Ax–Salotti
1991  Italy Maurizio Fondriest Panasonic–Sportlife
1992  Germany Olaf Ludwig Panasonic–Sportlife
1993  Italy Maurizio Fondriest Lampre–Polti
1994  Italy Gianluca Bortolami Mapei–CLAS
1995  Belgium Johan Museeuw Mapei–GB–Latexco
1996  Belgium Johan Museeuw Mapei–GB
1997  Italy Michele Bartoli MG Maglificio–Technogym
1998  Italy Michele Bartoli Asics–CGA
1999  Belgium Andrei Tchmil Lotto–Mobistar
2000  Germany Erik Zabel Team Telekom
2001  Netherlands Erik Dekker Rabobank
2002  Italy Paolo Bettini Mapei–Quick-Step
2003  Italy Paolo Bettini Quick-Step–Davitamon
2004  Italy Paolo Bettini Quick-Step–Davitamon

See also
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