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Denmark at the UCI Road World Championships

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Denmark at the
UCI Road World Championships
IOC codeDEN
Medals
Gold
19
Silver
19
Bronze
17
Total
55

Denmark at the UCI Road World Championships is an overview of the Danish results at the UCI Road World Championships. The Danish competitors are selected by coaches of the Danish Cycling Federation. Denmark was one of the founding nations of the World Championships, and were the hosts of the first edition ever, the 1921 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen. This event only consisted of one race, the men's amateur road race, in which the Danes also won their first ever medal at the World Championships, a silver medal for Willum Nielsen. Since then, Denmark has won a total of 55 medals at the World Championships, including 19 gold medals. Many of these have been won at home soil in Copenhagen, where six editions of the World Championships have been held (1921, 1931, 1937, 1949, 1956 and 2011).

List of medalists

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Mikkel Bjerg, a record three time under-23 time trial world champion, following his win in 2018.
Henry Hansen, winner of the 1931 men's amateur road race, and Denmark's first ever UCI Road World Champion.
Mads Pedersen, the only Danish winner of the men's professional road race.
Ole Ritter, silver medalist at the 1962 men's amateur road race.
Mads Würtz Schmidt, two time UCI Road World Champion (2011 junior time trial and 2015 under-23 time trial.)

This is a list of all Danish medals (including elite, amateur, under-23 and junior races).

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Medal Championship Name Event
 Silver Denmark 1921 Copenhagen  Willum Nielsen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Bronze Belgium 1930 Liège  Rudolph Risch (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Gold Denmark 1931 Copenhagen  Henry Hansen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Bronze Denmark 1931 Copenhagen  Leo Nielsen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Bronze Belgium 1935 Floreffe  Werner Grundahl Hansen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Denmark 1937 Copenhagen  Frode Sørensen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Germany 1954 Solingen  Hans Andresen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Italy 1962 Salò  Ole Ritter (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Italy 1962 Salò  Denmark (DEN) Men's team time trial
 Gold Germany 1966 Nürburgring  Denmark (DEN) Men's team time trial
 Bronze Germany 1966 Nürburgring  Willy Skibby (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Netherlands 1967 Heerlen  Denmark (DEN) Men's team time trial
 Gold Belgium 1969 Zolder  Leif Mortensen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Belgium 1969 Zolder  Denmark (DEN) Men's team time trial
 Gold United Kingdom 1970 Leicester  Jørgen Schmidt (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver United Kingdom 1970 Leicester  Leif Mortensen (DEN) Men's road race
 Bronze Germany 1978 Nürburg  Jørgen Marcussen (DEN) Men's road race
 Silver Italy 1985 Giavera del Montello  Johnny Weltz (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Bronze Austria 1987 Villach  Alex Pedersen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Gold Italy 1994 Agrigento  Alex Pedersen (DEN) Men's amateur road race
 Silver Spain 1997 San Sebastián  Bo Hamburger (DEN) Men's road race
 Silver Canada 2003 Hamilton  Anders Lund (DEN) Men's junior road race
 Bronze Italy 2004 Verona  Mads Christensen (DEN) Men's under-23 road race
 Bronze Italy 2008 Varese  Matti Breschel (DEN) Men's road race
 Bronze Switzerland 2009 Mendrisio  Linda Villumsen (DEN) Women's time trial
 Silver Australia 2010 Geelong  Matti Breschel (DEN) Men's road race
 Gold Denmark 2011 Copenhagen  Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN) Men's junior time trial
 Silver Denmark 2011 Copenhagen  Rasmus Quaade (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Bronze Denmark 2011 Copenhagen  Christina Siggaard (DEN) Women's junior road race
 Silver Netherlands 2012 Valkenburg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) Women's junior time trial
 Gold Italy 2013 Tuscany  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Women's junior road race
 Silver Italy 2013 Tuscany  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Men's junior road race
 Silver Italy 2013 Tuscany  Mathias Krigbaum (DEN) Men's junior time trial
 Bronze Italy 2013 Tuscany  Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Gold Spain 2014 Ponferrada  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Women's junior road race
 Silver Spain 2014 Ponferrada  Pernille Mathiesen (DEN) Women's junior time trial
 Gold United States 2015 Richmond  Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Bronze United States 2015 Richmond  Rasmus Pedersen (DEN) Men's junior time trial
 Gold Qatar 2016 Doha  Jakob Egholm (DEN) Men's junior road race
 Gold Qatar 2016 Doha  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Women's road race
 Silver Qatar 2016 Doha  Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) Men's junior time trial
 Gold Norway 2017 Bergen  Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Gold Norway 2017 Bergen  Julius Johansen (DEN) Men's junior road race
 Silver Norway 2017 Bergen  Emma Norsgaard (DEN) Women's junior road race
 Bronze Norway 2017 Bergen  Michael Carbel (DEN) Men's under-23 road race
 Bronze Norway 2017 Bergen  Amalie Dideriksen (DEN) Women's road race
 Gold Austria 2018 Innsbruck  Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Bronze Austria 2018 Innsbruck  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Gold United Kingdom 2019 Harrogate  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Men's road race
 Gold United Kingdom 2019 Harrogate  Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Gold Belgium 2021 Flanders  Johan Price-Pejtersen (DEN) Men's under-23 time trial
 Gold Belgium 2021 Flanders  Gustav Wang (DEN) Men's junior time trial
 Bronze Belgium 2021 Flanders  Michael Valgren (DEN) Men's road race
 Gold United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow  Albert Philipsen (DEN) Men's junior road race
 Bronze United Kingdom 2023 Glasgow  Cecilie Uttrup (DEN) Women's road race

Medals by discipline

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Updated following 2021 UCI Road World Championships

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Men's (professional) road race 1 3 3 7
Men's amateur road race 4 5 5 14
Men's time trial 0 0 0 0
Men's team time trial 1 3 0 4
100 km mountains race 0 0 0 0
Women's road race 1 0 2 3
Women's time trial 0 0 1 1
Women's team time trial 0 0 0 0
Men's under-23 road race 0 0 2 2
Men's under-23 time trial 5 1 2 9
Men's junior road race 3 2 0 5
Men's junior time trial 3 2 1 6
Women's junior road race 1 1 1 4
Women's junior time trial 0 2 0 2
Total 18 19 16 53

References

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  1. ^ "UCI Road World Championships". UCI. Retrieved 13 April 2021.