The UCI B World Championships is the annual world championship

World championship

A world championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best nation, team, individual in the world in a particular field. Certain sports do not have a world championship, instead...

 for Level B bicycle road racing and bicycle time trials organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale

Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland....

 (UCI) for nations with developing competitive pro cycling. The UCI B World Championships includes events for both elite men's and women's in road cycling

Road cycling

Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling. It includes recreational, racing, and utility cycling. Road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same rules and laws as other vehicle drivers or riders and may also be vehicular cyclists....

 and track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

. The first “B” World Championships were held in late 1997 in Ipoh

Ipoh

Ipoh is the capital city of Perak state, Malaysia. It is approximately 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur on the North-South Expressway....

, Malaysia. The event also serves as an opportunity to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Both the road race and individual time trial events are competed by riders organized by national cycling team

Cycling team

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...

s as opposed to commercially sponsored or trade teams, which is the standard in professional cycling.

2007 Results

Events
	Monrudee Chapookham	Gu Sun-Geun Gu Sun-Geun Gu Sun-Geun is an South Korean professional racing cyclist. Having finished third in the road race in the 2007 UCI B Road World Championships and second in the time trial, Gu qualified to represent her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Gu crashed in the road race when she lost...	Ilzi Bole
	Ma Haijun	Chris Froome Chris Froome Chris Froome is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team .Born in Kenya, Froome moved with his family to South Africa as a teenager, and although he began his career registered with the Kenyan cycling federation, since spring 2008 has ridden under a British licence on the...	Evgeny Wacker
	Huang Xiaomei	Gao Min Gao Min (cyclist) Gao Min, born is a Chinese road racing cyclist. She finished 16th in the Women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Palmarès:2002200320072008-References:* Beijing 2008 Team China...	Gu Sun-Geun Gu Sun-Geun Gu Sun-Geun is an South Korean professional racing cyclist. Having finished third in the road race in the 2007 UCI B Road World Championships and second in the time trial, Gu qualified to represent her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Gu crashed in the road race when she lost...
	Ivan Stević Ivan Stevic Ivan Stević is a Serbian professional road bicycle racer for team Partizan SRBIJAN. He turned professional in 2005, riding for the Aerospace Engineering-VMG squad, before joining Toyota-United in 2006...	Erik Hoffman	Alexandre Pliuschin Alexandre Pliuschin Alexandre Pliuschin is a Moldovan road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He won the National Road Race Champion .Pliuschin also represented Moldova in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, having participated in the Men's Road Race and the Men's Individual Pursuit.-Palmares:2004 - U192005 - U19...

External links

• Resuls of 2007 UCI B World Championships