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{{short description|Colored jersey for the reigning World Champion in cycling}}
{{short description|Colored jersey for the reigning World Champion in cycling}}
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{{About|the jersey worn by the world champion in cycling|the Astros uniform worn in the 1970s|Houston Astros}}
{{About|the jersey worn by the world champion in cycling|the Astros uniform worn in the 1970s|Houston Astros}}
[[File:GP Isbergues 2013 - Gilbert 1 (cropped).JPG|thumb|upright|The [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|2012 world road race]] champion [[Philippe Gilbert]] wearing the rainbow jersey.]]
[[File:GP Isbergues 2013 - Gilbert 1 (cropped).JPG|thumb|upright|The [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|2012 world road race]] champion [[Philippe Gilbert]] wearing the rainbow jersey.]]
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[[File:2012-Katrin-Schultheis cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Katrin Schultheis]] wearing the rainbow jersey for [[artistic cycling]]]]
[[File:2012-Katrin-Schultheis cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Katrin Schultheis]] wearing the rainbow jersey for [[artistic cycling]]]]
[[File:Stefan Nimke WM 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Stefan Nimke]], [[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial|2012 men's 1 km time trial world champion]] wearing the track rainbow jersey]]
[[File:Stefan Nimke WM 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Stefan Nimke]], [[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial|2012 men's 1 km time trial world champion]] wearing the track rainbow jersey]]
[[File:Wout Van Aert (2017-02-01) - World Champion.jpg|thumb|upright|[[2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|2016]], [[2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|2017]], [[2018 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|2018]] World Champion cyclo-cross [[Wout van Aert]] wearing the rainbow jersey]]


The '''rainbow jersey''' is the distinctive [[cycling jersey|jersey]] worn by the reigning [[World Cycling Championship|world champion]] in a cycling discipline, since 1927. The jersey is predominantly white with five horizontal bands in the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] colours around the chest. From the bottom up the colours are: green, yellow, black, red and blue; the same colours that appear in the rings on the [[Olympic flag]]. The tradition is applied to all disciplines, including [[road bicycle racing|road racing]], [[track cycling|track racing]], [[cyclo-cross]], [[BMX]], Trials and the disciplines within [[mountain biking]].
The '''rainbow jersey''' is the distinctive [[cycling jersey|jersey]] worn by the reigning [[World Cycling Championship|world champion]] in a cycling discipline, since 1927. The jersey is predominantly white with five horizontal bands in the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] colours around the chest. From the bottom up the colours are: green, yellow, black, red and blue; the same colours that appear in the rings on the [[Olympic flag]]. The tradition is applied to all disciplines, including [[road bicycle racing|road racing]], [[track cycling|track racing]], [[cyclo-cross]], [[BMX]], Trials and the disciplines within [[mountain biking]].
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| rowspan=3|[[UCI Road World Championships|Road]]
| rowspan=3|[[UCI Road World Championships|Road]]
| Road race
| Road race
| {{flagathlete|[[Remco Evenepoel]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Tadej Pogačar]]|SLO}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Annemiek van Vleuten]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lotte Kopecky]]|BEL}}
| rowspan=3|August 2023
| rowspan=3|September 2025
|-
|-
| Time trial
| Time trial
| {{flagathlete|[[Tobias Foss]]|NOR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Remco Evenepoel]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ellen van Dijk]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Grace Brown (cyclist)|Grace Brown]]|AUS}}
|-
|-
| Mixed relay
| Mixed relay
| colspan=2 align=center | {{SUI}} {{ubl|[[Mauro Schmid]]|[[Stefan Küng]]|[[Stefan Bissegger]]|[[Elise Chabbey]]| [[Marlen Reusser]]|[[Nicole Koller]]}}
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|AUS}}<br />[[Michael Matthews (cyclist)|Michael Matthews]]<br />[[Ben O'Connor (cyclist)|Ben O'Connor]]<br />[[Jay Vine]]<br />[[Grace Brown (cyclist)|Grace Brown]]<br />[[Brodie Chapman]]<br />[[Ruby Roseman-Gannon]]
|-
|-
| rowspan=11|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|Track]]
| rowspan=11|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|Track]]
| Sprint
| Sprint
| {{flagathlete|[[Harrie Lavreysen]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Harrie Lavreysen]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Emma Hinze]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Emma Finucane]]|GBR}}
| rowspan=11| October 2022
| rowspan=11|October 2024
|-
|-
| Team sprint
| Team sprint
| {{flagcountry|NED}}<br>[[Roy van den Berg]]<br>[[Harrie Lavreysen]]<br>[[Jeffrey Hoogland]]
| {{flagcountry|NED}}<br />[[Roy van den Berg]]<br />[[Harrie Lavreysen]]<br />[[Jeffrey Hoogland]]
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br>[[Pauline Grabosch]]<br>[[Lea Friedrich]]<br>[[Emma Hinze]]
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br />[[Pauline Grabosch]]<br />[[Emma Hinze]]<br />[[Lea Friedrich]]
|-
|-
| Time trial
| Time trial
| {{flagathlete|[[Jeffrey Hoogland]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Jeffrey Hoogland]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lea Friedrich]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Emma Hinze]]|GER}}
|-
|-
| Keirin
| Keirin
| {{flagathlete|[[Azizulhasni Awang]]|MAS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Kevin Quintero]]|COL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lea Friedrich]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ellesse Andrews]]|NZL}}
|-
|-
| Individual pursuit
| Individual pursuit
| {{flagathlete|[[Ashton Lambie]]|USA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Filippo Ganna]]|ITA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lisa Brennauer]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Chloé Dygert]]|USA}}
|-
|-
| Team pursuit
| Team pursuit
| {{flagcountry|ITA}}<br>[[Liam Bertazzo]]<br>[[Simone Consonni]]<br>[[Filippo Ganna]]<br>[[Jonathan Milan]]<br>''[[Francesco Lamon]]''
| {{flagcountry|DEN}}<br />[[Niklas Larsen]]<br />[[Carl-Frederik Bévort]]<br />[[Lasse Norman Leth]]<br />[[Rasmus Pedersen]]<br />''[[Frederik Rodenberg]]''
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br>[[Franziska Brauße]]<br>[[Lisa Brennauer]]<br>[[Mieke Kröger]]<br>[[Laura Süßemilch]]
| {{flagcountry|GBR}}<br />[[Katie Archibald]]<br />[[Elinor Barker]]<br />[[Josie Knight]]<br />[[Anna Morris]]<br />''[[Megan Barker]]''
|-
|-
| Scratch race
| Scratch race
| {{flagathlete|[[Donavan Grondin]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[William Tidball]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Martina Fidanza]]|ITA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Jennifer Valente]]|USA}}
|-
|-
| Points race
| Points race
| {{flagathlete|[[Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)|Benjamin Thomas]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Aaron Gate]]|NZL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lotte Kopecky]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lotte Kopecky]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
| Elimination race
| Elimination race
| {{flagathlete|[[Elia Viviani]]|ITA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ethan Vernon]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Letizia Paternoster]]|ITA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lotte Kopecky]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
| Madison
| Madison
| {{flagcountry|DEN}}<br>[[Lasse Norman Hansen]]<br>[[Michael Mørkøv]]
| {{flagcountry|NED}}<br />[[Jan Willem van Schip]]<br />[[Yoeri Havik]]
| {{flagcountry|NED}}<br>[[Kirsten Wild]]<br>[[Amy Pieters]]
| {{flagcountry|GBR}}<br />[[Neah Evans]]<br />[[Elinor Barker]]
|-
|-
| Omnium
| Omnium
| {{flagathlete|[[Ethan Hayter]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Iúri Leitão]]|POR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Katie Archibald]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Jennifer Valente]]|USA}}
|-
|-
| [[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|Cyclo-cross]]
| [[UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|Cyclo-cross]]
| Elite
| Elite
| {{flagathlete|[[Tom Pidcock]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mathieu van der Poel]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Marianne Vos]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Fem van Empel]]|NED}}
| January 2024
⚫
| [[2023 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|January 2023]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|Mountain bike]]
| rowspan="9" |[[UCI Mountain Bike World Championships|Mountain bike]]
| Cross-country Olympic
| Cross-country Olympic
| {{flagathlete|[[Nino Schurter]]|SUI}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Tom Pidcock]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Pauline Ferrand-Prévot]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Pauline Ferrand-Prévot]]|FRA}}
| rowspan="5" |August 2023
| rowspan="5"|August/September 2024
|-
|-
| Cross-country short track
| Cross-country short track
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|-
|-
| E-MTB Cross-country
| E-MTB Cross-country
| {{flagathlete|[[Jérôme Gilloux]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Joris Ryf]]|SUI}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Nicole Göldi]]|SUI}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Nathalie Schneitter]]|SUI}}
|-
|-
| Cross-country relay
| Cross-country relay
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|SUI}}<br>[[Dario Lillo]]<br>[[Khalid Sidahmed]]<br>[[Ramona Forchini]]<br>[[Ronja Blochlinger]]<br>[[Anina Hutter]]<br>[[Nino Schurter]]
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|SUI}}<br />[[Dario Lillo]]<br />[[Nicolas Halter]]<br />[[Linda Indergand]]<br />[[Ronja Blöchlinger]]<br />[[Anina Hutter]]<br />[[Nino Schurter]]
|-
|-
| Downhill
| Downhill
| {{Flagathlete|[[Loïc Bruni]]|FRA}}
| {{Flagathlete|[[Charlie Hatton]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Valentina Höll]]|AUT}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Valentina Höll]]|AUT}}
|-
|-
|[[Cross-country eliminator]]
| [[Cross-country eliminator]]
|{{Flagathlete|[[Titouan Perrin-Ganier]]|FRA}}
| {{Flagathlete|[[Jeroen van Eck]]|NED}}
|{{Flagathlete|[[Gaia Tormena]]|ITA}}
| {{Flagathlete|[[Gaia Tormena]]|ITA}}
| TBD 2025
|Oktober 2022
|-
|-
| [[Four-cross]]
| [[Four-cross]]
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|-
|-
| [[UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships|Marathon]]
| [[UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships|Marathon]]
| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Seewald]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Henrique Avancini]]|BRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mona Mitterwallner]]|AUT}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Mona Mitterwallner]]|AUT}}
| September 2022
| September 2024
⚫
|-
| [[Pump track]]
⚫
| {{flagathlete|[[Niels Bensink]]|NED}}
⚫
| {{flagathlete|[[Christa von Niederhäusern]]|SUI}}
| November 2024
|-
|-
| [[UCI BMX World Championships|BMX racing]]
| [[UCI BMX World Championships|BMX racing]]
| Elite
| Elite
| {{flagathlete|[[Simon Marquart]]|SUI}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Romain Mahieu]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Felicia Stancil]]|USA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Beth Shriever]]|GBR}}
| August 2023
| May 2024
|-
|-
| rowspan=6|[[UCI Urban Cycling World Championships|Urban]]
| rowspan="6" |[[UCI Urban Cycling World Championships|Urban]]
| BMX freestyle park
| BMX freestyle park
| {{flagathlete|[[Logan Martin (BMX rider)|Logan Martin]]|AUS}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Kieran Reilly]]|GBR}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Hannah Roberts (cyclist)|Hannah Roberts]]|USA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Hannah Roberts (cyclist)|Hannah Roberts]]|USA}}
| rowspan=2|TBD
| rowspan=6|2024
|-
|-
| BMX freestyle flatland
| BMX freestyle flatland
| {{flagathlete|[[Matthias Dandois]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Yu Shoji]]|JPN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Irina Sadovnik]]|AUT}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Aude Cassagne]]|FRA}}
⚫
|-
| [[Cross-country eliminator]]
⚫
| {{flagathlete|[[Simon Gegenheimer]]|GER}}
⚫
| {{flagathlete|[[Gaia Tormena]]|ITA}}
| 2022
|-
|-
| 20 inch trials
| 20 inch trials
| {{flagathlete|[[Borja Conejos]]|ESP}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Alejandro Montalvo]]|ESP}}
| rowspan=2 | ''Not applicable''
| rowspan=2 | ''Not applicable''
| rowspan=3|TBD
|-
|-
| 26 inch trials
| 26 inch trials
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| Open trials
| Open trials
| ''Not applicable''
| ''Not applicable''
| {{flagathlete|[[Vera Barón]]|ESP}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Nina Reichenbach]]|GER}}
|-
| Mixed team
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|ESP}}<br />[[Borja Conejos]]<br />[[Daniel Barón (cyclist)|Daniel Barón]]<br />[[Daniel Cegarra]]<br />[[Víctor Pérez (cyclist)|Víctor Pérez]]<br />[[Vera Barón]]
|-
|-
| rowspan=5|[[UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships|Artistic]]
| rowspan=5|[[UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships|Artistic]]
| Single
| Single
| {{flagathlete|[[Lukas Kohl]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Lukas Kohl]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Milena Slupina]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ramona Dandl]]|GER}}
| rowspan=5 | November 2022
| rowspan=5 | TBD
|-
|-
| Open four
| Open four
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|GER}}<br>[[Nora Erbenich]]<br>[[Sabrina Born]]<br>[[Hannah Rohrwick]]<br>[[Annika Furch]]
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|SUI}}<br />[[Stefanie Moos]]<br />[[Vanessa Hotz]]<br />[[Flavia Schürmann]]<br />[[Carole Ledergerber]]
|-
|-
| Pairs
| Pairs
| ''Not applicable''
| ''Not applicable''
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br>[[Selina Marquardt]]<br>[[Helen Vordermeier]]
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br />[[Selina Marquardt]]<br />[[Helen Vordermeier]]
|-
|-
| Mixed pairs
| Open pairs
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|GER}}<br>[[Serafin Schefold]]<br>[[Max Hanselmann]]
| colspan=2 align=center | {{flagcountry|GER}}<br />[[Serafin Schefold]]<br />[[Max Hanselmann]]
|-
|-
| [[Cycle ball]]
| [[Cycle ball]]
|{{flagcountry|GER}}<br>[[Gerhard Mlady]]<br>[[Bernd Mlady]]
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br />[[André Kopp]]<br />[[Raphael Kopp]]
| {{flagcountry|GER}}<br />[[Claire Feyler]]<br />[[Nadine Jacqueline Weber]]
| ''Not applicable''
|-
⚫
| [[UCI Gravel World Championships|Gravel]]
| Elite
| {{flagathlete|[[Mathieu Van Der Poel]]|NED}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Marianne Vos]]|NED}}
| October 2025
|}
|}
[[File:Wereldkampioenentrui, lint en pet van Jean-Pierre Monseré, Leicester, 1970 (collectie KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport).jpg|thumb|Rainbow Jersey of [[Jean-Pierre Monseré]] won in 1970, [[Leicester]] (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)]]
[[File:Wereldkampioenentrui, lint en pet van Jean-Pierre Monseré, Leicester, 1970 (collectie KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport).jpg|thumb|Rainbow Jersey of [[Jean-Pierre Monseré]] won in 1970, [[Leicester]] (collection [[KOERS Museum]] of Cycle Racing)]]


==Curse of the rainbow jersey==
==Curse of the rainbow jersey==
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==Designs==
==Designs==
In the past, each discipline had its own variation of the jersey.<ref>[http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/17/01/66/20150101-BrochuremaillotsENG_English.pdf UCI regulation 1.3.062]</ref> Since the [[2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|2016 Cyclo-cross Worlds]], the 'classic' jersey without symbols (previously reserved for the road race and paracycling road race) was assigned to all disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/UCI_cycling/status/692738846207971328|title=UCI on Twitter}}</ref>
In the past, each discipline had its own variation of the jersey.<ref>[http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/17/01/66/20150101-BrochuremaillotsENG_English.pdf UCI regulation 1.3.062]</ref> Since the [[2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships|2016 Cyclo-cross Worlds]], the 'classic' jersey without symbols (previously reserved for the road race and paracycling road race) was assigned to all disciplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/UCI_cycling/status/692738846207971328|title=UCI on Twitter}}</ref>

== World Cup version ==
The [[UCI Road World Cup]] (1989–2004) leader wore a rainbow jersey with a vertical rainbow.

While the world champion wore the jersey in all events of the year in the specialization of his world title (the road champion wore it only in mass start road events, not, for example, in time trials or in track events), the World Cup leader wore it only in World Cup races.

[[File:Jersey worldcup.svg|180x180px|thumb|World Cup Leader jersey]]


==Other sports==
==Other sports==
Rainbow jersey colors have been used unofficially by [[triathlon]], [[speed skating]] and [[Crashed Ice]] world champions.
Rainbow jersey colours have been used unofficially by [[triathlon]], [[speed skating]] and [[Crashed Ice]] world champions.


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 03:13, 19 November 2024

This article is about the jersey worn by the world champion in cycling. For the Astros uniform worn in the 1970s, see Houston Astros.
The 2012 world road race champion Philippe Gilbert wearing the rainbow jersey.
The 2013 world time trial champion Ellen van Dijk wearing the time trial rainbow jersey
Katrin Schultheis wearing the rainbow jersey for artistic cycling
Stefan Nimke, 2012 men's 1 km time trial world champion wearing the track rainbow jersey

The rainbow jersey is the distinctive jersey worn by the reigning world champion in a cycling discipline, since 1927. The jersey is predominantly white with five horizontal bands in the UCI colours around the chest. From the bottom up the colours are: green, yellow, black, red and blue; the same colours that appear in the rings on the Olympic flag. The tradition is applied to all disciplines, including road racing, track racing, cyclo-cross, BMX, Trials and the disciplines within mountain biking. A world champion must wear the jersey when competing in the same discipline, category and speciality for which the title was won. For example, the world road race champion would wear the garment while competing in stage races (except for time trial stages) and one-day races, but would not be entitled to wear it during time trials. Similarly, on the track, the world individual pursuit champion would only wear the jersey when competing in other individual pursuit events.[1] In team events, such as the team pursuit, each member of the team must wear the rainbow jersey, but would not wear it while racing in, say, points races or other track disciplines. If the holder of a rainbow jersey becomes leader of a stage race or a category within it, that leadership jersey takes precedence. Failure to wear the rainbow jersey where required carries a penalty of a fine.[2]

After the end of a rider's time as champion, they are eligible to wear piping in the same rainbow pattern on the collar and cuffs of their jersey for the remainder of their career.

Reigning world champions

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The reigning world champions (elite only) are as follows:

Discipline Event World Champion Men World Champion Women Next Championships
Road Road race  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) September 2025
Time trial  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Grace Brown (AUS)
Mixed relay  Australia
Michael Matthews
Ben O'Connor
Jay Vine
Grace Brown
Brodie Chapman
Ruby Roseman-Gannon
Track Sprint  Harrie Lavreysen (NED)  Emma Finucane (GBR) October 2024
Team sprint  Netherlands
Roy van den Berg
Harrie Lavreysen
Jeffrey Hoogland 		 Germany
Pauline Grabosch
Emma Hinze
Lea Friedrich
Time trial  Jeffrey Hoogland (NED)  Emma Hinze (GER)
Keirin  Kevin Quintero (COL)  Ellesse Andrews (NZL)
Individual pursuit  Filippo Ganna (ITA)  Chloé Dygert (USA)
Team pursuit  Denmark
Niklas Larsen
Carl-Frederik Bévort
Lasse Norman Leth
Rasmus Pedersen
Frederik Rodenberg 		 Great Britain
Katie Archibald
Elinor Barker
Josie Knight
Anna Morris
Megan Barker
Scratch race  William Tidball (GBR)  Jennifer Valente (USA)
Points race  Aaron Gate (NZL)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Elimination race  Ethan Vernon (GBR)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Madison  Netherlands
Jan Willem van Schip
Yoeri Havik 		 Great Britain
Neah Evans
Elinor Barker
Omnium  Iúri Leitão (POR)  Jennifer Valente (USA)
Cyclo-cross Elite  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Fem van Empel (NED) January 2024
Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic  Tom Pidcock (GBR)  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) August/September 2024
Cross-country short track  Sam Gaze (NZL)  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
E-MTB Cross-country  Joris Ryf (SUI)  Nathalie Schneitter (SUI)
Cross-country relay   Switzerland
Dario Lillo
Nicolas Halter
Linda Indergand
Ronja Blöchlinger
Anina Hutter
Nino Schurter
Downhill  Charlie Hatton (GBR)  Valentina Höll (AUT)
Cross-country eliminator  Jeroen van Eck (NED)  Gaia Tormena (ITA) TBD 2025
Four-cross  Tomáš Slavík (CZE)  Michaela Hájková (CZE) TBD
Marathon  Henrique Avancini (BRA)  Mona Mitterwallner (AUT) September 2024
Pump track  Niels Bensink (NED)  Christa von Niederhäusern (SUI) November 2024
BMX racing Elite  Romain Mahieu (FRA)  Beth Shriever (GBR) May 2024
Urban BMX freestyle park  Kieran Reilly (GBR)  Hannah Roberts (USA) 2024
BMX freestyle flatland  Yu Shoji (JPN)  Aude Cassagne (FRA)
20 inch trials  Alejandro Montalvo (ESP) Not applicable
26 inch trials  Jack Carthy (GBR)
Open trials Not applicable  Nina Reichenbach (GER)
Mixed team  Spain
Borja Conejos
Daniel Barón
Daniel Cegarra
Víctor Pérez
Vera Barón
Artistic Single  Lukas Kohl (GER)  Ramona Dandl (GER) TBD
Open four   Switzerland
Stefanie Moos
Vanessa Hotz
Flavia Schürmann
Carole Ledergerber
Pairs Not applicable  Germany
Selina Marquardt
Helen Vordermeier
Open pairs  Germany
Serafin Schefold
Max Hanselmann
Cycle ball  Germany
André Kopp
Raphael Kopp 		 Germany
Claire Feyler
Nadine Jacqueline Weber
Gravel Elite  Mathieu Van Der Poel (NED)  Marianne Vos (NED) October 2025
Rainbow Jersey of Jean-Pierre Monseré won in 1970, Leicester (collection KOERS Museum of Cycle Racing)

Curse of the rainbow jersey

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The curse of the rainbow jersey is a popular term to refer to the phenomenon where cyclists who have become World Champion often suffer from poor luck the next year – though, in some cases, the 'bad luck' was brought on by their own actions.

In 2015 an article by epidemiologist Thomas Perneger examining the curse was published in The BMJ. The study was based on statistical analysis of the results of World Road Champions and winners of the Giro di Lombardia (which was used as a comparison) in the riders' winning seasons and for the two years afterwards (to enable comparison of results before, during and after the supposed curse was in effect). The patterns of data were compared to four statistical models: the "spotlight effect", based on the theory that the apparent curse is due to increased public attention on the World Champion rather than a decline in success; the "marked man" hypothesis, which stipulates that the current wearer of the jersey is more closely marked by rivals during their year as champion; the "regression to the mean" model, which supposes that random variation in success rates will mean that a highly successful season for a rider is likely to be followed by less successful years; and a model combining the last two theories. The study found that the regression to the mean model was the one that fit the data best, for winners of both the World Championship and Il Lombardia, concluding that the curse probably does not exist. The author related the idea of the curse to medical professionals conflating correlation with causation when considering the effect of treatment on a patient.[3]

Designs

[edit]

In the past, each discipline had its own variation of the jersey.[4] Since the 2016 Cyclo-cross Worlds, the 'classic' jersey without symbols (previously reserved for the road race and paracycling road race) was assigned to all disciplines.[5]

World Cup version

[edit]

The UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) leader wore a rainbow jersey with a vertical rainbow.

While the world champion wore the jersey in all events of the year in the specialization of his world title (the road champion wore it only in mass start road events, not, for example, in time trials or in track events), the World Cup leader wore it only in World Cup races.

World Cup Leader jersey

Other sports

[edit]

Rainbow jersey colours have been used unofficially by triathlon, speed skating and Crashed Ice world champions.

See also

[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rainbow cycling jerseys.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ UCI regulation 1.3.063
  2. ^ UCI regulation 1.3.072
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  4. ^ UCI regulation 1.3.062
  5. ^ "UCI on Twitter".
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