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What is a national championship in cycling?
A national championship is the race that decides the national champion of a country, usually held each year in the road race and the time trial, with separate categories by age and gender.
Most countries hold their national road championships in late June. Riders race for their trade teams, but only riders of that nationality can take part, which can make tactics unusual, since a large team may have several riders in a small field.
The winner earns the right to wear the national champion's jersey, in the colours of their country, in every race of that discipline for the next year. The road champion wears it in road races and the time trial champion in time trials. Many riders say a national title is one of the proudest wins of their career.
There are separate championships for elite riders, under-23 riders and juniors. In some countries, the elite and under-23 riders race together but are classified separately.
National titles also carry UCI points, which can be valuable for riders from smaller cycling nations. Our nation pages, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, show the riders from each country in our database.
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Riders from Bosnia and Herzegovina