- 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships celebrate inclusion
Deputy First Minister attended the Gran Fondo
amateur time trial as the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships
continue across Scotland.
The Scottish Government hopes the world’s biggest ever cycling
competition will motivate people to cycle for sport, recreation
and active travel. The £8 million Cycling Facilities Fund,
delivered in partnership with sportscotland, will create a
network of new accessible facilities that will encourage people
of all ages to ride bikes and enjoy cycling.
In the time trial, cyclists of varying ages and abilities take on
a challenging course that starts in Dundee and takes in parts of
Angus before returning to the city. It follows two Gran Fondo
road races of different lengths in Perth and Kinross last week.
The Deputy First Minister said:
“Hosting the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships is helping us
to showcase Scotland as an inclusive and welcoming nation.
“I hope that these Championships, through its many events such as
the Gran Fondo, will inspire people from all walks of life to
build a more active and healthier Scotland through the power of
the bike.
“We understand the importance of sport and physical activity,
particularly for women and girls in Scotland, and the positive
impact on their physical, mental and social health across all
stages in life – from early years, teenage years, through
adulthood and into later life.”
Background
The Community Cycling Fund is a joint initiative between the 2023
UCI Cycling World Championships, EventScotland and sportscotland.
The fund was developed to celebrate and encourage cycling across
Scotland, particularly among under-represented groups. The
Scottish Government and sportscotland have each committed up to
£4 million of capital funding.
Active Scotland Delivery
Plan
Gran Fondo: Individual
Time Trial
The 2023 UCI Cycling World
Championships are running until 13 August 2023 in
Glasgow and at venues across Scotland. This innovative event
brings together 13 existing cycling world championships for the
first time to create the biggest cycling event in history.
The event is welcoming 8,000 elite and amateur cyclists,
including para-athletes, from more than 120 countries and more
than 200 world champions will be crowned. It will attract around
one million spectators.
The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships are funded by the
Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council, UK Sport and British
Cycling and are delivered in a collaboration between the funders
and UCI, Glasgow Life and VisitScotland with its EventScotland
team through 2023 Cycling World Championships Ltd.
As the road races will travel through a number of local authority
areas there will be significant road closures and the public are
advised to plan journeys ahead of time. Travel advice is
available on the CWC, Twitter
feeds and public transport operator websites,
including www.traffic.gov.scot/uci.
