16 June 2017 – Road World Cycling Championships

Several municipalities are sharing the event, and Bergen and Hordaland are set to show that they are prepared and ready for one of the largest championships in the world! The idea is to create a sports celebration, like Norway has done so many times before.

In total, the UCI Road World Championships will include 12 events with more than 1,100 participants from 80 countries. Cycling attracts a world-wide audience, and this audience follows cycling events on TV across the globe. It is estimated that approximately 300 million people will follow the TV broadcast of the championships. The organiser hopes that around

500,000 people will come in person to watch the championships in the Bergen region, which also includes Fjell, Askøy and Øygarden. The mass start will go through downtown Bergen via Loddefjord and around northern Sotra.

Bergen competed with Innsbruck, Melbourne and Bogota to host the event, and the city was announced the winner in September 2014.

Facts:

UCI Road World Championships 2017:
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Date of issue: 16 June 2017
Values and subjects: A Domestic: Cyclists in West Norwegian fjord landscape                                 
A Domestic: Cyclists in West Norwegian fjord landscape Design and illustrations: Ragnar Aalbu
Method of printing: Offset
Printing house: Joh. Enschedé Security Print