The 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross for the season 2015–16. It was held in Heusden-Zolder in Belgium on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31 January 2016. The championships featured five events, in addition to the men's and women's elite races there was a U23 men's and junior men's races, and for the first time, a U23 women's race.
Participants
Mechanical doping Almost six years since the first allegations of “mechanical doping” in cycling the UCI, during the Women's under-23 race, for the first time in cycling history found evidence of technological fraud when they checked the bicycle of Femke Van den Driessche. The UCI had been testing a new detection system. The offence carries a minimum six-month suspension and a fine of between 20,000 and 200,000 Swiss francs.Rider implicated after motor found on bike at world cyclo-cross championships
Medal summary Medalists Men's eventsMen's elite race 1h 05' 52" +5" +35"Men's under-23 race 51' 18" +1" +5" Men's junior race 43' 05" + 35" + 1' 00" Women's eventsWomen's elite race 41' 03" + 14" + 24"Women's under-23 race 41' 34" + 35" + 47"
Medal table
Broadcasting beIN Sports: Andorra, France, Madagascar, Mauritius, Monaco, France overseas, PAN Middle-East Globosat: Brazil NOS: the Netherlands Rogers Sportsnet: Australia RTBF: Belgium TV2: Norway Universal: the United States Viasat: Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden VRT: Belgium news by SNTV: worldwide news by Perform: worldwide
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