UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's under-23 race

The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's Under-23 Cyclo-cross is the annual world championship in the discipline of cyclo-cross for women aged 23 or under, organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. The event was first run in 2016. The winner has the right to wear the rainbow jersey for a full year when competing in Under-23 cyclo-cross events.

UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's under-23 race

Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date	End of January, beginning of February
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Type	One-day
Organiser	UCI
History
First edition	2016 (2016)
Editions	9 (as of 2024)
First winner	Evie Richards (GBR)
Most wins	Evie Richards (GBR) (2 wins)
Most recent	Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)

Palmarès

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016	Evie Richards (GBR)	Nikola Nosková (CZE)	Maud Kaptheijns (NED)
2017	Annemarie Worst (NED)	Ellen Noble (USA)	Evie Richards (GBR)
2018	Evie Richards (GBR)	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)	Nadja Heigl (AUT)
2019	Inge van der Heijden (NED)	Fleur Nagengast (NED)	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED)
2020	Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA)	Blanka Vas (HUN)	Anna Kay (GBR)
2021	Fem van Empel (NED)	Anniek van Alphen (NED)	Blanka Vas (HUN)
2022	Puck Pieterse (NED)	Shirin van Anrooij (NED)	Fem van Empel (NED)
2023	Shirin van Anrooij (NED)	Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)	Kristýna Zemanová (CZE)
2024	Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)	Kristýna Zemanová (CZE)	Leonie Bentveld (NED)
2025	Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)	Marie Schreiber (LUX)	Leonie Bentveld (NED)

Medal count by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	5	4	5	14
2	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	2	7
3	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
4	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	1	3
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
6	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
8	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	10	10	30