Royal Dutch Cycling Union

The Royal Dutch Cycling Union or KNWU (in Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Wielren Unie) is the national governing body of cycle racing in the Netherlands.

The aim of the KNWU is to give adequate support for all types of cycling in sports loving Netherlands.

The KNWU is a member of the UCI and the UEC.

Events organized by the KNWU

Dutch Cycling Championships
UCI Road World Championships for professionals in 1938, 1948, 1959, 1967, 1979, 1998 and 2012
UCI Track World Championships for professionals in 1938, 1948, 1959, 1967, 1979 and 2011

External links

Royal Dutch Cycling Union official website

National members of the Union Cycliste Internationale

Olympic Disciplines road bicycle racing Track cycling BMX racing mountain bike racing cross-country Other Disciplines Cyclo-cross mountain bike racing downhill four-cross trials riding Indoor cycling Para-cycling

Asia (ACC)	BAN BHR BRU CHN TPE HKG IND INA IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KUW LAO LBN MAC MAS MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PRK QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR THA TKM TUN UAE UZB VIE YEM

Africa (CAC)	ALG ANG BDI BEN BUR CGO CIV CMR COM CPV EGY ERI ETH GAB GUI KEN LBA LES MAD MAW MLI MRI MAR NAM NGR NIG RWA SEN SEY SOM RSA SUD TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM

America (COPACI)	ATG ARG ARU BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DOM ECU ESA GRN GLP GUA GUY HAI HON JAM MTQ MEX ANT NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SKN LCA VIN SUR TRI USA ISV URU VEN

Oceania (OCC)	AUS TLS FIJ GUM NZL

Europe UEC	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISR ITA LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON * NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SLO SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR YO

Pinnacle Events Summer Olympics UCI World Championships

Sports governing bodies in the Netherlands (NED)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Paralympic Sports

Others Sports	American Football Lacrosse Quidditch Rugby Union Rugby League

Dutch Olympic Committee

Netherlands at Cycling Championships

List of Dutch cyclists

Road cycling	UCI Road World Championships European Road Championships National Championships: road race, time trial

Track cycling	UCI Track Cycling World Championships UEC European Track Championships UCI Track Cycling World Cup National Track Championships

Governing body: Royal Dutch Cycling Union

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