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The Brompton World Championship, sponsored by Brompton Bicycle Ltd, is a British cycling event held every summer in England and preceded by national competitions around the globe. Now in its ninth year, the BWC features a variety of cycling challenges over the two-day Orbital Cycling Festival period and includes over 800 participants, including the winners of the National Competitions.
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Brompton World Championship 2014
For the second year running the Brompton World Championship will take place in the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit, as part of the wider Orbital Festival cycling exposition. It features three main events, with separate prizes for the category winners in each event and then the grand prize for the overall victor of the Treble.
Brompton World Championship
The famous BWC competition (2014 will see 800 entrants) consists of a Le Mans style sprint start to the folded bikes before completing 4 laps – over 15 km – of the legendary circuit. Dress code requirements are a suit jacket, shirt and tie with trousers/skirts/shorts according to participant preference, with all Lycra and sportswear strictly forbidden. Prizes are awarded to the three fastest male and female competitors, as well as the male and female Junior (between 12 and 18 years of age) and Veteran (over 50 years of age) winners. Teams of between 3 and 5 members are permitted and are placed according to the aggregated time of the team’s top three finishers. There is also a prize awarded to the ‘Best Dressed’ male and female competitors.
Brompton Sprint
Only open to the 200 participants who have registered for the Brompton Treble, the Brompton Sprint consists of a 500m sprint organised in heats of 12 entrants before the final. There is no dress code and prizes are awarded to the fastest male, female, junior and veteran competitors.
Brompton Marathon
The Marathon consists of a 26 km untimed ride through the Sussex countryside, open to 300 participants (compulsory for the Brompton Treble entrants), with food and drink and sightseeing options organised en route. There is no dress code.
Brompton Treble
The 200 participants who compete in all three events are eligible for the Brompton Treble; the male and female competitors with the fastest times from the Sprint and the World Championship, together with successful completion of the Marathon, will be the Brompton Treble Champions.
Previous Years
The Brompton World Championship was first held in 2006 in Barcelona, Spain, before relocating to England in 2008 where the event was then held at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. In 2013 the BWC was merged with the Orbital Festival and moved to the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, West Sussex. Since 2010 many countries around the globe have held their own Brompton National Championships featuring comparative events, with the winners invited to participate in the World Championships every summer.
The list of countries that have held National Championships are below:
Australia
Austria
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
USA
Basic Rules
2008 Results
2009 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.
2010 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.
2011 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.
2012 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.
2013 Results
Official results as published by Brompton.