2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

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.

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.

Broadcasting

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 * 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