2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships

The 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships is the World Championships for road cycling for athletes with a physical disability. The Championships took place on the roads of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa from 31 August to 3 September 2017.

Classification

 * Sport class
 * Cycling
 * C1 - locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
 * C2 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, decrease in muscle strength, or amputation
 * C3 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
 * C4 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
 * C5 - Locomotor disability: Neurological, or amputation
 * Hand cycling
 * H1 - tetraplegics with severe upper limb impairment to the C6 vertebra
 * H2 - Tetraplegics with minor upper limb impairment from C7 thru T3
 * H3 - paraplegics with impairment from T4 thru T10
 * H4 - Paraplegics with impairment from T11 down, and amputees unable to kneel
 * H5 - Athletes who can kneel on a handcycle, a category that includes paraplegics and amputees
 * Tricycle
 * T1 - Severe locomotor dysfunction
 * T2 - Moderate loss of stability and function
 * Tandem
 * Tandem B - Visual impairment

Participating nations
38 nations participated.