1958 UCI Road World Championships
The 1958 UCI Road World Championships was the 31st edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]
It took place from 30-31 August 1958 in Reims, France. The course partly ran over the Reims-Gueux circuit.[2]
For the first time, a women's world championship was on the program.[3] The race, with a course of 59 km (3 rounds), was won by Elsy Jacobs from Luxembourg with almost a three-minute lead. There were 29 participants.
The world title among the amateurs, who also rode on Saturday, went to the East German Gustav-Adolf Schur. He was the first German to become world amateur champion.[4]
The men's professional road race had a course of 276 km (14 rounds).[5] It was won by Italian Ercole Baldini.[6]
In the same period, the 1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Parc des Princes, Paris, France.
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Events summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's events | ||||||
Professional road race details | Ercole Baldini![]() | 7h 29' 32" | Louison Bobet![]() | + 2' 09" | André Darrigade![]() | + 3' 47" |
Amateur road race | Gustav-Adolf Schur![]() | - | Valere Paulissen![]() | - | Henri Dewolf![]() | - |
Women's events | ||||||
Road race | Elsy Jacobs![]() | 1h 50' 05" | Tamara Novikova![]() | + 2' 51" | Mariya Lukshina![]() | s.t. |
References
- ^ "World Championship RR 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
- ^ "25ème Championnat du monde sur route 1958". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Women: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
- ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Men: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
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