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1954 UCI Road World Championships

Coordinates: 51°10′N 07°05′E / 51.167°N 7.083°E / 51.167; 7.083
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1954 UCI Road World Championships
Solingen is located in FRG and West Berlin
Solingen
Solingen
VenueSolingen, West Germany Germany
Date(s)21 and 22 August
Coordinates51°10′N 07°05′E / 51.167°N 7.083°E / 51.167; 7.083
Events2

The 1954 UCI Road World Championships was the 27th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1] It took place on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August in Solingen, West Germany.[2]

The races took place on the Klingenring, a hilly 15-kilometre circuit near Solingen. It was the first time after World War II that the world championships were held in Germany. Rain and cold made the races extra tough.

Among the amateurs, Belgian Emiel Van Cauter won the title by a wide margin after a solo effort.[3][4]

Frenchman Louison Bobet won the world professional title. Bobet had already won the Tour de France that same year. It was only the second time a rider had managed this double. His compatriot Georges Speicher did it in 1933.[5]

In the same period, the 1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Müngersdorfer Stadion in Cologne and the Stadion am Zoo in Wuppertal.

Events Summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Professional Road Race
details
Louison Bobet
 France
7h 24' 36" Fritz Schär
 Switzerland
+ 12" Charly Gaul
 Luxembourg
+ 2' 12"
Amateur Road Race Emiel van Cauter
 Belgium
- Hans Andresen
 Denmark
- Martin van der Borgh
 Netherlands
-

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship RR 1954". FirstCycling.com. 1 May 2024.
  2. ^ "21ème Championnat du monde sur route 1954". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 1 May 2024.
  3. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1954". FirstCycling.com. 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  5. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1954: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-02.