| Pushpin Map: | Denmark |
| Pushpin Label: | Copenhagen |
| Venue: | Copenhagen, Denmark  |
| Coordinates: | 55.6667°N 46°W |
| Date: | 4 August 1921 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Events: | 1 |
| Next: | Liverpool 1922 |
The 1921 UCI Road World Championships (the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on Thursday 4 August 1921. It was the first official World Championships organized by the UCI. The championships were only for amateur men. Four men per nation could participate.[1]
From 30 July to 8 August, the 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized on the velodrome of Ordrup, near Copenhagen.
| Men's events | |||||||
| Gunnar Sköld | 6 h. 18 min. 17 sec. | Willum Nielsen | + 4 min. 53 sec. | Charles Davey | + 5 min. 28 sec. | ||
Sweden won the nations classification (total time of the first four riders per nation) ahead of France and Italy.
The course was 190 km with the finish in Glostrup.[2]
| Place | Rider | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnar Sköld | 6 h. 18 min. 17 sec. | ||
| 2 | Willum Nielsen | 6 h. 23 min. 10 sec. | ||
| 3 | Charles Davey | 6 h. 23 min. 45 sec. | ||
| 4 | Fernand Canteloube | 6 h. 28 min. 9 sec. 4/5 | ||
| 5 | Ragnar Malm | 6 h. 29 min. 24 sec. | ||
| 6 | Marcel Huot | 6 h. 32 min. 0 sec. | ||
| 7 | Frederik Ahrensborg Clausen | 6 h. 36 min. 13 sec. 2/5 | ||
| 8 | Algot Persson | 6 h. 39 min. 6 sec. | ||
| 9 | Marcel Gobillot | 6 h. 39 min. 17 sec. 1/5 | ||
| 10 | Henrik Morén | 6 h. 41 min. 15 sec. | ||
| 11 | Orla Larsen | 6 h. 44 min. 17 sec. | ||
| 12 | Dave Marsh | 6 h. 45 min. 48 sec. | ||
| 13 | Jack Rossiter | 6 h. 47 min. 29 sec. | ||
| 14 | +37'31" | |||
| 15 | +48'34" | |||
| 16 | +56'40" | |||
| 17 | (P-B) | +1h 17'04" |