1927 UCI Road World Championships explained

Venue:Nürburgring, Germany
Date:21 July 1927
Events:2
Next:Budapest 1928
Coordinates:50.3833°N 62°W
Pushpin Map:Germany
Pushpin Label:Nürburg

The 1927 UCI Road World Championships was the seventh edition of the UCI Road World Championships,[1] and the first for professional cyclists.[2]

The championship took place on the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany on Thursday 21 July 1927.[3]

Professional and amateur riders rode together (33 of the starters were amateurs).55 riders started and there were 18 classified finishers.[4] The course was 182.5 km, and winner Alfredo Binda finished with an average speed 27.55 km/h[5]

In the same period, the 1927 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Müngersdorf velodrome in Cologne and in the Stadion am Zoo in Elberfeld.

Events summary

Men's Events
Professional Road Race
Alfredo Binda
6h 37m 29sCostante Girardengo
+7m 16sDomenico Piemontesi
+ 10m 51s
Amateur Road RaceJean Aerts
6h 49m 20sRudolf Wolke
Germany
+ 2m 33sMichele Orecchia
+ 5m 59s

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 April 2024 . World Champ. (Amateur) 1927 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. http://www.the-sports.org/cycling-world-championships-results-1927-men-epm15653.html (same time listed for 6th to 18th place probably wrong)
  3. Web site: Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040814043803/http://sports123.com/rcy/mw-rra.html . 2004-08-14 . 2010-01-30.
  4. Web site: 16 April 2024 . 1er Championnat du monde sur route 1927 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
  5. http://bikeraceinfo.com/worlds/worlds-1927.html (same time listed for 13th to 18th place could be incorrect)