1928 UCI Road World Championships explained

Venue:Budapest, Hungary
Date:16 August 1928
Events:2
Previous:Nürburg 1927
Next:Zürich 1929
Coordinates:47.4925°N 19.0514°W
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Label:Budapest

The 1928 UCI Road World Championships was the eight edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

The championship took place in Hungary on Thursday 16 August 1928.[2] [3] The course, with Budapast as both start and finish place, was around 190km.[4] Only 8 of the professional cyclists finished, with winner Georges Ronsse reaching an average speed of 30.255 km/h.[5]

In the same period, the 1928 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Millenáris Sporttelep in Budapast.

Events summary

Men's Events
Professional Road Race
Georges Ronsse
6h 20' 10"Herbert Nebe
Germany
+ 19' 43"Bruno Wolke
Germany
s.t.
Amateur Road RaceAllegro Grandi
-Michele Mara
-Jean Aerts
-

See also

References

  1. Web site: 16 April 2024 . World Champ. (Amateur) 1928 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1928: Road Race . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616184357/http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1928.html . 2011-06-16 . 2010-01-30.
  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 . World Championship RR 1928 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  5. Web site: 16 April 2024 . 2ème Championnat du monde sur route 1928 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.