1931 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race explained

Men's Individual Road Race
Series:1931 UCI Road World Championships
Date:26 August 1931
Stages:1
Distance:170
Unit:km
Time:4h 53' 43"
First:Learco Guerra
First Nat:ITA
First Natvar:1861
First Team:Italy
Second:Ferdinand Le Drogo
Second Nat:FRA
Second Team:France
Third:Albert Büchi
Third Nat:SUI
Third Team:Switzerland
Previous:1930
Next:1932

The men's road race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships was the fifth edition of the event. The race was held as an individual time trial rather than a mass start. The championship took place on Wednesday 26 August 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] The race was won by Learco Guerra of Italy.

Race report

The professional riders had to cover a distance of 170 kilometres, on the Copenhagen-Ringsted-Bårse-Kuge-Copenhagen route. They started every five minutes. Of the 17 riders who started, 13 finished the race. Italy's Learco Guerra won in 4 h 53 min 43 s, more than four minutes ahead of Ferdinand Le Drogo of France and Swiss cyclist Albert Büchi.[2]

Final classification

General classification (1–10)[3] [4]
RankRiderTime
+ 4' 37"
+ 4' 48"
4+ 5' 57"
5+ 6' 23"
6+ 8' 42"
7 + 9' 59"
8+ 13' 46"
9+ 14' 21"
10+ 14' 46"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1931 World Pro Road Cycling Championships. BikeRaceInfo. 14 December 2017.
  2. News: Mahau . Hector . 2002 . DE WERELDKAMPIOENSCHAPPEN WIELRENNEN OP DE WEG 1927 - 2002 . World Championship Cycling 75 Years (Complete Record) . De Eecloonaar . nl . 9789074128841.
  3. Web site: 5ème Championnat du monde sur route 1931. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20041103073940/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1931.php. 3 November 2004.
  4. Web site: 1931 World Championship. First Cycling. 14 December 2017.