1938 UCI Road World Championships explained

Venue:Valkenburg, Netherlands
Date:3 and 5 September 1938
Events:2
Previous:Copenhagen 1937
Next:Zürich 1946
Pushpin Map:Netherlands
Pushpin Label:Valkenburg
Coordinates:50.8497°N 5.8331°W

The 1938 UCI Road World Championships was the eighteenth edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1] It took place in Valkenburg, Netherlands on 2 and 5 September 1938.[2]

Belgian Marcel Kint became the winner in the professional road race. It was the last edition before World War II and Kint thus remained world champion for eight years.[3]

In the same period, the 1938 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Events Summary

Men's Events
Professional Road Race
Marcel Kint
7h 53' 25"Paul Egli
s.t.Leo Amberg
s.t.
Amateur Road RaceHans Knecht
-Josef Wagner
-Joop Demmenie
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References

  1. Web site: 1 May 2024 . World Championship RR 1938 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: 20 April 2024 . World Champ. (Amateur) 1938 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  3. Web site: 1 May 2024 . 11ème Championnat du monde sur route 1938 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
  4. Web site: Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1938: Road Race . 2010-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616191918/http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1938.html . 2011-06-16 . dead .
  5. Web site: Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs . 2010-07-29 . 2004-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040814043803/http://sports123.com/rcy/mw-rra.html . dead .