| Venue: | Zürich, Switzerland  |
| Date: | 31 August & 1 September 1946 |
| Events: | 2 |
| Previous: | Valkenburg 1938 |
| Next: | Reims 1947 |
| Pushpin Map: | Switzerland |
| Coordinates: | 47.3744°N 8.5411°W |
| Pushpin Label: | Zürich |
The 1946 UCI Road World Championships was the nineteen edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 31 August and 1 September 1946.
It was the third time the championships were organized in Zürich, after the 1923 and 1929 editions.[1]
The course, with Zürich as both start and finish place, was around 189km for the amateurs and 270km for professional cyclists.[2] Winner Hans Knecht finished with an average speed of 36.448 km/h.[3]
In the same period, the 1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich.
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Professional Road Race | Hans Knecht | 7h 24' 28" | Marcel Kint | + 10" | Rik Van Steenbergen | + 59" |
| Amateur Road Race | Henry Aubry | - | Ernst Stettler | - | Henri van Kerckhoven | - |