1953 UCI Road World Championships explained

Venue:Lugano, Switzerland
Date:29-30 August 1953
Events:2
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Pushpin Map:Switzerland
Coordinates:46.005°N 8.9525°W
Pushpin Label:Lugano

The 1953 UCI Road World Championships was the 26th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1] It took place Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August in Lugano, Switzerland.[2]

The amateur race was ridden on Saturday, August 29. It was 180 kilometres long (12 laps).[3] Italian Riccardo Filippi beat his compatriot Gastone Nencini in a sprint of two. Shortly behind, Belgian Rik Van Looy won the sprint of a group ahead of his compatriots Michel Van Aerde and André Noyelle.[4]

The professional world championship was ridden on Sunday, August 30. The race was 18 laps long, totalling 270 kilometres. Seventy riders set off, of whom only 27 finished the race. Big favourite Fausto Coppi did not disappoint.[5]

In the same period, the 1953 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich, Switzerland.

Events Summary

Men's Events
Professional Road Race
Fausto Coppi
7h 30' 59"Germain Derijcke
+ 6' 22"Stan Ockers
+ 7' 33"
Amateur Road RaceRiccardo Filippi
-Gastone Nencini
-Rik Van Looy
-

Medal table

width=50 Placewidth=200 Nationwidth=50 width=50 width=50 width=50 Total
12103
20123
Total2226

References

  1. Web site: 1 May 2024 . World Championship RR 1953 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: 1 May 2024 . 20ème Championnat du monde sur route 1953 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
  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 . 2010-08-02.
  4. Web site: 20 April 2024 . World Champ. (Amateur) 1953 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  5. Web site: Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1953: Road Race . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192608/http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1953.html . 2011-06-16 . 2010-08-02.