1957 UCI Road World Championships explained

Venue:Waregem, Belgium
Date:18 August 1957
Events:2
Previous:Copenhagen 1956
Next:Reims 1958
Pushpin Map:Belgium
Pushpin Label:Waregem
Coordinates:50.8833°N 28°W

The 1957 UCI Road World Championships was the 30th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1] It took place in Waregem, Belgium on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August 1957.

Among the amateurs, who had to ride 190.4 kilometres, the title went to 22-year-old Belgian Louis Proost.[2] In the final kilometres he overtook Italian Arnaldo Pambianco, who had been riding alone in the lead for 30 kilometres. Dutchman Schalk Verhoef came third.[3]

The race for professional cyclists organized on Sunday, was 12 laps long, totalling 285.6 kilometres.[4] 70 riders took part. Rik Van Steenbergen, in the presence of King Baudouin, became world champion for the third time, now in his country.[5] In the same period, the 1957 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt near Liège, Belgium.

Events Summary

Men's Events
Professional Road Race
Rik Van Steenbergen
7h 43' 10"Louison Bobet
s.t.André Darrigade
s.t.
Amateur Road RaceLouis Proost
-Arnaldo Pambianco
-Schalk Verhoef
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References

  1. Web site: 1 May 2024 . World Championship RR 1957 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. 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 . 2010-08-04.
  3. Web site: 20 April 2024 . World Champ. (Amateur) 1957 . FirstCycling.com . en.
  4. Web site: Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1957: Road Race . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192735/http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1957.html . 2011-06-16 . 2010-08-04.
  5. Web site: 1 May 2024 . 23ème Championnat du monde sur route 1957 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.