1976 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships Explained

Venue:Liège,
Date:1976
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The 1976 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the second annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Liège, Belgium.[1]

The Championships had four events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit. Robert Dill-Bundi became the first cyclist to retain a world junior title, and the first to win two gold medals in the championships.

Events

- bgcolor="#cccccc"Men's events
Sprint[2]
Lutz Hesslich
Ralf-Guido Kuschy
Mar Pavirani
Points race
Rüdiger Leitlof
Jens Schroder
P Torresan
Individual pursuit
Robert Dill-Bundi
Gerald Mortag
Mike Richards
Team pursuit

Gerald Mortag
Detlef Macha
Jürgen Lippold
Olaf Hill

Silvestro Milani
Roberto Bonanzi
Dante Morandi
Domenico Pellegrino

Nikolai Makarov
Nikolai Seduro
Peter Tchevardov
Valeri Uraev

Notes and References

  1. http://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-sur-piste-championnats-du-monde-juniors-1976-medailles-epa41992.html 1976 UCI JWTC archives
  2. http://www.the-sports.org/track-cycling-world-junior-championships-results-1976-men-epm41992.html Track Cycling - 1976 World Junior Championships results