1958 UCI Road World Championships

The 1958 UCI Road World Championships was the 31st edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

1958 UCI Road World Championships
Reims is located in France
Reims
Reims
VenueReims, France France
Date(s) (1958-08-30 - 1958-08-31)30-31 August 1958
Coordinates49°15′46″N 4°02′05″E / 49.2628°N 4.0347°E / 49.2628; 4.0347
Events3

It took place from 30-31 August 1958 in Reims, France. The course partly ran over the Reims-Gueux circuit.[2]

For the first time, a women's world championship was on the program.[3] The race, with a couse of 59 km (3 rounds), was won by Elsy Jacobs from Luxembourg with almost a three-minute lead. There were 29 participants.

The world title among the amateurs, who also rode on Saturday, went to the East German Gustav-Adolf Schur. He was the first German to become world amateur champion.[4]

The men's professional road race had a course of 276 km (14 rounds).[5] It was won by Italian Ercole Baldini.[6]

In the same period, the 1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Parc des Princes, Paris, France.

Elsy Jacobs after winning the woman's amateur road race

Events summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Professional road race
details
Ercole Baldini
  Italy
7h 29' 32" Louison Bobet
  France
+ 2' 09" André Darrigade
  France
+ 3' 47"
Amateur road race Gustav-Adolf Schur
  East Germany
- Valere Paulissen
  Belgium
- Henri Dewolf
  Belgium
-
Women's events
Road race Elsy Jacobs
  Luxembourg
1h 50' 05" Tamara Novikova
  Soviet Union
+ 2' 51" Mariya Lukshina
  Soviet Union
s.t.

References edit

  1. ^ "World Championship RR 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "25ème Championnat du monde sur route 1958". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Women: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  4. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  5. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Men: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.