Venue | Bern, Switzerland |
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Date(s) | 6 September 1936 |
Coordinates | 46°56′53″N7°26′51″E / 46.94806°N 7.44750°E |
Events | 2 |
The 1936 UCI Road World Championships was the sixteenth edition of the UCI Road World Championships. [1]
The championships took place in Bern, Switzerland. [2] [3]
42 amateurs rode in the morning, the 39 professionals in the afternoon. [4] Only 26 amateur and 10 professional cyclists completed their race. [5]
In the same period, the 1936 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Events | ||||||
Professional Road Race | Antonin Magne France | 5h 53' 32" | Aldo Bini Italy | + 9' 27" | Theo Middelkamp Netherlands | s.t. |
Amateur Road Race | Edgar Buchwalder Switzerland | - | Gottlieb Weber Switzerland | - | Pierino Favalli Italy | - |
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