1947 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

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Men's Individual Road Race
1947 UCI Road World Championships

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Race details
Dates 3 August 1947
Stages 1
Distance 274 km (170.3 mi)
Winning time 7h 28' 17"
Results
  WinnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Theo Middelkamp  (NED)(Netherlands)
  SecondFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Albert Sercu  (BEL)(Belgium)
  ThirdFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Jef Janssen  (NED)(Netherlands)
  1946
1948  

The men's road race at the 1947 UCI Road World Championships was the 14th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 3 August 1947 in Reims, France. [1] The race was won by Theo Middelkamp of the Netherlands.

UCI Road World Championships – Mens road race

The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road race with the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance.

1947 UCI Road World Championships

The 1947 UCI Road World Championships took place in Reims, France.

Reims Subprefecture and commune in Grand Est, France

Reims, a city in the Grand Est region of France, lies 129 km (80 mi) east-northeast of Paris. The 2013 census recorded 182,592 inhabitants in the city of Reims proper, and 317,611 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Its primary river, the Vesle, is a tributary of the Aisne.

Final classification

General classification [2]
Rank Rider Time
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Theo Middelkamp  (NED)7h 28' 17"
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Albert Sercu  (BEL) + 10"
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jef Janssen  (NED) + 10"
4Flag of Italy.svg  Fiorenzo Magni  (ITA) + 10"
5 Flag of France.svg  Édouard Fachleitner  (FRA) + 44"
6Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Bim Diederich  (LUX) + 7' 20"
7 Flag of the United States.svg  Joseph Magnani  (USA) + 10' 40"

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References

  1. "1947 World Road Cycling Championships". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. "14ème Championnat du monde sur route 1947". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004.