1954 UCI Road World Championships

1954 UCI Road World Championships

Solingen
Venue	Solingen, West Germany
Date(s)	21 and 22 August
Coordinates	51°10′N07°05′E / 51.167°N 7.083°E / 51.167; 7.083
Events	2
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The 1954 UCI Road World Championships was the 27th edition of the UCI Road World Championships. ^[1] It took place on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August in Solingen, West Germany. ^[2]

The races took place on the Klingenring, a hilly 15-kilometre circuit near Solingen. It was the first time after World War II that the world championships were held in Germany. Rain and cold made the races extra tough.

Among the amateurs, Belgian Emiel Van Cauter won the title by a wide margin after a solo effort. ^{[3] [4]}

Frenchman Louison Bobet won the world professional title. Bobet had already won the Tour de France that same year. It was only the second time a rider had managed this double. His compatriot Georges Speicher did it in 1933. ^[5]

In the same period, the 1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Müngersdorfer Stadion in Cologne and the Stadion am Zoo in Wuppertal.

Events Summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Professional Road Race details	Louison Bobet   France	7h 24' 36"	Fritz Schär   Switzerland	+ 12"	Charly Gaul   Luxembourg	+ 2' 12"
Amateur Road Race	Emiel van Cauter   Belgium	-	Hans Andresen   Denmark	-	Martin van der Borgh   Netherlands	-

References

1. "World Championship RR 1954". FirstCycling.com. 1 May 2024.
2. "21ème Championnat du monde sur route 1954". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 1 May 2024.
3. "World Champ. (Amateur) 1954". FirstCycling.com. 20 April 2024.
4. "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
5. "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1954: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-02.