1959 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

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1959 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
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Geneva
Venue Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Geneva, Switzerland
Date (1959-02-15)15 February 1959
Coordinates 46°12′06″N06°08′49″E / 46.20167°N 6.14694°E / 46.20167; 6.14694
Cyclists participating29
Events1

The 1959 Cyclo-cross World Championship was the tenth edition of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. [1] It was a second time the event was organized in Geneva, Switzerland, after the 1952 championships.

The course included five laps of four kilometers and a final 2.24-kilometer loop, bringing the total length to 22.24 kilometers. [2] The 29 participants came from seven countries, each sending a team of three or four riders, plus one rider each from the Netherlands and East Germany. [3]

Italian Renato Longo became the fourth cyclocross world champion in his second participation—he finished fourth in 1958. [4]

Men's Elite

RANK1958 UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSTIME
Gold medal uci.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Renato Longo  (ITA)00:56:39
Silver medal uci.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Rolf Wolfshohl  (BRD)+ 0:14
Bronze medal uci.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Amerigo Severini  (ITA)+ 0:24
4.Flag of France.svg  André Dufraisse  (FRA)+ 1:39
5.Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Jempy Schmitz  (LUX)+ 1:54
6.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Firmin Van Kerrebroeck  (BEL)+ 2:23
7.Flag of France.svg  André Brulé  (FRA)+ 2:58
8.Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Barrutia  (SPA)+ 2:58
9.Flag of Italy.svg  Romano Ferri  (ITA)+ 3:21
10.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Pierre Kumps  (BEL)+ 3:25

Notes

  1. "World Championship 1959". FirstCycling.com. 21 December 2025.
  2. "UCI World Championships Cyclocross 1959 - Results". cyclocross24.com. 1 December 2022.
  3. "1959  » UCI World Championship (WC)". procyclingstats.com. 17 May 2024.
  4. "World Championschip Cyclo-Cross". wielerflits.be (in Dutch). 21 December 2025.