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| Venue | Zandvoort, Netherlands |
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| Date(s) | 16 August 1959 |
The 1959 UCI Road World Championships took place on 16 August 1959 in Zandvoort, Netherlands.
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| Venue | Zandvoort, Netherlands |
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| Date(s) | 16 August 1959 |
The 1959 UCI Road World Championships took place on 16 August 1959 in Zandvoort, Netherlands.
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | André Darrigade  France | 7 h 30 min 43s | Michele Gismondi  Italy | m.t. | Noel Fore  Belgium | m.t. |
| Amateurs' road race | Gustav-Adolf Schur  East Germany | - | Bastiaan Maliepaard  Netherlands | - | Constant Goossens Belgium | - |
| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Yvonne Reynders Belgium | - | Aino Puronen  Soviet Union | - | Vera Gorbatcheva Soviet Union | - |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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