1974 UCI Road World Championships

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1974 UCI Road World Championships
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Montreal
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Montreal
Venue Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date(s) (1974-08-25)25 August 1974
Coordinates 45°30′32″N73°33′42″W / 45.50889°N 73.56167°W / 45.50889; -73.56167
Events4
Freddy Maertens, 1974 World Championship Road Race, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Freddy Maertens 1974 World Championship Road Race Montreal Canada.jpg
Freddy Maertens, 1974 World Championship Road Race, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Felice Gimondi and Eddy Merckx in action on the climb of Voie Camillien Houde. Merckx gimondi montreal 74.png
Felice Gimondi and Eddy Merckx in action on the climb of Voie Camillien Houde.

The 1974 UCI Road World Championships took place on 25 August 1974 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1]

Contents

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal and the 1976 Summer Olympics follows a similar course to this World Championship. [2] It was the 47th edition of the tournament and the first to be hosted outside Europe.

Results

Race:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze :Time
Men
Men's road race
details
Eddy Merckx
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
6 h 52 min 22s Raymond Poulidor
Flag of France.svg  France
+ 2s Mariano Martínez
Flag of France.svg  France
+ 37s
Amateurs' road race Janusz Kowalski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
- Ryszard Szurkowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
- Michel Kuhn
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
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Team time trial Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Lennart Fagerlund
Bernt Johansson
Tord Filipsson
Sven-Åke Nilsson
-Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Gennady Komnatov
Rinat Sharafullin
Vladimir Kaminski
Valery Chaplygin
-Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Hans-Joachim Hartnick
Karl Dietrich Diers
Horst Tischoff
Gerhard Lauke
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Women
Women's road race Geneviève Gambillon
Flag of France.svg  France
- Baiba Caune
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
- Keetie van Oosten-Hage
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1113
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1102
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1001
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1001
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)0202
6Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (DDR)0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland  (SUI)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

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References

  1. Dick Chapman (August 26, 1974). "Cycling titan Eddy Merckx winner of 'formidable' Mount Royal Marathon". The Montreal Gazette. p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  2. "Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Montréal bring WorldTour to Canada". CyclingNews. 7 September 2012.