1953 UCI Road World Championships

1953 UCI Road World Championships poster.jpg 200 Lugano, Switzerland Switzerland 29-30 August 1953 2 Luxembourg 1952 Solingen 1954 Switzerland 46 00 18 N 08 57 09 E inline,title Lugano The 1953 UCI Road World Championships was the 26th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.1 May 2024 World Championship RR 1953 https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1953 FirstCycling.com en It took place Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August in Lugano, Switzerland.1 May 2024 20ème Championnat du monde sur route 1953 http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/chp_monde/mondial1953.php Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu fr 12 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210112120213/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/chp_monde/mondial1953.php dead The amateur race was ridden on Saturday, August 29. It was 180 kilometres long (12 laps).Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs http://sports123.com/rcy/mw-rra.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040814043803/http://sports123.com/rcy/mw-rra.html 2004-08-14 2010-08-02 Italian Riccardo Filippi beat his compatriot Gastone Nencini in a sprint of two. Shortly behind, Belgian Rik Van Looy won the sprint of a group ahead of his compatriots Michel Van Aerde and André Noyelle.20 April 2024 World Champ. (Amateur) 1953 https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=354&y=1953 FirstCycling.com en The professional world championship was ridden on Sunday, August 30. The race was 18 laps long, totalling 270 kilometres. Seventy riders set off, of whom only 27 finished the race. Big favourite Fausto Coppi did not disappoint.Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1953: Road Race http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1953.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192608/http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1953.html 2011-06-16 2010-08-02 In the same period, the 1953 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich, Switzerland. Events Summary Men's EventsProfessional Road Race1953 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceFausto Coppi 7h 30' 59"Germain Derijcke + 6' 22"Stan Ockers + 7' 33"Amateur Road RaceRiccardo Filippi -Gastone Nencini -Rik Van Looy - Medal table Place Nation Total 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 3 Total 2 2 2 6 References Category:UCI Road World Championships by year W R Category:International cycle races hosted by Switzerland Category:Sport in Lugano Category:Organised events in Lugano Category:20th century in Lugano Category:August 1953 sports events in Europe