1954 UCI Road World Championships

UCI Road World Championships 1954_UCI_Road_World_Championships_poster.jpg Solingen, West Germany Germany 21 and 22 August 2 Lugano 1953 Frascati 1955 200 West Germany Solingen 51 10 N 07 05 E dms inline,title The 1954 UCI Road World Championships was the 27th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.1 May 2024 World Championship RR 1954 https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1954 FirstCycling.com en It took place on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August in Solingen, West Germany.1 May 2024 21ème Championnat du monde sur route 1954 http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/chp_monde/mondial1954.php Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu fr 12 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210112120211/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/chp_monde/mondial1954.php dead History 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.20 April 2024 World Champ. (Amateur) 1954 https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=354&y=1954 FirstCycling.com enSports 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 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.Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1954: Road Race http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1954.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192631/http://sports123.com/rcy/results/mw-rr-1954.html 2011-06-16 2010-08-02 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. Results Men's EventsProfessional Road Race1954 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceLouison Bobet 7h 24' 36"Fritz Schär + 12"Charly Gaul + 2' 12"Amateur Road RaceEmiel van Cauter -Hans Andresen -Martin van der Borgh - References Category:UCI Road World Championships by year W R R Category:Sport in Solingen Category:Sports competitions in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:August 1954 sports events in Europe