1957 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

October 2021 Men's Individual Road Race Jersey_rainbow.svg Rainbow jersey 150 1957 UCI Road World Championships August 18, 1957 1 285.6 km 7h 43' 10" medals Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Belgium Belgium Louison Bobet FRA France France André Darrigade FRA France France 1956 1958 The men's road race at the 1957 UCI Road World Championships took place in Waregem.24ème Championnat du monde sur route 1957 https://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/chp_monde/mondial1957.php 31 December 2021 Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu fr 15 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221115175724/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/chp_monde/mondial1957.php dead The course comprised 12 laps around 23.8-kilometre route, making a total distance of 285.6 km. Cyclisme sur route - Championnats du Monde - 1957 https://www.les-sports.info/cyclisme-sur-route-championnats-du-monde-resultats-1957-hommes-epm15630.html#89236 LesSports.info fr The race In the penultimate lap Wout Wagtmans attacked. He had a gap of 1 minute at it maximum. Then Marcel Janssens reacted, together with Rik Van Looy they closed the gap. Van Looy and Janssens left Wagtmans behind. In the final lap the duo had a gap of 30 secondes. At that time, it looked like Rik II (Rik Van Looy) would become the new World Champion, but Janssens got cramps. In the peloton Louison Bobet and Jacques Anquetil were leading the chase. Before Anzegem they could catch the two leaders. Subsequent Fred De Bruyne attacked. Rik Van Steenbergen didn't react, but Bobet did. There was a new leading group: the Frenchman Bobet and the Belgian De Bruyne. Because Bobet was a faster sprinter and would likely win from De Bruyne, there was a reaction of Van Steenbergen. Together with Van Looy, Jacques Anquetil and André Darrigade he could close the gap. A group of six rides could sprint for the victory. At 400m of the finish Darrigade started the sprint. At 150m Rik Van Steenbergen came nearby and he won the sprint with six. Rik I won for the third time the World Championship. For the first time he succeeded in his own country.10 September 2021 Waregem 1957: het 2e WK in Vlaanderen nl www.flanders2021.com https://www.flanders2021.com/nl/nieuws/waregem-1957-het-2e-wk-in-vlaanderen Final classification thumb|310px|Rik Van Steenbergen salutes the public, with king Baudouin in the front Rank Rider TimeRik Van Steenbergen BEL07h 43' 10"Louison Bobet FRAs.t.André Darrigade FRAs.t.4.Rik Van Looy BELs.t.5.Alfred De Bruyne BELs.t.6.Jacques Anquetil FRAs.t.7.Leon Van Daele BEL +12"8.Germain Derijcke BELs.t.9.Julien Schepens BELs.t.10.Marcel Ernzer LUXs.t. Riders Belgium: Marcel Janssens, Germain Derycke, Raymond Impanis, Julien Schepens, Leon Van Daele, Fred De Bruyne, Rik Van Looy, Rik Van Steenbergen. France: Louison Bobet, Jacques Anquetil, André Darrigade, Bernard Gauthier, Valentin Huot, Jean Forestier, Jacques Dupont, Marcel Rohrbach. Italy: Gastone Nencini, Ercole Baldini, Guido Boni, Nino Defilippis, Arrigo Padovan, Pierino Baffi, Aldo Moser, Alfredo Sabbadin. Netherlands: Wim van Est, Wout Wagtmans, Léo van der Pluym, Piet de Jong, Frantz Mahn, Piet van Est, Piet Maas, Daan De Groot Germany: Horst Backat, Klaus Bugdahl, Mathias Löder, Lothar Friedrich, Hans Junkermann, Heinz Müller, Emil Reinecke, Franz Reitz Great Britain: Brian Robinson, Dave Bedwell, Ron Coe, Bermard Pusey, David Ricketts, Ian Brown, Robert Maitland, Brian Haskell Switzerland: Max Schellenberg, Walter Favre, Walter Holenweger, Toni Gräser, Attilio Moresi, Ernst Traxel, Ramon Annen Denmark: Hans-Edmund Andresen, Fritz Ravn, Jorgen-Franck Rasmussen, Keld Leveau Spain: Salvador Botella, Miguel Bover, Antonio Ferraz, Jesus Galdeano Luxemburg: Jean-Pierre Schmitz, Willy Kemp, Marcel Ernzer, Charly Gaul Australia: Maurice Horder Austria: Adolf Christian Liechtenstein: Alois Lampaert References Results Men's Road Race Category:UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race