1931 UCI Road World Championships

The 1931 UCI Road World Championships was the eleventh edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

1931 UCI Road World Championships
Copenhagen is located in Denmark
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
VenueCopenhagen, Denmark Denmark
Date(s) (1931-08-26)26 August 1931
Coordinates55°40′N 12°34′E / 55.667°N 12.567°E / 55.667; 12.567
Events2

The championship took place on Wednesday, August 26 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] Unusually, the race was not run as a traditional road race, but rather as an individual time-trial.[3]

17 professional cyclists, with a maximum of 3 for each country, started from 7 am.[4]

The amateur road race started after the professional road race. The winner was ultimately the Dane Henry Hansen, who was three minutes faster than the world champion among the professionals. But due to organizational irregularities, that time may not be reliable.[5]

The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held in the velodrome of Ordrup, near Copenhagen, from 21 to 30 August 1931.

Events Summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Professional Road Race
details
Learco Guerra
  Italy
4h 53' 43"
Media 34,727 km/h
Ferdinand le Drogo
  France
+ 4' 37" Albert Büchi
  Switzerland
+ 4' 48"
Amateur Road Race Henry Hansen
  Denmark
- Giuseppe Olmo
  Italy
- Leo Nielsen
  Denmark
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References

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  1. ^ "World Championship RR 1931". FirstCycling.com. 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1931: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  4. ^ "5ème Championnat du monde sur route 1931". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1931". FirstCycling.com. 19 April 2024.