1926 UCI Road World Championships

Coordinates: 45°28′01″N 09°11′24″E / 45.46694°N 9.19000°E / 45.46694; 9.19000
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1926 UCI Road World Championships
Milan is located in Italy
Milan
Milan
VenueMilan, Italy Italy
Date(s) (1926-07-29)29 July 1926
Coordinates45°28′01″N 09°11′24″E / 45.46694°N 9.19000°E / 45.46694; 9.19000
Events1

The 1926 UCI Road World Championships was the sixth edition of the UCI Road World Championships. The championship took place in Milan, Italy on Thursday 29 July 1926 and consisted of 1 race for amateur cyclists.[1]

In the same period, the 1926 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Velódromo Sempione in Milan and in the Motovelodromo di Corso Casale in Turin.

Events summary[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Men's amateur road race
details
Octave Dayen
 France
6h 15min Jules Merviel
 France
s.t. Pierre Polano
 Italy
s.t.

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)1102
2 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (2 entries)1113

Results[edit]

The course was 183 km from Milan to Torino. There were 44 participants.[2]

Place Rider Country Time
1 Octave Dayen  France 6 u. 15 min.
2 Jules Merviel  France same time
3 Piero Polano  Italy s.t.
4 Karl Bohrer  Czechoslovakia s.t.
5 Allegro Grandi  Italy s.t.
6 René Brossy  France s.t.
7 Hans Hang  Netherlands s.t.
8 Otto Gugau  Germany s.t.
9 Giovanni Balla  Italy s.t.
10 Max Gunther  Germany s.t.
11 Frank Southall  United Kingdom s.t.
12 Fritz Koblassa  Australia s.t.
13 Renato Zanone  Italy s.t.
14 Eugene Schlegel  Switzerland 3:00 min.
15 Otto Cap  Australia s.t.
16 Piet Van der Horst  Netherlands s.t.
17 Frederick-Henry Wyld  United Kingdom s.t.
18 Marcel Clocquet  Belgium s.t.
19 Elemer Holzl  Hungary s.t.
20 Henry Hansen  Denmark s.t.
21 André Aumerlé  France s.t.
22 Rezo Bouska  Hungary s.t.
23 Antonin Honig  Czechoslovakia s.t.
24 Karel Cervenka  Czechoslovakia s.t.
25 Erik Andersen  Denmark s.t.
26 Blob Harbour  United Kingdom s.t.
27 Nandor Velvart  Hungary s.t.
28 Henry Jorgensen  Denmark s.t.
29 Koloman Sović  Yugoslavia s.t.
30 Autun Banek  Yugoslavia s.t.
31 Willi Meyer  Germany s.t.
32 László Vida  Hungary s.t.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1926". FirstCycling.com. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Wereldkampioenschap, Op de weg, Amateurs 1926 dewielersite.net