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1959 UCI Road World Championships

Coordinates: 52°22′N 4°32′E / 52.367°N 4.533°E / 52.367; 4.533
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1959 UCI Road World Championships
Zandvoort is located in Netherlands
Zandvoort
Zandvoort
VenueZandvoort, Netherlands Netherlands
Date(s) (1959-08-16)16 August 1959
Coordinates52°22′N 4°32′E / 52.367°N 4.533°E / 52.367; 4.533

The 1959 UCI Road World Championships was the 32nd edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

It took place on Sunday 16 August 1959 in Zandvoort, Netherlands.[2]

However, the women's competition did not take place in Zandvoort, but in Rotheux-Rimière, Belgium, south of Liège. The race was held two weeks before the men's race, on a four-kilometer lap that was completed 18 times. Belgian Yvonne Reynders won the second edition of the women's race over 72 kilometers in one hour and 53 minutes.[3]

German Gustav-Adolf Schur succeeded himself as amateur world champion.[4]

Frenchman André Darrigade became the winner of the professional road race after cycling more than 292 kilometers.

In the same period, the 1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Results

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Race: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze : Time
Men
Men's road race
details
André Darrigade
 France
7 h 30 min 43s Michele Gismondi
 Italy
m.t. Noel Fore
 Belgium
m.t.
Amateurs' road race Gustav-Adolf Schur
 East Germany
- Bastiaan Maliepaard
 Netherlands
- Constant Goossens
 Belgium
-
Women
Women's road race Yvonne Reynders
 Belgium
- Aino Puronen
 Soviet Union
- Vera Gorbatcheva
 Soviet Union
-

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium (BEL)1023
2 East Germany (GDR)1001
 France (FRA)1001
4 Soviet Union (URS)0112
5 Italy (ITA)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
Totals (6 entries)3339

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship RR 1959". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ "26ème Championnat du monde sur route 1959". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1959: Women: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  4. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1959". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
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