1958 UCI Road World Championships

1958 UCI Road World Championships
Reims is located in France
Reims
Reims
VenueReims, France France
Date(s) (1958-08-30 - 1958-08-31)30-31 August 1958
Coordinates49°15′46″N 4°02′05″E / 49.2628°N 4.0347°E / 49.2628; 4.0347
Events3

The 1958 UCI Road World Championships was the 31st edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

It took place from 30-31 August 1958 in Reims, France. The course partly ran over the Reims-Gueux circuit.[2]

For the first time, a women's world championship was on the program.[3] The race, with a course of 59 km (3 rounds), was won by Elsy Jacobs from Luxembourg with almost a three-minute lead. There were 29 participants.

The world title among the amateurs, who also rode on Saturday, went to the East German Gustav-Adolf Schur. He was the first German to become world amateur champion.[4]

The men's professional road race had a course of 276 km (14 rounds).[5] It was won by Italian Ercole Baldini.[6]

In the same period, the 1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Parc des Princes, Paris, France.

Elsy Jacobs after winning the woman's amateur road race
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  2. ^ "25ème Championnat du monde sur route 1958". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 11 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Women: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  4. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  5. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Men: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.