1928 UCI Road World Championships

1928 UCI Road World Championships
Budapest is located in Hungary
Budapest
Budapest
VenueBudapest, Hungary Hungary
Date(s) (1928-08-16)16 August 1928
Coordinates47°29′33″N 19°03′05″E / 47.49250°N 19.05139°E / 47.49250; 19.05139
Events2

The 1928 UCI Road World Championships was the eight edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

The championship took place in Hungary on Thursday 16 August 1928.[2][3] The course, with Budapast as both start and finish place, was around 190km.[4] Only 8 of the professional cyclists finished, with winner Georges Ronsse reaching an average speed of 30.255 km/h.[5]

In the same period, the 1928 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Millenáris Sporttelep in Budapast.

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