1938 UCI Road World Championships

1938 UCI Road World Championships
Valkenburg is located in Netherlands
Valkenburg
Valkenburg
VenueValkenburg, Netherlands Netherlands
Date(s)3 and 5 September 1938
Coordinates50°50′59″N 5°49′59″E / 50.84972°N 5.83306°E / 50.84972; 5.83306
Events2

The 1938 UCI Road World Championships was the eighteenth edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1] It took place in Valkenburg, Netherlands on 2 and 5 September 1938.[2]

Belgian Marcel Kint became the winner in the professional road race. It was the last edition before World War II and Kint thus remained world champion for eight years.[3]

In the same period, the 1938 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Newsreel of the 1938 Professional Road World Championship (in Dutch)
  1. ^ "World Championship RR 1938". FirstCycling.com. 1 May 2024.
  2. ^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1938". FirstCycling.com. 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "11ème Championnat du monde sur route 1938". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 1 May 2024.