UCI track world championships 1900
The first UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held from 12 to 18 August 1900 in Paris at the Velodrome Parc des Princes instead. 70 drivers from 16 nations took part. An average of 10,000 spectators attended the races. It was the first world championship under the aegis of the UCI , which was founded on April 14th of the same year, also in Paris.
In addition to the usual four races for sprinters and stayers (amateurs and professionals), an official world championship for two-seater was held.
Results
Professional driver
discipline | space | country | athlete |
---|---|---|---|
Flying races | 1 | France | Edmond Jacquelin |
about 1 mile | 2 | Netherlands | Harrie Meyers |
3 | German Empire | Willy Arend | |
Standing race | 1 | France | Constant Huret |
over 100 km | 2 | France | Edouard Taylor |
3 | France | Émile Bouhours | |
Two-seater | 1 | Netherlands / Italy | Harrie Meyers / Gian Ferdinando Tomaselli |
(2000 m) | 2 | France | Edmond Jacquelin / Lucien Louvet |
3 | United States / France | Charles Vanoni / Robert Protin |
Amateurs
discipline | space | country | athlete | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 mile flying race | 1 | Belgium | Alphonse Didier-Nauts | |
2 | United States | John Henry Lake | ||
3 | France | Ferdinand Vasserot | ||
Standing race over 100 km | 1 | France | Louis Bastien | |
2 | Norway | Wilhelm Henie | ||
3 | France | Roger Hildebrand |
literature
- Rad-Welt , August 1900
Web links
Commons : UCI Rail World Championships 1900 - Collection of images, videos and audio files