UCI track world championships 1901

Thaddäus Robl's triumphal march as a stayer began in Berlin.

The 2nd UCI Track World Championships took place from July 7th to 14th, 1901 on the Velodrome in Berlin-Friedenau .

Four races were held, two each for amateurs and two for professional drivers . The disciplines on the program were aviation races, today sprint , over 2 km and a standing race over 100 km (behind two-seat motorcycles). 10 nations were at the start. A total of 20,000 spectators saw the races over three days.

For the first time, Thaddäus Robl became the world champion of professional stayers , and his career took off with it. The Dane Thorvald Ellegaard won his first world title out of a total of six in the professional sprint in Berlin.

Results

Professional driver

discipline	space	country	athlete
Aviator race over 2 km	1	Denmark	Thorvald Ellegaard
	2	France	Edmond Jacquelin
	3	Netherlands	Guus Schilling
Standing race over 100 km	1	German Empire	Squidward Robl
	2	Netherlands	Piet Dickentman
	3	Switzerland	Fritz Ryser

Amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete
Aviator race over 2 km	1	France	Émile Maitrot
	2	Bohemia	Rudolf Vejtruba
	3	German Empire	Heinrich Struth
Standing race over 100 km	1	German Empire	Heinrich Sievers
	2	German Empire	Bruno Salzmann
	3	German Empire	Alfred Goernemann

literature

• Werner Ruttkus / Wolfgang Schoppe / Hans-Alfred Roth : In the shine and shadow of the rainbow. A look back at the cycling world championships in racing, which have been held throughout Germany since 1895 , Berlin 1999