UCI track world championships 1914

Cor Blekemolen (here in 1932) became the amateur world champion in 1914

Group picture of participating athletes

The 15th UCI Track World Championships took place on August 2, 1914 on the Velodrome in Ordrup near Copenhagen .

Since the First World War broke out on July 28, 1914 , numerous racing drivers who had already arrived received their draft notices and left again. Therefore, only the race was amateur - stayer discharged as the only official competition. Briton Leon Meredith , who had won the title in this discipline seven times, was considered the favorite. He was also in the lead for a long time, but surprisingly had to give up after 60 kilometers.

Subsequently, the world championship for amateur stayers was no longer held until 1958.

Results

Amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete
Standing race over 100 km	1	Netherlands	Cor Blekemolen
	2	Belgium	Jacques Van Ginkel
	3	German Empire	Walter Stelzer

literature

Wheel world , 1914