UCI track world championships 1934

Arie van Vliet was runner-up in the amateur sprint world championship (here at the 1936 World Cup in Zurich).

The 30th UCI Track World Championships took place from August 10th to 19th, 1934 on the Velodrome in Leipzig-Lindenau . 16 nations were at the start. The UCI Road World Championships were held at the same time .

The Leipzigers were attuned to the world championships with a festive parade: behind a procession with the flags of all participating countries and groups of artificial cyclists , bicycles from all eras could be seen - as at the Olympic Games in 1936 , the National Socialists showed their talent for perfect staging a year after taking power . One of the main organizers, Willy Frenzel from Leipzig, withdrew from the cycling scene a few months after the World Cup for political reasons.

The Belgian sprinter Jef Scherens won his third professional title in a row in Leipzig; His closest competitor and friend, Albert Richter from Cologne, became vice world champion. The stalker race was dominated by the Germans, Erich Metze from Dortmund and Paul Krewer from Cologne took first and second place.

Professional driver

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1		Jef Scherens
	2		Albert Richter
	3		Louis Gérardin
Standing race	1		Erich Metze / Karl Saldow
(100 km)	2		Paul Krewer / Eilenberger
	3		Edoardo Severgnini / Arthur Pasquier

Amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1		Benedetto Pola
	2		Arie van Vliet
	3		Christian Lenté

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

See also

UCI Road World Championships 1934