UCI Track World Championships 1974

The 64th UCI Track Cycling World Championships were from 14 to 20 August 1974 at the Velodrome of the University of Montreal in Canada Montreal instead.

In the run-up to these world championships, it looked for a short time as if they would have to be canceled: Originally, a new cement track was to be built for the event, but it was not ready in time because of a strike by construction workers. In just 14 days, a 285.714 meter long wooden track with stands for 6,000 spectators was built on the football field of the University of Montreal. If one had feared in advance that the Canadian cycling association would be overwhelmed with the organization, this judgment had to be revised. The Radsport wrote: "[...] the organization has so far been almost perfect, the service is exemplary and almost never at the last world championships." A total of 51 nations (on track and road) were at the start.

These world championships meant a fresh start in some disciplines, as some dominating amateurs of the past few years such as the Dane Peder Pedersen , the Norwegian Knut Knudsen and the British John Nicholson had switched to the professionals. Among the professionals, the multiple world champion in the singles pursuit , the British Hugh Porter , had completely retired from active sport.

The oldest participant in the world championships was the 59-year-old American Walter Summers , known as "Wally". Born in Great Britain, who, in his own words, is “a half-crazy Englishman”, had prepared himself in the sweltering heat on the streets of Arizona for his participation in the professional stator races .

Contrary to expectations, Jean Breuer from Hürth became world champion of the amateur stayers, the cycling even wrote of a "miracle", especially since he had fallen badly two months before and had suffered several fractures. The German Hans Lutz , a member of the German gold four , was world champion in the single pursuit , while the 19-year-old German Dietrich Thurau took fourth place . With another victory for the four-man, the German team won a total of three gold medals at the railway competitions in Montreal.

Results women

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Tamara Piltsikova	12.29 (1st), 12.51 (2nd)
	2		Sue Novara
	3		Galina Tsaryova	12.72 (1st), 12.66 (2nd)
One's pursuit	1		Tamara Garkuchina	3: 38.43 min
(3000 m)	2		Valentina Smirnova	4: 02.47
	3		Keetie van Oosten-Hage	4: 00.36 min

Results men

Professionals

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Peder Pedersen	11.81 (1st), 11.61 (2nd)
	2		John Nicholson
	3		Robert Van Lancker	11.57 (1st), 11.72 (2nd)
Single pursuit (5000 m)	1		Roy Schuiten	6: 04.71 min
	2		Ferdinand Bracke	6: 12.58 min
	3		René Pijnen	6: 08.47 min
Standing race	1		Cees Stam / Joop Stakenburg
(100 km)	2		Theo Verschueren / August Meuleman
	3		Attilio Benfatto / Dagnoni

Amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Anton Tkáč	11.84 (1st), 11.32 (2nd)
	2		Sergei Kravtsov
	3		Giorgio Rossi	11.77 (1st), 12.14 (2nd)
1000 m time trial	1		Eduard Rapp	1: 07.61 min.
	2		Ferruccio Ferro	1: 07.66 min.
	3		Janusz Kierzkowski	1: 07.79 min.
Single pursuit (4000 m)	1		Hans Lutz	4: 52.72 min
	2		Orfeo pizzoferrato	4: 54.24 min
	3		Thomas Huschke	4: 50.94 min
Team pursuit (4000 m)	1		Günther Schumacher / Peter Vonhof / Hans Lutz / Dietrich Thurau	4: 22.20 min
	2		Thomas Huschke / Heinz Richter / Uwe Unterwalder / Klaus-Jürgen Grünke	4: 27.36 min
	3		Pavel Doležel / Petr Kocek / Michal Klasa / Zdeněk Dohnal	4: 26.37 min
Tandem race	1		Vladimir Vackar / Miloslav Vymazal	10.73 (1st), 10.76 (2nd)
	2		Viktor Kopylov / Vladimir Semenets
	3		Benedykt Kocot / Andrzej Bek	11.00 (2nd), 11.10 (3rd)
Standing race	1		Jean Breuer / Dieter Durst
	2		Martin Venix
	3		Miguel Espinós

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cycling , August 21, 1974
2. ^ Cycling , August 28, 1974
3. ↑ UCI track world championships 1974 in the database of Radsportseiten.net

swell

• Cycling , August / September 1974

See also

• UCI Road World Championships 1974