UCI Road World Championships 1927
The UCI Road World Championships 1927 took place on July 21st at the Nürburgring in the Eifel . It was the first Road World Championships with the participation of pro - racers , as it up to this point, according to the International Cycling Union International Cycling Union announced (UCI) to a few road professionals. Road world championships for amateurs had existed since 1921. The forerunner of the professional world championship was the Grand Prix Wolber , to which the racing drivers who came in the top three in the most important races in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland were invited since 1922 were.
Race course
55 drivers were at the start, 33 amateurs and 22 professionals who drove together but were scored separately. Only 15 drivers crossed the finish line, as the route - as feared beforehand - turned out to be extremely demanding. It included a 20 percent incline that could only be mastered by two riders, Binda and Girardengo, as there were no gears on the bike at that time. The Italian Alfredo Binda was the first to wear the rainbow jersey introduced on the occasion of this World Cup . World and vice world champions for amateurs, the Belgian Jean Aerts and the German Rudolf Wolke , finished fifth and sixth in the field.
Results
space | athlete | country | time |
---|---|---|---|
Professionals | |||
1 | Alfredo Binda | ITA | 6:37:28 h |
2 | Costante Girardengo | ITA | + 7:15 min |
3 | Domenico Piemontesi | ITA | + 10:51 min |
Amateurs | |||
1 (5) | Jean Aerts | BEL | + 11:51 min |
2 (6) | Rudolf Cloud | GER | + 14:24 min |
3 (7) | Michele Orecchia | ITA | + 17:50 min |
4 (8) | Erik Bohlin | SWE | unknown |
5 (9) | René Brossy | FRA | |
6 (12) | Helmer Strandberg | SWE | |
7 (15) | Holmfried Eriksson | SWE |
literature
- Helmer Boelsen : The history of the cycling world championship , Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3936973-33-4
- Wolfgang Schoppe / Werner Ruttkus : In the shine and shadow of the rainbow. Self-published, 2005, ISBN 3-00-005315-8
Web links
- UCI Road World Championships 1927 in the database of Radsportseiten.net