UCI Road World Championships 1963

The UCI Road World Championships 1963 were held in on 10 and 11 August Belgian Ronse instead.

Racing action

Race of professional drivers

In advance, the organizers had expected 200,000 to 300,000 spectators, but only 75,000 came, which was attributed to the cool and wet weather. On the 16.4-kilometer circuit with 1500 meters of cobblestone, 17 laps had to be driven so that the professionals covered 278.8 kilometers. Although Benoni Beheyt, a Belgian professional, had become world champion, there were whistles from the home crowd: whether they resented their compatriot for preventing Rik Van Looy from becoming world champion for the third time and thus catching up with Rik Van Steenbergen , or whether they were one Van Looy's unsportsmanlike conduct whistled, but the chroniclers' views differed. The Belgian racing drivers had been sworn to the support of Van Looy before the race, but Beheyt and Gilbert Desmet had announced their own ambitions. Desmet as well as Beheyt ("Wiel's-Groene Leeuw") and Van Looy ("GBC-Libertas") competed in professional teams. In the sprint before the finish, Van Looy drove waves to hinder Beheyt, who reciprocated by "pulling off" Van Looy's jersey and being the first to cross the finish line. The German magazine Radsport stated: "What Rik Van Looy did was not a sheet of fame [...]."

Subsequently, the Belgian cycling public had similar heated debates as after the UCI Road World Championships in 1946 , when Van Steenbergen had withdrawn from his compatriot Marcel Kint against consultation. Van Looy is said to have used his influence in the period afterwards to make life difficult for Beheyt. Beheyt actually ended his cycling career after a few years in 1968.

36 of a total of 70 starters crossed the finish line. Eight German drivers were in the field, five of whom came across the finish line. The best German driver was Sigi Renz in tenth place. He was followed by Hennes Junkermann (22nd), Dieter Puschel (26th), Horst Oldenburg (29th) and Klaus Bugdahl (30th). Rudi Altig retired on the seventh lap with kidney pain, Rolf Wolfshohl gave up after a defect and Klaus Tüller finished the race after a fall.

Race of the amateurs

The individual decision of the men had been described by the press as a "great sporting battle". 142 drivers from 27 nations took part in the 196.8 kilometer race, 52 of whom made it to the finish. In the mass sprint, the Italian Flaviano Vincentini turned out to be the fastest. He reached an average speed of 38.06 km / h. The best German was Winfried Bölke in third place, having finished fourth the year before.

The women had to cover 66.4 kilometers. With 32.3 km / h, the Belgian Yvonne Reynders , also with a sprint out of the main field, became the new world champion. The German specialist magazine Radsport did not report on the Women's World Cup, but the GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho published the results of the first ten.

GDR drivers could neither take part in the individual decisions nor in the team time trial because, as in the previous year, the Allied Travel Office of the Western occupying powers had refused them visas. The team time trial of 97.9 kilometers was won by the French team, which was 1.21 minutes faster than the second-placed Italians.

Results

Pros - individual race (278.8 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Benoni Beheyt	BEL	7:25:26 h
2	Rik Van Looy	BEL	equal time
3	Jo de Haan	NED	equal time
4th	André Darrigade	FRA	every 7:25:26 h
5	Raymond Poulidor	FRA
6th	Gilbert Desmet I.	BEL
7th	Jan Janssen	NED
8th	Franco Cribiori	ITA
9	Jean Stablinski	FRA
10	Sigi Renz	GER
11	Piet ladies	NED
12	Louis Proost	BEL
13	Michael Wright	GBR
14th	Jacques Anquetil	FRA
15th	Robert Cazala	FRA
16	Rolf Maurer	SUI
17th	Guy Ignolin	FRA
18th	Armand Desmet	BEL
19th	Peter Post	NED
20th	Italo Zilioli	ITA
0 ...
22nd	Hennes Junkermann	GER	7:25:26 h
27	Dieter Puschel	GER	equal time
30th	Horst Oldenburg	GER	+ 4:22 min
31	Klaus Bugdahl	GER	+ 4:22 min
0 ...
36	Francisco Sune	ESP	+ 5:14 min

Amateurs - individual race (196.8 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Flaviano Vicentini	ITA	5:10:20 h
2	Francis Bazire	FRA	equal time
3	Winfried Boelke	GER	equal time
4th	Jos Huysmans	BEL	every 5:10:20 h
5	Karstens tanning	NED
6th	Henk Cornelisse	NED
7th	Paul Lemeteyer	FRA
8th	Roger Swerts	BEL
9	Julien Stevens	BEL
10	Camiel Vyncke	BEL
0 ...

Women - Individual Race (66.4 km)

space	athlete	country
1	Yvonne Reynders	BEL	2:03:18 h
2	Rosa Sels	BEL	equal time
3	Aina Pouronen	URS	equal time
4th	Simone Ellegeest	BEL	every 2:03:18 h
5	Patricia Pepper	GBR
6th	Ann Illingworth	GBR
7th	Nina Briks	URS
8th	Valentina Kirilova	URS
9	Elsy Jacobs	LUX
10	Marie-Rose Gaillard	BEL
0 ...

Amateurs - Team Time Trial (97.9 km)

space	country	Time (h)	km / h
1	France Michel Bechet / Dominique Motte / Marcel Ernest Bidault / Georges Chappe	2:05:45	47.23
2	Italy Mario Maino / Pasquale Fabbri / Danilo Grassi / Dino Zandegù	2:06:22	46.44
3	Soviet Union Viktor Kapitonov / Gainan Saidchushin / Yuri Melichow / Anatoly Olizarenko	2:06:23	46.53
4th	Denmark	2:07:49	46.00
5	Poland	2:08:04	45.94
6th	Sweden	2:08:13	45.91
7th	Netherlands	2:08:15	45.91
8th	Hungary	2:08:37	45.82
9	Switzerland	2:09:02	45.53
10	Yugoslavia	2:10:38	44.98

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cycling , August 13, p. 4
2. ↑ Cycling , August 13, p. 12
3. ↑ Spel van list en bedrog on retro.nrc.nl , accessed on April 28, 2011 (Dutch)
4. ^ Cycling August 13, 1963

literature

• Helmer Boelsen : The history of the cycling world championship , Bielefeld 2007, p. 90, ISBN 978-3-936973-33-4
• Cycling , August / September 1963
• German sports echo , August 13, 1963

Web links

• Professional results at www.radsport-seite.de
• Results amateurs, men
• Women results at www.the-sports.org

See also

• 1963 UCI Track World Championships