UCI Road World Championships 1991

The 1991 UCI Road World Championships took place in Stuttgart on August 21, 24 and 25 . This road world championship was the seventh to be held in Germany. 53 nations - more than ever before - were at the start, including for the first time an all-German team.

The Italian Gianni Bugno won the professional race from her sprint at the front. He was cheered at the finish by several thousand Italian battle-goers. The best German was Kai Hundertmarck in 5th place. Of 191 starters only 96 made it to the finish line, among those who had given up were Udo Bölts , Olaf Ludwig and Uwe Raab .

The world champion among the amateurs was the Ukrainian Viktor Rschaksinski , who was the last Soviet world champion, because three days after his victory in Stuttgart his homeland - like many other former Soviet republics - declared itself independent. The women's world champion was Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel from the Netherlands , who had decided not to start in the team race for this race.

Results

Women

Single road race over 79 km (5 laps of 15.8 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	NED	2:09:47 h (36.552 km / h)
2	Inga Thompson	United States	+ 1:54 min
3	Alison Sydor	CAN	+ 2:46 min

Team time trial over 49.550 km

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FRA	Marion Clignet / Nathalie Gendron / Cecile Odin / Catherine Marsal	1:02:14 h (48.952 km / h)
2	NED	Monique de Bruin / Monique Knol / Astrid Schop / Cora Westlandt	+ 0:27 min
3	URS	Nina Grinina / Nadeschda Kibardina / Walentina Polchanowa / Aiga Zagorska	+ 0:37 min

Men (professionals)

Gianni Bugno became professional world champion in Stuttgart

Single road race over 252.8 km (16 laps of 15.8 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Gianni Bugno	ITA	6:20:04 h (39.875 km / h)
2	Steven Rooks	NED	same time
3	Miguel Indurain	ESP	same time

Men (amateurs)

Individual road race over 173.8 km

space	athlete	country	time
1	Viktor Rshaksinsky	URS	4:28:04 h
2	Davide rebel	ITA
3	Beat Zberg	CHE

Team time trial over 99.1 km

space	country	Athletes	time
1	ITA	Flavio Anastasia / Luca Colombo / Gianfranco Contri / Andrea Peron	1: 54: 48.5 h (49.161 km / h)
2	GER	Uwe Berndt / Bernd Dittert / Uwe Peschel / Michael Rich	+ 2:33 min
3	NOR	Stig Kristiansen / Johnny Saether / Roar Skaane / Björn Stenersen	+ 2:51 min

literature

• Helmer Boelsen : The history of the cycling world championship , Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3936973-33-4
• Werner Ruttkus / Wolfgang Schoppe : In the shine and shadow of the rainbow. Self-published, 2005, ISBN 3-00-005315-8

See also

• UCI Track World Championships 1991