1921 UCI Road World Championships

1921 UCI Road World Championships
Host city Copenhagen, Denmark
Date(s)  (1921-08-04)4 August 1921
Events 1
1922

The 1921 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 4 August 1921. It was the first official World Championships organized by the UCI. The championships were only for amateur men. Four men per nation could participate.

Events summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Men's amateur road race
Gunnar Sköld
 Sweden
6 h. 18 min. 17 sec. Willum Nielsen
 Denmark
+ 4 min. 53 sec. Charles Davey
 United Kingdom
+ 5 min. 28 sec.

Sweden won the nations classification (total time of the first four riders per nation) ahead of France and Italy.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Sweden 1 0 0 1
2  Denmark 0 1 0 1
3  United Kingdom 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Results

The course was 190 km with the finish in Glostrup.[1]

PlaceRiderCountryTime
1Gunnar Skoeld Sweden6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.
2Willum Nielsen Denmark6 h. 23 min. 10 sec.
3Charles Davey United Kingdom6 h. 23 min. 45 sec.
4Fernand Canteloube France6 h. 28 min. 9 sec. 4/5
5 Ragnar Malm  Sweden6 h. 29 min. 24 sec.
6 Marcel Huot France6 h. 32 min. 0 sec.
7 Frederik Ahrensborg Clausen Denmark6 h. 36 min. 13 sec. 2/5
8 Algot Persson Sweden6 h. 39 min. 6 sec.
9 Marcel Gobillot France6 h. 39 min. 17 sec. 1/5
10 Henrik Morén Sweden6 h. 41 min. 15 sec.
11. Orla Larsen (DAN) +26'00"
12. Dave Marsh (G-B) +27'31"
13. Jack Rossiter (G-B) +29'12"
14. Henri George (BEL) +37'31"
15. Albert Cantou (FRA) +48'34"
16. Edmund Hansen (DAN) +56'40"
17. Arie Krijgsman (P-B) +1h17'04"

See also

References

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