1958 UCI Road World Championships

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The 1958 UCI Road World Championships was the 31st edition of the UCI Road World Championships.^[1]

It took place from 30-31 August 1958 in Reims, France. The course partly ran over the Reims-Gueux circuit.^[2]

For the first time, a women's world championship was on the program.^[3] The race, with a couse of 59 km (3 rounds), was won by Elsy Jacobs from Luxembourg with almost a three-minute lead. There were 29 participants.

The world title among the amateurs, who also rode on Saturday, went to the East German Gustav-Adolf Schur. He was the first German to become world amateur champion.^[4]

The men's professional road race had a course of 276 km (14 rounds).^[5] It was won by Italian Ercole Baldini.^[6]

In the same period, the 1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Parc des Princes, Paris, France.

Events summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Professional road race details	Ercole Baldini Italy	7h 29' 32"	Louison Bobet France	+ 2' 09"	André Darrigade France	+ 3' 47"
Amateur road race	Gustav-Adolf Schur East Germany	-	Valere Paulissen Belgium	-	Henri Dewolf Belgium	-
Women's events
Road race	Elsy Jacobs Luxembourg	1h 50' 05"	Tamara Novikova Soviet Union	+ 2' 51"	Mariya Lukshina Soviet Union	s.t.

References

^ "World Championship RR 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
^ "25ème Championnat du monde sur route 1958". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 11 May 2024.
^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Women: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1958". FirstCycling.com. 11 May 2024.
^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships 1958: Men: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-04.