1951 UCI Road World Championships

Coordinates: 45°49′N 08°50′E / 45.817°N 8.833°E

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1951 UCI Road World Championships

Varese
Venue	Varese, Italy
Date(s)	1 and 2 September 1951
Coordinates	45°49′N 08°50′E / 45.817°N 8.833°E / 45.817; 8.833
Events	2
← Moorslede 1950 Luxembourg 1952 →

The 1951 UCI Road World Championships was the 24th edition of the UCI Road World Championships.^[1] It took place on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 September 1951 in Varese, Italy.^[2]

The amateurs had to complete 7 laps of about 24.6 kilometres on Saturday for a total distance of 172 km, the professionals on Sunday 12 laps or about 295 kilometres.^[3]

Swiss rider Ferdi Kübler became world champion in a group sprint, ahead of Italians Fiorenzo Magni and Antonio Bevilacqua.^[4] In the amateurs' race, the Italians celebrated a double success with Gianni Ghidini beating his compatriot Rino Benedetti and Dutchman Jan Plantaz in a bunch sprint.^[5]

In the same period, the 1950 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Stade Velodromo Vigorelli in Milan, Italy

Events Summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Professional Road Race details	Ferdinand Kübler Switzerland	7h 49' 54"	Fiorenzo Magni Italy	s.t.	Antonio Bevilacqua Italy	s.t.
Amateur Road Race	Gianni Ghidini Italy	-	Rino Benedetti Italy	-	Johannes Plantaz Netherlands	-

References

^ "World Champ. (Amateur) 1951". FirstCycling.com. 20 April 2024.
^ "18ème Championnat du monde sur route 1951". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 1 May 2024.
^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1951: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "World Championship RR 1951". FirstCycling.com. 1 May 2024.

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