1927 UCI Road World Championships

1927 UCI Road World Championships

Nürburg
Venue	Nürburgring, Germany
Date(s)	(1927-07-21)21 July 1927
Coordinates	50°23′N 6°56′E
Events	2

The 1927 UCI Road World Championships was the seventh edition of the UCI Road World Championships,^[1] and the first for professional cyclists.^[2]

The championship took place on the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany on Thursday 21 July 1927.^[3]

Professional and amateur riders rode together (33 of the starters were amateurs). 55 riders started and there were 18 classified finishers.^[4] The course was 182.5 km, and winner Alfredo Binda finished with an average speed 27.55 km/h^[5]

In the same period, the 1927 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Müngersdorf velodrome in Cologne and in the Stadion am Zoo in Elberfeld.

Events summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Professional Road Race details	Alfredo Binda  Italy	6h 37m 29s	Costante Girardengo  Italy	+7m 16s	Domenico Piemontesi  Italy	+ 10m 51s
Amateur Road Race	Jean Aerts  Belgium	6h 49m 20s	Rudolf Wolke  Germany	+ 2m 33s	Michele Orecchia  Italy	+ 5m 59s

See also

• 1927 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

References

1. "World Champ. (Amateur) 1927". FirstCycling.com. 16 April 2024.
2. http://www.the-sports.org/cycling-world-championships-results-1927-men-epm15653.html (same time listed for 6th to 18th place probably wrong)
3. "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
4. "1er Championnat du monde sur route 1927". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 16 April 2024.
5. http://bikeraceinfo.com/worlds/worlds-1927.html (same time listed for 13th to 18th place could be incorrect)