1953 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's Individual Road Race

1953 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	30 August 1953
Stages	1
Distance	270 km (167.8 mi)
Winning time	7h 30' 59"
Results
Winner  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (Italy)   Second  Germain Derycke (BEL) (Belgium)   Third  Stan Ockers (BEL) (Belgium)

The men's road race at the 1953 UCI Road World Championships was the 20th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 30 August 1953 in Lugano, Switzerland.^[1] The race was won by Fausto Coppi of Italy.

Final classification

General classification (1–10)[2][3] Rank Rider Time  Fausto Coppi (ITA) 7h 30' 59"  Germain Derycke (BEL) + 6' 22"  Stan Ockers (BEL) + 7' 33" 4  Michele Gismondi (ITA) + 7' 34" 5  Nino Defilippis (ITA) + 9' 11" 6  Charly Gaul (LUX) + 9' 12" 7  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) + 12' 57" 8  Louison Bobet (FRA) + 12' 57" 9  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) + 12' 57" 10  Marcel Ernzer (LUX) + 12' 57"

References

1. "1953 World Pro Road Cycling Championships". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
2. "20ème Championnat du monde sur route 1953". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004.
3. "1953 World Championship". First Cycling. Retrieved 13 December 2017.