1968 UCI Road World Championships

1968 UCI Road World Championships

Venue	Imola, Italy (professionals) Montevideo, Uruguay (amateurs)
Date(s)	31 August-1 September 1968 (professionals) 7-10 November 1968 (amateurs)

The 1968 UCI Road World Championships took place from 31 August-1 September 1968 in Imola, Italy (for professionals), on a 75 km circuit^[1] starting and arriving at the "Enzo and Dino Ferrari" auto racing circuit. The amateur races were held from 7-10 November in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Results

Gianni Motta, Felice Gimondi, Vittorio Adorni and Eddy Merckx in Imola, 1968

Race:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze :	Time
Men
Men's road race details	Vittorio Adorni  Italy	7 h 27 min 39s	Herman Van Springel  Belgium	+ 9 min 50s	Michele Dancelli  Italy	+ 10 min 18s
Amateurs' road race	Vittorio Marcelli  Italy	-	Luiz Carlos Flores  Brazil	-	Erik Pettersson  Sweden	-
Team time trial	Sweden Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson	-	Switzerland Bruno Hubschmid Robert Thalmann Walter Burki Erich Spahn	-	Italy Vittorio Marcelli Flavio Martini Giovanni Bramucci Benito Pigato	-
Women
Women's road race	Keetie van Oosten-Hage  Netherlands	-	Baiba Caune  Soviet Union	-	Morena Tartagni  Italy	-

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	0	3	5
2	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	1	2
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
4	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
Totals (7 entries)		4	4	4	12

References

1. the map route of the competition

External links

• Men's results
• Women's results
• (in Italian) Results at sportpro.it