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Cycling championship held in Copenhagen, Denmark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1921 UCI Road World Championships (the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on Thursday 4 August 1921. It was the first official World Championships organized by the UCI. The championships were only for amateur men. Four men per nation could participate.[1]
Venue | Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Date(s) | 4 August 1921 |
Coordinates | 55°40′N 12°34′E |
Nations participating | 5 |
Events | 1 |
From 30 July to 8 August, the 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized on the velodrome of Ordrup, near Copenhagen.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's events | ||||||
Men's amateur road race |
Gunnar Sköld Sweden | 6 h. 18 min. 17 sec. | Willum Nielsen Denmark | + 4 min. 53 sec. | Charles Davey Great Britain | + 5 min. 28 sec. |
Sweden won the nations classification (total time of the first four riders per nation) ahead of France and Denmark.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
The course was 190 km with the finish in Glostrup.[2]
Place | Rider | Country | Time |
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1 | Gunnar Sköld | Sweden | 6 h. 18 min. 17 sec. |
2 | Willum Nielsen | Denmark | 6 h. 23 min. 10 sec. |
3 | Charles Davey | Great Britain | 6 h. 23 min. 45 sec. |
4 | Fernand Canteloube | France | 6 h. 28 min. 9 sec. 4/5 |
5 | Ragnar Malm | Sweden | 6 h. 29 min. 24 sec. |
6 | Marcel Huot | France | 6 h. 32 min. 0 sec. |
7 | Frederik Ahrensborg Clausen | Denmark | 6 h. 36 min. 13 sec. 2/5 |
8 | Algot Persson | Sweden | 6 h. 39 min. 6 sec. |
9 | Marcel Gobillot | France | 6 h. 39 min. 17 sec. 1/5 |
10 | Henrik Morén | Sweden | 6 h. 41 min. 15 sec. |
11 | Orla Larsen | Denmark | 6 h. 44 min. 17 sec. |
12 | Dave Marsh | Great Britain | 6 h. 45 min. 48 sec. |
13 | Jack Rossiter | Great Britain | 6 h. 47 min. 29 sec. |
14 | Henri George | Belgium | +37'31" |
15 | Albert Cantou | France | +48'34" |
16 | Edmund Hansen | Denmark | +56'40" |
17 | Arie Krijgsman | (P-B) | +1h 17'04" |
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