1959 UCI Road World Championships
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The 1959 UCI Road World Championships
took place on 16 August 1959 in Zandvoort
, Netherlands
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UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place on 16 August 1959 in Zandvoort
Zandvoort
Zandvoort is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach, bordered by coastal dunes...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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Results
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | André Darrigade André Darrigade André Darrigade was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1951 and 1966. Darrigade, a road sprinter won the 1959 World Championship and 22 stages of the Tour de France. Five of those were on the first day. The record has never been equalled.-Origins:André Darrigade was born at Narosse,... |
7 h 30 min 43s | Michele Gismondi |
m.t. | Noel Fore Noël Foré Noël Foré was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His greatest victories were Paris–Roubaix in 1959 and the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1963.- Palmarès :19571958195919621963- External links :... |
m.t. |
| Amateurs' road race | Gustav-Adolf Schur Gustav-Adolf Schur Gustav-Adolf "Täve" Schur is a former German cyclist and one of the most popular sportspeople in East Germany. He was the first German to win the amateur competition of the World Cycling Championships and the Peace Race... |
- | Bastiaan Maliepaard |
- | Constant Goossens |
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| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Yvonne Reynders Yvonne Reynders Yvonne Reynders is a former track and road cyclist from Belgium. With Beryl Burton of Great Britain, Reynders was one of the top female road riders of the 1960s... |
- | Aina Pouronen |
- | Vera Gorbatcheva |
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Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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