1961 UCI Road World Championships
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The 1961 UCI Road World Championships
took place on 3 September 1961
in Bern, Switzerland
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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 3 September 1961
1961 in sports
1961 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* AFL Championship – Houston Oilers won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers* NFL Championship – Green Bay Packers won 37-0 over the New York Giants...
in Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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Results
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | Rik Van Looy Rik Van Looy Henri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals... |
7 h 46 min 35s | Nino Defilippis Nino Defilippis Nino Defilippis was an Italian road bicycle racer who won the Giro di Lombardia in 1958, as well as nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, seven stages at the Tour de France and two stages at the Vuelta a España... |
m.t. | Raymond Poulidor Raymond Poulidor Raymond Poulidor , is a former professional bicycle racer. He was known as the eternal second, because he finished the Tour de France in second place three times, and in third place five times, including his final Tour at the age of 40... |
m.t. |
| Amateurs' road race | Jean Jourden |
- | Henri Belena |
- | Jacques Gestraud |
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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... |
- | Beryl Burton Beryl Burton Beryl Burton, MBE OBE was an English racing cyclist and one of Britain's greatest ever athletes.She dominated women’s cycle racing in the UK, winning more than 90 domestic championships and seven world titles, and setting numerous national records... |
- | Elsy Jacobs |
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Medal table
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|