1959 UCI Road World Championships

The 1959 UCI Road World Championships was the 32nd edition of the UCI Road World Championships.

1959 UCI Road World Championships

Zandvoort
Venue	Zandvoort, Netherlands
Date(s)	(1959-08-16)16 August 1959
Coordinates	52°22′N 4°32′E

It took place on Sunday 16 August 1959 in Zandvoort, Netherlands.

However, the women's competition did not take place in Zandvoort, but in Rotheux-Rimière, Belgium, south of Liège. The race was held two weeks before the men's race, on a four-kilometer lap that was completed 18 times. Belgian Yvonne Reynders won the second edition of the women's race over 72 kilometers in one hour and 53 minutes.

German Gustav-Adolf Schur succeeded himself as amateur world champion.

Frenchman André Darrigade became the winner of the professional road race after cycling more than 292 kilometers.

In the same period, the 1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Olympic Stadium of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Results

Race:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze :	Time
Men
Men's road race	André Darrigade France	7 h 30 min 43s	Michele Gismondi Italy	m.t.	Noel Fore Belgium	m.t.
Amateurs' road race	Gustav-Adolf Schur East Germany	-	Bastiaan Maliepaard Netherlands	-	Constant Goossens Belgium	-
Women
Women's road race	Yvonne Reynders Belgium	-	Aino Puronen Soviet Union	-	Vera Gorbatcheva Soviet Union	-

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	2	3
2	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
5	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

External links

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