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1953 World Pro Road Cycling Championships
20th edition: Sunday, August 30, 1953
Lugano, Switzerland
World Road Cycling Championships podium history | 1954 edition | 1952 edition |
70 riders started, 27 classified finishers.
18 laps of 15 km totalling 270 km.
Winner's average speed: 35.92 km/hr
Fausto Coppi after winning the 1952 Giro d'Italia
Complete Results:
- Fausto Coppi (Italy) 7hr 30min 59sec
- Germain Derijcke (Belgium) @ 6min 22sec
- Stan Ockers (Belgium) @ 7min 33sec
- Michele Gismondi (Italy) @ 7min 34sec
- Nino Defilippis (Italy) @ 9min 11sec
- Charly Gaul (Luxembourg) @ 9min 12sec
- Ferdy Kübler (Switzerland) @ 12min 57sec
- Louison Bobet (France) s.t.
- Raphaël Géminiani (France) s.t.
- Marcel Ernzer (Luxembourg) s.t.
- Martin van Geneugden (Belgium) s.t.
- Pasquale Fornara (Italy) s.t.
- Wout Wagtmans (Netherlands) s.t.
- Ludwig Hormann (Germany) @ 14min 38sec
- Antonin Rolland (France) s.t.
- Thijs Roks (Netherlands) @ 14min 44sec
- André Darrigade (France) @ 19min 39sec
- Briek Schotte (Belgium) s.t.
- Andres Trobat (Spain) s.t.
- Gerrit Voorting (Netherlands) @ 19min 47sec
- Valentin Petry (Germany) @ 27min 13sec
- Francisco Massip (Spain) s.t.
- Bernardo Ruiz (Spain) s.t.
- Jesus Lorono (Spain) s.t.
- Adolphe Deledda (France) s.t.
- Vincenzo Rossello (Italy) s.t.
- David Bedwell (Great Britain) @ 28min 55sec