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1958 World Pro Road Cycling Championships

25th edition: Sunday, August 31, 1958
Reims-Gueux, France

World Road Cycling Championships podium history | 1959 edition | 1957 edition |

67 riders started, 26 classified finishers.
14 laps of 19.77 km totalling 277 km.
Winner's average speed: 36.94 km/hr

Ercole Baldini in 1958

Ercole Baldini at the 1958 Tendicollo

Complete Results:

  1. Ercole Baldini (Italy) 7hr 29min 32sec
  2. Louison Bobet (France) @ 2min 9sec
  3. André Darrigade (France) @ 3min 47sec
  4. Tour of Flanders, the Inside Story
  5. Vito Favero (Italy) s.t.
  6. Jean Forestier (France) s.t.
  7. Valentin Huot (France) s.t.
  8. Hans Junkermann (Germany) s.t.
  9. Martin Van den Borgh (Netherlands) @ 4min 25sec
  10. Frans Aerenhouts (Belgium) @ 4min 40sec
  11. Klaus Bugdahl (Germany) s.t.
  12. Miguel Poblet (Spain) @ 4min 45sec
  13. Joseph Schils (Belgium) s.t.
  14. John Andrews (Great Britain) s.t.
  15. Nino Defilippis (Italy) s.t.
  16. Raphaël Géminiani (France) s.t.
  17. Hans Andresen (Denmark) @ 7min 6sec
  18. Piet Damen (Netherlands) s.t.
  19. Fausto Coppi (Italy) s.t.
  20. Gilbert Scodeller (France) s.t.
  21. Joseph Planckaert (Belgium) s.t.
  22. Jan Adriaenssens (Belgium) s.t.
  23. Seamus Elliott (Ireland) @ 7min 43sec
  24. Brian Robinson (Great Britain) @ 8min 38sec
  25. Jean Graczyk (France) @ 10min 52sec
  26. Lothar Friedrich (Germany) s.t.
  27. Mathias Löder (Germany) s.t.