14th World Championship Road Race 1947

 
   
 

By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Powerful Dutchman Domiates

REIMS-Gueux (France), 274 km
August 3, 1947
Starters: 31
Average Speed: 36.667 km/h
Finishers: 7
Racecourse: 7.826 km Circuit covering 35 laps.

WCRR 1947 Profile

Racecourse Profile [* Discover ProCyclingStats]

The 1947 World Championship Road Race was held in Reims, France. The race course was 35 laps of a flat 7.83km circuit.

Dutchman Theo Middelkamp, a WCRR podium finisher in 1936, drove the pace and used a timely counter-attack to gain a 10 second victory. Belgian Albert Sercu won the field sprint ahead of Jef Janssen (Ned).

UCI WCRR 1947 Podium

1. Theo MIDDELKAMP (Ned) 7h28'17”

2. Albert Sercu (Bel) +10”

3. Jef Janssen (Ned)

 

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