1921 UCI Road World Championships

1921 UCI Road World Championships

Host city	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date(s)	(1921-08-04)4 August 1921
Events	1
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The 1921 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 4 August 1921. It was the first official World Championships organized by the UCI. The championships were only for amateur men. Four men per nation could participate.

Events summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Men's amateur road race	Gunnar Sköld Sweden	6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.	Willum Nielsen Denmark	+ 4 min. 53 sec.	Charles Davey United Kingdom	+ 5 min. 28 sec.

Sweden won the nations classification (total time of the first four riders per nation) ahead of France and Italy.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	1	0	0	1
2	Denmark	0	1	0	1
3	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	1	3

Results

The course was 190 km with the finish in Glostrup.

Place	Rider	Country	Time
1	Gunnar Skoeld	Sweden	6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.
2	Willum Nielsen	Denmark	6 h. 23 min. 10 sec.
3	Charles Davey	United Kingdom	6 h. 23 min. 45 sec.
4	Fernand Canteloube	France	6 h. 28 min. 9 sec. 4/5
5	Ragnar Malm	Sweden	6 h. 29 min. 24 sec.
6	Marcel Huot	France	6 h. 32 min. 0 sec.
7	Frederik Ahrensborg Clausen	Denmark	6 h. 36 min. 13 sec. 2/5
8	Algot Persson	Sweden	6 h. 39 min. 6 sec.
9	Marcel Gobillot	France	6 h. 39 min. 17 sec. 1/5
10	Henrik Morén	Sweden	6 h. 41 min. 15 sec.
11. Orla Larsen (DAN) +26'00" 12. Dave Marsh (G-B) +27'31" 13. Jack Rossiter (G-B) +29'12" 14. Henri George (BEL) +37'31" 15. Albert Cantou (FRA) +48'34" 16. Edmund Hansen (DAN) +56'40" 17. Arie Krijgsman (P-B) +1h17'04"

See also

• 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships