1921 UCI Road World Championships

The 1921 UCI Road World Championships (the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale) 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 details	Gunnar Sköld  Sweden	6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.	Denmark	+ 4 min. 53 sec.	Charles Davey  Great Britain	+ 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 (SWE)	1	0	0	1
2	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Results[]

The course was 190 km with the finish in Glostrup.^[1]

Place	Rider	Country	Time
1	Gunnar Sköld	Sweden	6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.
2		Denmark	6 h. 23 min. 10 sec.
3	Charles Davey	Great Britain	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		Denmark	6 h. 36 min. 13 sec. 2/5
8		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		Denmark	6 h. 44 min. 17 sec.
12	Dave Marsh	Great Britain	6 h. 45 min. 48 sec.
13	Jack Rossiter	Great Britain	6 h. 47 min. 29 sec.
14	Henri George	Belgium	+37'31"
15		France	+48'34"
16	Edmund Hansen	Denmark	+56'40"
17		(P-B)	+1h 17'04"

See also[]

• 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

References[]

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