Themen's road raceat the1957 UCI Road World Championshipstook place inWaregem.[1]The course comprised 12 laps around 23.8-kilometre route, making a total distance of 285.6 km.[2]
1957 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | August 18, 1957 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 285.6 km (177.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 7h 43' 10 " | ||||||||||||
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The race
editIn the penultimate lapWout Wagtmansattacked. He had a gap of 1 minute at it maximum. ThenMarcel Janssensreacted, together withRik Van Looythey closed the gap. Van Looy and Janssens left Wagtmans behind. In the final lap the duo had a gap of 30 secondes. At that time, it looked like Rik II (Rik Van Looy) would become the new World Champion, but Janssens got cramps.
In the pelotonLouison BobetandJacques Anquetilwere leading the chase. BeforeAnzegemthey could catch the two leaders. SubsequentFred De Bruyneattacked.Rik Van Steenbergendidn't react, but Bobet did. There was a new leading group: the Frenchman Bobet and the Belgian De Bruyne. Because Bobet was a faster sprinter and would likely win from De Bruyne, there was a reaction of Van Steenbergen. Together with Van Looy,Jacques AnquetilandAndré Darrigadehe could close the gap. A group of six rides could sprint for the victory.
At 400m of the finish Darrigade started the sprint. At 150m Rik Van Steenbergen came nearby and he won the sprint with six. Rik I won for the third time the World Championship. For the first time he succeeded in his own country.[3]
Final classification
editRank | Rider | Time |
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Rik Van Steenbergen(BEL) | 07h 43' 10 " | |
Louison Bobet(FRA) | s.t. | |
André Darrigade(FRA) | s.t. | |
4. | Rik Van Looy(BEL) | s.t. |
5. | Alfred De Bruyne(BEL) | s.t. |
6. | Jacques Anquetil(FRA) | s.t. |
7. | Leon Van Daele(BEL) | +12 " |
8. | Germain Derijcke(BEL) | s.t. |
9. | Julien Schepens(BEL) | s.t. |
10. | Marcel Ernzer(LUX) | s.t. |
Riders
editBelgium:Marcel Janssens,Germain Derycke,Raymond Impanis,Julien Schepens,Leon Van Daele,Fred De Bruyne,Rik Van Looy,Rik Van Steenbergen.
France:Louison Bobet,Jacques Anquetil,André Darrigade,Bernard Gauthier,Valentin Huot,Jean Forestier,Jacques Dupont,Marcel Rohrbach.
Italy:Gastone Nencini,Ercole Baldini,Guido Boni,Nino Defilippis,Arrigo Padovan,Pierino Baffi,Aldo Moser,Alfredo Sabbadin.
Netherlands:Wim van Est,Wout Wagtmans,Léo van der Pluym,Piet de Jong,Frantz Mahn,Piet van Est,Piet Maas,Daan De Groot
Germany:Horst Backat,Klaus Bugdahl,Mathias Löder,Lothar Friedrich,Hans Junkermann,Heinz Müller,Emil Reinecke,Franz Reitz
Great Britain:Brian Robinson,Dave Bedwell,Ron Coe,Bermard Pusey,David Ricketts,Ian Brown, Robert Maitland, Brian Haskell
Switzerland:Max Schellenberg,Walter Favre,Walter Holenweger,Toni Gräser,Attilio Moresi,Ernst Traxel,Ramon Annen
Denmark:Hans-Edmund Andresen,Fritz Ravn,Jorgen-Franck Rasmussen,Keld Leveau
Spain:Salvador Botella,Miguel Bover,Antonio Ferraz,Jesus Galdeano
Luxemburg:Jean-Pierre Schmitz,Willy Kemp,Marcel Ernzer,Charly Gaul
Australia:Maurice Horder
Austria:Adolf Christian
Liechtenstein:Alois Lampaert
References
edit- ^"24ème Championnat du monde sur route 1957".Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu(in French).Retrieved31 December2021.
- ^"Cyclisme sur route - Championnats du Monde - 1957".LesSports.info(in French).
- ^"Waregem 1957: het 2e WK in Vlaanderen"(in Dutch). flanders2021. 10 September 2021.