1970 UCI Road World Championships

1970 UCI Road World Championships
Leicester is located in England
Leicester
Leicester
VenueLeicester, United Kingdom United Kingdom
Date (1970-08-13 - 1970-08-16)13-16 August 1970
Coordinates52°38′N 1°08′W / 52.64°N 1.13°W / 52.64; -1.13

The 1970 UCI Road World Championships took place from 13 to 16 August 1970 at Mallory Park in Leicester, United Kingdom.[1][2][3]

In the same period, the 1970 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were also organized in Leicester.

Results

Race: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze : Time
Men
Men's road race
Jean-Pierre Monseré
 Belgium
6 h 33 min 58s Leif Mortensen
 Denmark
+ 2s Felice Gimondi
 Italy
m.t.
Amateurs' road race Jorgen Schmidt
 Denmark
- Ludo Van der Linden
 Belgium
- Tony Gakens
 Belgium
-
Team time trial  Soviet Union
Valery Yardy
Viktor Sokolov
Boris Shoukov
Valeri Likatchev
–  Czechoslovakia
Jiří Mainuš
František Řezáč
Milan Puzrla
Petr Matoušek
–  Netherlands
Fedor den Hertog
Popke Oosterhof
Tino Tabak
Adri Duycker
-
Women
Women's road race Anna Konkina
 Soviet Union
- Morena Tartagni
 Italy
- Raisa Obodovskaja
 Soviet Union
-
Outfit of Jean-Pierre Monseré as worldchampion, consisting of victory ribbon, cap, medal and rainbow jersey (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2013
2 Belgium (BEL)1113
3 Denmark (DEN)1102
4 Italy (ITA)0112
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
6 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

References

  1. ^ "1970  » UCI World Championship". procyclingstats.com. 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1970". FirstCycling.com. 25 December 2025.
  3. ^ "World Championship RR - Women". FirstCycling.com. 25 December 2025.