1981 UCI Road World Championships
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The 1981 UCI Road World Championships
took place on 30 August 1981 in Prague
, Czechoslovakia
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The maximum number of riders per team was 12, plus the titleholder Bernard Hinault
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The number of riders at the start was 112 with 69 finishers (43 abandoned)
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place on 30 August 1981 in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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Results
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
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| Men's road race | Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion.- Career :... |
7.21'59" | Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni Giuseppe Saronni , also known as Beppe Saronni, is an Italian former racing cyclist.-Biography:Born in Novara, Piedmont, Saronni turned professional in 1977. During his career, that lasted until 1989, he won 193 races... |
- | Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault Bernard Hinault is a former French cyclist known for five victories in the Tour de France. He is one of only five cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each more than once. He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985... |
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| Amateurs' road race | Andrei Vedernikov |
- | Rudy Rogiers |
- | Gilbert Glaus Gilbert Glaus Gilbert Glaus was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. In 1983, Glaus won a stage in the 1983 Tour de France, but in the 1984 Tour de France he was the Lanterne rouge .- Palmarès :... |
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| Team time trial | Falk Boden Bernd Drogan Mario Kummer Mario Kummer Mario Kummer is a retired track and road racing cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Uwe Ampler, Jan Schur and Maik Landsmann... Olaf Ludwig Olaf Ludwig Olaf Ludwig is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team... |
- | Youri Kashirin Oleg Logvin Sergej Kadazki Anatoli Yarkin |
- | Milan Jurčo Milan Jurčo Milan Jurčo was a Czechoslovak professional road bicycle racer.-Palmares:1981... Michal Klasa Alipi Kostadinov Jiří Škoda |
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| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Ute Enzanauer |
- | Jeannie Longo Jeannie Longo Jeannie Longo is a French racing cyclist, multiple French champion and 13 times world champion. Longo is still active in cycling as of 2011 and is widely considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all time... |
- | Connie Carpenter |
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Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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List of professional riders
NB : List of teams by number of riders then alphabetically.The maximum number of riders per team was 12, plus the titleholder Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault is a former French cyclist known for five victories in the Tour de France. He is one of only five cyclists to have won all three Grand Tours, and the only cyclist to have won each more than once. He won the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985...
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The number of riders at the start was 112 with 69 finishers (43 abandoned)
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* Jan Bogaert (39th)
Roger De Vlaeminck Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as '"The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation"... Fons De Wolf Alfons De Wolf is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.... (7th) Freddy Maertens Freddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion.- Career :...  René Martens René Martens was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :1976... (28th) Guido Van Calster - External links :... (5th) Herman Van Springel Herman van Springel is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region.He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen in a time-trial... Daniel Willems Daniel Willems is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986.- Palmarès :19761977Daniel Willems is a Belgian former road bicycle racer... | style="border:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#CCCCCC;"|
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Jacques Hanegraaf Jacobus Johannes Henricus Hanegraaf is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1981 to 1994. He twice won the Dutch title in the men's road race . His other major wins include the 1984 Amstel Gold Race... Gerrie Knetemann Gerrie Knetemann was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship.... Hennie Kuiper Hennie Kuiper is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five “Monument” classics... (69th) Henk Lubberding Henk Lubberding is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1977 to 1992.... Jan Raas Jan Raas is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, he also won the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan – San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France... Aad van den Hoek Aad van den Hoek is a former Dutch cyclist. He was professional between 1974 and 1983 and was good friends with Gerrie Knetemann... Johan van der Velde Johan van der Velde is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France he won the Maillot blanc, or white jersey, for being the best young rider under 25, also placing 12th overall that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year... (11th) Ad Wijnands Ad Wijnands was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who won two stages in the 1981 Tour de France.- Palmarès :198019801981... Peter Winnen Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1980 until 1991. Among his 14 victories were two stages at Alpe d'Huez in the Tour de France and a national championship. He came third in the Tour de France in 1983.-Results:1981... (40th) Joop Zoetemelk Hendrik Gerardus Jozef "Joop" Zoetemelk is a retired professional racing cyclist from the Netherlands who has emigrated to France. He started the Tour de France 16 times and finished every time, a record. He won the race in 1980 and also came eighth, fifth, fourth and second... (21st) |
Beat Breu Beat Breu is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth overall. He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia.- Palmarès :1981... Serge Demierre Serge Demierre was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. In 1983, Demierre won the Combativity award and the 4th stage of the 1983 Tour de France. He runs a high-end bicycle shop in Vernier Village close to Geneva Airport.... (13th) Daniel Gisiger Daniel Gisiger, born 9 October 1954, in Baccarat, was a Swiss road cyclist. He grew up in Bienne, in RC Olympia Biel-Bienne.-Major Results:* 2 stages of the Giro d'Italia* 1 stage of the Tour de Suisse* 1 stages of the Tour de Romandie... (51st) Stefan Mutter Stefan Mutter was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :19781981... (8th) Gottfried Schmutz Gottfried "Gody" Schmutz is a retired Swiss road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1977 to 1987.-Results:* 1978** Swiss Road Cycling Champion 1978** 3rd, Tour of Britain... (56th) |
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Knut Knudsen Knut Knudsen is a retired Norwegian cyclist.He won the 4,000 m individual pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics and at the World Championship in 1973. He won 11 Norwegian championships and cycled professionally in Italy from 1973 to 1981... (65th) Jostein Wilmann Jostein Wilmann is a former Norwegian professional road racing cyclist. His best performance came in the Tour de France of 1980, where he finished 14th overall. This is still the best result any Norwegian cyclist has achieved in the Tour de France general classification.-External links:... (34th) |
Graham Jones (cyclist) Graham Jones is a former professional English road racing cyclist from Manchester, England. He rode in the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He is often described as one of the classiest riders that the UK has produced, but his career was hindered by being over raced in his early days, and by... Robert Millar Robert Millar is a former Scottish professional cyclist who won the “King of the Mountains” competition in the 1984 Tour de France and finished fourth overall – sharing the highest Tour position for a British cyclist with Bradley Wiggins, and the first time a Briton had won a major Tour... (14th) Paul Sherwen Paul Sherwen is an English former professional racing cyclist. He is now a broadcaster on cycling, notably the Tour de France. He raced in seven editions of the Tour, finishing five, and gained a reputation for his ability to suffer over long mountain stages.-Cycling career:Born in Widnes,... |
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Gerhard Schönbacher Gerhard Schönbacher is a former professional cyclist.Schönbacher was a professional cyclist for nine seasons, and rode the UCI World Championships seven times, but is mainly known for finishing last in the Tour de France in two consecutive years.-Biography:Schönbacher was born in Graz, Austria, on... |
Seán Kelly (cyclist) John James 'Sean' Kelly is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest classics riders of all time. From turning professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won nine monument classics, and 193... (42nd) Stephen Roche Stephen Roche is a retired professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus the World road race championship... (61st) |
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