1962 UCI Road World Championships

The World Championships cycling on the road in 1962 were held between August 29 and September 2 in Italy.

The individual races were driven in Salò on a circuit of 12.88 kilometer. The pros had to drive 23 laps (296.240 km), the amateurs 14 (179.320 km) and five women (64.4 km).

The match turned in the pros around the rivalry between the Tour winner Jacques Anquetil and his teammates at St. Raphael, and the "Emperor of Herentals," outgoing World Champion Rik Van Looy, and his servants with Flandria Faema . Eventually pulled the "Rapha's" at the end. The world title went to Frenchman Jean Stablinski who soloed to victory. Second, the Irishman Seamus Elliott, was also a teammate of Anquetil. The first "Faema" was Huub Zilverberg (6e). The group with the favorites Anquetil (15th) and Van Looy (30th) finished nearly four minutes behind the winner. [1]

The Italian Renato Boncioni, a rider from the region, was a surprise winner in the amateurs. The championship for the women received a completely unique Belgian stage.

The team time trial for amateurs was in Brescia held over two rounds of 56 km [2] . There were 19 teams at the start. Under a blazing sun won the Italians for the Danes (with Ole Ritter, who later was second in the road race) and four from Uruguay. The Dutch team, which consisted of Cornelis Schuuring , Kees Snepvangers , Jan Schröder and Cees van Espen, was fifth. Aspens was dropped after 10 km in the second round so that only three riders rode the race. Belgium was only sixteen.

Content

 * 1 Results
 * 1.1 Professional Riders
 * 1.2 Amateurs
 * 1.3 TTT amateurs
 * 1.4 Women