1974 UCI Road World Championships

Coordinates: 45°30′32″N 73°33′42″W / 45.50889°N 73.56167°W / 45.50889; -73.56167
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1974 UCI Road World Championships
Montreal is located in Quebec
Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is located in Canada
Montreal
Montreal
VenueMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Date(s) (1974-08-25)25 August 1974
Coordinates45°30′32″N 73°33′42″W / 45.50889°N 73.56167°W / 45.50889; -73.56167
Events4
Freddy Maertens, 1974 World Championship Road Race, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Felice Gimondi and Eddy Merckx in action on the climb of Voie Camillien Houde.

The 1974 UCI Road World Championships took place on 25 August 1974 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal and the 1976 Summer Olympics follows a similar course to this World Championship.[2] It was the 47th edition of the tournament and the first to be hosted outside Europe.

Results

Race: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze : Time
Men
Men's road race
details
Eddy Merckx
 Belgium
6 h 52 min 22s Raymond Poulidor
 France
+ 2s Mariano Martínez
 France
+ 37s
Amateurs' road race
Janusz Kowalski
 Poland
- Ryszard Szurkowski
 Poland
- Michel Kuhn
 Switzerland
-
Team time trial
 Sweden
Lennart Fagerlund
Bernt Johansson
Tord Filipsson
Sven-Åke Nilsson
-  
Vladimir Kaminski
Valery Chaplygin
-  
Karl Dietrich Diers
Horst Tischoff
Gerhard Lauke
-
Women
Women's road race Geneviève Gambillon
 France
- Baiba Caune
 Soviet Union
- Keetie van Oosten-Hage
 Netherlands
-

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)1113
2 Poland (POL)1102
3 Belgium (BEL)1001
 Sweden (SWE)1001
5 Soviet Union (URS)0202
6 East Germany (DDR)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

References

  1. ^ Dick Chapman (August 26, 1974). "Cycling titan Eddy Merckx winner of 'formidable' Mount Royal Marathon". The Montreal Gazette. p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and Montréal bring WorldTour to Canada". CyclingNews. 7 September 2012.

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