1927 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The men's road race at the 1927 UCI Road World Championships was the inaugural edition of the professional event.[nb 1] The race took place on Thursday 21 July 1927 in Adenau, Germany.[1] The race was won by Alfredo Binda of Italy.

Men's Individual Road Race
1927 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates21 July 1927
Stages1
Distance182.5 km (113.4 mi)
Winning time6h 37' 29"
Results
  Winner  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (Italy)
  Second  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (Italy)
  Third  Domenico Piemontesi (ITA) (Italy)

Final classification
General classification (1–10)[2][3][nb 2]
Rank Rider Time
 Alfredo Binda (ITA) 6h 37' 29"
 Costante Girardengo (ITA) + 7' 16"
 Domenico Piemontesi (ITA) + 10' 51"
4  Gaetano Belloni (ITA) + 11' 11"
5  Jean Aerts* (BEL) + 11' 51"
6  Rudolf Wolke* (GER) + 14' 24"
7  Michele Orecchia* (ITA) + 17' 50"
8  Erik Bohlin* (SUI) + 18' 06"
9  René Brossy* (FRA) + 19' 33"
10  Herbert Nebe (GER) + 23' 03"

Notes
  1. The peloton was formed of professionals and amateurs, and each were categorised accordingly. Previously, only amateur races had taken place since 1921.
  2. Those starred (*) were amateur at the time of the event.[1]

References
  1. "1927 World Pro Road Cycling Championships". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. "1èr Championnat du monde sur route 1927". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004.
  3. "1927 World Championship". First Cycling. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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