1984 UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships 1984 were held in Barcelona, Spain on September 2, 1984. Because of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, only the world champion of professional drivers has been determined, accounted for the amateur decisions. Instead, the Olympic champion counted at the same time as world champion.
Racing
The circuit of professional drivers had a length of 255.5 kilometers and led as 1973, when the World Cup was also held in Barcelona, on the 173 meter hill of Montjuic with its arduous climb to Castell. There was intense heat with peak temperatures around 40 degrees. These severe conditions led to the premature abandonment of 88 of the 119 riders started. Among the retiring were among many favorites, all eight German Active.
After a solo flight over the last 19 kilometers of the 27- year-old Belgian Claude Criquielion became the new World Champion by a margin of 14 seconds ahead of the Italian Claudio Corti. Only a minute later arrived the chase group, from the Steve Bauer was eliminated in third place out of Canada. The defending champion Greg LeMond of the United States was more than three minutes Criquielion only 27
The race suffered significant organizational deficiencies, including, inter alia, the drivers were always hampered by flowing on the route spectators.