1987 UCI Road World Championships
The 54th UCI Road World Championships 1987 took place in early September in Villach, Austria.
Track
The World Championship circuit 1987, a 11.7 km circular route starting and finishing in Villach suburb Mary Gail. In the southeast, the route ran up to Faak and from there via St. Niklas an der Drau and Großsattel back to Mary Gail. Immediately after the start is to deal with a first long climb and a steep hill with a ten percent slope rises on the way from Faak to St. Nicholas. Overall, the course has a vertical drop of 113 meters. The professional drivers had to complete 23 laps (272 km), the amateurs went in single race 15 laps (180 km) and the single women's race was over six rounds ( 70.2 km ).
Racing
The Driver determined the World Champion on Sunday, 6th September. The race was accompanied by torrential rain. During the race there were numerous Ausreisversuche, including the defending champion Moreno Argentin and the German Rolf Golz. One of the most active riders, the Dane Rolf Sørensen, conducted in the last round a decisive advance. He moved with eleven riders, among them Sean Kelly 's favorite from Ireland and his compatriot Stephen Roche. While the final spurt concentrated everything on Kelly, Roche saw a gap in time, leaving his competitors behind. After his victories in the Giro d' Italia and Tour de France, he made so that the triple completely. Goelz missed fourth place just short of the podium. With Andreas Kappes ( 16 ) and Peter 's help ( 45 ) two more German could finish the race, which was originally started by 168 assets subject to the 71 runners. Among the retired, five were German, Dietrich Thurau and Reimund Dietzen.
A day earlier, the women and men had determined the amateur world champion. In the women's race, the Frenchwoman Jeannie Longo was able to defend her title twelve seconds ahead. Best German Ute Enzenauer was in 19th place. New amateur world champion of the men was Longos compatriot Richard Vivien, who won the sprint before the German Hartmut Bölts. In hot weather, 182 amateurs were gone at the start. Long Pole Andrzej Mierzejewski, the was able to pull from the field, but was caught up in the penultimate round of a six-man chase group, Vivien finally emerged from the as sprint winner.
In the team time trial for the first time a World Championships team was determined with the women, the 50 - km time trial won by the women from the Soviet Union. For men, the four of Italy won.