1893 ICA Track Cycling World Championships

The web - Cycling World Championships 1893 were held on 11th and August 12th, 1893 at the Columbia World Exposition (World's Columbian Exposition ) in Chicago under the supervision of the International Cyclists' Association (ICA ), a forerunner of today's Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI ), instead of. They were the first official World Championships in track cycling.

There were held three races for amateurs. A race was over 10 km ( with 2 non-motorized pacemakers ). At the start, were U.S. and Canadian racers as well as the South African Laurens Smitz Meintjes. In a second race over the short distance of 1 mile ( Sprint) only Americans and Canadians were at the start.

The South African Meintjes won the Stayers race over 62 miles behind mehrsitziger pacemaker lead (without motor), which is regarded as the first unofficial world championships in this discipline.

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