1938 UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships 1938 were held in Valkenburg in the Netherlands on September 5. Because of the outbreak of World War II in 1939, then the world championships were suspended until 1946.
Racing
The professional drivers completed a distance of 273 kilometers, on which a 1500 m long climb was to deal with the Cauberg with a elfprozentigen slope. The Quickest, 34.5 km / h was the almost 24 - year-old Belgian Marcel Kint, of the World Championship title with a spurt from a four -man lead group secured. Of the 36 drivers in the race gone only eight players finished the race. Among the retiring all four German riders were. In the amateurs who had to drive 170 kilometers, won the 25- year-old Hans Knecht from Switzerland ahead of his countryman Josef Wagner. Servant handled the championship course with an average speed of 34.9 kilometers.