1955 UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships 1955 were held in Frascati (Italy ) on 27 and 28 August.
Route
The World Cup Course led by 23 km southeast of Rome Frascati located on Torre di Mezzavia, 16 kilometers from the center of Rome, and from there back to Frascati. The distance measured 20.938 km and had both asphalt and over stone covering. Between three and seven kilometers the riders came at a steep slope at a speed up to 70 km / h Three kilometers from the finish was up a height difference of 180 meters to deal with.
Racing
The 293 km long race of professional drivers was at 35 degrees in the shade on a hot battle, which had grown by 65 riders started only 21 players. It formed an early peak group around the defending champion Louison Bobet, but were riding in the three Belgian. When the 35 - year-old Belgian Stan ocher sparked the leading group in the 13th and penultimate round, took his two compatriots, the brakeman function so that ocher was able to open a lead of one minute and unchallenged reached the goal. On the whole distance he had reached an average speed of 33.6 km / h. His teammates Germain Derijcke and Marcel Janssens came with the six-man chase group as 3rd and 5th in total, the spurt of the pursuers had the Luxembourg Jean -Pierre Schmitz won, thus reaching the second place. The Italian local heroes disappointed and reached Gastone Nencini as best placement only the 4th Place. With room 14 was Ferdy Kübler only Swiss, who reached the goal. Germany had eight riders in the race, six of which reached the target. Best German driver was Franz Reitz, who ended up with nearly 19 minutes behind the winner in 15th place.
The amateurs had to overcome 188 kilometers a day earlier. It came to a total Italian triumph, on the podium were three Italians. World amateur champion was 21-year- old Sante Ranucci in a sprint ahead of his compatriot Lino Grassi. With 1:42 minutes behind the third Italian Dino Bruni came in at number three. In tropical heat of 45 degrees difference over half of the 110 launched riders from, including all six DDR - Active ( Günter Grünwald, Wolfgang Grupe, Emil Reinecke, Gustav -Adolf Schur, Horst Tüller and Detlef Zabel ), the sixth after the round had risen from the wheel. At times, it seemed as though the Dane Hans Edmund Andresen can offer the Italian phalanx Paroli. He was driven away in the seventh round with the Italians Lino Grassi the field, and both went out a three-minute lead. Two laps later, however, closed on Ranucci and Bruni, and the Italian trio managed to hang the Danes. He eventually came back to the main field in twelfth to the finish. As the best of the German Saarland Lothar Friedrich reached the 8th place. From the German Cycling Federation Karl -Heinz Meyer 19th and Charles Loy were 31