1956 UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships 1956 were held in Ballerup, Denmark on 25 and 26 August.
Racing
Located close to the Danish capital Copenhagen 13 km long course of Ballerup had to be traversed by the professional drivers 22 times. In cold weather, with rain and wind, only 28 of the 71 launched driver survived the 285 km long race. The decisive attack was driven in the 17 round, twelve players managed to break away from the field and out down a lead of over two minutes. The top group was dominated by six Belgians, including the defending champion Stan ocher. In addition, there were three Dutch, two French, and only Italian Fiorenzo Magni of the party. At the finish of the Dutch Gerrit Schulte made for its Belgian Sechstagerennen partner Rik Van Steenbergen free the alley, so this won the sprint ahead of his countryman Rik Van Looy. Schulte erspurtete the 3rd place. The 31 -year-old van Steenbergen, who in 1949 also won the world title in Denmark, needed for his 1956 win an average speed of 38.8 km / h Of the six German drivers started survived only Emil Reinecke than 23 and Horst Backat than 25 the race. Both reached with a delay of twelve minutes on the winning goal.
The day before the amateur riders had found their champion. They had to deal with on the circuit 194 kilometers. With a record speed of 40.4 km / h, the 23-year -old Dutchman Frans Mahn won the title in the sprint before the Belgian Norbert Verougstraete.