1988 UCI Road World Championships
The 55th UCI Road World Championships 1988 took place in Belgium Ronse on August 28. With the exception of the team time trial, the women, the results of road Radwettbewerbe the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 counted for the World Championship.
Racing
The professional drivers had to cope with a 13.57 km long circuit 20 times. In the 16th round, formed a breakaway group that also the German Rolf Golz were riding. This and three other riders managed a lap later to break away from the group. In the third last round of the four but was caught again and formed a new group of 14 riders who stayed together until the final lap. Before the finish broke away, the Belgian Claude Criquielion, the Italian Maurizio Fondriest, and the Canadian Steve Bauer and subjected to the final sprint. Here, the Belgians and the Canadians came together and Criquielion crashed. Maurizio Fondriest was beneficiary, which thus came first to cross the finish line. Bauer was subsequently disqualified Criquielion frustrated pushed his machine as eleventh on the line. Among the disappointed Belgian spectators caused a riot. The German Hartmut Bölts missed fourth place just short of the podium. Rolf Golz, traded before the race as one of the favorite and then one of the most active in the field, had to settle for a disappointing 68th place at the end, still behind his compatriot Andreas Kappes, the einkam on rank 50. Among the 99 retiring the remaining five German drivers were.