1959 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

1959 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
Geneva
Venue Geneva, Switzerland
Date (1959-02-15)15 February 1959
Coordinates46°12′06″N 06°08′49″E / 46.20167°N 6.14694°E / 46.20167; 6.14694
Cyclists participating29
Events1

The 1959 Cyclo-cross World Championship was the tenth edition of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.[1] It was a second time the event was organized in Geneva, Switzerland, after the 1952 championships.

The course included five laps of four kilometers and a final 2.24-kilometer loop, bringing the total length to 22.24 kilometers.[2] The 29 participants came from seven countries, each sending a team of three or four riders, plus one rider each from the Netherlands and East Germany.[3]

Italian Renato Longo became the fourth cyclocross world champion in his second participation—he finished fourth in 1958.[4]

Men's Elite

RANK 1958 UCI CYCLO-CROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIME
 Renato Longo (ITA) 00:56:39
 Rolf Wolfshohl (BRD) + 0:14
 Amerigo Severini (ITA) + 0:24
4.  André Dufraisse (FRA) + 1:39
5.  Jempy Schmitz (LUX) + 1:54
6.  Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (BEL) + 2:23
7.  André Brulé (FRA) + 2:58
8.  Antonio Barrutia (SPA) + 2:58
9.  Romano Ferri (ITA) + 3:21
10.  Pierre Kumps (BEL) + 3:25

Notes

  1. ^ "World Championship 1959". FirstCycling.com. 21 December 2025.
  2. ^ "UCI World Championships Cyclocross 1959 - Results". cyclocross24.com. 1 December 2022.
  3. ^ "1959  » UCI World Championship (WC)". procyclingstats.com. 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ "World Championschip Cyclo-Cross". wielerflits.be (in Dutch). 21 December 2025.