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{{Infobox cycling race
| name          = UCI Road World Championships – Men's amateur road race
| current_event =
| image         = [[Image:Jersey rainbow.svg]]
| image_caption   = [[Rainbow jersey]]
| date          =
| region        =
| english       =
| localnames    =
| nickname      =
| discipline    = road race
| competition   =
| type          = One-day
| organiser     = UCI
| director      =
| first         = {{start date|1921}}
| number        = 62
| final         =
| firstwinner   = {{flagathlete|[[Gunnar Sköld]]|SWE}}
| mostwins      = {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Martano]]|ITA|1861}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Gustav-Adolf Schur]]|GDR}}<br>
:''2 times''
| mostrecent    = {{flagathlete|[[Danny Nelissen]]|NED}}
}}
The '''[[UCI Road World Championships]] – Men's amateur road race''' was the annual [[world championship]] for amateurs for [[road bicycle racing]] in the discipline of a [[road bicycle racing|road race]], organised by the world governing body, the [[Union Cycliste Internationale]]. The event was first run in 1921.<ref>[http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=1529 Wereldkampioenschap, Op de weg, Amateurs] dewielersite.net</ref><ref>[http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/championnats/chpt_mondial_amateur.php Palmarès du championnat du monde sur route amateurs sur ''memoire-du-cyclisme.eu'']</ref>
==Medal winners==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Championships}}
|-
| [[1921 UCI Road World Championships|1921]] || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gunnar Sköld]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Willum Nielsen]] || {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlie Davey (cyclist)|Charles Davey]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1922 UCI Road World Championships|1922]] || {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[David Marsh (cyclist)|David Marsh]] || {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Bill Burkill]] || {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Charlie Davey (cyclist)|Charles Davey]]
|-
| [[1923 UCI Road World Championships|1923]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Liberio Ferrario]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Othmar Eichenberger]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Georges Antenen]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1924 UCI Road World Championships|1924]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[André Leducq]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Otto Lehner]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Armand Blanchonnet]]
|-
| [[1925 UCI Road World Championships|1925]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Henri Hoevenaers]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Marc Bocher]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Gert van den Berg (cyclist)|Gert van den Berg]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1926 UCI Road World Championships|1926]] || | {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Octave Dayen]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jules Merviel]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Pierre Polano]]
|-
| [[1927 UCI Road World Championships|1927]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean Aerts]] ||{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Rudolf Wolke]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Michele Orecchia]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1928 UCI Road World Championships|1928]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Allegro Grandi]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Michele Bara]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean Aerts]]
|-
| [[1929 UCI Road World Championships|1929]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Pierino Bertolazzo]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Remo Bertoni]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[René Brossy]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1930 UCI Road World Championships|1930]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Giuseppe Martano]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Eugenio Gestri]] || {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Rudolf Risch]]
|-
| [[1931 UCI Road World Championships|1931]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Henry Hansen (cyclist)|Henry Hansen]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Giuseppe Olmo]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Leo Nielsen]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1932 UCI Road World Championships|1932]] || | {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Giuseppe Martano]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Paul Egli]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul Chocque]]
|-
| [[1933 UCI Road World Championships|1933]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Paul Egli]]|| {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Kurt Stettler (cyclist)|Kurt Stettler]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Joseph Lowagie]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1934 UCI Road World Championships|1934]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Kees Pellenaers]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[André Deforge]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Paul André]]
|-
| [[1935 UCI Road World Championships|1935]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Ivo Mancini]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Robert Charpentier]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Werner Grundahl]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1936 UCI Road World Championships|1936]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Edgar Buchwalder]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Gottlieb Weber]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Pierino Favalli]]
|-
| [[1937 UCI Road World Championships|1937]] || {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} [[Adolfo Leoni]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Frode Sørensen (cyclist)|Frode Sørensen]] ||  [[File:Flag of Germany 1933.svg|23px|Germany]] [[Fritz Scheller]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1938 UCI Road World Championships|1938]] || | {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Hans Knecht]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Josef Wagner (cyclist)|Josef Wagner]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Joop Demmenie]]
|-
|rowspan=1 colspan=5 align="center" | ''No race due to World War II''
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1946 UCI Road World Championships|1946]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Henry Aubry]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Ernest Stettler]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Henri Van Kerkhove]]
|-
| [[1947 UCI Road World Championships|1947]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Alfio Ferrari]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Silvio Pedroni]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Gerard Van Beek]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1948 UCI Road World Championships|1948]] || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Harry Snell (cyclist)|Harry Snell]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Liévin Lerno]] || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Olle Wänlund]]
|-
| [[1949 UCI Road World Championships|1949]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Henk Faanhof]] || {{Flagicon|LUX}} [[Henri Kaas]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Hubert Vinken]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1950 UCI Road World Championships|1950]] || {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Jack Hoobin]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Robert Varnajo]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Alfio Ferrari]]
|-
| [[1951 UCI Road World Championships|1951]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Ghidini]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Rino Benedetti]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Plantaz]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1952 UCI Road World Championships|1952]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Luciano Ciancola]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[André Noyelle]] || {{Flagicon|LUX}} [[Roger Ludwig]]
|-
| [[1953 UCI Road World Championships|1953]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Ricardo Filippi]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Gastone Nencini]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Rik Van Looy]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1954 UCI Road World Championships|1954]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Emiel Van Cauter]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Hans Andresen]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Martin Van den Borgh]]
|-
| [[1955 UCI Road World Championships|1955]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Sante Ranucci]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Lino Grassi]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Dino Bruni]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1956 UCI Road World Championships|1956]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Frans Mahn]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Norbert Verougstraete]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Jan Buis]]
|-
| [[1957 UCI Road World Championships|1957]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Louis Proost]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Arnaldo Pambianco]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Schalk Verhoef]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1958 UCI Road World Championships|1958]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Valère Paulissen]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Henri De Wolf]]
|-
| [[1959 UCI Road World Championships|1959]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Bastiaan Maliepaard]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Constant Goosens]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1960 UCI Road World Championships|1960]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Bernhard Eckstein]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Gustav-Adolf Schur]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Willy Vanden Berghen]]
|-
| [[1961 UCI Road World Championships|1961]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Jourden]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Belena]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Gestraut]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1962 UCI Road World Championships|1962]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Renato Bongioni]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Ole Ritter]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Arie den Hartog]]
|-
| [[1963 UCI Road World Championships|1963]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Flaviano Vicentini]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Francis Bazire]] || {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Winfried Bölke]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1964 UCI Road World Championships|1964]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Eddy Merckx]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Willy Planckaert]] || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Gösta Pettersson]]
|-
| [[1965 UCI Road World Championships|1965]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Botherel]] || [[File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg|23px|Spain]] [[José Manuel Lasa]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Battista Monti]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1966 UCI Road World Championships|1966]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Evert Dolman]] || {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Les West]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Willy Skibby]]
|-
| [[1967 UCI Road World Championships|1967]] || {{Flagicon|GBR}} [[Graham Webb]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Claude Guyot]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[René Pijnen]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1968 UCI Road World Championships|1968]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Vittorio Marcelli]] || {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Luis-Carlos Florès]] || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Erik Pettersson (cyclist)|Erik Pettersson]]
|-
| [[1969 UCI Road World Championships|1969]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Leif Mortensen]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Jean-Pierre Monseré]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Gustave Van Roosbroeck]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1970 UCI Road World Championships|1970]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Jørgen Schmidt]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Ludo Van der Linden]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Tony Gakens]]
|-
| [[1971 UCI Road World Championships|1971]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Régis Ovion]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Freddy Maertens]] || [[File:Flag of Spain 1945 1977.svg|23px|Spain]] [[José Luis Viejo]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1972 || colspan="3" align=center | No race due to the [[Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[1973 UCI Road World Championships|1973]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Szurkowski]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Stanisław Szozda]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Bernard Bourreau]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1974 UCI Road World Championships|1974]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Janusz Kowalski]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Ryszard Szurkowski]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Michel Kuhn]]
|-
| [[1975 UCI Road World Championships|1975]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[André Gevers]] || {{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven-Åke Nilsson]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Ceruti]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1976 || colspan="3" align=center | No race due to the [[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[1977 UCI Road World Championships|1977]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Claudio Corti (cyclist)|Claudio Corti]] || {{Flagicon|URS}} [[Sergueï Morozov]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Salvatore Maccali]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1978 UCI Road World Championships|1978]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Gilbert Glaus]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Krzysztof Sujka]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Stefan Mutter]]
|-
| [[1979 UCI Road World Championships|1979]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Giacomini]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Jan Jankiewicz]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Bernd Drogan]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1980 || colspan="3" align=center | No race due to the [[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[1981 UCI Road World Championships|1981]] || {{Flagicon|URS}} [[Andrei Vedernikov]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Rudy Rogiers]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Gilbert Glaus]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1982 UCI Road World Championships|1982]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Bernd Drogan]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Francis Vermaelen]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Jorg Bruggmann]]
|-
| [[1983 UCI Road World Championships|1983]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Uwe Raab]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Niki Rüttimann]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Andrzej Serediuk]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1984 || colspan="3" align=center | No race due to the [[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[1985 UCI Road World Championships|1985]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Lech Piasecki]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Johnny Weltz]] || {{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Frank Van De Vijver]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1986 UCI Road World Championships|1986]] || {{Flagicon|RDA}} [[Uwe Ampler]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[John Talen]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Arjan Jagt]]
|-
| [[1987 UCI Road World Championships|1987]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Richard Vivien]] || {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Hartmut Bölts]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Alex Pedersen (cyclist)|Alex Pedersen]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1988 || colspan="3" align=center | No race due to the [[Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[1989 UCI Road World Championships|1989]] || {{Flagicon|POL}} [[Joachim Halupczok]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Éric Pichon]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Manin]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1990 UCI Road World Championships|1990]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Mirco Gualdi]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Caruso]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Philippe Dojwa]]
|-
| [[1991 UCI Road World Championships|1991]] || {{Flagicon|URS}} [[Viktor Rjaksinski]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Davide Rebellin]] || {{Flagicon|SUI}} [[Beat Zberg]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| 1992 || colspan="3" align=center | No race due to the [[Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[1993 UCI Road World Championships|1993]] || {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Jan Ullrich]] || {{Flagicon|LAT}} [[Kaspars Ozers]] || {{Flagicon|CZE}} [[Lubor Tesař]]
|-bgcolor="#EFEFEF"
| [[1994 UCI Road World Championships|1994]] || {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Alex Pedersen (cyclist)|Alex Pedersen]] || {{Flagicon|SVK}} [[Milan Dvorščík]] || {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Christophe Mengin]]
|-
| [[1995 UCI Road World Championships|1995]] || {{Flagicon|NED}} [[Danny Nelissen]] || {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Sgnaolin]] || {{Flagicon|COL}} [[Víctor Becerra]]
|}
===Medallists by nation===
{{Medals table
| caption        =
| host           =
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| event          =
| team           =
| gold_ITA = 18 | silver_ITA = 12 | bronze_ITA = 8
| gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 9 | bronze_FRA = 8
| gold_NLD = 6 | silver_NLD = 2 | bronze_NLD = 11
| gold_RDA = 6 | silver_RDA = 1 | bronze_RDA = 1
| gold_BEL = 5 | silver_BEL = 10 | bronze_BEL = 11
| gold_SUI = 4 | silver_SUI = 8 | bronze_SUI = 6
| gold_DEN = 4 | silver_DEN = 5 | bronze_DEN = 4
| gold_POL = 4 | silver_POL = 4 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_GBR = 2 | silver_GBR = 2 | bronze_GBR = 2
| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 3
| gold_URS = 2 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 0
| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 3
| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 0
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 1
| gold_LUX = 0 | silver_LUX = 1 | bronze_LUX = 1
| gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 1 | bronze_LAT = 0
| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 0
| gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 1 | bronze_SVK = 0
| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1
| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1
}}
==References==
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{{UCI Road World Championships events}}
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[[Category:Events at the UCI Road World Championships|Men's amateur road race]]
[[Category:Defunct cycling races]]
[[Category:Men's road bicycle races]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1921]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1995]]
[[Category:Lists of UCI Road World Championships medalists]]