1978 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's Individual Road Race
1978 UCI Road World Championships
	Rainbow jersey Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	27 August 1978
Stages	1
Distance	274.8 km (170.8 mi)
Winning time	7h 32' 04"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	← 1977 1979 →

The men's road race at the 1978 UCI Road World Championships was the 45th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 27 August 1978 in Adenau, West Germany.^[1] The race was won by Gerrie Knetemann of the Netherlands.^[2]

Final classification

General classification (1–10)^[2]^[3]

Rank	Rider	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gerrie Knetemann (NED)	7h 32' 04"
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Moser (ITA)	+ 0"
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Jørgen Marcussen (DEN)	+ 20"
4	File:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)	+ 28"
5	File:Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault (FRA)	+ 28"
6	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joop Zoetemelk (NED)	+ 28"
7	File:Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Lualdi (ITA)	+ 39"
8	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Herman Van Springel (BEL)	+ 47"
9	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Dierickx (BEL)	+ 50"
10	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	+ 50"

References

↑ "1978 World Pro Road Cycling Championships". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "45ème Championnat du monde sur route 1978". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004.
↑ "1978 World Championship". First Cycling. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

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[BRI-1] "1978 World Pro Road Cycling Championships". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[Mem1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "45ème Championnat du monde sur route 1978". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 3 November 2004.

[3] "1978 World Championship". First Cycling. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

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1927–1938	1927: File:Flag of Italy.svg Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1928: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1929: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Georges Ronsse (BEL) 1930: File:Flag of Italy.svg Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1931: File:Flag of Italy.svg Learco Guerra (ITA) 1932: File:Flag of Italy.svg Alfredo Binda (ITA) 1933: File:Flag of France.svg Georges Speicher (FRA) 1934: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Karel Kaers (BEL) 1935: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean Aerts (BEL) 1936: File:Flag of France.svg Antonin Magne (FRA) 1937: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) 1938: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marcel Kint (BEL)
1946–1959	1946: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Knecht (SUI) 1947: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Middelkamp (NED) 1948: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Briek Schotte (BEL) 1949: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1950: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Briek Schotte (BEL) 1951: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) 1952: File:Flag of Germany.svg Heinz Müller (FRG) 1953: File:Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1954: File:Flag of France.svg Louison Bobet (FRA) 1955: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stan Ockers (BEL) 1956: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1957: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) 1958: File:Flag of Italy.svg Ercole Baldini (ITA) 1959: File:Flag of France.svg André Darrigade (FRA)
1960–1979	1960: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1961: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Looy (BEL) 1962: File:Flag of France.svg Jean Stablinski (FRA) 1963: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Benoni Beheyt (BEL) 1964: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Janssen (NED) 1965: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Simpson (GBR) 1966: File:Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Altig (FRG) 1967: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1968: File:Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Adorni (ITA) 1969: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Harm Ottenbros (NED) 1970: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL) 1971: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972: File:Flag of Italy.svg Marino Basso (ITA) 1973: File:Flag of Italy.svg Felice Gimondi (ITA) 1974: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1975: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hennie Kuiper (NED) 1976: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1977: File:Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Moser (ITA) 1978: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gerrie Knetemann (NED) 1979: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jan Raas (NED)
1980–1999	1980: File:Flag of France.svg Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1981: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Freddy Maertens (BEL) 1982: File:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) 1983: File:Flag of the United States.svg Greg LeMond (USA) 1984: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Claude Criquielion (BEL) 1985: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1986: File:Flag of Italy.svg Moreno Argentin (ITA) 1987: File:Flag of Ireland.svg Stephen Roche (IRL) 1988: File:Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Fondriest (ITA) 1989: File:Flag of the United States.svg Greg LeMond (USA) 1990: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rudy Dhaenens (BEL) 1991: File:Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1992: File:Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Bugno (ITA) 1993: File:Flag of the United States.svg Lance Armstrong (USA) 1994: File:Flag of France.svg Luc Leblanc (FRA) 1995: File:Flag of Spain.svg Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Johan Museeuw (BEL) 1997: File:Flag of France.svg Laurent Brochard (FRA) 1998: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Oscar Camenzind (SUI) 1999: File:Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Freire (ESP)
2000–2019	2000: File:Flag of Latvia.svg Romāns Vainšteins (LAT) 2001: File:Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Freire (ESP) 2002: File:Flag of Italy.svg Mario Cipollini (ITA) 2003: File:Flag of Spain.svg Igor Astarloa (ESP) 2004: File:Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Freire (ESP) 2005: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Boonen (BEL) 2006: File:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2007: File:Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Bettini (ITA) 2008: File:Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Ballan (ITA) 2009: File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cadel Evans (AUS) 2010: File:Flag of Norway.svg Thor Hushovd (NOR) 2011: File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cavendish (GBR) 2012: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Philippe Gilbert (BEL) 2013: File:Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Costa (POR) 2014: File:Flag of Poland.svg Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2015: File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Sagan (SVK) 2016: File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Sagan (SVK) 2017: File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Sagan (SVK) 2018: File:Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2019: File:Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Pedersen (DEN)
2020–2039	2020: File:Flag of France.svg Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2021: File:Flag of France.svg Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2022: File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2023: File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Tadej Pogačar (SLO)

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