The 1987 UCI Road World Championships

1987 UCI Road World Championships

The 1987 UCI Road World Championships took place in Villach, Austria. Stephen Roche completed the rare Triple Crown of Cycling, meaning he won the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, before winning the Men's Road Race. Before this was only achieved by Eddy Merckx in 1974.- Events summary :...

 - Men's Road Race took place on September , 1987 in Villach

Villach

Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. The Championship was won by the Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 rider Stephen Roche

Stephen Roche

Stephen Roche is a retired professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus the World road race championship...

, who outsprinted the rest of a five-man group in the final 500 metres. Moreno Argentin

Moreno Argentin

Moreno Argentin is an Italian former professional cyclist .Born in San Donà di Piave , he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de Suisse. Known as Il Capo , he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège four times, the La Flèche Wallonne three times and the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Giro...

 took the silver medal and Juan Fernández captured third place for the bronze medal.

The Championships were hosted by the Austrian city of Villach

Villach

Villach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...

, and featured several laps of a tough circuit, amounting to almost 272 kilometres of racing.

Results

September 30, 1987: Stuttgart, 272 km

	Cyclist	Time
1		6:50:02
2		+0:01
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.