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Elite Men's Road Race History
1927 Germany, Nurburgring, 182.48 km 1 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 2 C Girardengo (Ita) 3 Dom Piemontesi (Ita) 4 Gaetano Belloni (Ita) 5 Jean Aerts (Bel) 1928 Hungary, Budapest, 192 km 1 Georges Ronsse (Bel) 2 Herbert Nebe (Ger) 3 Bruno Wolke (Ger) 4 Jef Dervaes (Bel) 5 Walter Cap (Aut) 1929 Switzerland, Zurich, 200 km 1 Georges Ronsse (Bel) 2 Nicolas Frantz (Lux) 3 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 4 Jef Dervaes (Bel) 5 Leon Frascarelli (Ita) 1930 Belgium, Liège, 210 km 1 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 2 Learco Uerra (Ita) 3 Georges Ronsse (Bel) 4 Kurt Stoepel (Ger) 5 Allegro Grandi (Ita) 1931 Denmark, Kobenhavn, 172 km 1 Learco Guerra (Ita) 2 Ferdinand Le Drogo (Fra) 3 Albert Buechi (Swi) 4 Fabio Battesin (Ita) 5 Max Bulla (Aut) 1932 Italy, Roma, 206.1 km 1 Alfredo Binda (Ita) 2 Remo Bertoni (Ita) 3 Nicolas Frantz (Lux) 4 Ricardo Montero (Spa) 5 Learco Guerra (Ita) 1933 France, Monthléry, 250 km 1 Georges Speicher (Fra) 2 Antonin Magne (Fra) 3 Marin Valentin (Ned) 4 Alfred Haemerlinck (Bel) 5 Alfred Schepers (Bel) 1934 Germany, Leipzig, 225.8 km 1 Karel Kaers (Bel) 2 Learco Guerra (Ita) 3 Gustaaf Danneels (Bel) 4 Gerhard Huschke (Ger) 5 Gerrit Van der Ruit (Ned) 1935 Belgium, Florette, 216 km 1 Jean Aerts (Bel) 2 Luciano Montero (Spa) 3 Gustaaf Danneels (Bel) 4 Aldo Bini (Ita) 5 Leo Amberg (Swi) 1936 Switzerland, Berne, 218.4 km 1 Antonin Magne (Fra) 2 Aldo Bini (Ita) 3 Theo Middelkamp (Ned) 4 Paul Egli (Swi) 5 Werner Hansen (Den) 1937 Denmark, Kobenhavn, 297.5 km 1 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel) 2 Emil Kijewski (Ger) 3 Paul Egli (Swi) 4 Jean Majerus (Lux) 5 Georges Speicher (Fra) 1938 Netherlands, Valkenburg, 273 km 1 Marcel Kint (Bel) 2 Paul Egli (Swi) 3 Leo Amberg (Swi) 4 Piet Vannek (Ned) 5 Edward Vissers (Bel) 1946 Switzerland, Zurich, 270 km 1 Hans Knecht (Swi) 2 Marcel Kint (Bel) 3 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 4 Mario Ricci (Ita) 5 Gerrit Schulte (Ned) 1947 France, Reims, 274.035 km 1 Theo Middelkamp (Ned) 2 Albert Sercu (Bel) 3 Jef Jansen (Ned) 4 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 5 Ed Fachleiter (Fra) 1948 Netherlands, Valkenburg, 266.8 km 1 Briek Schotte (Bel) 2 Apo Lazarides (Fra) 3 Luc Teisseire (Fra) 4 Luciano Maggini (Ita) 5 Marcel Dupont (Bel) 1949 Denmark, Kobenhavn, 290 km 1 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 2 Ferdi Kubler (Swi) 3 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 4 Briek Schotte (Bel) 5 Gerrit Schulte (Ned) 1950 Belgium, Moorslede, 284 km 1 Briek Schotte (Bel) 2 Theo Middelkamp (Ned) 3 Ferdi Kubler (Swi) 4 Gerrit Schulte (Ned) 5 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1951 Italy, Varèse, 295.2 km 1 Ferdi Kubler (Swi) 2 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 3 Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita) 4 Jos De Feyter (Bel) 5 Gerrit Voortig (Ned) 1952 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 280 km 1 Heinz Muller (Ger) 2 Gottfried Weilemann (Swi) 3 Ludwig Hormann (Ger) 4 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 5 Robert Varnajo (Fra) 1953 Switzerland, Lugano, 270 km 1 Fausto Coppi (Ita) 2 Germain Derijcke (Bel) 3 Stan Ockers (Bel) 4 Michele Gismondi (Ita) 5 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 1954 Germany, Sollingen, 240 km 1 Louison Bobet (Fra) 2 Fritz Schar (Swi) 3 Charly Gaul (Lux) 4 Michele Gismondi (Ita) 5 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1955 Italy, Frascati, 293.132 km 1 Stan Ockers (Bel) 2 Jean-Paul Schmitz (Lux) 3 Germain Derijcke (Bel) 4 Gastone Nencini (Ita) 5 Marcel Janssens (Bel) 1956 Denmark, Ballerup, 285.12 km 1 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 2 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 3 Gerrit Schulte (Ned) 4 Stan Ockers (Bel) 5 Fred Debruyne (Bel) 1957 Belgium, Waregem, 285.6 km 1 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 2 Louison Bobet (Fra) 3 André Darrigade (Fra) 4 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 5 Fred De Bruyne (Bel) 1958 France, Reims, 276.794 km 1 Ercole Baldini (Ita) 2 Louison Bobet (Fra) 3 André Darrigade (Fra) 4 Vito Favero (Ita) 5 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1959 Netherlands, Zandwoort, 292.033 km 1 André Darrigade (Fra) 2 Michele Gismondi (Ita) 3 Noel Fore (Bel) 4 Tom Simpson (GB) 5 Diego Ronchini (Ita) 1960 Germany, Sachsenring, 279.392 km 1 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 2 André Darrigade (Fra) 3 Pino Cerami (Bel) 4 Imerio Massignan (Ita) 5 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1961 Switzerland, Berne, 285.252 km 1 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 2 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 3 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 4 José Bernardez (Spa) 5 Jo De Roo (Ned) 1962 Italy, Salo, 296.24 km 1 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 2 Seamus Elliott (Ire) 3 Jos Hoevenaers (Bel) 4 Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger) 5 Arnoldo Pambianco (Ita) 1963 Belgium, Ronse, 278.8 km 1 Benoni Beheyt (Bel) 2 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 3 Jo De Haan (Ned) 4 André Darrigade (Fra) 5 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 1964 France, Sallanches, 290 km 1 Jan Janssen (Ned) 2 Vittorio Adorni (Ita) 3 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 4 Tom Simpson (GB) 5 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 1965 Spain, Lasarte, 267.4 km 1 Tom Simpson (GB) 2 Rudi Altig (Ger) 3 Roger Swerts (Bel) 4 Peter Post (Ned) 5 Karl-Heinz Kunde (Ger) 1966 Germany, Nurburgring, 273.72 km 1 Rudi Altig (Ger) 2 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 3 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 4 Gianni Motta (Ita) 5 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1967 Netherlands, Heerlen, 265.18 km 1 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 2 Jan Janssen (Ned) 3 Ramon Saez (Spa) 4 Gianni Motta (Ita) 5 declassified 1968 Italy, Imola, 277.308 km 1 Vittorio Adorni (Ita) 2 Herman Van Springel (Bel) 3 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 4 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 5 Vito Tacone (Ita) 1969 Belgium, Zolder, 262.86 km 1 Harm Ottenbros (Ned) 2 Julien Stevens (Bel) 3 Michele Dancelli (Ita) 4 Guido Reybrouck (Bel) 5 Roger Swerts (Bel) 1970 Great Britain, Leicester, 271.96 km 1 J-P Monsere (Bel) 2 Leif Mortensen (Den) 3 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 4 Leslie West (GB) 5 Charles Rouxel (Fra) 1971 Switzerland, Mendrisio, 268.8 km 1 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 2 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 3 Cyril Guimard (Fra) 4 Giancarlo Polidori (Ita) 5 Georges Pintens (Bel) 1972 France, Gap, 272.574 km 1 Marino Basso (Ita) 2 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 3 Cyril Guimard (Fra) 4 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 5 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1973 Spain, Montjuich, 248.659 km 1 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 2 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 3 Luis Ocana (Spa) 4 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 5 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1974 Canada, Montréal, 262.5 km 1 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 2 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 3 Mariano Martinez (Fra) 4 G Santambrogio (Ita) 5 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 1975 Belgium, Yvoir, 266 km 1 Hennie Kuiper (Ned) 2 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 3 J-P Danguillaume (Fra) 4 Pedro Torres (Spa) 5 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 1976 Italy, Ostuni, 288 km 1 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 2 Francesco Moser (Ita) 3 Tino Conti (Ita) 4 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 5 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1977 Venezuela, San Cristobal, 255 km 1 Francesco Moser (Ita) 2 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 3 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 4 Hennie Kuiper (Ned) 5 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 1978 Germany, Nurburgring, 273.72 km 1 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) 2 Francesco Moser (Ita) 3 Jorgen Marcussen (Den) 4 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 5 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1979 Netherlands, Valkenburg, 274.8 km 1 Jan Raas (Ned) 2 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 3 JR Bernaudeau (Fra) 4 André Chalmel (Fra) 5 Henk Lubberding (Ned) 1980 France, Sallanches, 268 km 1 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 2 G Baronchelli (Ita) 3 Juan Fernandez (Spa) 4 Wladimiro Panizza (Ita) 5 Jonathan Boyer (USA) 1981 Czechoslovakia, Prague, 281.4 km 1 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 2 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 3 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 4 Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle (Fra) 5 Guido Vancalster (Bel) 1982 Great Britain, Goodwood, 275.13 km 1 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 2 Greg Lemond (USA) 3 Sean Kelly (Ire) 4 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 5 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 1983 Switzerland, Altenrhein, 269.892 km 1 Greg Lemond (USA) 2 Adri Van Der Poel (Ned) 3 Stephen Roche (Ire) 4 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 5 Claude Criquielion (Bel) 1984 Spain, Barcelona, 255.55 km 1 Claude Criquielion (Bel) 2 Claudio Corti (Ita) 3 Steve Bauer (Can) 4 Hubert Seiz (Swi) 5 Bernard Bourreau (Fra) 1985 Italy, Giavera Montello, 265.5 km 1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 2 Greg Lemond (USA) 3 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 4 Marc Madiot (Fra) 5 Harald Maier (Aut) 1986 USA, Colorado Springs, 261 km 1 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 2 Charles Mottet (Fra) 3 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) 4 Juan Fernandez (Spa) 5 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1987 Germany, Villach, 276 km 1 Stephen Roche (Ire) 2 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 3 Juan Fernandez (Spa) 4 Rolf Golz (Ger) 5 Sean Kelly (IRL) 1988 Belgium, Ronse, 274 km 1 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 2 Martial Gayant (Fra) 3 Juan Fernandez (Spa) 4 Hartmut Boelts (RFA) 5 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 1989 France, Chambéry, 259.35 km 1 Greg Lemond (USA) 2 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 3 Sean Kelly (IRL) 4 Steven Rooks (Ned) 5 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 1990 Japan, Utsunomiya, 261 km 1 Rudy Dhaenens (Bel) 2 Dirk de Wolf (Bel) 3 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 4 Greg Lemond (USA) 5 Sean Kelly (Ire) 1991 Germany, Stuttgart, 252.8 km 1 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 2 Steven Rooks (Ned) 3 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 4 Alvaro Mejia (Col) 5 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) 1992 Spain, Benidorm, 261.6 km 1 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 2 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 3 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 4 Tony Rominger (Swi) 5 Steven Rooks (Ned) 1993 Norway, Oslo, 257.6 km 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) 2 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 3 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 4 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 5 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 1994 Sicily, Agrigiento, 251.8 km 1 Luc Leblanc (Fra) 2 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita) 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) 4 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita) 5 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 1995 Colombia, Bogota, 265.5 km 1 Abraham Olano (Spa) 2 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 3 Marco Pantani (Ita) 4 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 5 Pascal Richard (Swi) 1996 Switzerland, Lugano, 252 km 1 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 2 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 4 Axel Merckx (Bel) 5 Richard Virenque (Fra) 1997 Spain, San Sebastian, 256 km 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 2 Bo Hamburger (Den) 3 Leon Vanbon (Ned) 4 Udo Bölts (Ger) 5 Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) 1998 Holland, Valkenburg, 258 km 1 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) 2 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) 5 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 1999 Italy, Verona, 260 km 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) 3 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) 4 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) 5 William Chann McRae (USA) 2000 Plouay, France, 268.9 km 1 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 2 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) 4 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 5 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 2001 Portugal, Lisbon, 254.1 km 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) 3 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) 2002 Hasselt-Zolder, Belgium, 256km 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 5.30.03 (46.54 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 3 Erik Zabel (Ger)
