UCI World Championship Bern

Men Elite - WC

Rank	Rider	Age	Team	Time
1	Rik Van Looy Belgium	27	Belgium	07:46:35
2	Nino Defilippis Italy	29	Italy	"
3	Raymond Poulidor France	25	France	"
4	José Bernardez Boluja Spain	25	Spain	"
5	Jo De Roo Netherlands	24	Netherlands	"
6	Jean Stablinski France	29	France	"
7	Jef Planckaert Belgium	27	Belgium	"
8	Gastone Nencini Italy	31	Italy	"
9	Tom Simpson Great Britain	23	Great Britain	"
10	Hans Junkermann Germany	27	Germany	"
11	Piet Rentmeester Netherlands	23	Netherlands	"
12	Angelo Conterno Italy	36	Italy	"
13	Jacques Anquetil France	27	France	"
14	Imerio Massignan Italy	24	Italy	"
15	Michel Stolker Netherlands	27	Netherlands	+ 33
16	Diego Ronchini Italy	25	Italy	"
17	Federico Bahamontes Spain	33	Spain	+ 37
18	Ercole Baldini Italy	28	Italy	"
19	Frans De Mulder Belgium	23	Belgium	"
20	Kurt Gimmi Switzerland	25	Switzerland	"
21	Robert Cazala France	27	France	"
22	Arnaldo Pambianco Italy	26	Italy	"
23	Bas Maliepaard Netherlands	23	Netherlands	"
24	Willy Schroeders Belgium	28	Belgium	+ 52
25	Sigi Renz Germany	23	Germany	+ 19:14
26	Michel Van Aerde Belgium	27	Belgium	"
27	Niels Baunsoe Denmark	22	Denmark	"
28	Wilfried Thaler Austria	27	Austria	"
29	Fredy Rüegg Switzerland	27	Switzerland	"
30	Attilio Moresi Switzerland	24	Switzerland	"
31	Rolf Maurer Switzerland	23	Switzerland	"
32	Rolf Graf Switzerland	29	Switzerland	"
DNF	Reginald Arnold Australia	36	Australia
DNF	Horst Oldenburg Germany	21	Germany
DNF	Ludwig Troche Germany	25	Germany
DNF	Klaus Bugdahl Germany	26	Germany
DNF	Dieter Kemper Germany	24	Germany
DNF	Rolf Wolfshohl Germany	22	Germany
DNF	Dieter Puschel Germany	22	Germany
DNF	Göran Karlsson Sweden	23	Sweden
DNF	Roberts Albert Great Britain		Great Britain
DNF	Brian Robinson c Great Britain	-27	Great Britain
DNF	Jowers Ron Great Britain		Great Britain
DNF	Hans Hollenstein Switzerland	32	Switzerland
DNF	Serge Ruchet Switzerland	23	Switzerland
DNF	Nakano Yasumitsu Japan		Japan
DNF	Seamus Elliott Ireland	27	Ireland
DNF	Fernando Manzaneque Sanchez Spain	27	Spain
DNF	Luis Otaño Arcelus Spain	27	Spain
DNF	Antonio Suarez Vasquez Spain	29	Spain
DNF	Salvador Botella Spain	32	Spain
DNF	Miguel Poblet Spain	33	Spain
DNF	Juan Manuel Menendez Spain	29	Spain
DNF	Guido Carlesi Italy	24	Italy
DNF	André Darrigade France	32	France
DNF	Joseph Groussard France	27	France
DNF	Jean Graczyk France	28	France
DNF	Louison Bobet France	36	France
DNF	Jaap Kersten Netherlands	26	Netherlands
DNF	Jo de Haan Netherlands	24	Netherlands
DNF	Ab Geldermans Netherlands	26	Netherlands
DNF	Jacques van der Klundert Netherlands	23	Netherlands
DNF	Pino Cerami Belgium	39	Belgium
DNF	Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium	36	Belgium
DNF	Frans Aerenhouts Belgium	24	Belgium
DNF	Charly Gaul Luxembourg	28	Luxembourg
DNF	Marcel Ernzer Luxembourg	35	Luxembourg
DNF	Aldo Bolzan Luxembourg	27	Luxembourg
DNF	Adolf Christian Austria	27	Austria
DNF	Reisinger Ferdinand Austria		Austria
DNF	Kurt Postl Austria	24	Austria

Info

Date	03 September 1961
Start	Bern
Finish	Bern
Distance	285.0 km
Elevation gain	4422 m
Type	Individual Road Race
Average Speed	36.65 km/h
Overall Profile	Hill
Finish Profile	Flat

Last winners

1961	Rik Van Looy
1960	Rik Van Looy
1959	André Darrigade
1958	Ercole Baldini
1957	Rik Van Steenbergen

Most wins

3	Oscar Freire Gomez
3	Alfredo Binda
3	Rik Van Steenbergen
3	Eddy Merckx
3	Peter Sagan