Road Cycling Men: World Championships 1947 at Reims (fra) Road Race August 3: (Reims, 274 km) 1. Theo Middelkamp (net) 7h28:17 2. Albert Sercu (bel) + 0:10 3. Jef Janssen (net) s.t. 4. Fiorenz Magni (ita) s.t. 5. Edouard Fachleitner (fra) + 0:44 6. Bim Diederich (lux) + 7:20 7. Joseph Magnani (usa) + 10:40 (only 7 cyclists finished the race)