WORLD ROAD RACE TITLE
Gustav Schur Wins In Holland
<N.Z Press Association—Copyright! ZANDVOORT (Holland), Aug. 15. Gustav Adolf Schur, of East Germany, retained his world amateur road race cycling championship today. He beat Bastian Maliepaard (Holland) in ■ thrilling sprint finish. As they entered the final 400 metre straight to the line, Maliepaard was just in front, but Schur came up on the outside to win by a good length Constant Goossens (Belgium) wa« third. Schur covered the 139.23 kilometre (117.58 miles) course in 4hr 39min 2sec
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28975, 17 August 1959, Page 8
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