[2] The professionals' championship was held on Sunday, August 20, 1950.

Top cyclists who did not finish the race including Hugo Koblet, Rik Van Steenbergen and Gino Bartali.

Belgian Briek Schotte escaped from an eight-man leading group towards the end and became world champion for the second time.

[3] In the same period, the 1950 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt, near Liège, Belgium.

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