The 1960 World Road Racing Championship was held separately: men competed on the Sachsenring circuit in the Karl-Marx-Stadt region , and women in Leipzig (both GDR ).
Medalists
| Bike race | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men | ||||||
| Professionals | Rick Van Loy Belgium | 7h47'27 " | Andre Darrigad France | the same time | Pinot Cherami Belgium | the same time |
| Lovers | Bernhard Eckstein GDR | Gustav Adolf Schur GDR | Willy Vanden Bergen Belgium | |||
| Women | ||||||
Beryl Burton Great Britain | Rosa Cels Belgium | Elizabeth Kleinhaus GDR | ||||