2008 UCI Road World Championships
Varese Varese | |
| Venue | Varese, Italy |
|---|---|
| Date | 23–28 September 2008 |
| Coordinates | 45°49′0″N 8°50′0″E / 45.81667°N 8.83333°E |
| Nations participating | 57 |
| Events | 6 |
The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
Qualification
Participating nations
Cyclists from 57 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
| Participating nations Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page |
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Medal table
| Events at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships | ||
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| Participating nations Qualification | ||
| Elite events | ||
| Elite road race | men | women |
| Elite time trial | men | women |
| Under-23 events | ||
| Under-23 road race | men | |
| Under-23 time trial | men | |
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
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| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Events summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Alessandro Ballan Italy |
6:37:30 | Damiano Cunego Italy |
+3" | Matti Breschel Denmark |
+3" |
| Men's time trial |
Bert Grabsch Germany |
52:01.60 | Svein Tuft Canada |
+42.79 | David Zabriskie United States |
+52.27 |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Nicole Cooke Great Britain |
3:42:11 | Marianne Vos Netherlands |
s.t. | Judith Arndt Germany |
s.t. |
| Women's time trial |
Amber Neben United States |
33:51.35 | Christiane Soeder Austria |
+7.56 | Judith Arndt Germany |
+21.77 |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Fabio Duarte Colombia |
4:17:02 | Simone Ponzi Italy |
s.t. | John Degenkolb Germany |
s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
Adriano Malori Italy |
41:35.98 | Patrick Gretsch Germany |
+49.67 | Cameron Meyer Australia |
+1:04.36 |
Race routes
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Road races
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TT women elite & men U23
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TT men elite
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2008 UCI Road World Championships.
- Official website
- UCI Website for Road World Championships
- Cyclingnews.com Cycling News and Race Results