2008 UCI Road World Championships

2008 UCI Road World Championships
Host city Varese, Italy
Date(s)  (2008-09-23 - 2008-09-28)23–28 September 2008
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
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  •  Algeria
  •  Argentina
  •  Australia
  •  Austria
  •  Belarus (7)
  •  Belgium
  •  Brazil
  •  Bulgaria (2)
  •  Canada
  •  Colombia
  •  Costa Rica
  •  Croatia
  •  Czech Republic (7)
  •  Denmark
  •  Ecuador (2)
  •  El Salvador (3)
  •  Estonia
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Great Britain
  •  Hungary
  •  Iran
  •  Ireland (10)
  •  Italy
  •  Japan (6)
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Kyrgyzstan (1)
  •  Latvia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Luxembourg (12)
  •  Macedonia (1)
  •  Malaysia
  •  Mexico (3)
  •  Moldova
  •  Morocco (1)
  •  Namibia (1)
  •  Netherlands (24)
  •  New Zealand
  •  Norway
  •  Poland (18)
  •  Portugal
  •  Romania (3)
  •  Russia
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
  •  Serbia (6)
  •  Slovakia (8)
  •  Slovenia
  •  South Africa (19)
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
  •  United States
  •  Uruguay (1)
  •  Uzbekistan
  •  Venezuela (11)

Medal table

Place Nation 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Total
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
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
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