2008 UCI Road World Championships

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.

2008 UCI Road World Championships
VenueVarese, Italy
Date(s) (2008-09-23 - 2008-09-28)23–28 September 2008
Nations participating57
Events6

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 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
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