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

Varese Varese
Venue	Varese, Italy
Date(s)	(2008-09-23 - 2008-09-28)23–28 September 2008
Coordinates	45°49′0″N 8°50′0″E
Nations participating	57
Events	6

Qualification

Main article: 2008 UCI Road World Championships – 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

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	+1:04.36

External links

• Official website
• UCI Website for Road World Championships
• Cyclingnews.com Cycling News and Race Results