2008 UCI Road World Championships
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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.
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place in Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 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.
Medals table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Events summary
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Alessandro Ballan Alessandro Ballan Alessandro Ballan is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team , and is a former world champion. Although he possesses a frame that is usually more associated with climbing, Ballan has established himself as a leading spring classics contender in recent years... |
6:37:30 | Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the... |
+3 seconds | Matti Breschel Matti Breschel Matti Breschel is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .-Career:He got his breakthrough with small Danish Team PH, finishing 6th at the U/23 Cycling World Championship in Verona in 2004 where he helped fellow Dane Mads Christensen finish 3rd... |
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| Men's time trial |
Bert Grabsch Bert Grabsch Bert Grabsch is a German road bicycle racer racing for UCI ProTour squad . He is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch, and is a former UCI time trial world champion, having won the title in Varese, Italy on September 25, 2008.He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games... |
52:01.60 | Svein Tuft Svein Tuft Svein Tuft is a Canadian road bicycle racer and the UCI America Tour champion. Tuft currently races for Canadian Professional Continental Cycling Team 'SpiderTech'. He is the current Canadian road and time trial champion.-Personal life:... |
+42.79 | David Zabriskie David Zabriskie David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times... |
+52.27 |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Fabio Duarte Fabio Duarte Fabio Andrés Duarte Arevalo is a male track and road cyclist from Colombia. He rides for UCI Professional Continental team and was the 2008 U23 World Road Champion.-Career:2003... |
4:17:02 | Simone Ponzi Simone Ponzi Simone Ponzi is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for in the UCI ProTour. He turned professional in 2009.- Palmarès :2011-External links:... |
s.t. | John Degenkolb John Degenkolb John Degenkolb is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam . In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt and finished second in the under 23 race at the Road World Championship... |
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| Men's under-23 time trial |
Adriano Malori Adriano Malori Adriano Malori is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . He was the Lanterne Rouge of the 2010 Tour de France, finishing almost four and a half hours behind the winner Alberto Contador.- Palmares :... |
41:35.98 | Patrick Gretsch Patrick Gretsch Patrick Gretsch is a professional cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTeam, .-Palmarès:2008* Thüringen Rundfahrt** 1st, Stage 5** 1st, Overall* 2nd, World Championships U23 I.T.T.2009* 3rd, World Championships U23 I.T.T.* 4th, Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt... |
+49.67 | Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer is an Australian professional racing cyclist, riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first represented his country at the World Junior Track Championships in 2005. Meyer won his first senior World Championship in the Points Race in Pruszków, Poland... |
+1:04.36 |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Nicole Cooke Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:... |
3:42:11 | Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships... |
s.t. | Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20... |
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| Women's time trial |
Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben is an American racing cyclist who won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and the U.S. national road race championship in 2003. She is the only active American female cyclist to win multiple UCI category 1 stage races, having won the Gracia Tour in 2002, theTour du Montreal... |
33:51.35 | Christiane Soeder Christiane Soeder Christiane Soeder is a German-born Austrian road racing cyclist and former duathlete who now lives in Vienna. She finished 4th in Olympic road race with a time of 3h 32′ 28... |
+7.56 | Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20... |
+21.77 |
External links
- Official website
- UCI Website for Road World Championships
- 2008 Road World Championship Live Dashboard: live video, results and photos
- Cyclingnews.com Cycling News and Race Results