2008 UCI Road World Championships

Cycling championship held in Varese, Italy

2008 UCI Road World Championships

Varese

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Venue| Varese, Italy
Date(s)|  (2008-09-23 \- 2008-09-28)23–28 September 2008
Coordinates| 45°49′0″N 8°50′0″E﻿ / ﻿45.81667°N 8.83333°E﻿ / 45.81667; 8.83333
Nations participating| 57
Events| 6

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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.

## Qualification

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Main article: 2008 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification

## Participating nations

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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

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Events at the 2008 UCI
Road World Championships

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|

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's Events
Men's road race
details | Alessandro Ballan
Italy | 6:37:30  | Damiano Cunego
Italy | +3"  | Matti Breschel
Denmark | +3"
Men's time trial
details | Bert Grabsch
Germany | 52:01.60  | Svein Tuft
Canada | +42.79  | David Zabriskie
United States | +52.27
Women's Events
Women's road race
details | Nicole Cooke
Great Britain | 3:42:11  | Marianne Vos
Netherlands | s.t.  | Judith Arndt
Germany | s.t.
Women's time trial
details | 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
details | Fabio Duarte
Colombia | 4:17:02  | Simone Ponzi
Italy | s.t.  | John Degenkolb
Germany | s.t.
Men's under-23 time trial
details | Adriano Malori
Italy | 41:35.98  | Patrick Gretsch
Germany | +49.67  | Cameron Meyer
Australia | +1:04.36

## External links

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