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 Show map of Lombardy Varese Show map of Italy
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
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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 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

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