2010 UCI Road World Championships

The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 83rd UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event. Coincidentally, the title's defender at the road race was an Australian, Cadel Evans, who has a home in Barwon Heads, only 20 km from Geelong.^[1]

2010 UCI Road World Championships

Venue	Geelong and Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)	(2010-09-29 - 2010-10-03)29 September – 3 October 2010
Nations participating	49
Cyclists participating	444
Events	6
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The time trial and most of the road race elements of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships were staged in Geelong, while the final event, the men's road race, started in Melbourne and went to Geelong, where it finished after 11 laps of the road-race circuit.^[2]

The events were spread over five days, allowing recovery time for those riders wishing to take part in both the time trial and the road race. The first event, the men's under-23 time trial resulted in a win for Taylor Phinney, who went on to share third place in the U-23 road race, which was won from a group sprint by Michael Matthews of Australia. In the women's events, Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley became the first British rider to win the time trial, and Giorgia Bronzini, bronze medallist in the 2007 championships, won from a three rider chase group.

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara successfully defended his men's time trial title, achieving a record fourth win: and in the final, showpiece event, Thor Hushovd became the first Norwegian winner, and a bronze for Allan Davis clinched top place in the medal table for the hosts.^[3]

Competition schedule

All times are local (UTC+10).

Location of Victoria, Australia

Melbourne

Geelong

Host cities in Victoria

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
29 September	10:00	Under 23 Men Time trial (31.8 km)
	15:00	Elite Women Time trial (22.9 km)
30 September	13:00	Elite Men Time trial (45.8 km)
1 October	13:00	Under 23 Men Road race (159 km)
2 October	13:00	Elite Women Road race (127.2 km)
3 October	10:00	Elite Men Road race (262.7 km)

Participating nations

444 cyclists from 49 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Participating national federations Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page

Andorra (1)  Argentina (7)  Australia (24) (host)  Austria (7)  Belarus (6)  Belgium (21)  Brazil (2)  Canada (13)  Chile (1)  Colombia (6)  Croatia (4)  Czech Republic (4)  Denmark (10)  Eritrea (1)  Estonia (4)  France (18)  Germany (20)  Great Britain (14)  Hong Kong (4)  Ireland (3)  Italy (24)  Japan (7)  Kazakhstan (11)  Latvia (1)  Lithuania (10)  Luxembourg (6)  Malaysia (3)  Mexico (4)  Morocco (6)  Netherlands (24)  New Zealand (15)  Norway (10)  Poland (12)  Portugal (9)  Russia (21)  Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)  Serbia (3)  Singapore (3)  Slovakia (4)  Slovenia (14)  South Africa (8)  Spain (17)  Sweden (8)   Switzerland (14)  Thailand (2)  Turkey (1)  Ukraine (9)  United States (22)  Venezuela (3)

Events summary

View down the start-finish straight, showing the final incline with which riders had to contend

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Road race details	Thor Hushovd  Norway	6h 21' 49"	Matti Breschel  Denmark	s.t.	Allan Davis  Australia	s.t.
Time trial details	Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland	58' 09.19"	David Millar  Great Britain	+ 1' 02.75"	Tony Martin  Germany	+ 1' 12.49"
Women's Events
Road race details	Giorgia Bronzini  Italy	3h 32' 01"	Marianne Vos  Netherlands	s.t.	Emma Johansson  Sweden	s.t.
Time trial details	Emma Pooley  Great Britain	32' 48.44"	Judith Arndt  Germany	+ 15.17"	Linda Villumsen  New Zealand	+ 15.80"
Men's Under-23 Events
Road race details	Michael Matthews  Australia	4h 01' 23"	John Degenkolb  Germany	s.t.	Taylor Phinney  United States Guillaume Boivin  Canada (Dead heat)	s.t.
Time trial details	Taylor Phinney  United States	42' 50.29"	Luke Durbridge  Australia	+ 1.90"	Marcel Kittel  Germany	+ 24.01"

Medal table

Elite Men's Time trial medallists: David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, & Tony Martin

Place	Nation				Total
1	Australia	1	1	1	3
2	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
7	Germany	0	2	2	4
8	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
10	Canada	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	7	19