2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on September 28 in Varese, Italy. The course comprised 15 laps around 17.35-kilometre route, making a total distance of 260.25 km. Each lap featured two ascents: the first at Via Montello (6.5% gradient for 1.15 kilometres); and the second at Ronchi (4.5% for 3.13 kilometres).[1] The highest elevation measured 480 metres (1,570 ft) at Via Montello.

Men's Individual Road Race
2008 UCI Road World Championships
The peloton during the race
Race details
DatesSeptember 29, 2008
Stages1
Distance260.25 km (161.7 mi)
Winning time6h 37' 30"
Medalists
   Gold  Alessandro Ballan (ITA) (Italy)
   Silver  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (Italy)
   Bronze  Matti Breschel (DEN) (Denmark)
Events at the 2008 UCI
Road World Championships
Participating nations
Qualification
Elite events
Elite road racemenwomen
Elite time trialmenwomen
Under-23 events
Under-23 road racemen
Under-23 time trialmen

Pre-race favourites included Paolo Bettini, who was trying for an unprecedented third consecutive title, and the 1999, 2001 and 2004 champion Óscar Freire.[2]

The race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal.[3]

Final classification

Did not finish

128 riders failed to finish the race. Levi Leipheimer of the United States did not start the race.

Nation qualification
See also: 2008 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification
14 to be enrolled, 9 to start
 Spain
 Italy
 Belgium
 Germany
 Luxembourg
 Australia
 France
  Switzerland
 Russia
 Netherlands
9 to be enrolled, 6 to start
 South Africa
 United States
 Venezuela
 Iran
 Slovenia
 Poland
 Ukraine
 Great Britain
 Portugal
 Denmark
5 to be enrolled, 3 to start
 Tunisia
 Argentina
 Colombia
 Canada
 Japan
 Uzbekistan
 Austria
 Sweden
 Croatia
 Ireland
 Hungary
 Bulgaria
 Slovakia
 Latvia
 Serbia
 Estonia
 New Zealand
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 Norway
 Kazakhstan
2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
 Morocco
 Cuba
 Costa Rica
 Ecuador
 Mexico
 Uruguay
 Belarus
 Sri Lanka
 Lithuania

References
  1. "Courses - Road Races". Varese2008.org. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  2. "Cooke leads GB Worlds challenge". BBC Sport. 2008-09-22. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
  3. "Road Cycling Worlds 2008". BBC Sport. 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2009-04-30.


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