2008 World Road Cycling Championships
75th edition: Varese, Italy
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Sunday, September 28: Men's Elite World Championship Road Race, 260.25 km (15 laps of 17.35 km). Varese, Italy
Complete results: 205 starters, 77 classified finishers
- Alessandro Ballan (Italy) 6hr 37min 30sec. 39.283 km/hr
- Damiano Cunego (Italy) @ 3sec
- Matti Breschel (Denmark) s.t.
- Davide Rebellin (Italy) s.t.
- Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) s.t.
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Spain) s.t.
- Fabian Wegmann (Germany) s.t.
- Christian Pfannberger (Austria) s.t.
- Nick Nuyens (Belgium) s.t.
- Robert Gesink (Netherlands) s.t.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Belgium) s.t.
- Thomas Lovkvist (Sweden) s.t.
- Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark) @ 6sec
- Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan) @ 58sec
- Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) s.t.
- Kristjan Fajt (Slovenia) @ 1min 1sec
- Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) s.t.
- Gorazd Stangelj (Slovenia) s.t.
- Jerome Pineau (France) @ 1min 13sec
- Vladimir Karpets (Russia) s.t.
- Sergio Paulinho (Portugal) s.t.
- Samuel Sanchez (Spain) @ 1min 22sec
- Steven Cozza (USA) @ 1min 40sec
- Hrvoje Mikoljevic (Croatia) s.t.
- Rubens Bertogliati (Switzerland) @ 2min 14sec
- Amaël Moinard (France) s.t.
- Alexandre Bazhenov (Russia) @ 3min 24sec
- Paolo Bettini (Italy) @ 4min 53sec
- Erik Zabel (Germany) s.t.
- Matteo Tosatto (Italy) s.t.
- Dmitriy Muravyev (Kazakhstan) s.t.
- Alexander Efimkin (Russia) s.t.
- Michael Barry (Canada) s.t.
- Thomas Rohregger (Austria) s.t.
- Julian Dean (New Zealand) s.t.
- Janek Tombak (Estonia) s.t.
- Alejandro Valverde (Spain) s.t.
- Tom Boonen (Belgium) s.t.
- Oscar Freire (Spain) s.t.
- Gustav Larsson (Sweden) s.t.
- Frank Schleck (Luxembourg) s.t.
- Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan) s.t.
- Karsten Kroon (Netherlands) s.t.
- Alexandre Kolobnev (Russia) s.t.
- Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal) s.t.
- John Gadret (France) s.t.
- Stefano Schumacher (Germany) s.t.
- Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) s.t.
- Russell Downing (Great Britain) s.t.
- Oliver Zaug (Switzerland) s.t.
- Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) s.t.
- Nicolas vogondy (France) s.t.
- Sylvain Chavanel (France) s.t.
- Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukraine) s.t.
- Matthew Lloyd (Australia) s.t.
- Vladimir Gusev (Russia) s.t.
- Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway) @ 5min 20sec
- José Mendes (Portugal) @ 8min 15sec
- Aleksejs Saramotins (Latvia) @ 10min 33sec
- Félix Rafael Cardenas (Colombia) s.t.
- Kjell Carlström (Finland) s.t.
- Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden) s.t.
- Tyler Farrar (USA) s.t.
- Borut Bozic (Slovenia) s.t.
- Frank Hoj (Denmark) s.t.
- Maarten Tjallingii (Netherlands) s.t.
- Roman Klimov (Russia) @ 10min 54sec
- Hubert Krys (Poland) s.t.
- Peter Kusztor (Hungary) s.t.
- Carlos José Ochoa (Venezuela) s.t.
- Geoffroy Lequatre (France) s.t.
- Leonardo Duque (Colombia) s.t.
- José Rujano (Venezuela) s.t.
- Oleg Chuzhda (Ukraine) s.t.
- Olegs Melehs (Latvia) @ 11min 1sec
- Lucas Euser (USA) @ 22min 49sec
- Yukiya Arashiro (Japan) @ 22min 50sec
Saturday, September 27: Women's World Championship Road Race, 138.8 km. Varese, Italy.
- 1. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) 3hr 42min 11sec
- 2. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) s.t.
- 3. Judith Arndt (Germany) s.t.
- 4. Emma Johansson (Sweden) @ 5sec
- 5. Trixi Worrack (Germany) @ 11sec
- 6. Diana Ziliute (Lithuania) @ 1min 47sec
- 7. Marta Vilajosana (Spain) s.t.
- 8. Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) s.t.
- 9. Alex Wrubleski (Canada) s.t.
- 10. Julia Martisova (Russia) s.t.
- 17. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli) s.t.
- 22. Amber Neben (USA) s.t.
Friday, September 26: Men's Under 23 World Championship Road Race, 173.5 km. Varese Italy.
- 1. Fabio Andres Duarte (Colombia) 4hr 12min 2sec
- 2. Simone Ponzi (Italy) s.t.
- 3. John Degenkolb (Germany) s.t.
- 4. Ben Swift (Great Britain) s.t.
- 5. Rui Costa (Portugal) s.t.
- 6. Cyril Gautier (France) s.t.
- 7. Egor Silin (Russia) s.t.
- 8. Daniel Oss (Italy) @ 5sec
- 9. Dennis Van Winden (Netherlands) @ 7sec
- 10. Damiano Caruso (Italy) @ 12sec
Thursday, September 25: Men's Elite World Time Trial Championships. 43.7 km. Varese, Italy.
- 1. Bert Grabsch (Germany) 52min 1.6sec. 50.397 km/hr.
- 2. Svein Tuft (Canada) @ 42.9sec
- 3. David Zabriskie (USA) @ 52.3sec
- 4. Levi Leipheimer (USA) @ 1min 5.4sec
- 5. Gustav Larsson (Sweden) @ 1min 5.8sec
- 6. Stijn Devlder (Belgium) @ 1min 15.4sec
- 7. Tony Martin (Germany) @ 1min 16.3sec
- 8. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) @ 1min 25.2sec
- 9. David Millar (Great Britain) @ 1min 25.3sec
- 10. Sylvain Chavanel (France) @ 1min 25.8sec