2010 UCI Road World Championships

Cycling world championships June 2020 October 2011 2010 UCI Road World Championships logo.png Geelong and Melbourne, Australia Australia 29 September – 3 October 2010 49 444 6 Mendrisio 2009 København 2011 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.Barwon Heads cyclist Cadel Evans on top of the world 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.http://www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au/2010cycling/ 2010 Cycling 22 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090710213531/http://www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au/2010cycling/ 10 July 2009 dead 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.http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/10/03/cycling.world.title.hushovd.contador/?hpt=T2 Norway's Thor Hushovd claims world road race crown 2010-10-03 CNN 2010-10-04 Competition schedule All times are local (UTC+10). thumb|150px|Location of Victoria, Australia Australia Victoria 150 right Melbourne Host cities in Victoria #FFFFDD right 6 37 48 S 144 57 E Geelong left 6 38 9 S 144 21 E Event date Starting time Event details29 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 federationsClick on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page18em 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 thumb thumb|right|View down the start-finish straight, showing the final incline with which riders had to contend Men's EventsRoad race2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceThor HushovdNOR 6h 21' 49"Matti BreschelDEN s.t.Allan DavisAUS s.t.Time trial2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial Fabian CancellaraSUI 58' 09.19" David MillarGBR + 1' 02.75" Tony MartinGER + 1' 12.49" Women's EventsRoad race2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race Giorgia BronziniITA 3h 32' 01" Marianne VosNED s.t. Emma JohanssonSWE s.t.Time trial2010 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial Emma PooleyGBR 32' 48.44" Judith ArndtGER + 15.17" Linda VillumsenNZL + 15.80" Men's Under-23 EventsRoad race2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race Michael MatthewsAUS 4h 01' 23" John DegenkolbGER s.t. Taylor PhinneyUSAGuillaume BoivinCAN(Dead heat) s.t.Time trial2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial Taylor PhinneyUSA 42' 50.29" Luke DurbridgeAUS + 1.90" Marcel KittelGER + 24.01" Medal table thumb|right|Elite Men's Time trial medallists: David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, & Tony Martin Place Nation Total 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7 0 2 2 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Total 6 6 7 19 References External links https://www.melbourne2010.com.au/ UCI Website for Road World Championships Category:UCI Road World Championships by year World Championships Uci Category:International sports competitions in Melbourne Category:Sport in Geelong Category:International cycle races hosted by Australia Category:Cycling events in Victoria (state) Category:Cycling in Melbourne Category:2010 in Victoria (state)