2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's Individual Road Race Jersey_rainbow.svg Rainbow jersey 150 2006 UCI Road World Championships September 24, 2006 1 265.2 km 06h 15' 32" medals Paolo Bettini ITA Italy Erik Zabel GER Germany Alejandro Valverde ESP Spain 2005 2007 The 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Broniš in last place (+ 13'38"). Final classification Rank Rider Nation Time1 Paolo Bettini Italy 6h 15' 36" (42.476 km/h)2 Erik Zabel Germany + 0"3 Alejandro Valverde Spain + 0"4 Samuel Sánchez Spain + 2"5 Robbie McEwen Australia + 2"6 Stuart O'Grady Australia + 2"7 Uroš Murn Slovenia + 2"8 Alexander Bocharov Russia + 2"9 Tom Boonen Belgium + 2"10 Vladimir Gusev Russia + 2"11 Bernhard Eisel Austria + 2"12 Nicki Sørensen Denmark + 2"13 Kurt Asle Arvesen Norway + 2"14 Martin Elmiger Switzerland + 2"15 Freddie Rodriguez United States + 2"16 Karsten Kroon Netherlands + 2"17 Marcus Ljungqvist Sweden + 2"18 René Haselbacher Austria + 2"19 László Bodrogi Hungary + 2"20 Gerben Löwik Netherlands + 2"21 Stefan Schumacher Germany + 2"22 Steffen Wesemann Switzerland + 2"23 Christophe Le Mével France + 2"24 Anthony Geslin France + 2"25 Andrey Kashechkin Kazakhstan + 2"26 Alexandr Kolobnev Russia + 2"27 Matija Kvasina Croatia + 2"28 Michael Boogerd Netherlands + 2"29 Fränk Schleck Luxembourg + 2"30 Moisés Aldape Chávez Mexico + 2"31 Fabian Cancellara Switzerland + 2"32 Gorazd Štangelj Slovenia + 2"33 Nuno Ribeiro Portugal + 2"34 Danilo Di Luca Italy + 2"35 David Millar Great Britain + 2"36 Xavier Florencio Spain + 2"37 Grégory Rast Switzerland + 2"38 Luca Paolini Italy + 2"39 David George South Africa + 2"40 Cadel Evans Australia + 2"41 Rui Sousa Portugal + 2"42 Sérgio Paulinho Portugal + 2"43 Vladimir Karpets Russia + 2"44 Alexander Arekeev Russia + 2"45 Sylvain Chavanel France + 2"46 Tadej Valjavec Slovenia + 15"47 Christopher Horner United States + 15"48 Davide Rebellin Italy + 15"49 Carlos Sastre Spain + 15"50 Michael Rogers Australia + 15"51 Filippo Pozzato Italy + 15"52 Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan + 15"53 Sergei Yakovlev Kazakhstan + 34"54 Fabian Wegmann Germany + 56"55 Marlon Pérez Arango Colombia + 1' 25"56 Kanstantsin Sivtsov Belarus + 1' 25"57 Raivis Belohvoščiks Latvia + 1' 53"58 José Carlos Rodrigues Portugal + 1' 53"59 Radoslav Rogina Croatia + 1' 53"60 Ján Valach Slovakia + 1' 53"61 Alexandre Usau Belarus + 1' 53"62 Roger Hammond Great Britain + 1' 53"63 Ruslan Pidgornyy Ukraine + 1' 53"64 Dainius Kairelis Lithuania + 1' 53"65 Georg Totschnig Austria + 1' 53"66 Stijn Devolder Belgium + 1' 53"67 Max van Heeswijk Netherlands + 1' 53"68 Christian Vande Velde United States + 1' 53"69 Aurélien Clerc Switzerland + 1' 53"70 Cyril Dessel France + 1' 53"71 Sébastien Joly France + 1' 53"72 Joaquim Rodríguez Spain + 1' 53"73 Michael Albasini Switzerland + 1' 53"74 Lars Bak Denmark + 1' 53"75 Yaroslav Popovych Ukraine + 1' 53"76 Nick Nuyens Belgium + 1' 53"77 Borut Božič Slovenia + 2' 02"78 Erki Pütsep Estonia + 3' 33"79 Alexandre Bazhenov Russia + 3' 43"80 Przemysław Niemiec Poland + 3' 43"81 Daniel Petrov Bulgaria + 3' 43"82 Jurgen Van Goolen Belgium + 6' 19"83 Martin Riška Slovakia + 6' 19"84 Kjell Carlström Finland + 6' 19"85 Matej Mugerli Slovenia + 6' 19"86 Nélson Vitorino Portugal + 6' 19"87 Roman Kreuziger Czech Republic + 6' 19"88 Alessandro Ballan Italy + 6' 19"89 Simon Gerrans Australia + 6' 19"90 Vladimir Efimkin Russia + 6' 19"91 Bram Tankink Netherlands + 6' 19"92 Philippe Gilbert Belgium + 6' 19"93 Thomas Voeckler France + 6' 19"94 Sylvain Calzati France + 6' 19"95 Alexander Efimkin Russia + 6' 19"96 Robert Hunter South Africa + 6' 19"97 Beat Zberg Switzerland + 6' 19"98 Alexei Markov Russia + 6' 19"99 Christian Knees Germany + 6' 19"100 Mathew Hayman Australia + 6' 19"101 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano Colombia + 6' 19"102 Jonathan Patrick McCarty United States + 6' 19"103 Oliver Zaugg Switzerland + 6' 19"104 Tomáš Bucháček Czech Republic + 6' 19"105 David Loosli Switzerland + 6' 19"106 Patrik Sinkewitz Germany + 6' 19"107 Guido Trenti United States + 6' 19"108 Janez Brajkovič Slovenia + 6' 19"109 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi Spain + 6' 19"110 Luis Pérez Rodríguez Spain + 6' 19"111 Volodymyr Zagorodniy Ukraine + 6' 19"112 Andriy Hrivko Ukraine + 6' 19"113 Gabriel Rasch Norway + 6' 19"114 Thor Hushovd Norway + 6' 19"115 Íñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro Spain + 6' 59"116 Ryan Cox South Africa + 6' 59"117 Christian Pfannberger Austria + 6' 59"118 Danny Pate United States + 6' 59"119 Marzio Bruseghin Italy + 6' 59"120 David McCann Ireland + 8' 45"121 Petr Benčík Czech Republic + 8' 45"122 Matej Jurčo Slovakia + 8' 45"123 Tomasz Marczyński Poland + 8' 45"124 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan + 8' 45"125 Allan Johansen Denmark + 8' 45"126 Roman Broniš Slovakia + 13' 38"DNF Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo Colombia DNF Matteo Tosatto Italy DNF Rinaldo Nocentini Italy DNF José Adrián Bonilla Costa Rica DNF Aliaksandr Kychinski Belarus DNF Serge Baguet Belgium DNF Tarmo Raudsepp Estonia DNF Russell Downing Great Britain DNF Julio Alberto Pérez Cuapio Mexico DNF Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni Spain DNF Krzysztof Szczawiński Poland DNF Hidenori Nodera Japan DNF Philip Deignan Ireland DNF Stephan Schreck Germany DNF Danail Petrov Bulgaria DNF Leif Hoste Belgium DNF Kevin Hulsmans Belgium DNF Matthew White Australia DNF Nicolas Roche Ireland DNF Nick Gates Australia DNF Ronny Scholz Germany DNF Marcel Sieberg Germany DNF José Rujano Guillen Venezuela DNF Tyler Farrar United States DNF Ian McLeod South Africa DNF Luis Felipe Laverde Colombia DNF Chris Baldwin United States DNF Bradley McGee Australia DNF Hrvoje Miholjević Croatia DNF Aleksejs Saramotins Latvia DNF Shinichi Fukushima Japan DNF Luciano André Pagliarini Brazil DNF Bram de Groot Netherlands DNF Jan Boven Netherlands DNF Maarten Tjallingii Netherlands DNF Kyrylo Pospyeyev Ukraine DNF Mauricio Soler Colombia DNF Ryder Hesjedal Canada DNF Darren Lill South Africa DNF Sébastien Hinault France DNF Martin Mareš Czech Republic DNF Peter Wrolich Austria DNF Linus Gerdemann Germany DNF Bruno Neves Portugal DNF Murilo Fischer Brazil DNF Mart Ojavee Estonia DNF Stanislav Kozubek Czech Republic DNF Marek Rutkiewicz Poland DNF Tomasz Kiendyś Poland DNF Martin Prázdnovský Slovakia DNF Maroš Kováč Slovakia DNF Volodymyr Starchyk Ukraine DNF Gerardo Fernández Argentina DNF Svetoslav Tchanliev Bulgaria DNF Manuel Eduardo Medina Marino Venezuela DNF Thierry Marichal Belgium DNF Jackson Stewart United States DNF Pedro Nicacio Brazil DNF Tiaan Kannemeyer South Africa DNF Samuel Dumoulin France DNF Jorge Martín Montenegro Argentina DNF Joost Posthuma Netherlands DNF Bernhard Kohl Austria DNF František Raboň Czech Republic DNF Robert Radosz Poland DNF Alex Cano Ardila Colombia DNF Márcio May Brazil DNF Soelito Gohr Brazil DNF Jose Antonio Ramos Querales Venezuela DNF Abdul Wahab Sawadogo Burkina Faso DNF Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo Burkina Faso DNF Saïdou Rouamba Burkina Faso Selected riders List of elite cyclists at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships Based on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received a number of riders they can send to the championships. The number of allowed riders is different for each continent: Qualified Nations by the UCI Protour: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Switzerland get 9 starters. Canada, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Luxembourg get 1 starter. Qualified Nations by the UCI Africa Tour: South Africa gets 6 starters. Burkina Faso gets 3 starters. Qualified Nations by the UCI America Tour: Brazil and Colombia get 6 starters. Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela get 3 starters. Costa Rica and Cuba get 1 starter. Qualified Nations by the UCI Asia Tour: Iran gets 6 starters. Kazakhstan and Japan get 3 starters. Qualified Nations by the UCI European Tour: Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine get 6 starters. Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia and Norway get 3 starters. Sweden gets 1 starter. Note: Because Austria is the host nation, they are given 3 extra starters to give them 6 riders in total. Qualified Nations by the UCI Oceania Tour: New Zealand gets 3 starters. All nations are allowed to select reserves too, 5 reserves for nations with 9 riders, 3 reserves for nations with 6 riders, 2 reserves for nations with 3 riders and 1 reserve for nations with 1 rider. Nations allowed nine riders Australia On September 14, the selection was released: Cadel Evans, SIL 2006 Nick Gates, SIL 2006 Simon Gerrans, ALM 2006 Mathew Hayman, RAB 2006 Robbie McEwen, SIL 2006 Bradley McGee, FDJ 2006 Stuart O'Grady, SAX 2006 Michael Rogers, THR 2006 Matthew White, DSC 2006 Belgium National Coach: Carlo Bomans On September 11, the selection was released: Serge Baguet, QST 2006 Tom Boonen, QST 2006 Stijn Devolder, DSC 2006 Philippe Gilbert, FDJ 2006 Leif Hoste, DSC 2006 Kevin Hulsmans, QST 2006 Nick Nuyens, QST 2006 Jurgen Van Goolen, DSC 2006 Johan Vansummeren, SIL 2006 Vansummeren was replaced by Thierry Marichal from COF 2006, because he severely injured his shoulder in a crash on training just days before the event. Also 5 reserves were appointed: Björn Leukemans, SIL 2006 Thierry Marichal, COF 2006 Kevin van Impe, QST 2006 Geert Verheyen, QST 2006 Frederik Willems, TSV 2006 France Selection released on September 12: Sylvain Calzati, ALM 2006 Sylvain Chavanel, COF 2006 Cyril Dessel, ALM 2006 Samuel Dumoulin, ALM 2006 Anthony Geslin, BBO 2006 Sébastien Hinault, C.A 2006 Sébastien Joly, FDJ 2006 Christophe Le Mével, C.A 2006 Thomas Voeckler, BBO 2006 Germany On September 11, the first selection was released, but since then many things have changed. Matthias Kessler and Jens Voigt have refused their selection as they claim to be "too tired after a long tiring season". Andreas Klöden has declared he only wants to ride in the Time Trial World Championships 2006. Current Selection: Linus Gerdemann, THR 2006 Christian Knees, MRM 2006 Ronny Scholz, GST 2006 Stephan Schreck, THR 2006 Stefan Schumacher, GST 2006 Marcel Sieberg, Team Wiesenhof Patrik Sinkewitz, THR 2006 Fabian Wegmann, GST 2006 Erik Zabel, MRM 2006 Italy National coach Franco Ballerini selected the following riders: Alessandro Ballan, LAM 2006 Paolo Bettini, QST 2006 Marzio Bruseghin, LAM 2006 Danilo Di Luca, LIQ 2006 Rinaldo Nocentini, ASA 2006 Luca Paolini, LIQ 2006 Filippo Pozzato, QST 2006 Davide Rebellin, GST 2006 Matteo Tosatto, QST 2006 Netherlands National coach Egon van Kessel selected the following riders: Michael Boogerd, RAB 2006 Jan Boven, RAB 2006 Bram de Groot, RAB 2006 Karsten Kroon, SAX 2006 Gerben Löwik, RAB 2006 Joost Posthuma, RAB 2006 Bram Tankink, QST 2006 Maarten Tjallingii, SKS 2006 Max van Heeswijk, DSC 2006 Russia Alexander Arekeev, ASA 2006 Alexandre Bazhenov, Naturino–Sapore di Mare Alexander Bocharov, C.A 2006 Alexander Efimkin, BAR 2006 Vladimir Efimkin, GCE 2006 Vladimir Gusev, DSC 2006 Vladimir Karpets, GCE 2006 Alexandr Kolobnev, RAB 2006 Alexei Markov, GCE 2006 Spain Íñigo Cuesta, SAX 2006 Juan Antonio Flecha, RAB 2006 Xavier Florencio, BBO 2006 Luis Pérez Rodríguez, COF 2006 Joaquim Rodríguez, GCE 2006 Samuel Sánchez, EUS 2006 Alejandro Valverde, GCE 2006 Francisco Ventoso, FUJ 2006 Carlos Sastre, SAX 2006 Switzerland Selection released on September 14: Michael Albasini, LIQ 2006 Fabian Cancellara, SAX 2006 Aurélien Clerc, PHO 2006 Martin Elmiger, PHO 2006 David Loosli, LAM 2006 Grégory Rast, PHO 2006 Steffen Wesemann, THR 2006 Oliver Zaugg, FUJ 2006 Beat Zberg, GST 2006 United States Chris Baldwin, TUP 2006 Tyler Farrar, COF 2006 Chris Horner, SIL 2006 Jason McCartney, DSC 2006 Danny Pate, GRM 2006 Fred Rodriguez, SIL 2006 Jackson Stewart, Kodakgallery.com–Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling Guido Trenti, QST 2006 Christian Vande Velde, SAX 2006 Nations allowed six riders Austria The home nation was represented by: Bernhard Eisel, FDJ 2006 René Haselbacher, GST 2006 Bernhard Kohl, THR 2006 Christian Pfannberger, ELK 2006 Georg Totschnig, GST 2006 Peter Wrolich, GST 2006 Brazil Murilo Fischer, Naturino–Sapore di Mare Soelito Gohr, Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos Márcio May, Scott/Marcondes Pedro Nicacio, Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos Luciano Pagliarini, FUJ 2006 Colombia Mauricio Ardila, RAB 2006 Alex Caño, Unknown Félix Cárdenas, BAR 2006 Luis Felipe Laverde, Ceramica Panaria–Navigare Marlon Pérez Arango, Team Tenax Salmilano Mauricio Soler, ASA 2006 Czech Republic Petr Benčík, PSK 2006 Tomáš Bucháček, PSK 2006 Stanislav Kozubek, PSK 2006 Roman Kreuziger, LIQ 2006 Martin Mareš, Naturino–Sapore di Mare František Raboň, THR 2006 Poland Tomasz Kiendyś, Knauf Team Tomasz Marczyński, Ceramica Flaminia Przemysław Niemiec, Miche Robert Radosz, DHL–Author Marek Rutkiewicz, Intel–Action Kristzof Szczawinski, Ceramica Flaminia Portugal Bruno Neves, Madeinox–BRIC–AR Canelas Sérgio Paulinho, ONC 2006d Nuno Ribeiro, LA Aluminios–Liberty Seguros José Rodrigues, Carvalhelhos–Boavista Rui Sousa, LA Aluminios–Liberty Seguros Nelson Victorino, Duja–Tavira Slovenia Janez Brajkovič, DSC 2006 Borut Božič, Perutnina Ptuj Matej Mugerli, LIQ 2006 Uroš Murn, PHO 2006 Gorazd Štangelj, LAM 2006 Tadej Valjavec, LAM 2006 Slovakia Roman Broniš, Dukla Trenčín Matej Jurčo, MRM 2006 Maroš Kováč, Dukla Trenčín Martin Prázdnovský, Team Sparebanken Vest Martin Riška, PSK 2006 Ján Valach, Aposport Krone Linz South Africa Ryan Cox, BAR 2006 David George, Relax Robert Hunter, PHO 2006 Tiaan Kannemeyer, BAR 2006 Darren Lill, Schwinn Ian McLeod, FDJ 2006 Ukraine Andriy Hryvko, MRM 2006 Ruslan Pidgornyy, Tenax Nobili Rubinetterie Yaroslav Popovych, DSC 2006 Kyrylo Pospeyev, ASA 2006 Volodymyr Starchyk, Mykolaiv Volodymyr Zagorodniy, S. 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Pagnoncelli-NGC-Perrel Nations allowed three riders Argentina Gerardo Fernández, Viña Magna–Cropu Jorge Martín Montenegro, Unknown Belarus Aliaksandr Kuscynski, Ceramica Flaminia Kanstantsin Sivtsov, ASA 2006 Alexander Usov, ALM 2006 Bulgaria Daniel Andonov Petrov, Maia Milaneza Daniel Petrov, Duja–Tavira Svetoslav Tchanliev, Unknown Burkina Faso Rabaki Jérémie Ouédraogo, Unknown Abdul Wahab Sawadogo, Unknown Saïdou Rouamba, Unknown Croatia Matija Kvasina, Perutnina Ptuj Hrvoje Miholjević, Perutnina Ptuj Radoslav Rogina, Perutnina Ptuj Denmark Lars Bak, SAX 2006 Jakob Piil, SAX 2006 Nicki Sørensen, SAX 2006 Estonia Mart Ojavee, Kalev Chocolate Team Erki Pütsep, ALM 2006 Tarmo Raudsepp, Union Cycliste Nantes Atlantique Great Britain Russell Downing, DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed Roger Hammond, DSC 2006 David Millar, FUJ 2006 Ireland David McCann, Giant Asia Racing Team Nicolas Roche, COF 2006 Philip Deignan, ALM 2006 Japan Fumiyuki Beppu, DSC 2006 Shinichi Fukushima, Cycle Racing Team Vang Hidenori Nodera, SKS 2006 Kazakhstan Andrey Kashechkin, ONC 2006d Alexander Vinokourov, ONC 2006d Sergei Yakovlev, ONC 2006d Latvia Raivis Belohvoščiks, C.B. Immobiliare–Universal Caffé Aleksejs Saramotins, Rietumu Banka–Riga New Zealand New Zealand chose not to send riders to the Road World Championships 2006, as their most important riders are injured and thus unavailable.Road World Championships Team Announcedhttp://www.sportzhub.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1088&Itemid=1 Road World Championships team named 2006-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927080021/http://www.sportzhub.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1088&Itemid=1 2007-09-27 dead Norway Kurt Asle Arvesen, SAX 2006 Thor Hushovd, C.A 2006 Gabriel Rasch, Team Maxbo Bianchi Venezuela Manuel Medina, Alcaldia de Cabimas José Ramos, Alcaldia de Cabimas José Rujano, QST 2006 Nations allowed one rider Canada Ryder Hesjedal, PHO 2006 Finland Kjell Carlström, LIQ 2006 Hungary László Bodrogi, C.A 2006 Lithuania Dainius Kairelis, Amore & Vita–McDonald's Luxembourg Fränk Schleck, SAX 2006 Sweden Marcus Ljungqvist, SAX 2006 References cyclingnews External links Race website Category:UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race Men's Road Race Men's Road Race de:Straßen-Radweltmeisterschaft 2006