2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

October 2021 Men's Individual Road Race Ballan-Varese 2008.JPG The peloton during the race 300 2008 UCI Road World Championships September 28, 2008 1 260.25 km 6h 37' 30" medals Alessandro Ballan ITA Italy Damiano Cunego ITA Italy Matti Breschel DEN Denmark 2007 2009 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).http://www.varese2008.org/eng/percorsi/elenco.asp?c=61 Courses - Road Races Varese2008.org 2008-09-23 The highest elevation measured 480 m ft at Via Montello. Pre-race favourites included Paolo Bettini, who was trying for an unprecedented third consecutive title, and the 1999, 2001 and 2004 champion Óscar Freire.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7629449.stm Cooke leads GB Worlds challenge BBC Sport 2008-09-22 2008-09-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20080925065235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7629449.stm 25 September 2008 live The race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7640845.stm Road Cycling Worlds 2008 2008-09-28 BBC Sport 2009-04-30 Final classification Rank Rider Country Time1Alessandro BallanITA6h 37'30"1Damiano CunegoITAat 3"1Matti BreschelDENs.t.4Davide RebellinITAs.t.5Andriy HrivkoUKRs.t.6Joaquim RodríguezESPs.t.7Fabian WegmannGERs.t.8Christian PfannbergerAUTs.t.9Nick NuyensBELs.t.10Robert GesinkNEDs.t.11Jurgen Van Goolen BELs.t.12Thomas Löfkvist SWEs.t.13Chris Sørensen DENat 6"14Assan Bazayev KAZat 58"15Philippe Gilbert BELs.t.16Kristjan Fajt SLOat 1'01"17Greg Van Avermaet BELs.t.18Gorazd Štangelj SLOs.t.19Jérôme Pineau FRAat 1'13"20Vladimir Karpets RUSs.t.21Sérgio Paulinho PORs.t.22Samuel Sánchez ESPat 1'22"23Steven Cozza USAat 1'40"24Hrvoje Miholjević CROs.t.25Rubens Bertogliati SUIat 2'14"26Amaël Moinard FRAs.t.27Alexandre Bazhenov RUSat 3'24"28Paolo Bettini ITAat 4'53"29Erik Zabel GERs.t.30Dimitry Muravyev KAZs.t.31Matteo Tosatto ITAs.t.32Alexander Efimkin RUSs.t.33Michael Barry CANs.t.34Thomas Rohregger AUTs.t.35Julian Dean NZLs.t.36Janek Tombak ESTs.t.37Alejandro Valverde ESPs.t.38Tom Boonen BELs.t.39Óscar Freire ESPs.t. Rank Rider Country Time40Gustav Larsson SWEs.t.41Fränk Schleck LUXs.t.41Sergey Lagutin UZBs.t.43Karsten Kroon NEDs.t.44Alexandr Kolobnev RUSs.t.45Nuno Ribeiro PORs.t.46John Gadret FRAs.t.47Stefan Schumacher GERs.t.48Janez Brajkovič SLOs.t.49Russell Downing GBRs.t.50Oliver Zaugg SUIs.t.51Roman Kreuziger CZEs.t.52Nicolas Vogondy FRAs.t.53Sylvain Chavanel FRAs.t.54Mikhaylo Khalilov UKRs.t.55Matthew Lloyd AUSs.t.56Vladimir Gusev RUSs.t.57Lars Petter Nordhaug NORat 5'20"58José Mendes PORat 8'15"59Aleksejs Saramotins LATat 10'33"60Félix Cárdenas COLs.t.61Kjell Carlström FINs.t.62Marcus Ljungqvist SWEs.t.63Tyler Farrar USAs.t.64Borut Božič SLOs.t.65Frank Høj DENs.t.66Maarten Tjallingii NEDs.t.67Roman Klimov RUSat 10'54"68Hubert Krys POLs.t.69Péter Kusztor HUNs.t.70Carlos José Ochoa VENs.t.71Geoffroy Lequatre FRAs.t.72Leonardo Duque COLs.t.73José Rujano VENs.t.74Oleg Chuzhda UKRs.t.75Oļegs Meļehs LATat 11'01"76Lucas Euser USAat 22'49"77Yukiya Arashiro JPNat 22'50" Did not finish 128 riders failed to finish the race. Levi Leipheimer of the United States did not start the race. Rider CountryJuan Manuel Gárate Cepa ESPKevin De Weert BELChris Froome GBRGerald Ciolek GERKazuo Inoue JPNStefan Hristov BULJuan Pablo Dotti ARGNebojša Jovanović SRBAlexsandr Dyachenko KAZStefan Rucker AUTVladimir Zagorodniy UKRGrégory Rast SUIStijn Devolder BELBram Tankink NEDMario Aerts BELYaroslav Popovych UKRBenjamín Noval ESPMarzio Bruseghin ITAAndrea Tonti ITAAndy Schleck LUXAlberto Contador ESPChristophe Le Mével FRAEzequiel Mosquera ESPDanilo Wyss SUIAndreas Dietziker SUIChristian Knees GERMichael Rogers AUSMartin Velits SVKLuca Paolini ITAAndré Greipel GERRobbie McEwen AUSNikita Eskov RUSDavid Loosli SUIRein Taaramäe ESTJackson Rodríguez VENPhilip Deignan IRLDaryl Impey RSANelson Victorino PORPrzemysław Niemiec POLChristian Meier CANSteven de Jongh NEDMarc de Maar NEDKoos Moerenhout NEDWilliam Walker AUSŽolt Dér SRBSebastian Lang GERTom Stamsnijder NEDMarcus Burghardt GERVladimir Miholjević CROEdvald Boasson Hagen NORAnders Lund DENTrent Lowe AUSMartin Mareš CZESandy Casar FRAMaxime Monfort BELSteve Fogen LUXMauricio Soler COLSimon Gerrans AUSAllan Davis AUSChristian Poos LUXRichard Ochoa VENPeter Velits SVKThomas Frei SUIMatej Stare SLO Rider CountryMatija Kvasina CROGabriele Bosisio ITAEvgeny Petrov RUSDominique Rollin CANHidenori Nodera JPNAdam Hansen AUSFrantišek Raboň CZEChristoff Van Heerden RSAJempy Drucker LUXJakob Fuglsang DENMaciej Bodnar POLRichard Mascarañas URUVincenzo Centrone LUXMuradjan Khalmuratov UZBMatthew Goss AUSLars Ytting Bak DENDavid Millar GBRBenoît Joachim LUXManuel Medina VENSebastian Langeveld NEDLuis León Sánchez ESPIgnatas Konovalovas LTUKevin Evans RSAGeraint Thomas GBRStephen Cummings GBRMartin Elmiger SUIRodger Aiken IRLDavid Zabriskie USAStéphane Augé FRAFranklin Chacón VENMarkus Zberg SUIDariusz Baranowski POLGrega Bole SLORida Cador HUNGergely Ivanics HUNLaurent Didier LUXDarren Lill RSABrent Bookwalter USAGerardo Fernández ARGYauheni Hutarovich BLRRuslan Podgornyy UKRMaroš Kováč SVKErki Pütsep ESTKurt Asle Arvesen NORGlen Chadwick NZLRicardo Mestre PORHenry Raabe CRCLuis Fernando Macías MEXNormunds Lasis LATRobert Hunter RSAMatti Helminen FINBoris Shpilevsky RUSKrasimir Vasilev BULDragan Spasic SRBIan Stannard GBRClaude Wolter LUXDavid George RSAMarkus Fothen GERTiago Machado PORNicolas Roche IRLVladimir Tuychiev UZBŁukasz Bodnar POLMarek Rutkiewicz POLAdil Jelloul MAR Nation qualification 2008 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification 14 to be enrolled, 9 to startESPITABELGERLUXAUSFRASUIRUSNED9 to be enrolled, 6 to startRSAUSAVENIRISLOPOLUKRGBRPORDEN5 to be enrolled, 3 to startTunisiaARGCOLCANJPNUZBAUTSWECROIRLHUNBULSVKLATSRBESTNZLCZEFINNORKAZ2 to be enrolled, 1 to startMARCubaCRCECUMEXURUBLRSri LankaLTU References External links Varese 2008 home page Men's Road Race Category:UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race