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| Venue | Varese, Italy |
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| Date(s) | (2008-09-23 - 2008-09-28)23–28 September 2008 |
| Coordinates | 45°49′0″N 8°50′0″E / 45.81667°N 8.83333°E / 45.81667; 8.83333 |
| Nations participating | 57 |
| Events | 6 |
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The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
Qualification
Main article: 2008 UCI Road World Championships – QualificationParticipating nations
Cyclists from 57 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
| Participating nations Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page |
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Medal table
| Events at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships | ||
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| Participating nations Qualification | ||
| Elite events | ||
| Elite road race | men | women |
| Elite time trial | men | women |
| Under-23 events | ||
| Under-23 road race | men | |
| Under-23 time trial | men | |
| Place | Nation | 
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy
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2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Germany
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1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 |  United States
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Colombia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Austria
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Australia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Events summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race details |
Alessandro Ballan Italy |
6:37:30 | Damiano Cunego Italy |
+3" | Matti Breschel Denmark |
+3" |
| Men's time trial details |
Bert Grabsch Germany |
52:01.60 | Svein Tuft Canada |
+42.79 | David Zabriskie United States |
+52.27 |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race details |
Nicole Cooke Great Britain |
3:42:11 | Marianne Vos Netherlands |
s.t. | Judith Arndt Germany |
s.t. |
| Women's time trial details |
Amber Neben United States |
33:51.35 | Christiane Soeder Austria |
+7.56 | Judith Arndt Germany |
+21.77 |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race details |
Fabio Duarte Colombia |
4:17:02 | Simone Ponzi Italy |
s.t. | John Degenkolb Germany |
s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial details |
Adriano Malori Italy |
41:35.98 | Patrick Gretsch Germany |
+49.67 | Cameron Meyer Australia |
+1:04.36 |
External links
- Official website
- UCI Website for Road World Championships
- Cyclingnews.com Cycling News and Race Results
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