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2008 UCI Road World Championships

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2008 UCI Road World Championships
Varese is located in Lombardy
Varese
Varese
Varese is located in Italy
Varese
Varese
VenueVarese, Italy
Date(s) (2008-09-23 - 2008-09-28)23–28 September 2008
Coordinates45°49′0″N 8°50′0″E / 45.81667°N 8.83333°E / 45.81667; 8.83333
Nations participating57
Events6
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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

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Participating nations

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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

Medal table

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Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Italy 2 2 0 4
2  Germany 1 1 3 5
3  United States 1 0 1 2
4  Colombia 1 0 0 1
 Great Britain 1 0 0 1
6  Austria 0 1 0 1
 Canada 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands 0 1 0 1
9  Australia 0 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 1 1
Total 6 6 6 18

Events summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race
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Alessandro Ballan
 Italy
6:37:30 Damiano Cunego
 Italy
+3" Matti Breschel
 Denmark
+3"
Men's time trial
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Bert Grabsch
 Germany
52:01.60 Svein Tuft
 Canada
+42.79 David Zabriskie
 United States
+52.27
Women's Events
Women's road race
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Nicole Cooke
 Great Britain
3:42:11 Marianne Vos
 Netherlands
s.t. Judith Arndt
 Germany
s.t.
Women's time trial
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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
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Fabio Duarte
 Colombia
4:17:02 Simone Ponzi
 Italy
s.t. John Degenkolb
 Germany
s.t.
Men's under-23 time trial
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Adriano Malori
 Italy
41:35.98 Patrick Gretsch
 Germany
+49.67 Cameron Meyer
 Australia
+1:04.36
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