2005 World Road Cycling Championships

September 21 - September 25, Madrid, Spain

World Road Cycling Championships podium history

On this page: elite men's, U23 men's, women's road race and time trial races.

Sunday, September 25: Elite Men's Road Race, 273 kilometers.

What an athlete! What a season! Boonen caps his spring Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders wins with the Rainbow Jersey.

1. Tom Boonen (Belgium) 6hr 26min 10sec. 42.416 km/hr

2. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) s.t.

3. Anthony Geslin (France) s.t.

4. Marcus Lungquist (Sweden) s.t.

5. Murilo Fischer (Brazil) s.t.

6. Jakob Piil (Denmark) s.t.

7. Alexandre Kolobnev (Russia) s.t.

8. Andreas Kleir (Germany) s.t.

9. Julian Dean (New Zealand) s.t.

10. Martin Elmiger (Switzerland) s.t.

11. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) s.t.

12. Steffen Wesemann (Switzerland) s.t.

13. Paolo Bettini (Italy) s.t.

14. Gregory Rast (Switzerland) s.t.

15. Thomas Dekker (Netherlands) s.t.

16. Constantino Zaballa (Spain) s.t.

17. Koos Moorenhout (Netherlands) s.t.

18. Michael Boogerd (Netherlands) s.t.

19. Laurent Brochard (France) s.t.

20. Gorazd Stangelj (Slovenia) s.t.

23. Guido Trenti (USA) s.t.

Saturday, September 24: Men's Under-23 road Race, 168 km.

A well-deserved Rainbow Jersey for Grabovskyy.

1. Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukraine) 3hr 56min 23sec

2. William Walker (Australia) @ 26sec

3. Evgeny Popov (Russia) s.t.

4. Carlo Westphal (Germnay) @ 33sec

5. Chris Sutton (Australia) @ 34sec

Best placed American was John Murphy, 119th @ 11min. Tyler Farrar crashed with a few kilometers to go.

Saturday, September 24: Elite Women's Road Race, 126 km.

The German team was sure Schleicher could deliver in a sprint. She didn't let them down.

1. Regina Schleicher (Germany) 3hr 8min 52sec

2. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) s.t.

3. Oenone Wood (Australia) s.t.

4. Dorte Rasmussen (Denmark) s.t.

5. Chantal Beltman (Netherlands) s.t.

17. Kristin Armstrong (USA) s.t.

Thursday, September 22: Elite Men's 44.1 Kilometer Individual Time Trial.

The electric board tells the story. Michael Rogers gets his 3rd Elite ITT Championsip.

1. Michael Rogers (Australia) 53min 34sec

2. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spain) @ 23sec

3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) @ 23sec

4. Ruben Plaza (Spain) @ 44sec

5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) @ 1min 20sec

6. Andrey Kaschechkin (Kazakhstan) @ 1min 29sec

7. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) @ 1min 31sec

8. Sebastian Lang (Germany) @ 1min 35sec

9. Matias Medici (Argentina) @ 1min 37sec

10. Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia) @ 1min 41sec

11. Bobby Julich (USA) @ 1min 45sec

Wednesday, September 21: Women's 22-kilometer Individual Time Trial.

Thurig powers to a Gold Medal

1. Karen Thurig (Switzerland) 28min 51sec

2. Joane Somarriba (Spain) @ 5sec

3. Kristin Armstrong (USA) @ 39sec

4. Judith Arndt (Germany) @ 56sec

5. Amber Neven (USA) @ 57sec

Wednesday, September 21: Men's Under-23 37.9-kilometer Individual Time Trial.

1. Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia) 47min 24sec

2. Dmytro Grabovsky (Ukraine) @ 34sec

3. Peter Latham (New Zealand) @ 37sec

4. Martin Mortensen (Denmark) @ 50sec

5. Simon Spilak (Slovenia) @ 1min 12sec

10. Tyler Farrar (USA) @ 1min 44sec

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