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2008 World Road Cycling Championships

Scroll down or click on these links for Elite Men's, Women's and Men's U23 road race and Elite Mens Individual time trial results

Podium history of the World Championship road race.

Sunday, September 28: Men's Elite World Championship Road Race, 260.25 km (15 laps of 17.35 km). Varese, Italy

1. Alessandro Ballan (Italy) 6hr 37min 30sec. 39.283 km/hr
2. Damiano Cunego (Italy) @ 3sec
3. Matti Breschel (Denmark) s.t.
4. Davide Rebellin (Italy) s.t.
5. Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) s.t.
6. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spain) s.t.
7. Fabian Wegmann (Germany) s.t.
8. Christian Pfannberger (Austria) s.t.
9. Nick Nuyens (Belgium) s.t.
10. Robert Gesink (Netherlands) s.t.
11. Jurgen Van Goolen (Belgium) s.t.
12. Thomas Lovkvist (Sweden) s.t.
13. Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark) @ 6sec
14. Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan) @ 58sec
15. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) s.t.
16. Kristjan Fajt (Slovenia) @ 1min 1sec
17. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) s.t.
18. Gorazd Stangelj (Slovenia) s.t.
19. Jerome Pineau (France) @ 1min 13sec
20. Vladimir Karpets (Russia) s.t.
28. Paolo Bettini (Italy) @ 4min 53sec
38. Tom Boonen (Belgium) s.t.
39. Oscar Freire (Spain) s.t.

Saturday, September 27: Women's World Championship Road Race, 138.8 km. Varese, Italy.

1. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) 3hr 42min 11sec
2. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) s.t.
3. Judith Arndt (Germany) s.t.
4. Emma Johansson (Sweden) @ 5sec
5. Trixi Worrack (Germany) @ 11sec
6. Diana Ziliute (Lithuania) @ 1min 47sec
7. Marta Vilajosana (Spain) s.t.
8. Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) s.t.
9. Alex Wrubleski (Canada) s.t.
10. Julia Martisova (Russia) s.t.
17. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli) s.t.
22. Amber Neben (USA) s.t.

Friday, September 26: Men's Under 23 World Championship Road Race, 173.5 km. Varese Italy.

1. Fabio Andres Duarte (Colombia) 4hr 12min 2sec
2. Simone Ponzi (Italy) s.t.
3. John Degenkolb (Germany) s.t.
4. Ben Swift (Great Britain) s.t.
5. Rui Costa (Portugal) s.t.
6. Cyril Gautier (France) s.t.
7. Egor Silin (Russia) s.t.
8. Daniel Oss (Italy) @ 5sec
9. Dennis Van Winden (Netherlands) @ 7sec
10. Damiano Caruso (Italy) @ 12sec

Thursday, September 25: Men's Elite World Time Trial Championships. 43.7 km. Varese, Italy.

1. Bert Grabsch (Germany) 52min 1.6sec. 50.397 km/hr.
2. Svein Tuft (Canada) @ 42.9sec
3. David Zabriskie (USA) @ 52.3sec
4. Levi Leipheimer (USA) @ 1min 5.4sec
5. Gustav Larsson (Sweden) @ 1min 5.8sec
6. Stijn Devlder (Belgium) @ 1min 15.4sec
7. Tony Martin (Germany) @ 1min 16.3sec
8. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) @ 1min 25.2sec
9. David Millar (Great Britain) @ 1min 25.3sec
10. Sylvain Chavanel (France) @ 1min 25.8sec