2008 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
| 2008 UCI Road World Championships | |||
| File:Ballan-Varese 2008.JPG | |||
| The peloton during the race | |||
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | September 29, 2008 | ||
| Distance | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||
| Winning time | 6h 37' 30" | ||
| Medalists | |||
 Gold |
 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) |
(Italy) | |
 Silver |
Damiano Cunego (ITA) |
(Italy) | |
 Bronze |
 Matti Breschel (DEN) |
(Denmark) | |
2008 UCI Road World Championships_pictogram.svg) Participating nations |
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| Elite events | ||||
| List of elite cyclists | ||||
| Elite road race | men | women | ||
| Elite time trial | men | women | ||
| Under-23 events | ||||
| Under-23 road race | men | |||
| Under-23 time trial | men | |||
| Qualification | ||||
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 Montello (6.5% gradient for 1.15 kilometres); and the second at Ronchi[disambiguation needed] (4.5% for 3.13 kilometres).[1] The highest elevation measured 480 metres (1,570 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.[2]
The race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal.[3]
Top ten finishers
| Cyclist | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessandro Ballan | Italy |
06h 37'30" |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego | Italy |
at 3" |
| 3 | Matti Breschel | Denmark |
s.t. |
| 4 | Davide Rebellin | Italy |
s.t. |
| 5 | Andriy Hrivko |  Ukraine |
s.t. |
| 6 | Joaquim Rodríguez |  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. |
Nation qualification
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| 14 to be enrolled, 9 to start |
| Spain |
| Italy |
| Belgium |
| Germany |
 Luxembourg |
 Australia |
 France |
 Switzerland |
 Russia |
| Netherlands |
| 9 to be enrolled, 6 to start |
 South Africa |
 United States |
 Venezuela |
 Iran |
 Slovenia |
 Poland |
| Ukraine |
 Great Britain |
 Portugal |
| Denmark |
| 5 to be enrolled, 3 to start |
 Tunisia |
 Argentina |
 Colombia |
 Canada |
 Japan |
 Uzbekistan |
| Austria |
 Sweden |
 Croatia |
 Ireland |
 Hungary |
 Bulgaria |
 Slovakia |
 Latvia |
 Serbia |
 Estonia |
 New Zealand |
 Czech Republic |
 Finland |
 Norway |
 Kazakhstan |
| 2 to be enrolled, 1 to start |
 Morocco |
 Cuba |
 Costa Rica |
 Ecuador |
 Mexico |
 Uruguay |
 Belarus |
 Sri Lanka |
 Lithuania |
