2008 UCI Road World Championships
# 2008 UCI Road World Championships

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.

## Participating 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
* Algeria
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Belarus (7)
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Czech Republic (7)
* Denmark
* Ecuador (2)
* El Salvador (3)
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Hungary
* Iran
* Ireland (10)
* Italy
* Japan (6)
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg (12)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malaysia
* Mexico (3)
* Moldova
* Morocco (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (24)
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Poland (18)
* Portugal
* Romania (3)
* Russia
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Serbia (6)
* Slovakia (8)
* Slovenia
* South Africa (19)
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United States
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela (11)

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | 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 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Events summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
