The 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place in Salzburg, Austria, between September 19 and September 24, 2006. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
The Men's road race saw Italian Olympic champion Paolo Bettini triumph, while Swiss Fabian Cancellara won his first time trial world title.
The women's road race title was won by Marianne Vos, in her first year of racing at senior level.
Participating nations A total of 574 cyclists from 54 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses. Participating nationsClick on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page
Events summary
Men's EventsMen's road race Paolo Bettini 6:15:36Erik Zabel st.Alejandro Valverde st.Men's time trialFabian Cancellara1:00:11.75David Zabriskie 1:01:41.72Alexander Vinokourov1:02:01.47 Women's EventsWomen's road raceMarianne Vos3:20.26Trixi Worrack st.Nicole Cooke st.Women's time trialKristin Armstrong 35:04.89Karin Thürig 35:30.06Christine Thorburn 35:34.25 Men's Under-23 EventsMen's under-23 road raceGerald Ciolek 4:00.50Romain Feillu st.Alexander Khatuntsev st.Men's under-23 time trialDominique Cornu 49:28.42Mikhail Ignatiev 50:05.52Jérôme Coppel 50:13.08
Medals table Place Nation Total 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 4= 1 0 0 1 4= 1 0 0 1 4= 1 0 0 1 7= 0 1 1 2 7= 0 1 1 2 9= 0 0 1 1 9= 0 0 1 1 9= 0 0 1 1 Total 6 6 6 18
External links
Official website Results
See also 2006 World University Cycling Championship References