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 Via Montello (6.5% gradient for 1.15 kilometres); and the second at Ronchi (4.5% for 3.13 kilometres). The highest elevation measured 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.
The race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal.
Final classification
Rank Rider Country TimeAlessandro Ballan6h 37'30"Damiano Cunegoat 3"Matti Breschels.t.4Davide Rebellins.t.5Andriy Hrivkos.t.6Joaquim Rodríguezs.t.7Fabian Wegmanns.t.8Christian Pfannbergers.t.9Nick Nuyenss.t.10Robert Gesinks.t.11Jurgen Van Goolen s.t.12Thomas Löfkvist s.t.13Chris Sørensen at 6"14Assan Bazayev at 58"15Philippe Gilbert s.t.16Kristjan Fajt at 1'01"17Greg Van Avermaet s.t.18Gorazd Štangelj s.t.19Jérôme Pineau at 1'13"20Vladimir Karpets s.t.21Sérgio Paulinho s.t.22Samuel Sánchez at 1'22"23Steven Cozza at 1'40"24Hrvoje Miholjević s.t.25Rubens Bertogliati at 2'14"26Amaël Moinard s.t.27Alexandre Bazhenov at 3'24"28Paolo Bettini at 4'53"29Erik Zabel s.t.30Dimitry Muravyev s.t.31Matteo Tosatto s.t.32Alexander Efimkin s.t.33Michael Barry s.t.34Thomas Rohregger s.t.35Julian Dean s.t.36Janek Tombak s.t.37Alejandro Valverde s.t.38Tom Boonen s.t.39Óscar Freire s.t.
Rank Rider Country Time40Gustav Larsson s.t.41Fränk Schleck s.t.41Sergey Lagutin s.t.43Karsten Kroon s.t.44Alexandr Kolobnev s.t.45Nuno Ribeiro s.t.46John Gadret s.t.47Stefan Schumacher s.t.48Janez Brajkovič s.t.49Russell Downing s.t.50Oliver Zaugg s.t.51Roman Kreuziger s.t.52Nicolas Vogondy s.t.53Sylvain Chavanel s.t.54Mikhaylo Khalilov s.t.55Matthew Lloyd s.t.56Vladimir Gusev s.t.57Lars Petter Nordhaug at 5'20"58José Mendes at 8'15"59Aleksejs Saramotins at 10'33"60Félix Cárdenas s.t.61Kjell Carlström s.t.62Marcus Ljungqvist s.t.63Tyler Farrar s.t.64Borut Božič s.t.65Frank Høj s.t.66Maarten Tjallingii s.t.67Roman Klimov at 10'54"68Hubert Krys s.t.69Péter Kusztor s.t.70Carlos José Ochoa s.t.71Geoffroy Lequatre s.t.72Leonardo Duque s.t.73José Rujano s.t.74Oleg Chuzhda s.t.75Oļegs Meļehs at 11'01"76Lucas Euser at 22'49"77Yukiya Arashiro at 22'50"
Did not finish 128 riders failed to finish the race. Levi Leipheimer of the United States did not start the race.
Rider CountryJuan Manuel Gárate Cepa Kevin De Weert Chris Froome Gerald Ciolek Kazuo Inoue Stefan Hristov Juan Pablo Dotti Nebojša Jovanović Alexsandr Dyachenko Stefan Rucker Vladimir Zagorodniy Grégory Rast Stijn Devolder Bram Tankink Mario Aerts Yaroslav Popovych Benjamín Noval Marzio Bruseghin Andrea Tonti Andy Schleck Alberto Contador Christophe Le Mével Ezequiel Mosquera Danilo Wyss Andreas Dietziker Christian Knees Michael Rogers Martin Velits Luca Paolini André Greipel Robbie McEwen Nikita Eskov David Loosli Rein Taaramäe Jackson Rodríguez Philip Deignan Daryl Impey Nelson Victorino Przemysław Niemiec Christian Meier Steven de Jongh Marc de Maar Koos Moerenhout William Walker Žolt Dér Sebastian Lang Tom Stamsnijder Marcus Burghardt Vladimir Miholjević Edvald Boasson Hagen Anders Lund Trent Lowe Martin Mareš Sandy Casar Maxime Monfort Steve Fogen Mauricio Soler Simon Gerrans Allan Davis Christian Poos Richard Ochoa Peter Velits Thomas Frei Matej Stare
Rider CountryMatija Kvasina Gabriele Bosisio Evgeny Petrov Dominique Rollin Hidenori Nodera Adam Hansen František Raboň Christoff Van Heerden Jempy Drucker Jakob Fuglsang Maciej Bodnar Richard Mascarañas Vincenzo Centrone Muradjan Khalmuratov Matthew Goss Lars Ytting Bak David Millar Benoît Joachim Manuel Medina Sebastian Langeveld Luis León Sánchez Ignatas Konovalovas Kevin Evans Geraint Thomas Stephen Cummings Martin Elmiger Rodger Aiken David Zabriskie Stéphane Augé Franklin Chacón Markus Zberg Dariusz Baranowski Grega Bole Rida Cador Gergely Ivanics Laurent Didier Darren Lill Brent Bookwalter Gerardo Fernández Yauheni Hutarovich Ruslan Podgornyy Maroš Kováč Erki Pütsep Kurt Asle Arvesen Glen Chadwick Ricardo Mestre Henry Raabe Luis Fernando Macías Normunds Lasis Robert Hunter Matti Helminen Boris Shpilevsky Krasimir Vasilev Dragan Spasic Ian Stannard Claude Wolter David George Markus Fothen Tiago Machado Nicolas Roche Vladimir Tuychiev Łukasz Bodnar Marek Rutkiewicz Adil Jelloul
Nation qualification
14 to be enrolled, 9 to start9 to be enrolled, 6 to start5 to be enrolled, 3 to start2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
References
External links Varese 2008 home page