The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2009 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 27 September in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The course of 262 km consisted of nineteen laps around an undulating circuit. The pre-race favourites came from the strong Italian and Spanish national squads,Worlds Road Race Preview Gerald Churchill; Cycling-News; 26-09-09; Accessed 17-08-14. Archived 2009-09-30. with Damiano Cunego and Alejandro Valverde both considered possible contenders.
The race was won by Australian Cadel Evans, the first Australian victory in the World road race.Cadel Evans wins cycling Road Race World Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland Brendan Gallagher 27-09-09; Accessed 28-09-09 Evans, who took his third victory of the season, moved clear from a group of nine riders on the final lap to win the race.
Final classification
Rank Rider Country TimeCadel Evans06h 56'26"Alexandr Kolobnevat 27"Joaquim Rodríguezs.t.4 Samuel Sánchez at 30"5 Fabian Cancellara s.t.6 Philippe Gilbert at 51"7 Matti Breschel s.t.8 Damiano Cunego s.t.9 Alejandro Valverde s.t.10 Simon Gerrans at 1'47"11 Fabian Wegmann s.t.12 Kurt Asle Arvesen s.t.13 Chris Anker Sørensen at 1'59"14 Johnny Hoogerland at 2'02"15 Óscar Freire s.t.16 Ivan Basso s.t.17 André Cardoso at 2'44"18 Michael Barry s.t.19 Sergei Ivanov s.t.20 Karsten Kroon at 2'50"21 Filippo Pozzato s.t.22 Leonardo Duque s.t.23 Koos Moerenhout s.t.24 Sylwester Szmyd s.t.25 Kevin De Weert s.t.26 Alexander Vinokourov s.t.27 Vasil Kiryienka s.t.28 Oliver Zaugg s.t.29 Sylvain Chavanel s.t.30 Ignatas Konovalovas s.t.31 Alexander Bocharov s.t.32 Tadej Valjavec s.t.33 Thomas Löfkvist s.t.34 Sérgio Paulinho s.t.35 Janez Brajkovič s.t.36 Robert Gesink at 3'01"37 Miguel Ángel Rubiano at 3'21"38 Tom Boonen s.t.39 Bert De Waele s.t.40 Philip Deignan s.t.41 Alessandro Ballan s.t.42 Daniel Moreno s.t.43 Jakob Fuglsang at 3'45"44 Greg Van Avermaet s.t.45 Kim Kirchen at 4'20"46 Pierrick Fédrigo at 4'29"47 Marcus Ljungqvist at 5'20"48 Gorazd Štangelj s.t.49 Jussi Veikkanen s.t.50 José Rujano s.t.51 Eduard Vorganov s.t.52 Steve Cummings s.t.53 Andriy Hryvko s.t.54 Kristjan Fajt s.t.
Rank Rider Country Time55 Murilo Fischer at 5'20"56 Kanstantsin Sivtsov s.t.57 Fumiyuki Beppu s.t.58 Assan Bazayev s.t.59 Craig Lewis s.t.60 Edvald Boasson Hagen s.t.61 Christophe Riblon s.t.62 Przemysław Niemiec s.t.63 Nick Nuyens s.t.64 Matthew Lloyd at 6'07"65 Luca Paolini at 7'43"66 Dmitry Fofonov s.t.67 Thomas Voeckler s.t.68 Dan Martin at 8'22"69 Rui Costa s.t.70 Vladimir Miholjević at 10'54"71 Stefano Garzelli s.t.72 Oleksandr Kvachuk s.t.73 Bartosz Huzarski s.t.74 José Serpa s.t.75 Carlos José Ochoa s.t.76 Hrvoje Miholjević s.t.77 Aleksejs Saramotins s.t.78 Fredrik Kessiakoff s.t.79 Grischa Niermann s.t.80 Timmy Duggan s.t.81 Stian Remme s.t.82 Michael Albasini s.t.83 Franklin Chacón s.t.84 Rene Mandri s.t.85 Pavel Brutt s.t.86 Michał Gołaś s.t.87 Gabriel Rasch s.t.88 Maarten Wijnants s.t.89 Maxime Monfort s.t.90 Martin Velits s.t.91 Lars Boom s.t.92 Roger Hammond s.t.93 Christophe Le Mével s.t.94 Tom Peterson s.t.95 Dimitri Champion s.t.96 Hayden Roulston s.t.97 Maxim Iglinsky s.t.98 Jason McCartney s.t.99 Johannes Fröhlinger s.t.100 Peter Velits s.t.101 Rigoberto Urán s.t.102 Gerhard Trampusch at 14'03"103 Paul Martens s.t.104 Volodymyr Zagorodniy s.t.105 Vladimir Karpets s.t.106 Jan Bárta s.t.107 Michael Rogers s.t.108 Juan Carlos López Marin s.t.
Riders who did not finish 89 riders failed to finish the race.
Rider Country Martín Garrido Alfredo Lucero Matías Médici Simon Clarke Allan Davis Mathew Hayman Stuart O'Grady Wesley Sulzberger Christoph Sokoll Peter Wrolich Aliaksandr Kuschynski Francis De Greef Tiago Fiorilli Magno Nazaret Ryder Hesjedal Svein Tuft Carlos Oyarzún Mauricio Ardila Andrey Amador Matija Kvasina Roman Kreuziger Martin Mareš Lars Bak Frank Høj Anders Lund Rein Taaramäe Janek Tombak Gerald Ciolek André Greipel Christian Knees
Rider Country Tony Martin Marcel Sieberg Russell Downing Chris Froome Daniel Lloyd David Millar Ian Stannard Ben Swift Geraint Thomas Istvan Cziraki Gergely Ivanics Péter Kusztor Nicolas Roche Marzio Bruseghin Michele Scarponi Giovanni Visconti Yukiya Arashiro Taiji Nishitani Valentin Iglinskiy Andrey Kashechkin Oļegs Meļehs Laurent Didier Jempy Drucker Andy Schleck Dan Craven Sebastian Langeveld Timothy Gudsell Roy Hegreberg Thor Hushovd
Rider Country Lars Petter Nordhaug Håvard Nybø Frederik Wilmann Jacek Morajko Maciej Paterski Guennadi Mikhailov Evgeny Popov Alexander Porsev Žolt Dér Esad Hasanović Nebojša Jovanović Ján Valach Grega Bole Borut Božič Jay Robert Thomson Carlos Barredo Juan José Cobo Rubén Plaza Rubens Bertogliati Mathias Frank Grégory Rast Serhiy Honchar Ruslan Pidgornyy Volodymyr Starchyk Andrew Bajadali Brent Bookwalter Tom Danielson Tyler Farrar Fabricio Ferrari Manuel Medina
Nation qualification
14 to be enrolled, 9 to start UCI Entry Regulations Accessed 15-09-099 to be enrolled, 6 to start5 to be enrolled, 3 to start2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
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