2008 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race
- 2008 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race
The men's 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 (4.5% for 3.13 kilometres). [citeweb|url=http://www.varese2008.org/eng/percorsi/elenco.asp?c=61|title=Courses - Road Races|publisher=Varese2008.org|accessdate=2008-09-23]
Pre-race favourites included Paolo Bettini, who was trying for an unprecedented third consecutive title, and the 1999, 2001 and 2004 champion Oscar Freire. [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7629449.stm|title=Cooke leads GB Worlds challenge|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2008-09-22|accessdate=2008-09-23]
The race was won by Alessandro Ballan, with his fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in second and Matti Breschel of Denmark taking the bronze medal.
Top ten finishers
Nation qualification
References
External links
* [http://www.varese2008.org/eng/index.asp?c=14 Varese 2008 home page]
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