2010 UCI Road World Championships

2010 UCI Road World Championships
Venue	Geelong and Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)	29 September – 3 October 2010
Nations participating	49
Cyclists participating	444
Events	6
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The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 83th UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event. Coincidentally, the title's defender at the road race was an Australian, Cadel Evans, who has a home in Barwon Heads, only 20 km from Geelong.^[1]

The time trial and most of the road race elements of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships were staged in Geelong, while the final event, the men's road race, started in Melbourne and went to Geelong, where it finished after 11 laps of the road-race circuit.^[2]

The events were spread over five days, allowing recovery time for those riders wishing to take part in both the time trial and the road race. The first event, the men's under-23 time trial resulted in a win for Taylor Phinney, who went on to share third place in the U-23 road race, which was won from a group sprint by Michael Matthews of Australia. In the women's events, Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley became the first British rider to win the time trial, and Giorgia Bronzini, bronze medallist in the 2007 championships, won from a three rider chase group.

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara successfully defended his men's time trial title, achieving a record fourth win: and in the final, showpiece event, Thor Hushovd became the first Norwegian winner, and a bronze for Allan Davis clinched top place in the medal table for the hosts.^[3]

Competition Schedule[]

All times are local (UTC+10).

Location of Victoria, Australia

Melbourne

Geelong

Host cities in Victoria

Event Date	Starting Time	Event Details
29 September	10:00	Under 23 Men Time trial (31.8 km)
29 September	15:00	Elite Women Time trial (22.9 km)
30 September	13:00	Elite Men Time trial (45.8 km)
1 October	13:00	Under 23 Men Road race (159 km)
2 October	13:00	Elite Women Road race (127.2 km)
3 October	10:00	Elite Men Road race (262.7 km)

Participating nations[]

444 cyclists from 49 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Participating national federations Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page
(1) (7) (24) (host) (7) (6) Belgium (21) (2) (13) (1) (6) (4) (4) Denmark (10) (1) (4) (18) Germany (20) (14) (4) (3) Italy (24) (7) (11) (1) Lithuania (10) (6) (3) (4) (6) Netherlands (24) New Zealand (15) (10) (12) (9) (21) (3) (3) (3) (4) (14) (8) Spain (17) (8) (14) (2) (1) (9) United States (22) (3)

Events summary[]

View down the start-finish straight, showing the final incline with which riders had to contend

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Road race details	Thor Hushovd	6h 21' 49"	Matti Breschel Denmark	s.t.	Allan Davis	s.t.
Time trial details	Fabian Cancellara	58' 09.19"	David Millar	+ 1' 02.75"	Tony Martin Germany	+ 1' 12.49"
Women's Events
Road race details	Giorgia Bronzini Italy	3h 32' 01"	Marianne Vos Netherlands	s.t.	Emma Johansson	s.t.
Time trial details	Emma Pooley	32' 48.44"	Judith Arndt Germany	+ 15.17"	Linda Villumsen New Zealand	+ 15.80"
Men's Under-23 Events
Road race details	Michael Matthews	4h 01' 23"	John Degenkolb Germany	s.t.	Taylor Phinney United States Guillaume Boivin (Dead heat)	s.t.
Time trial details	Taylor Phinney United States	42' 50.29"	Luke Durbridge	+ 1.90"	Marcel Kittel Germany	+ 24.01"

Medal table[]

Elite Men's Time trial medallists: David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, & Tony Martin

Place	Nation				Total
1	Australia	1	1	1	3
2	Great Britain	1	1	0	2
3	United States	1	0	1	2
4	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
7	Germany	0	2	2	4
8	Denmark	0	1	0	1
8	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
10	Canada	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	7	19

References[]

^ Barwon Heads cyclist Cadel Evans on top of the world
^ "2010 Cycling". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
^ "Norway's Thor Hushovd claims world road race crown". CNN. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

External links[]

[1] Barwon Heads cyclist Cadel Evans on top of the world

[2] "2010 Cycling". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2010.

[3] "Norway's Thor Hushovd claims world road race crown". CNN. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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Events at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships

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Elite road race	men	women
Elite time trial	men	women
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race	men
Under-23 time trial	men
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