UCI Road World Championships 1998

The 65th UCI Road World Championships 1998 took place from October 4th to 11th in the Dutch city ​​of Valkenburg . A total of ten decisions were made in the disciplines of time trials and road races as well as in the categories women, men, men U23, juniors and juniors. The time trial competitions led from Maastricht to Valkenburg.

Men

Road race (258 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Oscar Camenzind	SUI	6:01:30 h
2	Peter Van Petegem	BEL	6:01:53 h
3	Michele Bartoli	ITA	6:01:54 h

Individual time trial (44 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Abraham Olano	ESP	54: 32.1 min
2	Melchor Mauri	ESP	55: 09.6 min
3	Serhiy Honchar	UKR	55: 19.8 min

Women

Road race (103 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Diana Žiliūtė	LTU	2:35:35 h
2	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	NED	same time
3	Hanka Kupfernagel	GER	same time

Individual time trial (23 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	NED	31: 51.14 min
2	Sulphia Sabirova	RUS	31: 51.52 min
3	Hanka Kupfernagel	GER	31: 53.30 min

U23 men

Road race (172 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Ivan Basso	ITA	4:00:30 h
2	Rinaldo Nocentini	ITA	4:00:46 h
3	Danilo Di Luca	ITA	same time

Individual time trial (33 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Thor Hushovd	NOR	43: 19.84 min
2	Frédéric Finot	FRA	43: 30.48 min
3	Gianmario Ortenzi	ITA	43: 36.67 min

Juniors

Road race (120 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Mark Scanlon	IRL	2:54:36 h
2	Filippo Pozzato	ITA	same time
3	Eduard Kiwischow	RUS	same time

Individual time trial (23 km)

space	athlete	country	time
1	Fabian Cancellara	SUI	29: 39.15 min
2	Torsten Hiekmann	GER	29: 41.61 min
3	Filippo Pozzato	ITA	29: 46.41 min

Juniors

Road race (69 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Tina Liebig	GER	1:46:51 h
2	Olga Sabelinskaya	RUS	same time
3	Nathalie Bates	OUT	same time

Individual time trial (18 km)

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Trixi Worrack	GER	23: 22.70 min
2	Olga Sabelinskaya	RUS	23: 28.15 min
3	Geneviève Jeanson	CAN	23: 46.05 min

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	2	1	2	5
2	Switzerland	2	-	-	2
3	Italy	1	2	4th	7th
4th	Netherlands	1	1	-	2
	Spain	1	1	-	2
6th	Ireland	1	-	-	1
	Lithuania	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
9	Russia	-	3	1	4th
10	Belgium	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
12	Australia	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Ukraine	-	-	1	1

See also

• UCI Track World Championships 1998