UCI Road World Championships 2010

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Start and finish area in Geelong

The 77th UCI Road World Championships took place in Melbourne from September 29th to October 3rd, 2010 .

For these first road world championships, which were held in Australia, over 400 cyclists - women and men - were expected in Geelong , 70 kilometers from Melbourne, to compete in road races and individual time trials. The men's route ran from Melbourne to Geelong. The defending champion in the men's elite, the Australian Cadel Evans , previously lived in Melbourne.

In April 2010, the Italian chemical company Mapei announced that it would financially support these world championships. From 1993 to 2002 the company co-financed a cycling team as a sponsor .

Three weeks before the start of the world championships, the track was flooded after days of rain. A temporary bridge built especially for the World Cup was also affected.

Participants (selection)

The squad of the Association of German Cyclists :

• Men: Bert Grabsch ( Team HTC-Columbia ), André Greipel (HTC-Columbia), Danilo Hondo ( Team Lampre ), Dominic Klemme ( Team Saxo Bank ), Christian Knees ( Team Milram ), Paul Martens ( Team Rabobank ); Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), Marcel Sieberg (HTC-Columbia), Fabian Wegmann (Team Milram). Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch also start in the time trial.
• Women: Judith Arndt , Luise Keller , Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (all HTC-Columbia), Charlotte Becker ( Cervélo TestTeam ) and Trixi Worrack ( Equipe Noris Cycling ). Judith Arndt and Charlotte Becker are scheduled for the individual time trial.
• U23 : John Degenkolb , Marcel Kittel , Maximilian May (all Thuringian Energy Team ), David Hesselbarth , Philipp Ries (both Team Heizomat ) and Michel Koch ( LKT Team Brandenburg ). Marcel Kittel is intended for the individual time trial.

The Swiss Cycling squad :

• Men: Michael Albasini ( Team HTC-Columbia ), Fabian Cancellara ( Team Saxo Bank ), Martin Elmiger ( Ag2r La Mondiale ), Steve Morabito ( BMC Racing Team ), Grégory Rast ( Team RadioShack ), Martin Kohler , Danilo Wyss (both BMC Racing Team). ( Oliver Zaugg had to cancel at short notice due to an injury. A possible subsequent nomination was waived, as was the previously possible nomination of a ninth driver.)
  Individual time trial: Fabian Cancellara
• Women: Emily Aubry (RRC Nordwest Reigoldswil), Jennifer Hohl (Marbach SG, RV Schaan), Patricia Schwager (VC Fischingen), Doris Schweizer (VC Pfaffnau-Roggliswil)
  Individual time trial: Patricia Schwager, Doris Schweizer
• U23 men: Michael Baer (RMV Cham-Hagendorn), Silvan Dillier (VC Alpenrose Schneisingen), Sébastien Reichenbach (VC Martigny)
  Individual time trial: Silvan Dillier

The squad of the Austrian Cycling Association:

• Men: Bernhard Eisel ( Team HTC-Columbia ), Peter Wrolich ( Team Milram )
• Women: Andrea Graus
• U23 men: Andreas Hofer , Matthias Krizek , Georg Preidler , Daniel Schorn ( Team NetApp ),
  individual time trial: Andreas Hofer

Anti-doping conference

In the run-up to the Road World Championships, the University of Geelong organized an anti-doping conference (September 27 and 28), which was originally supported by the World Cup organizers. However, when it became known that Floyd Landis had been invited to this conference, the OK withdrew from the conference.

Results men

Thor Hushovd, first Norwegian world champion in road racing

Road racing

space	athlete	country	time
1	Thor Hushovd	NOR	6: 21.49 h (40.417 km / h)
2	Matti Breschel	THE	equal time
3	Allan Davis	OUT	equal time
4th	Filippo Pozzato	ITA	equal time
5	Greg Van Avermaet	BEL	equal time
6th	Óscar Freire	ESP	equal time
7th	Alexander Kolobnew	RUS	equal time
8th	Assan Basayev	KAZ	equal time
9	Yukiya Arashiro	JPN	equal time
10	Romain Feillu	FRA	equal time

Date: October 3rd
Length: 257.2 km

Fabian Cancellara, first four-time world champion in the individual time trial

Individual time trial

space	athlete	country	time
1	Fabian Cancellara	SUI	58: 09.19 h
2	David Millar	GBR	+1: 02.75 min
3	Tony Martin	GER	+1: 12.49 min
4th	Richie Porte	OUT	+ 1: 19.00 min
5	Michael Rogers	OUT	+ 2: 24.94 min
6th	Koos Moerenhout	NED	+ 2: 40.69 min
7th	Luis León Sánchez Gil	ESP	+ 2: 44.23 min
8th	David Zabriskie	United States	+ 2: 51.41 min
9	Maciej Bodnar	POLE	+ 3: 00.70 min
10	Gustav Larsson	SWE	+ 3: 01.02 min

Date: September 30, 2010
Length: 45.4 km

Results women

Road racing

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Giorgia Bronzini	ITA	3: 32.01 h
2	Marianne Vos	NED	equal time
3	Emma Johansson	SWE	equal time
4th	Nicole Cooke	GBR	equal time
5	Judith Arndt	GER	+ 0.01 min
6th	Grace Verbeke	BEL	+ 0.03 min
7th	Trixi Worrack	GER	equal time
8th	Rasa Leleivytė	LTU	equal time
9	Elizabeth Armitstead	GBR	equal time
10	Carla Swart	RSA	equal time

Date: October 2nd
Length: 127.2 km (8 laps)

Individual time trial

space	Athlete	country	time
1	Emma Pooley	GBR	32: 48.44 min
2	Judith Arndt	GER	+ 15.17 s
3	Linda Villumsen	NZL	+ 15.80 s
4th	Amber addition	United States	+ 43.94 s
5	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli	FRA	+1: 28.27 min
6th	Evelyn Stevens	United States	+1: 00.08 min
7th	Tara Whitten	CAN	+1: 05.91 min
8th	Shara Gillow	OUT	+1: 13.18 min
9	Emilia Fahlin	SWE	+1: 22.20 min
10	Tatiana Guderzo	ITA	+1: 25.55 min

Date: September 29, 2010
Length: 22.8 km

Results men U23

Road racing

space	athlete	country	time
1	Michael Matthews	OUT	4: 01.23 h (39.552 km / h)
2	John Degenkolb	GER	equal time
3	Taylor Phinney	United States	equal time
	Guillaume Boivin	CAN	equal time
5	Arnaud Démare	FRA	equal time
6th	Sonny Colbrelli	ITA	equal time
7th	Laurens De Vreese	BEL	equal time
8th	Sebastian Lander	THE	equal time
9	Juan José Lobato	ESP	equal time
10	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	RUS	equal time

Length: 159 km (10 laps of 15.9 km each )
Start: Friday, October 1st, 1:00 p.m. local time (AEDT = CEST +8 hours)

Individual time trial

space	athlete	country	time
1	Taylor Phinney	United States	42: 50.29 min
2	Luke Durbridge	OUT	+ 1.90 s
3	Marcel Kittel	GER	+ 24.01 s
4th	Nélson Oliveira	POR	+ 27.96 s
5	Rohan Dennis	OUT	+ 46.87 s
6th	Matteo Mammini	ITA	+ 49.88 s
7th	Tom Dumoulin	NED	+1: 06.55 min
8th	Jesús Herrada	ESP	+1: 18.48 min
9	Andrei Krasilnikau	BLR	+1: 35.62 min
10	Geoffrey Soupe	FRA	+1: 38.21 min

Date: September 29, 2010
Length: 31.6 km

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	1	1	1	3
1	United Kingdom	1	1	-	2
3	United States	1	-	1	2
4th	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
	Italy	1	-	-	1
	Norway	1	-	-	1
7th	Germany	-	2	2	4th
8th	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1
10	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Bronze was awarded twice in the U23 road race.

Web links

Commons : 2010 UCI Road World Championships  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website ( Memento of April 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cyclingnews.com: "Mapei backs 2010 road world titles"
2. ↑ radsport-news.com: "World Cup course in Geelong is under water"
3. ↑ radsport-news.com: "World Cup organizers against anti-doping conference with Landis"

See also

• UCI Track World Championships 2010