2010 UCI Road World Championships

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 77th 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]

2010 UCI Road World Championships
VenueGeelong and Melbourne, Australia
Date(s) (2010-09-29 - 2010-10-03)29 September – 3 October 2010
Nations participating49
Cyclists participating444
Events6

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 DateStarting TimeEvent Details
29 September10:00Under 23 Men Time trial (31.8 km)
15:00Elite Women Time trial (22.9 km)
30 September13:00Elite Men Time trial (45.8 km)
1 October13:00Under 23 Men Road race (159 km)
2 October13:00Elite Women Road race (127.2 km)
3 October10:00Elite 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
  •  Andorra (1)
  •  Argentina (7)
  •  Australia (24) (host)
  •  Austria (7)
  •  Belarus (6)
  •  Belgium (21)
  •  Brazil (2)
  •  Canada (13)
  •  Chile (1)
  •  Colombia (6)
  •  Croatia (4)
  •  Czech Republic (4)
  •  Denmark (10)
  •  Eritrea (1)
  •  Estonia (4)
  •  France (18)
  •  Germany (20)
  •  Great Britain (14)
  •  Hong Kong (4)
  •  Ireland (3)
  •  Italy (24)
  •  Japan (7)
  •  Kazakhstan (11)
  •  Latvia (1)
  •  Lithuania (10)
  •  Luxembourg (6)
  •  Malaysia (3)
  •  Mexico (4)
  •  Morocco (6)
  •  Netherlands (24)
  •  New Zealand (15)
  •  Norway (10)
  •  Poland (12)
  •  Portugal (9)
  •  Russia (21)
  •  Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)
  •  Serbia (3)
  •  Singapore (3)
  •  Slovakia (4)
  •  Slovenia (14)
  •  South Africa (8)
  •  Spain (17)
  •  Sweden (8)
  •   Switzerland (14)
  •  Thailand (2)
  •  Turkey (1)
  •  Ukraine (9)
  •  United States (22)
  •  Venezuela (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
Thor Hushovd
 Norway
6h 21' 49" Matti Breschel
 Denmark
s.t. Allan Davis
 Australia
s.t.
Time trial
Fabian Cancellara
  Switzerland
58' 09.19" David Millar
 Great Britain
+ 1' 02.75" Tony Martin
 Germany
+ 1' 12.49"
Women's Events
Road race
Giorgia Bronzini
 Italy
3h 32' 01" Marianne Vos
 Netherlands
s.t. Emma Johansson
 Sweden
s.t.
Time trial
Emma Pooley
 Great Britain
32' 48.44" Judith Arndt
 Germany
+ 15.17" Linda Villumsen
 New Zealand
+ 15.80"
Men's Under-23 Events
Road race
Michael Matthews
 Australia
4h 01' 23" John Degenkolb
 Germany
s.t. Taylor Phinney
 United States
Guillaume Boivin
 Canada
(Dead heat)
s.t.
Time trial
Taylor Phinney
 United States
42' 50.29" Luke Durbridge
 Australia
+ 1.90" Marcel Kittel
 Germany
+ 24.01"

Medal table

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
 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

  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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