| Host city | Salzburg, Austria |
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| Date(s) | 19–24 September |
| Events | 6 |
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The 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place in Salzburg, Austria, between September 19 and September 24, 2006. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
The Men's road race saw Italian Olympic champion Paolo Bettini triumph, while Swiss Fabian Cancellara won his first time trial world title.
The women's road race title was won by Marianne Vos, in her first year of racing at senior level.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Paolo Bettini Italy |
6:15:36 | Erik Zabel Germany |
st. | Alejandro Valverde Spain |
st. |
| Men's time trial |
Fabian Cancellara Switzerland |
1:00:11.75 | David Zabriskie United States |
1:01:41.72 | Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan |
1:02:01.47 |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Gerald Ciolek Germany |
4:00.50 | Romain Feillu France |
st. | Alexander Khatuntsev Russia |
st. |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
Dominique Cornu Belgium |
49:28.42 | Mikhail Ignatiev Russia |
50:05.52 | Jérôme Coppel France |
50:13.08 |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Marianne Vos Netherlands |
3:20.26 | Trixi Worrack Germany |
st. | Nicole Cooke Great Britain |
st. |
| Women's time trial |
Kristin Armstrong United States |
35:04.89 | Karin Thürig Switzerland |
35:30.06 | Christine Thorburn United States |
35:34.25 |
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
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| 1 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4= | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4= | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4= | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7= | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7= | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9= | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9= | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9= | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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