2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's Individual Road Race
2009 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Date September 27, 2009
Distance 262 km (162.8 mi)
Winning time 6h 56' 26" (37.7582 km/h/23.4619 mph)
Medalists
 Gold  Cadel Evans (AUS) (Australia)
 Silver  Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) (Russia)
 Bronze  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Spain)
2008
2010

The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2009 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 27 September in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The course of 262 km consisted of nineteen laps around an undulating circuit. The pre-race favourites came from the strong Italian and Spanish national squads,[1] with Damiano Cunego and Alejandro Valverde both fancied.

The race was won by Australian Cadel Evans, in the first Australian victory in the World road race.[2] Evans, who took his third victory of the season, moved clear from a group of nine riders on the final lap to win the race.[3]

Final classification

Rank Rider Country Time
Cadel Evans  Australia 06h 56'26"
Alexandr Kolobnev  Russia at 27"
Joaquim Rodríguez  Spain s.t.
4 Samuel Sánchez  Spain at 30"
5 Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland s.t.
6 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium at 51"
7 Matti Breschel  Denmark s.t.
8 Damiano Cunego  Italy s.t.
9 Alejandro Valverde  Spain s.t.
10 Simon Gerrans  Australia at 1'47"
11 Fabian Wegmann  Germany s.t.
12 Kurt Asle Arvesen  Norway s.t.
13 Chris Anker Sørensen  Denmark at 1'59"
14 Johnny Hoogerland  Netherlands at 2'02"
15 Óscar Freire  Spain s.t.
16 Ivan Basso  Italy s.t.
17 André Cardoso  Portugal at 2'44"
18 Michael Barry  Canada s.t.
19 Sergei Ivanov  Russia s.t.
20 Karsten Kroon  Netherlands at 2'50"
21 Filippo Pozzato  Italy s.t.
22 Leonardo Duque  Colombia s.t.
23 Koos Moerenhout  Netherlands s.t.
24 Sylwester Szmyd  Poland s.t.
25 Kevin De Weert  Belgium s.t.
26 Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan s.t.
27 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus s.t.
28 Oliver Zaugg  Switzerland s.t.
29 Sylvain Chavanel  France s.t.
30 Ignatas Konovalovas  Lithuania s.t.
31 Alexander Bocharov  Russia s.t.
32 Tadej Valjavec  Slovenia s.t.
33 Thomas Löfkvist  Sweden s.t.
34 Sérgio Paulinho  Portugal s.t.
35 Janez Brajkovič  Slovenia s.t.
36 Robert Gesink  Netherlands at 3'01"
37 Miguel Ángel Rubiano  Colombia at 3'21"
38 Tom Boonen  Belgium s.t.
39 Bert De Waele  Belgium s.t.
40 Philip Deignan  Ireland s.t.
41 Alessandro Ballan  Italy s.t.
42 Daniel Moreno  Spain s.t.
43 Jakob Fuglsang  Denmark at 3'45"
44 Greg Van Avermaet  Belgium s.t.
45 Kim Kirchen  Luxembourg at 4'20"
46 Pierrick Fédrigo  France at 4'29"
47 Marcus Ljungqvist  Sweden at 5'20"
48 Gorazd Štangelj  Slovenia s.t.
49 Jussi Veikkanen  Finland s.t.
50 José Rujano  Venezuela s.t.
51 Eduard Vorganov  Russia s.t.
52 Steve Cummings  United Kingdom s.t.
53 Andriy Hryvko  Ukraine s.t.
54 Kristjan Fajt  Slovenia s.t.
Rank Rider Country Time
55 Murilo Fischer  Brazil at 5'20"
56 Kanstantsin Siutsou  Belarus s.t.
57 Fumiyuki Beppu  Japan s.t.
58 Assan Bazayev  Kazakhstan s.t.
59 Craig Lewis  United States s.t.
60 Edvald Boasson Hagen  Norway s.t.
61 Christophe Riblon  France s.t.
62 Przemysław Niemiec  Poland s.t.
63 Nick Nuyens  Belgium s.t.
64 Matthew Lloyd  Australia at 6'07"
65 Luca Paolini  Italy at 7'43"
66 Dmitry Fofonov  Kazakhstan s.t.
67 Thomas Voeckler  France s.t.
68 Daniel Martin  Ireland at 8'22"
69 Rui Costa  Portugal s.t.
70 Vladimir Miholjević  Croatia at 10'54"
71 Stefano Garzelli  Italy s.t.
72 Oleksandr Kvachuk  Ukraine s.t.
73 Bartosz Huzarski  Poland s.t.
74 José Serpa  Colombia s.t.
75 Carlos José Ochoa  Venezuela s.t.
76 Hrvoje Miholjević  Croatia s.t.
77 Aleksejs Saramotins  Latvia s.t.
78 Fredrik Kessiakoff  Sweden s.t.
79 Grischa Niermann  Germany s.t.
80 Timmy Duggan  United States s.t.
81 Stian Remme  Norway s.t.
82 Michael Albasini  Switzerland s.t.
83 Franklin Chacón  Venezuela s.t.
84 Rene Mandri  Estonia s.t.
85 Pavel Brutt  Russia s.t.
86 Michał Gołaś  Poland s.t.
87 Gabriel Rasch  Norway s.t.
88 Maarten Wijnants  Belgium s.t.
89 Maxime Monfort  Belgium s.t.
90 Martin Velits  Slovakia s.t.
91 Lars Boom  Netherlands s.t.
92 Roger Hammond  United Kingdom s.t.
93 Christophe Le Mével  France s.t.
94 Thomas Peterson  United States s.t.
95 Dimitri Champion  France s.t.
96 Hayden Roulston  New Zealand s.t.
97 Maxim Iglinsky  Kazakhstan s.t.
98 Jason McCartney  United States s.t.
99 Johannes Fröhlinger  Germany s.t.
100 Peter Velits  Slovakia s.t.
101 Rigoberto Urán  Colombia s.t.
102 Gerhard Trampusch  Austria at 14'03"
103 Paul Martens  Germany s.t.
104 Volodymyr Zagorodniy  Ukraine s.t.
105 Vladimir Karpets  Russia s.t.
106 Jan Bárta  Czech Republic s.t.
107 Michael Rogers  Australia s.t.
108 Juan Carlos López Marin  Colombia s.t.

Nation qualification

14 to be enrolled, 9 to start [4]
 Spain
 Italy
 Belgium
 Germany
 Luxembourg
 Australia
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Russia
 Norway
9 to be enrolled, 6 to start
 South Africa
 Colombia
 Venezuela
 Kazakhstan
 France
 Netherlands
 Slovenia
 Poland
 Ukraine
 Denmark
 Switzerland
5 to be enrolled, 3 to start
 Tunisia
 Argentina
 Canada
 Brazil
 Japan
 Iran
 Portugal
 Estonia
 Austria
 Croatia
 Hungary
 Sweden
 Latvia
 Serbia
 New Zealand
 Czech Republic
 Ireland
 Slovakia
 Belarus
2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
 Lithuania
 Finland
 Namibia
 Cuba
 Chile
 Costa Rica
 Ecuador
 Uruguay
 Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ Worlds Road Race Preview Gerald Churchill; Cycling-News; 26-09-09; Accessed 28-09-09. Archived 2009-09-30.
  2. ^ Cadel Evans wins cycling Road Race World Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland Brendan Gallagher 27-09-09; Accessed 28-09-09
  3. ^ "Aussie Evans wins road race title". BBC Sport. 2009-09-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8277583.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-28. 
  4. ^ UCI Entry Regulations Accessed 15-09-09