2010 UCI Road World Championships

2010 UCI Road World Championships

Host city	Geelong and Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)	(2010-09-29 - 2010-10-03)29 September–3 October 2010
Nations participating	49
Cyclists participating	444 (elite, under-23)
Events	6
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2010 UCI Road World Championships Participating nations
Elite events
List of elite cyclists
Elite road race		men		women
Elite time trial		men		women
Under-23 events
List of under-23 cyclists
Under-23 road race		men
Under-23 time trial		men

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]

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).

Participating nations

444 cyclists from 49 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

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"

Medals table

Elite Men's Time trial medallists: David Millar, Fabian Cancellara, & Tony Martin

Place	Nation	01 !	02 !	03 !	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

External links

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