2006 UCI Road World Championships

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2006 UCI Road World Championships
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Salzburg
Location within Austria
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Salzburg
Salzburg (Austria)
Venue Salzburg, Austria Flag of Austria.svg
Date (2006-09-19 - 2006-09-24)1924 September 2006
Coordinates 47°48′N13°2′E / 47.800°N 13.033°E / 47.800; 13.033
Events6

The 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place in Salzburg, Austria, between September 19 and September 24, 2006. [1] The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. [2]

Contents

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.

Participating nations

A total of 574 cyclists from 54 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Participating nations
Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page

Events summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Events
Men's road race
details
Paolo Bettini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6:15:36 Erik Zabel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
st. Alejandro Valverde
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
st.
Men's time trial
details
Fabian Cancellara
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
1:00:11.75 David Zabriskie
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1:01:41.72 Alexander Vinokourov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
1:02:01.47
Women's Events
Women's road race
details
Marianne Vos
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
3:20.26 Trixi Worrack
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
st. Nicole Cooke
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
st.
Women's time trial
details
Kristin Armstrong
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
35:04.89 Karin Thürig
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
35:30.06 Christine Thorburn
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
35:34.25
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race
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Gerald Ciolek
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4:00.50 Romain Feillu
Flag of France.svg  France
st. Alexander Khatuntsev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
st.
Men's under-23 time trial
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Dominique Cornu
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
49:28.42 Mikhail Ignatiev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
50:05.52 Jérôme Coppel
Flag of France.svg  France
50:13.08

Medals table

PlaceNationGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1203
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1113
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1102
4=Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1001
4=Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1001
4=Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1001
7=Flag of France.svg  France 0112
7=Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0112
9=Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0011
9=Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0011
9=Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0011
Total66618

See also

References

  1. "2006  » UCI World Championship". procyclingstats.com. 17 May 2024.
  2. "World Championship RR". FirstCycling.com. 25 December 2025.