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| Venue | Stresa, Pettenasco, Arona and Verbania, Italy |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 3–6 July 2008 |
| Events | 8 |
The 2008 European Road Championships were held in Stresa, Pettenasco, Arona and Verbania, in the province of Novare and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy, between 3 July and 6 July 2008. Regulated by the European Cycling Union. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under 23 and juniors.
Individual time trial
| Road race
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Road race [1] | Cyril Gautier  France | 3h 39' 49" | Paul Voss  Germany | + 24" | Timofey Kritskiy  Russia | s.t. |
| Time trial [1] | Adriano Malori  Italy | 27' 56" | Timofey Kritskiy Russia | + 7" | Artem Ovechkin Russia | + 21" |
| Women's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Road race [1] | Rasa Leleivytė  Lithuania | 3h 50' 56" | Lesya Kalytovska  Ukraine | s.t. | Marta Bastianelli Italy | s.t. |
| Time trial [1] | Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands | 32' 33" | Svitlana Halyuk Ukraine | + 5" | Lesya Kalytovska Ukraine | + 8" |
| Men's Junior Events | ||||||
| Road race [2] | Johan Le Bon France | 3h 13' 57" | Luke Rowe  Great Britain | s.t. | Piotr Gawronski  Poland | s.t. |
| Time trial [2] | Michał Kwiatkowski Poland | 20' 09" | Vegard Breen  Norway | + 3" | Johan Le Bon France | + 14" |
| Women's Junior Events | ||||||
| Road race [2] | Valentina Scandolara Italy | 2h 22' 06" | Valeriya Kononenko Ukraine | s.t. | Jessie Daams  Belgium | s.t. |
| Time trial [2] | Valeriya Kononenko Ukraine | 23' 02" | Jacqueline Hahn  Austria | + 35" | Maria Mishina Russia | + 45" |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NLD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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