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| Venue | Varese, Italy |
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| Date(s) | 23–28 September 2008 |
| Coordinates | 45°49′0″N8°50′0″E / 45.81667°N 8.83333°E |
| Nations participating | 57 |
| Events | 6 |
The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place in Varese, Italy, between September 23 and September 28, 2008. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
Cyclists from 57 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 |
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| Events at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships | ||
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| Participating nations Qualification | ||
| Elite events | ||
| Elite road race | men | women |
| Elite time trial | men | women |
| Under-23 events | ||
| Under-23 road race | men | |
| Under-23 time trial | men | |
| Place | Nation |  |  |  | Total |
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| 1 |  Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race | Alessandro Ballan Italy | 6:37:30 | Damiano Cunego Italy | +3" | Matti Breschel Denmark | +3" |
| Men's time trial | Bert Grabsch Germany | 52:01.60 | Svein Tuft Canada | +42.79 | David Zabriskie United States | +52.27 |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race | Nicole Cooke Great Britain | 3:42:11 | Marianne Vos Netherlands | s.t. | Judith Arndt Germany | s.t. |
| Women's time trial | Amber Neben United States | 33:51.35 | Christiane Soeder Austria | +7.56 | Judith Arndt Germany | +21.77 |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race | Fabio Duarte Colombia | 4:17:02 | Simone Ponzi Italy | s.t. | John Degenkolb Germany | s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial | Adriano Malori Italy | 41:35.98 | Patrick Gretsch Germany | +49.67 | Cameron Meyer Australia | +1:04.36 |
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