2008 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification

Last updated March 03, 2019

This page is an overview of the qualification criteria for the 2008 UCI Road World Championships.

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.

Elite events

Elite men's road race

Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours during 2008. Results from January to the middle of August would count towards the qualification criteria on both the 2008 UCI ProTour and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on 15 August 2008.^[1]

The Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland.

The 2008 UCI ProTour is the fourth year of the UCI ProTour system. Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Grand Tours and the UCI, all races organized by ASO, RCS and Unipublic were withdrawn from the ProTour calendar. This removed all three Grand Tours, four of the five monuments and four further races. As such, the quality of the races of the ProTour was diminished. The Australian race, the Tour Down Under was added to the calendar, making it the first race outside Europe on the ProTour.

The UCI Continental Circuits are continental circuits for a series of road bicycle racing competitions since 2005. The five circuits are a tier below the UCI World Tour. Both the World Tour and the Continental Circuits comprise a series of races in which various cycling teams compete regularly. It was introduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to provide an adequate and realistic context in order to encourage the expansion of cycling, everywhere in the world.

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

Elite women's road race

Qualification will be based mainly on the 2008 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2008. The first five nations in this classification qualified 7 riders to start, the next ten nations qualified 6 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start. Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions are qualified to take part in the race on top of the nation numbers.

Elite men's time trial

All National Federations were allowed to register four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions may take part.^[1]

Elite women's time trial

All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.^[1]

Champion	Name	Note
Outgoing World Champion	Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)	Did not participate
African Champion	Lynette Burger (RSA)
Asian Champion	Li Meifang (CHN)
European Champion (under-23)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)
Oceanian Champion	Bridie O'Donnell (AUS)
Pan American Champion	Ana Paola Madrinan Villegas (COL)	Did not participate

Under-23 events

Men's under-23 road race

Men's under-23 time trial

All National Federations were allowed to register four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions may take part

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References

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Events at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships

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
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