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Venue | Geelong and Melbourne, Australia |
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Date(s) | 29 September – 3 October 2010 |
Nations participating | 49 |
Cyclists participating | 444 |
Events | 6 |
Events at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships | ||
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Participating nations | ||
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 | |
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 83rd 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]
All times are local (UTC+10).
Event Date | Starting Time | Event Details |
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29 September | 10:00 | Under 23 Men Time trial (31.8 km) |
15:00 | Elite Women Time trial (22.9 km) | |
30 September | 13:00 | Elite Men Time trial (45.8 km) |
1 October | 13:00 | Under 23 Men Road race (159 km) |
2 October | 13:00 | Elite Women Road race (127.2 km) |
3 October | 10:00 | Elite Men Road race (262.7 km) |
444 cyclists from 49 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.
Participating national federations Click on a nation to go to the nations' UCI Road World Championships page |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's Events | ||||||
Road race | Thor Hushovd ![]() | 6h 21' 49" | Matti Breschel ![]() | s.t. | Allan Davis ![]() | s.t. |
Time trial | Fabian Cancellara ![]() | 58' 09.19" | David Millar ![]() | + 1' 02.75" | Tony Martin ![]() | + 1' 12.49" |
Women's Events | ||||||
Road race | Giorgia Bronzini ![]() | 3h 32' 01" | Marianne Vos ![]() | s.t. | Emma Johansson ![]() | s.t. |
Time trial | Emma Pooley ![]() | 32' 48.44" | Judith Arndt ![]() | + 15.17" | Linda Villumsen ![]() | + 15.80" |
Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
Road race | Michael Matthews ![]() | 4h 01' 23" | John Degenkolb ![]() | s.t. | Taylor Phinney ![]() Guillaume Boivin ![]() (Dead heat) | s.t. |
Time trial | Taylor Phinney ![]() | 42' 50.29" | Luke Durbridge ![]() | + 1.90" | Marcel Kittel ![]() | + 24.01" |
Place | Nation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
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