2006 UCI Road World Championships

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

2006 UCI Road World Championships
Salzburg
Location within Austria
Salzburg
Salzburg (Austria)
VenueSalzburg, Austria
Date(s) (2006-09-19 - 2006-09-24)1924 September 2006
Coordinates47°48′N 13°2′E
Events6

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
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  •  Algeria (3)
  •  Argentina (6)
  •  Australia (23)
  •  Austria (20)
  •  Belarus (6)
  •  Belgium (20)
  •  Brazil (10)
  •  Bulgaria (5)
  •  Burkina Faso (3)
  •  Canada (13)
  •  China (4)
  •  Colombia (11)
  •  Costa Rica (1)
  •  Croatia (6)
  •  Czech Republic (18)
  •  Denmark (16)
  •  El Salvador (1)
  •  Estonia (8)
  •  Finland (2)
  •  France (24)
  •  Germany (24)
  •  Great Britain (12)
  •  Hungary (8)
  •  Ireland (9)
  •  Italy (25)
  •  Japan (9)
  •  Kazakhstan (9)
  •  Kenya (1)
  •  Latvia (7)
  •  Lithuania (10)
  •  Luxembourg (4)
  •  Mexico (11)
  •  Moldova (5)
  •  Namibia (1)
  •  Netherlands (22)
  •  New Zealand (6)
  •  Norway (9)
  •  Poland (19)
  •  Portugal (11)
  •  Romania (1)
  •  Russia (22)
  •  Serbia and Montenegro (2)
  •  Slovakia (11)
  •  Slovenia (14)
  •  South Africa (15)
  •  South Korea (1)
  •  Spain (23)
  •  Sweden (12)
  •   Switzerland (22)
  •  Ukraine (20)
  •  United States (21)
  •  Uruguay (1)
  •  Uzbekistan (1)
  •  Venezuela (6)

Events summary

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

Medals table

Place Nation Total
1  Germany 1 2 0 3
2  United States 1 1 1 3
3   Switzerland 1 1 0 2
4=  Belgium 1 0 0 1
4=  Italy 1 0 0 1
4=  Netherlands 1 0 0 1
7=  France 0 1 1 2
7=  Russia 0 1 1 2
9=  Great Britain 0 0 1 1
9=  Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1
9=  Spain 0 0 1 1
Total 6 6 6 18

See also

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