2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Bronis in last place (+ 13'38").

Men's Individual Road Race
2006 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
DatesSeptember 24, 2006
Stages1
Distance265.2 km (164.8 mi)
Winning time06h 15' 32"
Medalists
   Gold  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Italy)
   Silver  Erik Zabel (GER) (Germany)
   Bronze  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Spain)
Events at the 2006 UCI
Road World Championships
Participating nations
Elite events
Elite road racemenwomen
Elite time trialmenwomen
Under-23 events
Under-23 road racemen
Under-23 time trialmen

Final classification
RankRiderNationTime
1Paolo Bettini Italy6h 15' 36" (42.476 km/h)
2Erik Zabel Germany+ 0"
3Alejandro Valverde Spain+ 0"
4Samuel Sánchez Spain+ 2"
5Robbie McEwen Australia+ 2"
6Stuart O'Grady Australia+ 2"
7Uros Murn Slovenia+ 2"
8Alexander Bocharov Russia+ 2"
9Tom Boonen Belgium+ 2"
10Vladimir Gusev Russia+ 2"
11Bernhard Eisel Austria+ 2"
12Nicki Sørensen Denmark+ 2"
13Kurt Asle Arvesen Norway+ 2"
14Martin Elmiger  Switzerland+ 2"
15Freddie Rodriguez United States+ 2"
16Karsten Kroon Netherlands+ 2"
17Marcus Ljungqvist Sweden+ 2"
18Rene Haselbacher Austria+ 2"
19László Bodrogi Hungary+ 2"
20Gerben Löwik Netherlands+ 2"
21Stefan Schumacher Germany+ 2"
22Steffen Wesemann  Switzerland+ 2"
23Christophe Le Mével France+ 2"
24Anthony Geslin France+ 2"
25Andrey Kashechkin Kazakhstan+ 2"
26Alexandr Kolobnev Russia+ 2"
27Matija Kvasina Croatia+ 2"
28Michael Boogerd Netherlands+ 2"
29Fränk Schleck Luxembourg+ 2"
30Moises Aldape Chavez Mexico+ 2"
31Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland+ 2"
32Gorazd Stangelj Slovenia+ 2"
33Nuno Ribeiro Portugal+ 2"
34Danilo Di Luca Italy+ 2"
35David Millar Great Britain+ 2"
36Xavier Florencio Spain+ 2"
37Grégory Rast  Switzerland+ 2"
38Luca Paolini Italy+ 2"
39David George South Africa+ 2"
40Cadel Evans Australia+ 2"
41Rui Sousa Portugal+ 2"
42Sérgio Paulinho Portugal+ 2"
43Vladimir Karpets Russia+ 2"
44Alexander Arekeev Russia+ 2"
45Sylvain Chavanel France+ 2"
46Tadej Valjavec Slovenia+ 15"
47Christopher Horner United States+ 15"
48Davide Rebellin Italy+ 15"
49Carlos Sastre Spain+ 15"
50Michael Rogers Australia+ 15"
51Filippo Pozzato Italy+ 15"
52Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan+ 15"
53Sergei Yakovlev Kazakhstan+ 34"
54Fabian Wegmann Germany+ 56"
55Marlon Pérez Arango Colombia+ 1' 25"
56Kanstantsin Sivtsov Belarus+ 1' 25"
57Raivis Belohvoščiks Latvia+ 1' 53"
58Jose Carlos Silva Rodrigues Portugal+ 1' 53"
59Radoslav Rogina Croatia+ 1' 53"
60Ján Valach Slovakia+ 1' 53"
61Alexandre Usau Belarus+ 1' 53"
62Roger Hammond Great Britain+ 1' 53"
63Ruslan Pidgornyy Ukraine+ 1' 53"
64Dainius Kairelis Lithuania+ 1' 53"
65Georg Totschnig Austria+ 1' 53"
66Stijn Devolder Belgium+ 1' 53"
67Max van Heeswijk Netherlands+ 1' 53"
68Christian Vande Velde United States+ 1' 53"
69Aurélien Clerc  Switzerland+ 1' 53"
70Cyril Dessel France+ 1' 53"
71Sébastien Joly France+ 1' 53"
72Joaquim Rodríguez Spain+ 1' 53"
73Michael Albasini  Switzerland+ 1' 53"
74Lars Bak Denmark+ 1' 53"
75Yaroslav Popovych Ukraine+ 1' 53"
76Nick Nuyens Belgium+ 1' 53"
77Borut Bozic Slovenia+ 2' 02"
78Erki Pütsep Estonia+ 3' 33"
79Alexandre Bazhenov Russia+ 3' 43"
80Przemysław Niemiec Poland+ 3' 43"
81Daniel Petrov Bulgaria+ 3' 43"
82Jurgen Van Goolen Belgium+ 6' 19"
83Martin Riska Slovakia+ 6' 19"
84Kjell Carlström Finland+ 6' 19"
85Matej Mugerli Slovenia+ 6' 19"
86Nelson Victorino Portugal+ 6' 19"
87Roman Kreuziger Czech Republic+ 6' 19"
88Alessandro Ballan Italy+ 6' 19"
89Simon Gerrans Australia+ 6' 19"
90Vladimir Efimkin Russia+ 6' 19"
91Bram Tankink Netherlands+ 6' 19"
92Philippe Gilbert Belgium+ 6' 19"
93Thomas Voeckler France+ 6' 19"
94Sylvain Calzati France+ 6' 19"
95Alexander Efimkin Russia+ 6' 19"
96Robert Hunter South Africa+ 6' 19"
97Beat Zberg  Switzerland+ 6' 19"
98Alexei Markov Russia+ 6' 19"
99Christian Knees Germany+ 6' 19"
100Mathew Hayman Australia+ 6' 19"
101Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano Colombia+ 6' 19"
102Jonathan Patrick McCarty United States+ 6' 19"
103Oliver Zaugg  Switzerland+ 6' 19"
104Tomas Buchacek Czech Republic+ 6' 19"
105David Loosli  Switzerland+ 6' 19"
106Patrik Sinkewitz Germany+ 6' 19"
107Guido Trenti United States+ 6' 19"
108Janez Brajkovic Slovenia+ 6' 19"
109Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi Spain+ 6' 19"
110Luis Perez Rodriguez Spain+ 6' 19"
111Volodymyr Zagorodniy Ukraine+ 6' 19"
112Andriy Hrivko Ukraine+ 6' 19"
113Gabriel Rasch Norway+ 6' 19"
114Thor Hushovd Norway+ 6' 19"
115Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro Spain+ 6' 59"
116Ryan Cox South Africa+ 6' 59"
117Christian Pfannberger Austria+ 6' 59"
118Danny Pate United States+ 6' 59"
119Marzio Bruseghin Italy+ 6' 59"
120David McCann Ireland+ 8' 45"
121Petr Bencik Czech Republic+ 8' 45"
122Matej Jurco Slovakia+ 8' 45"
123Tomasz Marczynski Poland+ 8' 45"
124Fumiyuki Beppu Japan+ 8' 45"
125Allan Johansen Denmark+ 8' 45"
126Roman Bronis Slovakia+ 13' 38"
DNFFélix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo Colombia
DNFMatteo Tosatto Italy
DNFRinaldo Nocentini Italy
DNFJosé Adrián Bonilla Costa Rica
DNFAliaksandr Kychinski Belarus
DNFSerge Baguet Belgium
DNFTarmo Raudsepp Estonia
DNFRussell Downing Great Britain
DNFJulio Alberto Perez Cuapio Mexico
DNFJuan Antonio Flecha Giannoni Spain
DNFKristof Szczawinski Poland
DNFHidenori Nodera Japan
DNFPhilip Deignan Ireland
DNFStephan Schreck Germany
DNFDaniel Andonov Petrov Bulgaria
DNFLeif Hoste Belgium
DNFKevin Hulsmans Belgium
DNFMatthew White Australia
DNFNicolas Roche Ireland
DNFNick Gates Australia
DNFRonny Scholz Germany
DNFMarcel Sieberg Germany
DNFJosé Rujano Guillen Venezuela
DNFTyler Farrar United States
DNFIan McLeod South Africa
DNFLuis Felipe Laverde Colombia
DNFChris Baldwin United States
DNFBradley McGee Australia
DNFHrvoje Miholjevic Croatia
DNFAleksejs Saramotins Latvia
DNFShinichi Fukushima Japan
DNFLuciano André Pagliarini Brazil
DNFBram de Groot Netherlands
DNFJan Boven Netherlands
DNFMaarten Tjallingii Netherlands
DNFKyrylo Pospyeyev Ukraine
DNFMauricio Soler Colombia
DNFRyder Hesjedal Canada
DNFDarren Lill South Africa
DNFSébastien Hinault France
DNFMartin Mares Czech Republic
DNFPeter Wrolich Austria
DNFLinus Gerdemann Germany
DNFBruno Neves Portugal
DNFMurilo Fischer Brazil
DNFMart Ojavee Estonia
DNFStanislav Kozubek Czech Republic
DNFMarek Rutkiewicz Poland
DNFTomasz Kiendys Poland
DNFMartin Prazdnovsky Slovakia
DNFMaros Kovac Slovakia
DNFVolodymyr Starchyk Ukraine
DNFGerardo Fernandez Argentina
DNFSvetoslav Tchanliev Bulgaria
DNFManuel Eduardo Medina Marino Venezuela
DNFThierry Marichal Belgium
DNFJackson Stewart United States
DNFPedro Nicacio Brazil
DNFTiaan Kannemeyer South Africa
DNFSamuel Dumoulin France
DNFJorge Martin Montenegro Argentina
DNFJoost Posthuma Netherlands
DNFBernhard Kohl Austria
DNFFrantisek Rabon Czech Republic
DNFRobert Radosz Poland
DNFAlex Cano Ardila Colombia
DNFMarcio May Brazil
DNFSoelito Gohr Brazil
DNFJose Antonio Ramos Querales Venezuela
DNFAbdul Wahab Sawadogo Burkina Faso
DNFRabaki Jeremie Ouedraogo Burkina Faso
DNFSaïdou Rouamba Burkina Faso

Selected riders

Based on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received a number of riders they can send to the championships. The number of allowed riders is different for each continent:

  • Qualified Nations by the UCI Protour: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Switzerland get 9 starters. Canada, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania and Luxembourg get 1 starter.
  • Qualified Nations by the UCI Africa Tour: South Africa gets 6 starters. Burkina Faso gets 3 starters.
  • Qualified Nations by the UCI America Tour: Brazil and Colombia get 6 starters. Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela get 3 starters. Costa Rica and Cuba get 1 starter.
  • Qualified Nations by the UCI Asia Tour: Iran gets 6 starters. Kazakhstan and Japan get 3 starters.
  • Qualified Nations by the UCI European Tour: Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine get 6 starters. Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Great Britain, Ireland, Latvia and Norway get 3 starters. Sweden gets 1 starter. Note: Because Austria is the host nation, they are given 3 extra starters to give them 6 riders in total.
  • Qualified Nations by the UCI Oceania Tour: New Zealand gets 3 starters.

All nations are allowed to select reserves too, 5 reserves for nations with 9 riders, 3 reserves for nations with 6 riders, 2 reserves for nations with 3 riders and 1 reserve for nations with 1 rider.

Australia

On September 14, the selection was released:

Belgium

National Coach: Carlo Bomans

On September 11, the selection was released:

Also 5 reserves were appointed:

France

Selection released on September 12:

Germany

On September 11, the first selection was released, but since then many things have changed. Matthias Kessler and Jens Voigt have refused their selection as they claim to be "too tired after a long tiring season". Andreas Klöden has declared he only wants to ride in the Time Trial World Championships 2006.

Current Selection:

Italy

National coach Franco Ballerini selected the following riders:

Netherlands

National coach Egon van Kessel selected the following riders:

Russia

Spain

Switzerland

Selection released on September 14:

United States

Austria

The home nation was represented by:

Brazil

Colombia

Czech Republic


Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

South Africa

Ukraine

Argentina

Belarus

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Croatia

Denmark

Estonia

Great Britain

Ireland

Japan

Kazakhstan

Latvia


New Zealand

New Zealand chose not to send riders to the Road World Championships 2006, as their most important riders are injured and thus unavailable.[1][2]

Norway

Venezuela

Canada


Finland

Hungary

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Sweden

References
  1. Road World Championships Team Announced
  2. "Road World Championships team named". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
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