2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race took place on September 30, 2007. The Championship was won for a second year in succession by the Italian Paolo Bettini, who outsprinted the rest of a five-man group in the final 500 metres. The Russian Alexandr Kolobnev took the silver medal and Stefan Schumacher of Germany captured third place for the bronze medal.

Men's Individual Road Race
2007 UCI Road World Championships
Finish line in Stuttgart
Race details
DatesSeptember 30, 2007
Stages1
Distance267.4 km (166.2 mi)
Winning time06h 44' 43"
Medalists
   Gold  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Italy)
   Silver  Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) (Russia)
   Bronze  Stefan Schumacher (GER) (Germany)

The Championships were hosted by the Germany city of Stuttgart, and featured several laps of a tough circuit, amounting to almost 270 kilometres of racing.

Final classification

September 30, 2007: Stuttgart, 267.4 km (14 laps of 19.1 km each)

Did not finish

124 riders failed to finish the race. Marzio Bruseghin of Italy was disqualified, and José Rodrigues of Portugal did not start the race.

Nation qualification

14 to be enrolled, 9 to start
 Italy
 Spain
 Australia
 Luxembourg
 Germany
 Russia
 Belgium
 United States
 Netherlands
 France
9 to be enrolled, 6 to start
 South Africa
 Colombia
 Argentina
 Iran
 Poland
 Slovenia
 Portugal
 Ukraine
 Slovakia
 Croatia
5 to be enrolled, 3 to start
 Tunisia
 Brazil
 Canada
 Venezuela
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Denmark
 Norway
 Austria
 Belarus
 Estonia
 Czech Republic
  Switzerland
 Latvia
 Serbia
 Lithuania
 New Zealand
 Great Britain
 Sweden
2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
 China
 Hungary
 Ireland
 Libya
 Costa Rica
 Cuba
 Chile
 Bulgaria

References

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