The 2008 World Road Racing Championship took place in Italy , in the city of Vares , from September 23 to September 28, 2008 . Within the framework of the championship, road group races and individual time races were held with a separate start among the male elite, female elite and men under 23 years of age.
Medal standings
| A place | A country | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | four |
| 2 | Germany | one | one | 3 | five |
| 3 | USA | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| four | Colombia | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| Great Britain | one | 0 | 0 | one | |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Canada | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Netherlands | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| 9 | Australia | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | one | one | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Results
| Bicycle Racing: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Male elite | ||||||
| Group Road Race the details | Alessandro Ballan Italy | 6:37:30 | Damiano Cunego Italy | +3.00 | Matti Breschel Denmark | +3.00 |
| Individual time trial with separate start the details | Burt Hrabsch Germany | 52: 01.60 | Svein Taft Canada | +42.79 | David Zabriskie USA | +52.27 |
| Men up to 23 years old | ||||||
| Group Road Race the details | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo Colombia | 4:17:02 | Simone Ponzi Italy | +0.00 | Jon Degenkolb Germany | +0.00 |
| Individual time trial with separate start the details | Adriano Malori Italy | 41: 35.98 | Patrick gretsch Germany | +49.00 | Cameron Meyer Australia | +1: 04.00 |
| Female elite | ||||||
| Group Road Race the details | Nicole Cook Great Britain | 3:42:11 | Marianne Vos Netherlands | +0.00 | Judit Arndt Germany | +0.00 |
| Individual time trial with separate start the details | Amber Neben USA | 33: 51.35 | Christine Söder Austria | +7.56 | Judit Arndt Germany | +21.77 |