The 1988 World Road Racing Championship was held on August 28 in Ronse ( Belgium ). Due to the fact that it was the Olympic year, only personal championship among professionals and team championship among women were held.
Winners
| Bike race | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men | ||||||
| Professionals | Maurizio Fondriest Italy | 7h2'11 " | Martial Guyana France | +27 " | Juan Fernandez Martin Spain | +41 " |
| Women | ||||||
| Teams | Italy Monica Bandini Roberta Bonanomi Maria Canins Francesca Galli | the USSR Nadezhda Kibardina Svetlana Rozhkova Alla Yakovleva Lyme Zilporite | USA Jenny Golay Phyllis Hines Jane marshall Leslie Schenck | |||