2006 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race

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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 current UCI ProTour points leader Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal.

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Cyclist Country Time
1 Paolo Bettini Flag of Italy Italy 6h 15'32"
2 Erik Zabel Flag of Germany Germany s.t.
3 Alejandro Valverde Flag of Spain Spain s.t.
4 Samuel Sánchez Flag of Spain Spain + 0'02"
5 Robbie McEwen Flag of Australia Australia s.t.
6 Stuart O'Grady Flag of Australia Australia s.t.
7 Uroš Murn Flag of Slovenia Slovenia s.t.
8 Alexandre Botcharov Flag of Russia Russia s.t.
9 Tom Boonen Flag of Belgium Belgium s.t.
10 Vladimir Gusev Flag of Russia Russia s.t.

Based on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received an amount of riders they can send to the championships. The amount 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.

On September 14, the selection was released:

National Coach: Carlo Bomans

On September 11, the selection was released:

Also 5 reserves were appointed:

Selection released on September 12:

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:

National coach Franco Ballerini selected the following riders:

National coach Egon van Kessel selected the following riders:

Selection released on September 14:

The home nation will be represented by:

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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]

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  1. ^ Road World Championships Team Announced
  2. ^ Road World Championships team named

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