2006 UCI Road World Championships

2006 UCI Road World Championships

Host city	Salzburg, Austria
Date(s)	19–24 September
Events	6
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The 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place in Salzburg, Austria, between September 19 and September 24, 2006. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.

The Men's road race saw Italian Olympic champion Paolo Bettini triumph, while Swiss Fabian Cancellara won his first time trial world title.

The women's road race title was won by Marianne Vos, in her first year of racing at senior level.

Events summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race	Paolo Bettini Italy	6:15:36	Erik Zabel Germany	st.	Alejandro Valverde Spain	st.
Men's time trial	Fabian Cancellara Switzerland	1:00:11.75	David Zabriskie United States	1:01:41.72	Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan	1:02:01.47
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race	Gerald Ciolek Germany	4:00.50	Romain Feillu France	st.	Alexander Khatuntsev Russia	st.
Men's under-23 time trial	Dominique Cornu Belgium	49:28.42	Mikhail Ignatiev Russia	50:05.52	Jérôme Coppel France	50:13.08
Women's Events
Women's road race	Marianne Vos Netherlands	3:20.26	Trixi Worrack Germany	st.	Nicole Cooke Great Britain	st.
Women's time trial	Kristin Armstrong United States	35:04.89	Karin Thürig Switzerland	35:30.06	Christine Thorburn United States	35:34.25

Medals table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	1	2	0	3
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
4=	Belgium	1	0	0	1
4=	Italy	1	0	0	1
4=	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
7=	France	0	1	1	2
7=	Russia	0	1	1	2
9=	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
9=	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
9=	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18

External links

• Official website
• Results

See also

• 2006 World University Cycling Championship