UCI Road World Championships

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Milan-San Remo champion Matt Goss will head up a strong Australian team at the world road race championships in Copenhagen, where compatriot Mark Renshaw will sit among the replacements.

PARIS (AFP) ― Tour de France stars Thomas Voeckler and Sylvain Chavanel will spearhead France's bid for the coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race cycling championships in Copenhagen later this month.

PRAGUE (AFP) — Roman Kreuziger will spearhead the Czech challenge in the world road race championships in Copenhagen from next week despite his wrist still being in plaster from a fall on the Tour de France, national cycling chief Marian Stetina said Tuesday.

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Tom Boonen is ending his 2011 campaign after reviewing results from an examination of the arm he broke at the Vuelta a España.

BRUSSELS (AFP) — World number one Philippe Gilbert will spearhead Belgium's hopes of winning cycling's coveted rainbow jersey at the world road race championships later this month, it was announced Monday.

For a rider who has made things look so easy this year, the remainder of Phillipe Gilbert’s 2011 dream season is surprisingly unclear.

The bid is in and organizers behind the efforts to bring the 2015 world road championships to Richmond, Virginia, are confident. Tim Miller and Lee Kallman told VeloNews that on Tuesday they mailed the application to the UCI and that their bid, which will compete against Oman next month, is well funded and is likely to be well received.

This year's scorcher of a Vuelta is proving disastrous to more than a few of the favorites going into the 2011 worlds, slated for a sprint-friendly course in Copenhagen on September 25.

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Australia has named its teams for the UCI road world championships, to be held in Copenhagen from September 19 to 25:

The United States will have the maximum of nine starters for the elite men's road race on September 25 in Copenhagen.

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Fifteen years after the last Tour DuPont passed through its streets, Richmond is hoping to reunite with the international cycling community. Richmond stands alongside the sultanate of Oman as one of two bidders for the 2015 championships.

The UCI has confirmed that the Spanish city of Ponferrada will be the only candidate to organize the 2014 world road cycling championships.

PARIS (AFP) - Quebec on Friday withdrew its bid to host the 2015 UCI road world championships.

Richmond, Virginia, is competing with Oman and Quebec to host the 2015 UCI road world championships, the UCI announced Tuesday. At the Tour of Oman last week, the Sultanate of Oman announced its bid to host the event; Richmond announced its bid in December.

Eddy Merckx has added his support to Oman's bid to host cycling's annual world road race championships in 2015.

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VeloNews chats with Team Sky's Dave Brailsford after the men's road race at worlds.

Thor Hushovd describes his successful quest for the rainbow jersey.

The 32-year-old classics specialist, outmanned by the bigger Euro teams, uses his experience to win the day.

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Relentlessly attacking in the final laps of Sunday’s elite men’s road race, defending world champion Cadel Evans did everything he could to become the sixth back-to-back rainbow warrior.

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• 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway, 257.2km in 6:21:49 (40.417kph)
• 2. Matti Breschel, Denmark, s.t.
• 3. Allan Davis, Australia, s.t.
• 4. Filippo Pozzato, Italy, s.t.
• 5. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, s.t.

Thor Hushovd claimed Norway's first-ever men's elite title at the world road championships in Australia on Sunday.

UCI chief Pat McQuaid talks about the new "unified" pro calendar for 2011 and the Contador affair.

Post-race news conference with gold medalist Giorgia Bronzini and the other podium finishers

From Gilbert to Cavendish, a look at the favorites for the elite men's road race.

Philippe Gilbert, Oscar Freire and Simon Gerrans all like their chances in Sunday's elite men's race.

Stuart O'Grady says he's looking forward to joining his new, as-yet-unnamed team.

The Belgium favorite says Fabian Cancellara will have his every move marked in Sunday's worlds road race

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• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Italy, 127.2km in 3:32:01 (35.997kph)
• 2. Marianne Vos, Netherlands, s.t.
• 3. Emma Johansson, Sweden, s.t.
• 4. Nicole Cooke, Great Britain, s.t.
• 5. Judith Arndt, Germany, at 0:01

Giorgia Bronzini kept the women's rainbow jersey in Italian hands when she sprinted to victory in the 127.2km event at the world road championships on Saturday.

Changes over the past year will make the Geelong world championship road course tougher than expected. So who might be favored to win it?

Fly along the worlds road race course in Geelong, Australia, with a little help from Google Earth

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Cadel Evans assesses Sunday's road course, shares his favorites and reacts to Alberto Contador's positive doping result.

For a while in the U23 world road championship, we saw Ben King on the attack, chased by Ben King, who was pursued by Hong Kong’s King Lok Cheung.

All four (yes, FOUR) of the men's U23 road race podium finishers at a post-race news conference.

Start list for Saturday's elite women's road race

Start list for Sunday's elite men's road race

With a record of making history, Taylor Phinney hits another milestone by becoming the first joint winner of a medal in the history of any world road championships.

Race schedule for the world road race cycling championships to be held in Geelong, Australia, from September 29 to October 3.

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• 1. Michael Matthews, Australia, 159km in 4:0123 (39.522kph)
• 2. John Degenkolb, Germany, at
• 3. Taylor Phinney, USA, s.t.
• 3. Guillaume Boivin, Canada, s.t.
• 5. Arnaud Demare, France, s.t.

Australian Michael Matthews produced a powerful finishing sprint to claim the under-23 men's crown at the world road race cycling championships on Friday. Phinney shares bronze.

The brand new world time trial silver medalist, who has his own doping past, says he supports Alberto Contador

Podium finishers at the elite men's time trial talk about their rides at a post-race news conference

Evans, Cancellara and Farrar say the race radio ban at Sunday's road race is a bad idea

The team leader says the U.S. has fielded one of its strongest world championship teams ever.

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• 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, 58:09.19
• 2. David Millar, Great Britain, at 1:02.75
• 3. Tony Martin, Germany, at 1:12.49
• 4. Richie Porte, Australia, at 1:19.00
• 5. Michael Rogers, Australia, at 2:24.94

Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara rode into the history books Thursday by winning a fourth world title in the discipline at the world road championships in Australia.

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UCI officials in Australia announced the decision Wednesday.

Fly along the worlds time trial course in Geelong, Australia, with a little help from Google Earth

Start times for Thursday elite men's world time trial championships in Geelong, Australia (Hint for U.S. fans: set your alarm clock)

British rider Emma Pooley on her world championship time trial ride

The American talks with Anthony Tan about his breakthrough season, his hopes for the world championships and his future in the sport.

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American Taylor Phinney talks about his latest world championship win at a post-race news conference

Dave Brailsford says Cavendish could win if circumstances are right. But he's got a Plan B, as well

Dave Brailsford says new world champ Emma Pooley is the perfect mix of brains and brawn — and still has room for improvement