2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race explained

Men's Individual Road Race
Series:	2009 UCI Road World Championships
Date:	September 27, 2009
Stages:	1
Distance:	262
Unit:	km
Time:	6h 56' 26"
Speed:	37.7582
Type:	medals
First:	Cadel Evans
First Nat:	AUS
First Team:	Australia
Second:	Alexandr Kolobnev
Second Nat:	RUS
Second Team:	Russia
Third:	Joaquim Rodríguez
Third Nat:	ESP
Third Team:	Spain
Previous:	2008

The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2009 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 27 September in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The course of 262 km consisted of nineteen laps around an undulating circuit. The pre-race favourites came from the strong Italian and Spanish national squads,^[1] with Damiano Cunego and Alejandro Valverde both considered possible contenders.

The race was won by Australian Cadel Evans, the first Australian victory in the World road race.^[2] Evans, who took his third victory of the season, moved clear from a group of nine riders on the final lap to win the race.^[3]

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
	Cadel Evans	06h 56'26"
	Alexandr Kolobnev	at 27"
	Joaquim Rodríguez	s.t.
4		at 30"
5		s.t.
6		at 51"
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		at 1'47"
11		s.t.
12		s.t.
13		at 1'59"
14		at 2'02"
15		s.t.
16		s.t.
17		at 2'44"
18		s.t.
19		s.t.
20		at 2'50"
21		s.t.
22		s.t.
23		s.t.
24		s.t.
25		s.t.
26		s.t.
27		s.t.
28		s.t.
29		s.t.
30		s.t.
31		s.t.
32		s.t.
33		s.t.
34		s.t.
35		s.t.
36		at 3'01"
37		at 3'21"
38		s.t.
39		s.t.
40		s.t.
41		s.t.
42		s.t.
43		at 3'45"
44		s.t.
45		at 4'20"
46		at 4'29"
47		at 5'20"
48		s.t.
49		s.t.
50		s.t.
51		s.t.
52		s.t.
53		s.t.
54		s.t.

Rank	Rider	Country	Time
55			at 5'20"
56			s.t.
57			s.t.
58			s.t.
59			s.t.
60			s.t.
61			s.t.
62			s.t.
63			s.t.
64			at 6'07"
65			at 7'43"
66			s.t.
67			s.t.
68			at 8'22"
69			s.t.
70			at 10'54"
71			s.t.
72			s.t.
73			s.t.
74			s.t.
75			s.t.
76			s.t.
77			s.t.
78			s.t.
79			s.t.
80			s.t.
81			s.t.
82			s.t.
83			s.t.
84			s.t.
85			s.t.
86			s.t.
87			s.t.
88			s.t.
89			s.t.
90			s.t.
91			s.t.
92			s.t.
93			s.t.
94			s.t.
95			s.t.
96			s.t.
97			s.t.
98			s.t.
99			s.t.
100			s.t.
101			s.t.
102			at 14'03"
103			s.t.
104			s.t.
105			s.t.
106			s.t.
107			s.t.
108			s.t.

Riders who did not finish

89 riders failed to finish the race.

Nation qualification

14 to be enrolled, 9 to start ^[4]










9 to be enrolled, 6 to start











5 to be enrolled, 3 to start



















2 to be enrolled, 1 to start

Notes and References

http://www.roadcycling.com/Worlds_Road_Race_Preview Worlds Road Race Preview
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/6237047/Cadel-Evans-wins-cycling-Road-Race-World-Championship-in-Mendrisio-Switzerland.html Cadel Evans wins cycling Road Race World Championship in Mendrisio, Switzerland
Web site: Aussie Evans wins road race title . 2009-09-27. BBC Sport. 2009-09-28.
http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTI1NDk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NTQwNDY&LangId=1 UCI Entry Regulations