1999 UCI Road World Championships
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The 1999
UCI Road World Championships
took place in Treviso
and Verona
, Italy
, between October 3 and October 10, 1999. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
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UCI Road World Championships
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place in Treviso
Treviso
Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...
and Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, between October 3 and October 10, 1999. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
Events summary
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Óscar Freire Óscar Freire Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He is one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship a three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx... |
6h19'29" | Markus Zberg Markus Zberg Markus Zberg is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg.- Palmarès :19961998... |
+ 4" | Jean-Cyril Robin Jean-Cyril Robin Jean-Cyril Robin is a French former professional road racing cyclist.-Palmarès:1992... |
s.t. |
| Men's time trial |
Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport... |
1h28" | Michael Andersson |
+ 14" | Chris Boardman Chris Boardman Christopher "Chris" Boardman MBE is a former English racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times, as well as winning three stages and wearing the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France... |
+ 58" |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pucinskaite Edita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on... |
2h59'49" | Anna Wilson Anna Millward Anna Millward, née Wilson, is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB/BSc degree from Monash University . During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career... |
+ 18" | Diana Žiliūtė Diana Žiliute Diana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day.... |
s.t. |
| Women's time trial |
Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel |
32'31" | Anna Wilson Anna Millward Anna Millward, née Wilson, is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB/BSc degree from Monash University . During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career... |
+ 4" | Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pucinskaite Edita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on... |
+ 31" |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Leonardo Giordani |
4h22'36" | Luca Paolini Luca Paolini Luca Paolini is an Italian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam . Paolini's home was searched in a doping investigation which was called Operazione Athena - however it appears that no evidence was found that led to any conviction of involvement in doping.- Major achievements... |
+ 9" | Matthias Kessler Matthias Kessler Matthias Kessler , is a German professional road racing cyclist who rode for .Kessler debuted as a pro during the 2000 season after becoming German under 23 champion in 1999, a year in which he also took the bronze medal in the under 23 cycling world championships... |
s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
José Iván Gutiérrez |
39'49" | Michael Rogers |
+ 1" | Evgeny Petrov |
+ 29" |
| Men's Junior Events | ||||||
| Men's Junior Road Race |
Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the... |
3h14'36" | Rouslan Kaioumov |
+ 5" | Christophe Kern Christophe Kern Christophe Kern is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :199920022003200420102011-External links:* *... |
+ 37" |
| Men's Junior Time Trial |
Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist... |
30'36" | Rouslan Kaioumov |
+ 42" | Christian Knees Christian Knees Christian Knees is a German professional road racing cyclist who rides for . He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010... |
+ 49" |
| Women's Junior Events | ||||||
| Women's Junior Road Race |
Genevieve Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year... |
1h47'16" | Trixi Worrack Trixi Worrack Beatrix Worrack is an elite professional road racing cyclist and the 2003 German national road race champion... |
+ 8" | Noemi Cantele Noemi Cantele Noemi Cantele is a professional road bicycle racer. She rides for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar and UCI Women's World Cup.- Palmarès :2009- External links :*... |
+ 3'33" |
| Women's Junior Time Trial |
Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson Geneviève Jeanson is a former professional bicycle racer from Quebec, Canada. She won the world junior road and time trial championships in 1999 and the Tour de Snowy in 2000. Later that year she won La Flèche Wallonne World Cup race. She joined the Canadian Olympic team that year... |
14'33" | Juliette Vandekerkove |
+ 11" | Trixi Worrack Trixi Worrack Beatrix Worrack is an elite professional road racing cyclist and the 2003 German national road race champion... |
+ 23" |