2005 UCI Road World Championships
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The 2005 UCI Road World Championships
took place in Madrid
, Spain
, between September 19 and September 25, 2005. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
The Men's road race saw Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen
winning.
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 Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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, between September 19 and September 25, 2005. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
The Men's road race saw Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint...
winning.
Events summary
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Tom Boonen is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won the 2005 World Road Race Championship. He is a member of the team, and is considered a single-day road race specialist with a strong finishing sprint... |
6h26'10" | Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship... |
s.t. | Anthony Geslin Anthony Geslin Anthony Geslin is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .He was born in Alençon and became a professional in 2002, when he signed with the Bonjour team... |
s.t. |
| Men's time trial |
Michael Rogers |
53'34" | Iván Gutiérrez Iván Gutiérrez José Iván Gutiérrez Palacios is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He was Spanish Road national champion, three time Spanish time trial champion and won a silver medal in the 2005 Time Trial World Championships... |
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... |
s.t. | |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Dimitry Grabovsky |
3h26'23" | William Walker William Walker (cyclist) William Walker is an Australian professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team .Will Walker will not ride for Fuji-Servetto in 2010 due to health issues.- Palmares :20032004... |
+ 26" | Yevgeni Popov |
s.t. |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
Mikhail Ignatiev |
47'24" | Dmytro Grabovskyy Dmytro Grabovskyy Dmytro Grabovskyy is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer, currently competing for UCI Professional Continental team . He was second in the time trial for juniors at the 2005 World Championship Cycling in Madrid and he won the road race. He signed his first professional contract with Quick... |
+ 34" | Peter Latham Peter Latham (cyclist) Peter David Latham is a cycling competitor for New Zealand. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Hayden Godfrey and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.He also competed in the team pursuit at the 2004 Olympic Games, where New Zealand... |
+ 37" |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Regina Schleicher Regina Schleicher Regina Schleicher is a German professional cyclist.Whilst young, Regina's family moved to Marktheidenfeld where she attended school. Her father, Hans Schleicher is a cycle racing coach and led her cycling career which began when she competed in the RV Concordia Karbach in Karbach, Lower... |
3h08'52" | Nicole Cooke Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:... |
s.t. | Oenone Wood Oenone Wood Oenone Wood, born on 24 September 1980 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is a retired professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21.... |
s.t. |
| Women's time trial |
Karin Thürig Karin Thürig Karin Thürig is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the sister of fellow professional cyclist Andrea Thürig.-Cycling:2001200220032004... |
28'51" | Joane Somarriba Joane Somarriba Joane Somarriba Arrola is a former Spanish cyclist.She won the Grande Boucle, at the time the most prestigious stage race for women, in 2000, 2001 and 2003. She also achieved a time trial victory at the 2003 World Championships in Hamilton, Canada... |
+ 5" | Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ... |
+ 39" |
Medals table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |