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2006 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

Men's Individual Road Race
2006 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates September 24, 2006
Stages 1
Distance 265.2 km (164.8 mi)
Winning time 06h 15' 32"
Medalists
   Gold  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Italy)
   Silver  Erik Zabel (GER) (Germany)
   Bronze  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Spain)
← 2005
2007 →
   Gold  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Italy)
   Silver  Erik Zabel (GER) (Germany)
   Bronze  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Spain)
2006 UCI Road World Championships
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Participating nations
Elite events
Elite road race   men   women
Elite time trial   men   women
Under-23 events
Under-23 road race   men  
Under-23 time trial   men  
 

The 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Bronis in last place (+ 13'38").

Based on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received an amount of riders they can send to the championships. The amount of allowed riders is different for each continent:

All nations are allowed to select reserves too, 5 reserves for nations with 9 riders, 3 reserves for nations with 6 riders, 2 reserves for nations with 3 riders and 1 reserve for nations with 1 rider.

On September 14, the selection was released:

National Coach: Carlo Bomans

On September 11, the selection was released:

Also 5 reserves were appointed:

Selection released on September 12:

On September 11, the first selection was released, but since then many things have changed. Matthias Kessler and Jens Voigt have refused their selection as they claim to be "too tired after a long tiring season". Andreas Klöden has declared he only wants to ride in the Time Trial World Championships 2006.

Current Selection:

National coach Franco Ballerini selected the following riders:


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