1998 UCI Road World Championships

Valkenburg aan de Geul
Venue	Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Date(s)	(1998-10-04 - 1998-10-11)4–11 October 1998
Coordinates	50°52′N 5°50′E / 50.867°N 5.833°E / 50.867; 5.833
Nations participating	52
Events	10
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The 1998 UCI Road World Championships took place in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands, between 4 and 11 October 1998. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.

Competitors

A total of 52 nations competed at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships.

• Netherlands (42)

Summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Men's road race details	Oskar Camenzind   Switzerland	6h01'30"	Peter van Petegem  Belgium	+ 23"	Michele Bartoli  Italy	+ 24"
Men's time trial details	Abraham Olano  Spain	54'32"	Melcior Mauri  Spain	+ 37"	Serhiy Honchar  Ukraine	+ 47"
Women's events
Women's road race details	Diana Žiliūtė  Lithuania	2h35'35"	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel  Netherlands	s.t.	Hanka Kupfernagel  Germany	s.t.
Women's time trial details	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel  Netherlands	31'51"	Zulfiya Zabirova  Russia	s.t.	Hanka Kupfernagel  Germany	+ 2"
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race details	Ivan Basso  Italy	4h30"	Rinaldo Nocentini  Italy	+ 16"	Danilo Di Luca  Italy	s.t.
Men's under-23 time trial details	Thor Hushovd  Norway	43'19"	Frédéric Finot  France	+ 11"	Gianmario Ortenzi  Italy	+ 16"
Men's Junior Events
Men's Junior Road Race details	Mark Scanlon  Ireland	2h54'36"	Filippo Pozzato  Italy	s.t.	Eduard Kiwischow  Russia	s.t.
Men's Junior Time Trial details	Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland	29'39"	Torsten Hiekmann  Germany	+ 2"	Filippo Pozzato  Italy	+ 7"
Women's Junior Events
Women's Junior Road Race details	Tina Liebig  Germany	1h46'51"	Olga Zabelinskaya  Russia	s.t.	Nathalie Bates  Australia	s.t.
Women's Junior Time Trial details	Trixi Worrack  Germany	23'22"	Olga Zabelinskaya  Russia	+ 6"	Geneviève Jeanson  Canada	+ 24"