2006 UCI Road World Championships

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Venue	Salzburg, Austria
Date(s)	(2006-09-19 - 2006-09-24)19–24 September 2006
Coordinates	47°48′N 13°2′E / 47.800°N 13.033°E / 47.800; 13.033
Events	6
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The 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place in Salzburg, Austria, between September 19 and September 24, 2006. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.

The Men's road race saw Italian Olympic champion Paolo Bettini triumph, while Swiss Fabian Cancellara won his first time trial world title.

The women's road race title was won by Marianne Vos, in her first year of racing at senior level.

Participating nations

A total of 574 cyclists from 54 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Events summary

Events at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships
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
v t e

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race details	Paolo Bettini  Italy	6:15:36	Erik Zabel  Germany	st.	Alejandro Valverde  Spain	st.
Men's time trial details	Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland	1:00:11.75	David Zabriskie  United States	1:01:41.72	Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan	1:02:01.47
Women's Events
Women's road race details	Marianne Vos  Netherlands	3:20.26	Trixi Worrack  Germany	st.	Nicole Cooke  Great Britain	st.
Women's time trial details	Kristin Armstrong  United States	35:04.89	Karin Thürig   Switzerland	35:30.06	Christine Thorburn  United States	35:34.25
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race details	Gerald Ciolek  Germany	4:00.50	Romain Feillu  France	st.	Alexander Khatuntsev  Russia	st.
Men's under-23 time trial details	Dominique Cornu  Belgium	49:28.42	Mikhail Ignatiev  Russia	50:05.52	Jérôme Coppel  France	50:13.08

Medals table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Germany	1	2	0	3
2	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
4=	Belgium	1	0	0	1
4=	Italy	1	0	0	1
4=	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
7=	France	0	1	1	2
7=	Russia	0	1	1	2
9=	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
9=	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
9=	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		6	6	6	18