2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race took place on September 30, 2007. The Championship was won for a second year in succession by the Italian Paolo Bettini, who outsprinted the rest of a five-man group in the final 500 metres. The Russian Alexandr Kolobnev took the silver medal and Stefan Schumacher of Germany captured third place for the bronze medal.

Men's Individual Road Race
2007 UCI Road World Championships
Finish line in Stuttgart
Finish line in Stuttgart
Race details
DatesSeptember 30, 2007
Stages1
Distance267.4 km (166.2 mi)
Winning time06h 44' 43"
Medalists
   Gold  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (Italy)
   Silver  Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) (Russia)
   Bronze  Stefan Schumacher (GER) (Germany)
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The Championships were hosted by the Germany city of Stuttgart, and featured several laps of a tough circuit, amounting to almost 270 kilometres of racing.

Final classification

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September 30, 2007: Stuttgart, 267.4 km (14 laps of 19.1 km each)

Did not finish

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124 riders failed to finish the race. Marzio Bruseghin of Italy was disqualified, and José Rodrigues of Portugal did not start the race.

Nation qualification

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14 to be enrolled, 9 to start
  Italy
  Spain
  Australia
  Luxembourg
  Germany
  Russia
  Belgium
  United States
  Netherlands
  France
9 to be enrolled, 6 to start
  South Africa
  Colombia
  Argentina
  Iran
  Poland
  Slovenia
  Portugal
  Ukraine
  Slovakia
  Croatia
5 to be enrolled, 3 to start
  Tunisia
  Brazil
  Canada
  Venezuela
  Japan
  Kazakhstan
  Denmark
  Norway
  Austria
  Belarus
  Estonia
  Czech Republic
   Switzerland
  Latvia
  Serbia
  Lithuania
  New Zealand
  Great Britain
  Sweden
2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
  China
  Hungary
  Ireland
  Libya
  Costa Rica
  Cuba
  Chile
  Bulgaria
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References

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