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After years of planning the UCI Road World Championships have finally arrived on Australian shores and the local team goes into the event as one of the favourites. They won't have it all their own way however, with some of the finest riders making the trip 'Down Under' for a shot at rainbow glory. The offerings for both time trials and road races are intriguing, with surprisingly tough courses and quality fields in both the men's and women's categories. Cyclingnews takes a look at what to expect ...
UCI Road World Championships Races
Under 23 Men
- Location:
- Geelong
- Distance:
- 31.8 km
Elite Women
- Location:
- Geelong
- Distance:
- 22.9 km
Elite Men
- Location:
- Geelong
- Distance:
- 45.8 km
Under 23 Men road race
- Location:
- Geelong
- Distance:
- 159 km
Elite Women road race
- Location:
- Geelong
- Distance:
- 127.2 km
Elite Men road race
- Location:
- Geelong
- Distance:
- 262.7 km
UCI Road World Championships Race photos
World champion Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam) lines up at the end of the peloton.
- Fabian Cancellara smiles on the podium
- Michael Matthews (Australia) was just too quick over the last 10 metres.
- A happy Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) after winning the Dauphiné's third stage.
- Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) celebrates her amazing victory.
- Hands up: Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) was a dominant sprint winner.
- The Italian squad has a chat to set its plan for the race.
- Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) glances to his right to check the times in the home straight: there are no race radios during the championships.
- Fabian Cancellara with another gold for his collection.
- Emma Pooley (Great Britain) shows off her gold medal.
- Luke Durbridge (Australia) went out hard on the opening lap.
- Italian manager Paolo Bettini before the start of the race
- Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) is Luxembourg national champion.
- Taylor Phinney (USA) pulled back 12 seconds in the first half of his second lap.
- Emma Pooley (Great Britain) had to change her bike setup right before the race as it didn't comply with regulations.
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Swiss rider rewarded for exceptional season
Germany denied gold, but leads medal tally at Worlds
Australia next best with three
Worlds: Breschel almost beats the best
Danish rider looks forward to strong 2011
Cipollini critical of Italian Worlds tactics
Cipo, Bugno, Moser, Saronni and Gimondi have their say on Bettini's first outing as manager
McQuaid hails Aussie Worlds a success
Slovenian riders feature strong in Worlds finale
Cervelo boss Vroomen praises new world champion Hushovd
Long season hurts Roche's world championship hopes
Pozzato admits he picked wrong wheel in Worlds sprint
Arashiro gives Japan first top ten finish at the Worlds
UCI Road World Championships Features
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Gallery: Best of the world championships Down Under
The moments that made Australia's event
Elite men's Worlds road race start list
178 riders to vie for rainbow jersey on Sunday
Elite women's Worlds road race start list
Full list of riders for Saturday's event
Under 23 men's Worlds road race start list
Full list of riders for Friday's event
World championships road race: the top 10 contenders
The men in form and the men with the experience to prevail in Geelong
UCI Road World Championships Blogs
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