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Sep. 23, 2009 - Sep. 25, 2009
UCI World Road Championships

The 2009 UCI World Road and TT Championships will be held in Mendrisio, Italy.

2009

Oct. 1, 2009Kolobnev: ‘They call me the sniper’
Alexander Kolobnev is quickly earning a reputation as a rider who delivers in major international competition. With his second world championship ...
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Sep. 30, 2009Evans’ victory reconfirms Vuelta-worlds link
A glance down the world championship results sheet reconfirms the notion that the best way to assure a shot at the rainbow jersey is to race the ...
Sep. 29, 2009For Phillips, just making it to Mendrisio was a victory
American national time trial champion Jessica Phillips didn’t win the elite women’s world time trial championship last week. She didn’t take a ...
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Sep. 28, 2009Readers weigh in on Evans' win, Evans' losses, and more
Do you want to contribute to Mailbag, a regular feature of VeloNews.com? Here's how: Keep it short. And remember that we reserve the ...
Sep. 28, 2009USAC's Miller: Talent abounds in American cycling
The future is bright for both U.S. men’s and women’s cycling. That’s according to USA Cycling’s director of athletics Jim Miller, who ...
Sep. 27, 2009UCI men's road championship: A Casey B. Gibson gallery

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Sep. 27, 2009Audacious Aussie delays Spain-Italy duel
Spain and Italy have forged a healthy rivalry in the men's world championship road race, with four wins apiece this past decade. But both were left ...
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Sep. 27, 2009Evans solos to world road crown
Cadel Evans erased a career of close calls with a daring attack on the final climb to drop a super-star group of riders to win the 2009 world road ...
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Sep. 27, 2009UCI augments enforcement with education
The UCI has unveiled a new educational program that will complement its ever-increasing anti-doping arsenal. UCI president Pat McQuaid said more ...
Sep. 27, 2009Directors: UCI out of tune on race-radio ban
Bob Stapleton, the influential boss of the Columbia-HTC team, says the UCI’s plan to ban race radio is a step backward for cycling. The UCI ...
Sep. 26, 2009UCI women's road championship: A Casey B. Gibson gallery

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Sep. 26, 2009The U23 World Championship - A Casey Gibson Gallery

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Sep. 26, 2009Sicard powers into history at U23 race
The U23 worlds race is always an unpredictable affair, but French phenomenon Romain Sicard did what just about everyone thought he would. Fresh ...
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Sep. 26, 2009Italy's Guderzo wins women's road title
Kristin Armstrong’s farewell race ended with an exclamation point as she powered into the winning, four-rider move in Saturday’s elite women’s ...
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Sep. 26, 2009Can anyone break the Italian-Spanish stranglehold?
In what’s no surprise, the Italian and Spanish teams are leading the odds to win Sunday’s elite men’s world title. Just as they have for ...
Sep. 26, 2009McQuaid: UCI can't keep Valverde out of worlds road race
UCI president Pat McQuaid said sport’s international governing body can do nothing to stop Alejandro Valverde from racing the world championships ...
Sep. 26, 2009Cancellara dreams of worlds double
Fabian Cancellara is dreaming of carving a place for himself in the pages of cycling history by becoming the first rider to ever win the world ...
Sep. 25, 2009The Mendrisio worlds and other memories
Unlike a grand tour or a classic, or any other major annual bike race, the world road championships is the sport’s only prestigious event that has ...
Sep. 25, 2009Wiggins says he's staying put
Garmin-Slipstream’s Bradley Wiggins has disputed reports that he is looking for ways to get out of the final year of his contract with the ...
Sep. 25, 2009Bos signs with Cervélo
Rabobank sprinter Theo Bos has signed a two-year contract with the Cervélo TestTeam. The 26-year-old Dutchman and the team made the announcement ...
Sep. 25, 2009McQuaid reelected
Running unopposed, UCI president Pat McQuaid was reelected to another four-year term Friday following a UCI congress held in conjunction with the ...
Sep. 25, 2009Evans looks ahead to 2010 worlds in Oz
Australian Cadel Evans said he has virtually no chance of winning cycling's coveted rainbow jersey on home soil next year when the world road race ...
Sep. 25, 2009Hesjedal hopeful for wonderful worlds
Vuelta a España stage-winner Ryder Hesjedal has agreed to stay with Garmin-Slipstream through the 2011 season. “I’ve signed to stay with the ...
Sep. 24, 2009UCI World Road Championships: U.S. women's team strongest in years
Riding the momentum of Kristin Armstrong’s gold-medal performance at Wednesdays’ world time trial championship, the U.S. women’s road team is ...
Sep. 24, 2009The World Time Trial Championships - A Graham Watson Gallery

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Sep. 24, 2009Oh so close for Zirbel
It was oh-so-close for Tom Zirbel in the elite men’s world time trial championship Thursday, who rode to an impressive fourth place against the ...
Sep. 24, 2009Cancellara leaves no doubt about who's best against the clock
Maybe Britain’s David Millar was right in saying that he’d “rather race for the win in the road race than second in the time trial" at the ...
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Sep. 24, 2009Kristin Armstrong: ‘I know I will miss it’
Kristin Armstrong put an exclamation point on the final week of her racing career with an emphatic victory in Wednesday’s elite women’s time ...
Sep. 24, 2009A closer look at Kristin Armstrong's world-beating TT bike
Kristin Armstrong won her second world time trial title on Wednesday. Casey Gibson took a closer look at the bike she used to get another rainbow ...
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Sep. 23, 2009UCI plans changes to worlds program in 2012
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced a major shake-up of the world road race championship program as of 2012, which will be held in ...
Sep. 23, 2009UCI World Road Championships: A Graham Watson gallery
Graham Watson captured Kristin Armstrong's return to the top of the podium on Wednesday during the elite women's time trial at the world road ...
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Sep. 23, 2009Armstrong regains the rainbow in world time trial championships
The days are numbered on her racing career, but Kristin Armstrong was not feeling nostalgic Wednesday in her last major time trial of her career. ...
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Sep. 23, 2009UCI World Road Championships: A Graham Watson gallery
Graham Watson was on course and shooting during the under-23 men's time trial world championships in Mendrisio.
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Sep. 23, 2009Bobridge wins U23 world TT title
None other than Lance Armstrong tips Jack Bobridge as a name to watch for the future. The 20-year-old Aussie railed to the U23 men’s time trial ...
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Sep. 23, 2009Valverde won’t sleep in Italy during worlds
Alejandro Valverde doesn’t want any surprises from the Italians and will not sleep in Italy during this week’s world championships as planned. ...
Sep. 23, 2009Louder out of worlds with Swine flu
USA’s Jeff Louder is a last-minute scratch from the U.S. world championship team because he has come down with the swine flu H1N1 virus. The ...
Sep. 22, 2009A Casey Gibson Gallery - Preparing to take on the world
The UCI's world time trial and road championships are slated to begin on Wednesday in Mendrisio, Switzerland, but riders from all over are already ...
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Sep. 22, 2009Van Garderen primed for worlds
When American Tejay Van Garderen rolls out of the start house at the under-23 world time trial championship on Wednesday in Mendrisio, Switzerland, ...
Sep. 22, 2009What next for Valverde? Future far from certain for Vuelta winner
Alejandro Valverde faces an uncertain future following his breakthrough win at the Vuelta a España on Sunday in Madrid. Known as El ...
Sep. 21, 2009Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Why the Vuelta is key to the worlds
Fans who have followed the Vuelta a España for the past three weeks must have been wondering why so many riders were dropping out. Of the 198 ...
Sep. 16, 2009Spain brings a powerful threesome to worlds (even without Contador): Valverde, Freire and Sanchez
Alejandro Valverde, Oscar Freire and Samuel Sanchez will lead Spain's bid to win the men's road race title at the world cycling championships next ...
Sep. 14, 2009U.S. releases complete worlds roster
USA Cycling released its complete roster of 22 elite and U23 athletes that will represent the United States at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships, ...

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