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
Paolo Bettini (born 1 April 1974 in Cecina, Tuscany, Cecina, Province of Livorno, Livorno, Tuscany) is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the former coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classic cycle ra ...
, who outsprinted the rest of a five-man group in the final 500 metres. The
Russian
Alexandr Kolobnev
Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev (russian: Александр Васильевич Колобнев; born 4 May 1981) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of ...
took the silver medal and
Stefan Schumacher of
Germany captured third place for the bronze medal.
The Championships were hosted by the Germany city of
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, and featured several laps of a tough circuit, amounting to almost 270 kilometres of racing.
Final classification
September 30, 2007: Stuttgart, 267.4 km (14 laps of 19.1 km each)
Did not finish
124 riders failed to finish the race.
Marzio Bruseghin of Italy was disqualified, and
José Rodrigues
José Rodrigues de Carvalho (16 July 1828 – 19 October 1887) was a Portuguese painter.
'' O Pobre Rabequista'' (''The poor rabequista''), painted in 1855 and considered Rodriques' most famous work, was first shown in Paris at the Universal Ex ...
of
Portugal did not start the race.
Nation qualification
External links
Race website
References
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Men's Road Race
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
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