The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and

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, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 83rd

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and the first time that Australia had held the event. Coincidentally, the title's defender at the road race was an Australian,

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, only 20 km from Geelong. The time trial and most of the road race elements of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships were staged in Geelong, while the final event, the men's road race, started in Melbourne and went to Geelong, where it finished after 11 laps of the road-race circuit. The events were spread over five days, allowing recovery time for those riders wishing to take part in both the time trial and the road race. The first event, the men's under-23 time trial resulted in a win for

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, who went on to share third place in the U-23 road race, which was won from a group sprint by Michael Matthews of Australia. In the women's events, Olympic silver medallist

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became the first British rider to win the time trial, and

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, bronze medallist in the 2007 championships, won from a three rider chase group. Switzerland's

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successfully defended his men's time trial title, achieving a record fourth win: and in the final, showpiece event,

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became the first Norwegian winner, and a bronze for Allan Davis clinched top place in the medal table for the hosts.

Competition Schedule

All times are local (

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Participating nations

444 cyclists from 49 national federations participated. The number of cyclists per nation that competed is shown in parentheses.

Events summary

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Medal table

References

External links

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UCI Website for Road World Championships
{{Road bicycle racing 2010 UCI Road World Championships by year

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