The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2009 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 27 September in

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, Switzerland. The course of 262 km consisted of nineteen laps around an undulating circuit. The pre-race favourites came from the strong Italian and Spanish national squads, with

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and

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both considered possible contenders. The race was won by Australian

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, the first Australian victory in the World road race. Evans, who took his third victory of the season, moved clear from a group of nine riders on the final lap to win the race.

Final classification

Riders who did not finish

89 riders failed to finish the race.

Nation qualification

References

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