Italian World Champions, Road Race

The 2011 UCI Road World Championships will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 19 to 25 September.

MEN'S ROAD RACE
2010 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
2009 Cadel Evans (Aus)
2008 Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
2007 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
2006 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
2005 Tom Boonen (Bel)
2004 Oscar Freire (Spa)
2003 Igor Astarloa (Spa)
2002 Mario Cipollini (Ita)
2001 Oscar Freire (Spa)
2000 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
1999 Oscar Freire (Spa)
1998 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
1997 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
1996 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
1995 Abraham Olano (Spa)
1994 Luc Leblanc (Fra)
1993 Lance Armstrong (USA)
1992 Gianni Bugno (Ita)
1991 Gianni Bugno (Ita)
1990 Rudy Dhaenens (Bel)
1989 Greg LeMond (USA)
1988 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
1987 Stephen Roche (Irl)
1986 Moreno Argentin (Ita)
1985 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1984 Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1983 Greg LeMond (USA)
1982 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
1981 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1980 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1979 Jan Raas (Ned)
1978 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1977 Francesco Moser (Ita)
1976 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1975 Hennie Kuiper (Ned)
1974 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1973 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1972 Marino Basso (Ita)
1971 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1970 Jean-Pierre Monsere (Bel)
1969 Harm Ottenbros (Ned)
1968 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
1967 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1966 Rudi Altig (Ger)
1965 Tom Simpson (GBr)
1964 Jan Janssen (Ned)
1963 Benoni Beheyt (Bel)
1962 Jean Stablinski (Fra)
1961 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1960 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1959 André Darrigade (Fra)
1958 Ercole Baldini (Ita)
1957 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
1956 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
1955 Stan Ockers (Bel)
1954 Louison Bobet (Fra)
1953 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
1952 Heinz Muller (Ger)
1951 Ferdi Kubler (Swi)
1950 Briek Schotte (Bel)
1949 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
1948 Briek Schotte (Bel)
1947 Theo Middelkamp (Ned)
1946 Hans Knecht (Swi)
1938 Marcel Kint (Bel)
1937 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel)
1936 Antonin Magne (Fra)
1935 Jean Aerts (Bel)
1934 Karel Kaers (Bel)
1933 Georges Speicher (Fra)
1932 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
1931 Learco Guerra (Ita)
1930 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
1929 Georges Ronsse (Bel)
1928 Georges Ronsse (Bel)
1927 Alfredo Binda (Ita)


WOMEN'S ROAD RACE
2010 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita)
2009 Tatiana Guderzo (Ita)
2008 Nicole Cooke (GBr)
2007 Marta Bastianelli (Ita)
2006 Marianne Vos (Ned)
2005 Regina Schleicher (Ger)
2004 Judith Arndt (Ger)
2003 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)
2002 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)
2001 Rasa Polikeviciu-te. (Ltu)
2000 Zinaida Stahurskaia (Blr)
1999 Edita Pucinskaite. (Ltu)
1998 Diana Ziliute (Ltu)
1997 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita)
1996 Barbara Heeb (Swi)
1995 Jeannie Longo (Fra)
1994 Monica Valvik (Nor)
1993 Leontien van Moorsel (Ned)
1992 No race
1991 Leontien van Moorsel (Ned)
1990 Catherine Marsal (Fra)
1989 Jeannie Longo (Fra)
1988 No race
1987 Jeannie Longo (Fra)
1986 Jeannie Longo (Fra)
1985 Jeannie Longo (Fra)
1984 No race
1983 Marianne Berglund (Swe)
1982 Mandy Jones (GBr)
1981 Ute Enzenauer (Ger)
1980 Beth Heiden (USA)
1979 Petra de Bruijn (Ned)
1978 Beate Habetz (Ger)
1977 Josiane Bost (Fra)
1976 Keetie van Oosten-Hage (Ned)
1975 Tineke Fopma (Ned)
1974 Geneviève Gambillon (Fra)
1973 Nicole Vandenbroeck (Bel)
1972 Geneviève Gambillon (Fra)
1971 Anna Konkina (Rus)
1970 Anna Konkina (Rus)
1969 Audrey McElmury (USA)
1968 Keetie van Oosten-Hage (Ned)
1967 Beryl Burton (GBr)
1966 Yvonne Reynders (Bel)
1965 Elisabeth Eicholz (Ger)
1964 Emma Sonka (Rus)
1963 Yvonne Reynders (Bel)
1962 Marie-Rose Gaillard (Bel)
1961 Yvonne Reynders (Bel)
1960 Beryl Burton (GBr)
1959 Yvonne Reynders (Bel)
1958 Elsy Jacobs (Lux)

Men's and Women's Elite squads for Copenhagen here.

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