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The 2006 edition of the men's UCI Road World Championships Road Race took place on September 24, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. Reigning Olympic champion and Italian Paolo Bettini captured the gold medal and the rainbow jersey as the 2006 World Cycling Champion. The 36-year-old German sprinter Erik Zabel took the silver medal and UCI ProTour winner Alejandro Valverde of Spain captured third place for the bronze medal. A total of 136 cyclists actually finished the race, with Slovakia's Roman Broniš in last place (+ 13'38").
2006 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||
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Race details | |||||||||||||
Dates | September 24, 2006 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 265.2 km (164.8 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 06h 15' 32" | ||||||||||||
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Based on the results of the riders in the UCI ProTour and UCI Continental Circuits in 2006, all nations have received a number of riders they can send to the championships. The number of allowed riders is different for each continent:
All nations are allowed to select reserves too, 5 reserves for nations with 9 riders, 3 reserves for nations with 6 riders, 2 reserves for nations with 3 riders and 1 reserve for nations with 1 rider.
On September 14, the selection was released:
National Coach: Carlo Bomans
On September 11, the selection was released:
Also 5 reserves were appointed:
Selection released on September 12:
On September 11, the first selection was released, but since then many things have changed. Matthias Kessler and Jens Voigt have refused their selection as they claim to be "too tired after a long tiring season". Andreas Klöden has declared he only wants to ride in the Time Trial World Championships 2006.
Current Selection:
National coach Franco Ballerini selected the following riders:
National coach Egon van Kessel selected the following riders:
Selection released on September 14:
The home nation was represented by:
New Zealand chose not to send riders to the Road World Championships 2006, as their most important riders are injured and thus unavailable.[1][2]
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