1996 UCI Road World Championships
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The 1996 UCI Road World Championships
took place in Lugano
, Switzerland
, between October 9 and October 13, 1996. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
took place in Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, between October 9 and October 13, 1996. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.
Events summary
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
Johan Museeuw Johan Museeuw Johan Museeuw is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1988 to 2004 and was particularly successful in the classic cycle races in the nineties.... |
6h23'50" | Mauro Gianetti Mauro Gianetti Mauro Gianetti is a Swiss directeur sportif, and a former rider in professional road bicycle racing. Gianetti is employed as team manager for the cycling team.... |
6h23'51" | Michele Bartoli Michele Bartoli Michele Bartoli is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. He was a single-day race specialist, winning three of the five Monument races. Bartoli won the UCI Road World Cup in 1997 and 1998.-Biography:... |
6h24'19" |
| Men's time trial |
Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Alex Zülle is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the best cyclists in the world, winning the Vuelta a España twice and taking the second place in 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.-Early career:Zülle was born and... |
48'13" | Chris Boardman Chris Boardman Christopher "Chris" Boardman MBE is a former English racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times, as well as winning three stages and wearing the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France... |
48'52" | Tony Rominger Tony Rominger Tony Rominger is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist who won the Vuelta a España in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the Giro d'Italia in 1995.He began cycling late, allegedly spurred by competition with his brother... |
48'54" |
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
Barbara Heeb |
2h53'05" | Rasa Polikevičiūtė Rasa Polikeviciute Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond... |
2h53'22" | Linda Jackson Linda Jackson (cyclist) Linda Jackson is best known as a former Canadian professional bicycle road racer. She is now a coach, having previous experience as an investment banker. Jackson won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Road Racing Championships... |
2h53'42" |
| Women's time trial |
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli |
35'16.07" | Catherine Marsal Catherine Marsal Catherine Marsal is a retired female racing cyclist from France. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally in Italy and the US. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since then she represented her native country at four Summer... |
36'05.00" | Alessandra Cappellotto Alessandra Cappellotto Alessandra Cappellotto is a retired female racing cyclist from Italy. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, and 2000. She won the world title in the women's individual road race at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships in San Sebastian, Spain.-References:*... |
36'10.47" |
| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
Giuliano Figueras Giuliano Figueras Giuliano Figueras is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998 with Mapei team and won a stage of the Tour de Langkawi that year. In 1999 and 2000 Figueras had 7 wins including a stage of the Giro di Romandia. He rode for the Panaria-Fiordo team for 4 years... |
4h23'50" | Roberto Sgambelluri |
4h23'51" | Luca Sironi |
4h24'19" |
| Men's under-23 time trial |
Luca Sironi |
37'51.89" | Roberto Sgambelluri |
38'44.38" | Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France... |
38'48.39" |