The Men's under-23 road race of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships

2010 UCI Road World Championships

The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 77th UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event...

 cycling event took place on 1 October in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

.

Home rider Michael Matthews

Michael Matthews (cyclist)

Michael Matthews is an Australian track and road cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . In 2010 he became the Under 23 Road Race World Champion.- Results :2008...

 claimed Australia's first gold medal of the championships by winning the sprint finish at the end of the race, outsprinting Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's John Degenkolb

John Degenkolb

John Degenkolb is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam . In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt and finished second in the under 23 race at the Road World Championship...

, who took silver. Time trial

2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial

The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 29 September in Melbourne, Australia.Taylor Phinney took the United States' first gold medal in the event, since Danny Pate won in Lisbon in 2001, denying Australia's Luke Durbridge by 1.9 seconds,...

 champion Taylor Phinney

Taylor Phinney

Taylor Phinney is a world champion American racing cyclist, specialising on the track in individual pursuit. He is the son of former professional racing cyclist Davis Phinney and former Olympic gold medal racing cyclist and speed skater Connie Carpenter-Phinney...

 and Guillaume Boivin of Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 shared the bronze medal after Tissot

Tissot

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's photo finish system could not split the riders. Phinney became the sixth rider to medal in both the time trial and the road race in the under-23s category.

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1		4h 01' 23"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
3		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.
11		s.t.
12		s.t.
13		s.t.
14		s.t.
15		s.t.
16		s.t.
17		s.t.
18		s.t.
19		s.t.
20		s.t.
21		s.t.
22		s.t.
23		s.t.
24		s.t.
25		s.t.
26		s.t.
27		s.t.
28		s.t.
29		s.t.
30		s.t.
31		s.t.
32		s.t.
33		s.t.
34		s.t.
35		s.t.
36		s.t.
37		s.t.
38		s.t.
39		s.t.
40		s.t.
41		s.t.
42		s.t.
43		s.t.
44		s.t.
45		s.t.
46		s.t.
47		+ 28"
48		+ 28"
49		+ 42"
50		+ 46"
51		+ 1' 04"
52		+ 1' 04"
53		+ 1' 04"
54		+ 1' 04"
55		+ 1' 04"
56		+ 1' 04"
57		+ 1' 04"
58		+ 1' 04"
59		+ 1' 04"
60		+ 1' 04"
61		+ 1' 04"

Rank	Rider	Time
62		+ 2' 01"
63		+ 2' 22"
64		+ 2' 22"
65		+ 2' 40"
66		+ 2' 40"
67		+ 2' 40"
68		+ 2' 40"
69		+ 2' 40"
70		+ 2' 40"
71		+ 2' 50"
72		+ 3' 07"
73		+ 3' 13"
74		+ 3' 13"
75		+ 3' 13"
76		+ 3' 13"
77		+ 3' 13"
78		+ 3' 13"
79		+ 5' 30"
80		+ 5' 30"
81		+ 5' 30"
82		+ 5' 35"
83		+ 5' 39"
84		+ 5' 40"
85		+ 5' 46"
86		+ 6' 04"
87		+ 8' 52"
88		+ 10' 07"
89		+ 10' 07"
90		+ 10' 07"
91		+ 10' 07"
92		+ 10' 07"
93		+ 12' 38"
94		+ 16' 40"
95		+ 17' 12"
96		+ 21' 32"
97		+ 21' 32"
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