1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race

Men's U-23 Individual Road Race

1998 UCI Road World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date		1998-10-09 in Valkenburg (NED)
Distance		172 km (106.9 mi)
Winning time		04h 00' 29" (42.913 km/h or 26.665 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Ivan Basso (ITA)	(Italy)
	Second	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	(Italy)
	Third	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	(Italy)

The Men's Under-23 Individual Road Race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Friday October 9, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 172 kilometres (10 x 17.2 km laps). There were a total number of 180 starters, with 130 cyclists actually finishing the race.

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
	Ivan Basso (ITA)	04:00:29
	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	+ 00.16
	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	s.t.
4.	Alexandre Usov (BLR)	s.t.
5.	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	s.t.
6.	René Haselbacher (AUT)	s.t.
7.	Hernán Antolinez (COL)	s.t.
8.	Sasa Gajicic (YUG)	+ 00.17
9.	Frédéric Finot (FRA)	s.t.
10.	Matej Stare (SLO)	s.t.
11.	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	s.t.
12.	Stephan Schreck (GER)	s.t.
13.	Christophe Brandt (BEL)	s.t.
14.	Andrejus Smirnovas (LTU)	s.t.
15.	Marius Sabaliaskas (LTU)	s.t.
16.	Benoît Joachim (LUX)	s.t.
17.	Dave Bruylandts (BEL)	s.t.
18.	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	s.t.
19.	Tadej Valjavec (SLO)	s.t.
20.	Cadel Evans (AUS)	s.t.
21.	Kjell Carlström (FIN)	s.t.
22.	Karsten Kroon (NED)	s.t.
23.	Jaroslaw Ryszewski (POL)	s.t.
24.	Dmitri Gaynytdinov (RUS)	s.t.
25.	Michael Reihs (DEN)	+ 00.18

References

• Results