1998 UCI Road World Championships start list

A total of 52 nations competed at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships, held from Tuesday October 6 to Sunday October 11 in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands.

Competing nations

Albania

Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Piro Cahshali Tauland Hasijam Armando Kalemi Olsi Kellici

Australia

Men's Individual Road Race Timothy Christopher Bradley McGee Henk Vogels Men's Individual Time Trial Bradley McGee Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Baden Cooke Cadel Evans Mathew Hayman Sean Sullivan Daniel Trinnie Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Cadel Evans Mathew Hayman

Women's Individual Road Race Juanita Feldhahn Tracy Gaudry Elisabeth Tadich Kathryn Watt Anna Wilson Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Nathalie Bates Sara Carrigan Toireasa Ryan Naomi Williams

Austria

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race René Haselbacher Jürgen Pauritsch Kurt Schwarzlmüller Jochen Summer Florian Wiesin Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Jochen Summer Florian Wiesinger

Belgium

Men's Individual Road Race Mario Aerts Ludo Dierckxens Nico Mattan Chris Peers Wilfried Peeters Jo Planckaert Tom Steels Andrei Tchmil Erwin Thijs Kurt Van De Wouwer Peter Van Petegem Marc Wauters Men's Individual Time Trial Marc Streel Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Christophe Brandt Dave Bruylandts Jurgen Guns Kevin Hulsmans Wesley Huvaere Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Geoffrey Demeyere Sébastien Mattozza

Women's Individual Road Race Els Pauwels Cindy Pieters Heidi Van De Vijver Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Evy Van Damme Katrien Van De Poel

Belarus

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Aliaksandr Kuchynski Alexei Levdanski Alexandr Oussov Evgueni Seniouchkine Aliaksandr Shupikau Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Alexandre Choupikov Alexandre Kozloz Serguei Mikhailovski Vadzim Verkmavodka

Women's Individual Road Race Larisa Chuyenka Zinajda Stahurskaya Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Volga Hetsman

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Samir Kovacevic Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Samir Kovacevic

Brazil

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Pedro Romero dos Santos Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Pedro Romero dos Santos

Women's Individual Road Race Claudia Saintagne

Bulgaria

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Ivaylo Gabrovski

Canada

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Pascal Choquette Charles Dionne Paul Kelly Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Pascal Choquette

Women's Individual Road Race Lyne Bessette Leigh Hobson Linda Jackson Susan Palmer Alison Sydor Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Geneviève Jeanson Lucie Ruscakova

Colombia

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Hernán Antolinez Mauricio Ardilo César Laverde Luis Castañeda Marlon Pérez Edilberto Suarez Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Mauricio Ardilo Marlon Pérez

Croatia

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Martin Cotar Massimo de Marin Radoslav Rogina Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Martin Cotar Radoslav Rogina

Czech Republic

Men's Individual Time Trial Milan Kadlec Ondřej Sosenka Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Petr Bencik Jan Chrobak Radek Dite Ondrej Fadrny Pavel Zerzan Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Tomas Lejska Michal Precechtel Michal Prusa Martin Rys

Women's Individual Road Race Miluse Flaskova Lada Kozlíková Kristina Obrucova Sarka Vichova

Denmark

Men's Individual Road Race Bo Hamburger Frank Høj Brian Holm Allan Johansen Danny Jonasson Mikael Holst Nicolay Bo Larsen Peter Meinert Nielsen Lars Michaelsen Claus Møller Jesper Skibby Rolf Sørensen Men's Individual Time Trial Michael Sandstød Peter Meinert Nielsen Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Thomas Busch Jimmy Hansen Bjarke Nielsen Michael Reihs

Women's Individual Road Race Maiken Jörgensen Rikke Sandhøj Melina Rasmussen Lotte Schmidt Sanne Schmidt Lisbeth Simper

Egypt

Men's Individual Time Trial Amar El Nady Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Mahmoud Abbas Khaled Awaad Mohamed Kholafy Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Mohamed Kholafy Khaled Saad

Estonia

Men's Individual Road Race Lauri Aus Jaan Kirsipuu Andres Lauk Peep Mikli Men's Individual Time Trial Lauri Aus Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Oskari Kargu Innar Mandoja Margus Salumets Janek Tombak Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Markku Ainsalu Oskari Kargu

Finland

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Kjell Carlström Oscar Stenström

Women's Individual Road Race Tuija Kinnunen Sanna Lehtimäki Pia Sundstedt Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Sari Saarelainen

France

Men's Individual Road Race Christophe Bassons Pascal Chanteur Jacky Durand Fabrice Gougot Frédéric Guesdon Xavier Jan Anthony Langella Pascal Lino Emmanuel Magnien Jean-Cyril Robin François Simon Cédric Vasseur Men's Individual Time Trial Gilles Maignan Francisque Teyssier Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Stéphane Couge Frédéric Finot Mickaël Leveau Ludovic Martin Jean-Michel Tessier Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Florent Brard Frédéric Finot Loïc Lamouller Fabrice Salonson

Women's Individual Road Race Elisabeth Brunel Séverine Desbouys Fany Lecourtois Géraldine Loewenguth Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Catherine Marsal Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Fany Jouvin Élodie Touffet

Germany

Men's Individual Road Race Rolf Aldag Udo Bölts Bert Dietz Sascha Henrix Danilo Hondo Kai Hundertmark André Korff Thomas Liese Grischa Niermann Jan Schaffrath Torsten Schmidt Jens Voigt Men's Individual Time Trial Grischa Niermann Uwe Peschel Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Matthias Kessler Torsten Nitsche Ronny Scholz Stephan Schreck Raphael Schweda Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Torsten Nitsche Thorsten Rund Ronny Scholz Stephan Schreck

Women's Individual Road Race Judith Arndt Jacqueline Brabenetz Hanka Kupfernagel Sandra Missbach Petra Rossner Kerstin Scheitle Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Simone Klewitz Tina Liebig Trixi Worrack

Great Britain

Men's Individual Road Race Roger Hammond Men's Individual Time Trial Chris Boardman Stuart Dangerfield Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Matthew Bottrill Russel Downing Richard Hobby Charly Wegelius Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Matt Bottrill Nic Hutchings

Women's Individual Road Race Megan Hughes Angela Hunter Louise Jones Maria Lawrence Yvonne McGregor Sara Symington Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Ceris Gilfillan

Greece

Men's Individual Time Trial Vasilis Anastopoulos Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Panagiotis Lekkas Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Panagiotis Lekkas

Women's Individual Road Race Irini Tsouvala Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Eleftheria Ellinikaki

Hungary

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race László Bodrogi Blazas Rothmer Csaba Szekeres Aurel Vig Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial László Bodrogi Csaba Szekeres Aurel Vig

Ireland

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Aidan Duff Michael McNena David O'Loughlin Ciaran Power

Israel

Men's Individual Time Trial Benjamin Loberant Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Boris Yezulak Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Izak Boygen Boris Yezulak

Italy

Men's Individual Road Race Michele Bartoli Paolo Bettini Gianni Bugno Mirko Celestino Massimo Donati Gianni Faresin Daniele Nardello Davide Rebellin Luca Scinto Filippo Simeoni Andrea Tafi Stefano Zanini Men's Individual Time Trial Fabio Malberti Marco Velo Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Ivan Basso Danilo Di Luca Denmarkis Lunghi Ruggero Marzoli Rinaldo Nocentini Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Maurizio Caravaggio Danilo Di Luca Gianmario Ortenzi Marco Pinotti

Women's Individual Road Race Alessandra Cappellotto Roberta Bonanomi Valeria Cappellotto Sara Felloni Fabiana Luperini Simona Parente Luisiana Pegoraro Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Noemi Cantele Vera Carrara Silvia Gobbi Zarina Ronchetti

Japan

Men's Individual Road Race Yoshiyuki Abe Men's Individual Time Trial Tomokazu Fujino Kyoshi Miura Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Takshi Miyazawa Shusaku Takahashi Akihiro Takaoka Nobuo Tamaki Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Takshi Miyazawa Shusaku Takahashi Akihiro Takaoka Nobuo Tamaki

Kazakhstan

Men's Individual Road Race Andrei Kivilev Andrey Mizurov Alexander Vinokourov Men's Individual Time Trial Andrey Mizurov Alexander Vinokourov Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Dmitri Fofonov Serguei Yakovlev Dmitriy Muravyev Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Dmitri Fofonov Serguei Yakovlev Dmitriy Muravyev

Latvia

Men's Individual Road Race Dainis Ozols Romans Vainsteins Men's Individual Time Trial Dainis Ozols Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Raivis Belohvoščiks Renavsi Lauzis Andris Reiss Andris Spehts Maris Tiliskis Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Raivis Belohvoščiks

Liechtenstein

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Samuel Ritter

Lithuania

Men's Individual Road Race Raimondas Rumšas Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Marius Sabaliauskas Andrejus Smirnovas Andrejus Zubrov Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Linas Balciunas Marius Sabaliauskas Raimondas Vilcinskas

Women's Individual Road Race Jolanta Polikevičiūtė Rasa Polikevičiūtė Edita Pučinskaitė Liuda Triabaite Zita Urbonaitė Diana Žiliūtė Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Jurgita Masiliunaite Rita Narbutyte Neringa Raudonyte Erika Vilunaite

Luxembourg

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Max Becker Benoît Joachim Kim Kirchen Christian Poos Marc Vanacker Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Benoît Joachim Kim Kirchen Christian Poos

Mexico

Men's Individual Road Race Jesús Zárate Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Antonio Aldape Carlos Hernández Miguel Ángel Meza Julio Alberto Cuapio Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Miguel Ángel Meza Julio Alberto Pérez

Moldova

Men's Individual Time Trial Igor Bonciucov Ruslan Ivanov Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Leonid Baciu Valeriy Zayts Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Leonid Baciu Ilie Jentimir Ivan Pripa Valeriy Zayts

Netherlands

Men's Individual Road Race Michael Boogerd Steven de Jongh Maarten den Bakker Tristan Hoffman Servais Knaven Marc Lotz Koos Moerenhout Danny Nelissen Léon van Bon Max van Heeswijk Aart Vierhouten Bart Voskamp Men's Individual Time Trial Erik Dekker Servais Knaven Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Jurgen de Jong Addy Engels Karsten Kroon Stefan van Dijk Thorwald Veneberg Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Coen Boerman Huub Bres Marcel Duijn Remmert Wielinga

Women's Individual Road Race Chantal Beltman Yvonne Brunen Mirjam Melchers Nicole Vermast Elsbeth Vink Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Jackelien Aerts Evelien Basten Sabine Gruters Afke Sijm

New Zealand

Men's Individual Road Race Glen Mitchell Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Gordon Bearman Warren Clark John Ownsworth Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Gordon Bearman Warren Clark

Women's Individual Road Race Jacinta Coleman Joanna Lawn Rosalind Reekie-May Sarah Ulmer

Nigeria

Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Christopher Ikmianse Texman Okuwdaue Samuel Ozazuwa

Norway

Men's Individual Road Race Kurt Asle Arvesen Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Kenneth Flesja Morten Hegreberg Thor Hushovd Mads Kagg Gabriel Rasch Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Thor Hushovd

Women's Individual Road Race Ingunn Bollerud Gunn-Rita Dahle Ragnhild Kostøl Jorunn Kvalø Wenche Stensvold Monica Valen

Poland

Men's Individual Road Race Dariusz Baranowski Thomas Brozyna Grzegorz Gwiazdowski Artur Krzeszowiec Zbigniew Piątek Piotr Przydzial Zbigniew Spruch Andrzej Sypytkowski Men's Individual Time Trial Dariusz Baranowski Piotr Przydzial Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Jarosław Ryszewski Marcin Sapa Pawel Sosik Sylvester Szmyd Sebastian Wolski Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Tomasz Lisowicz Marcin Sapa Kamil Wolski Pawel Zugaj

Women's Individual Road Race Monika Kotek Bogumiła Matusiak Malgorzata Wysocka Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Paulina Brzeźna Dorota Czynszak Beata Jasinska Anna Skawinska

Portugal

Men's Individual Road Race Joaquim Andrade José Azevedo Victor Gamito Men's Individual Time Trial Joaquim Andrade José Azevedo Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Ricardo Costa Claudio Faria Nuno Marta Nuno Ribeiro Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial José Oliveira Manuel Ribeiro

Russia

Men's Individual Road Race Viatcheslav Djavanian Andrei Dolgih Serguei Ivanov Oleg Yukov Vitali Kokorine Vladimir Lelekine Alexei Sivakov Serguei Smetanine Yuri Sourkov Piotr Ugrumov Andrei Zintchenko Men's Individual Time Trial Viatcheslav Ekimov Serguei Ivanov Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Dmitri Dementiev Dmitri Gaynytdinov Dmitri Parfimovich Maxim Smirnov Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Denis Bondarenko Kiril Goloubev Oleg Yukov Dmitri Parfimovich Maxim Smirnov

Women's Individual Road Race Tatyana Kaverina Ioulia Martissova Svetlana Potiomkina Svetlana Samokhvalova Svetlana Stepanova Zulfia Zabirova Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Polina Bakova Anna Karpova Nadejda Vlassova Olga Zabelinskaya

San Marino

Women's Individual Road Race Daniela Veronesi

Slovakia

Men's Individual Time Trial Miroslav Liptak Ján Valach Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Dalibor Grebeci Marcel Hrehor Zoltan Remak Ondrej Slobodnik Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Dalibor Grebeci Ondrej Slobodnik

Women's Individual Road Race Alena Barillová Lenka Ilavská

Slovenia

Men's Individual Road Race Filip Branko Martin Hvastija Gorazd Štangelj Men's Individual Time Trial Filip Branko Martin Hvastija Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Zoran Klemencic Mitja Mahoric Uros Silar Matej Stare Tadej Valjavec Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Matija Kotnik Matej Stare Tadej Valjavec

South Africa

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race David George Robert Hunter Tiaan Kannemeyer Kosie Loubser Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial David George Robert Hunter Tiaan Kannemeyer

Women's Individual Road Race Karin Avenant Magdalena Day Anke Erlank Ronel Van Wyck Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Joritha Prins

Spain

Men's Individual Road Race Manuel Beltrán David Etxebarria Óscar Freire José Vicente García Félix García Álvaro González Roberto Heras Melchior Mauri Jon Odriozola David Plaza José Luis Rubiera José Ramón Uriarte Men's Individual Time Trial Melchior Mauri Abraham Olano Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Igor Astarloa Ruben Díaz de Cerio Pablo Fernández Luis Murcía Ángel Vicioso Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Luis Murcia José Antonio Pecharromán Ángel Sainz Unai Uriarte

Women's Individual Road Race Montserrat Alonso Rosa María Bravo Berta Fernández Ana Martínez Cristina Roza Teodora Ruano Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Izorne Bastegieta Eneriz Etxebarria Maribel Moreno

Sweden

Men's Individual Road Race Michael Andersson Niklas Axelsson Magnus Bäckstedt Glenn Magnusson Men's Individual Time Trial Michael Andersson Martin Rittsel Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Niclas Ekström Kristoffer Ingeby Rikard Karlsson John Nilsson Mikael Wranquist Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Kristoffer Ingeby Mikael Wranquist

Women's Individual Road Race Marie Høljer Susanne Ljungskog

Switzerland

Men's Individual Road Race Niki Aebersold Oskar Camenzind Mauro Gianetti Franz Hotz Rolf Järmann Fabian Jeker Roland Meier Felice Puttini Pascal Richard Daniel Schnider Beat Zberg Marcus Zberg Men's Individual Time Trial Bruno Boscardin Beat Zberg Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Martin Elmiger Cédric Fragniere Sandro Güttinger Marcel Strauss Benoît Volery Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Martin Elmiger Cédric Fragniere Sandro Güttinger Marcel Strauss

Women's Individual Road Race Nicole Brändli Marcia Eicher-Vouets Barbara Heeb Lucille Hunkeler Yvonne Schnorf Sandra Wamplfer Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Alexandra Born Miriam Neuhäusler Eveline Schmid Simone Trafalet

Uganda

Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial William Maliyamurigu Ibrahim Zziwa

Ukraine

Men's Individual Road Race Vladimir Duma Serguei Gontchar Men's Individual Time Trial Serguei Gontchar Sergiy Matveyev Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Vladimir Gustov Valeriy Kobzarenko Andriy Korolev Roman Lougovyi Sergheri Moskovchuk Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Serguei Avdeev Yuriy Krivtsov

Women's Individual Road Race Svitlana Hihilyeva Natalia Yuganiouk Valentiana Karpenko Natalia Kichtouk Tamara Poliakova Oksana Saprykina Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Tatiana Preditkevich Irina Simonova

 United States

Men's Individual Road Race Lance Armstrong Dylan Casey David Clinger Christopher Horner Trent Klasna William Chann McCrae Christian Vande Velde Jonathan Vaughters Men's Individual Time Trial Lance Armstrong Jonathan Vaughters Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Tom Davis Danny Pate Seth Pelusi Justion Spinelli David Zabriskie Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Brent Aucutt Seth Pelusi Justion Spinelli David Zabriskie

Women's Individual Road Race Karen Bliss-Livingston Dede Barry Mari Holden Emily Robbins Pamela Schuster Kendra Wenzel Julie Young Junior Women's Individual Time Trial Rebecca McClintock Michelle Orem Cecilia Potts Lea Toffolon

Uzbekistan

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Damir Iratov Sergev Krushevskiy Ulugbek Salamov Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Damir Iratov Sergey Krushevskiy

Women's Individual Road Race Fatma Galiulina (did not start) Women's Road Race Fatma Galiulina

Yugoslavia

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Igor Bilas Sasa Gajicic Alexandar Nikacevic

Zimbabwe

Under-23 Men's Individual Road Race Gareth Barry Under-23 Men's Individual Time Trial Gareth Barry

References

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