title: 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
text: # 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
  
  The 2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race took place on September 30, 2007. The Championship was won for a second year in succession by the Italian Paolo Bettini, who outsprinted the rest of a five-man group in the final 500 metres. The Russian Alexandr Kolobnev took the silver medal and Stefan Schumacher of Germany captured third place for the bronze medal.
  
  The Championships were hosted by the Germany city of Stuttgart, and featured several laps of a tough circuit, amounting to almost 270 kilometres of racing.
  
  ## Final classification
  
  September 30, 2007: Stuttgart, 267.4 km (14 laps of 19.1 km each)
  
  | Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Paolo Bettini | Italy | 6h 44'43" |
  | | Alexandr Kolobnev | Russia | s.t. |
  | | Stefan Schumacher | Germany | s.t. |
  | 4 | Fränk Schleck | Luxembourg | s.t. |
  | 5 | Cadel Evans | Australia | s.t. |
  | 6 | Davide Rebellin | Italy | at 6" |
  | 7 | Samuel Sánchez | Spain | at 8" |
  | 8 | Philippe Gilbert | Belgium | s.t. |
  | 9 | Fabian Wegmann | Germany | s.t. |
  | 10 | Martin Elmiger | Switzerland | s.t. |
  | 11 | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands | s.t. |
  | 12 | Michael Boogerd | Netherlands | at 14" |
  | 13 | Björn Leukemans | Belgium | at 15" |
  | 14 | Óscar Freire | Spain | at 49" |
  | 15 | Aleksandr Kuschynski | Belarus | s.t. |
  | 16 | Alexandre Usov | Belarus | s.t. |
  | 17 | Beat Zberg | Switzerland | s.t. |
  | 18 | Erik Zabel | Germany | s.t. |
  | 19 | Thor Hushovd | Norway | s.t. |
  | 20 | Radoslav Rogina | Croatia | s.t. |
  | 21 | Murilo Fischer | Brazil | s.t. |
  | 22 | Matej Mugerli | Slovenia | s.t. |
  | 23 | George Hincapie | United States | s.t. |
  | 24 | Marcus Ljungqvist | Sweden | s.t. |
  | 25 | Chris Anker Sørensen | Denmark | s.t. |
  | 26 | Jurgen Van Goolen | Belgium | s.t. |
  | 27 | Leonardo Duque | Colombia | s.t. |
  | 28 | Rene Mandri | Estonia | s.t. |
  | 29 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden | s.t. |
  | 30 | Pierrick Fédrigo | France | s.t. |
  | 31 | Thomas Löfkvist | Sweden | s.t. |
  | 32 | Alexander Efimkin | Russia | s.t. |
  | 33 | Tomasz Marczyński | Poland | s.t. |
  | 34 | Ján Valach | Slovakia | s.t. |
  | 35 | Sebastian Langeveld | Netherlands | s.t. |
  | 36 | Christian Vande Velde | United States | s.t. |
  | Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
  | 37 | Nuno Ribeiro | Portugal | s.t. |
  | 38 | Christian Pfannberger | Austria | s.t. |
  | 39 | Unai Etxebarria Arana | Venezuela | s.t. |
  | 40 | David George | South Africa | s.t. |
  | 41 | Ludovic Turpin | France | s.t. |
  | 42 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Norway | s.t. |
  | 43 | Vladimir Efimkin | Russia | s.t. |
  | 44 | Sergey Lagutin | Uzbekistan | s.t. |
  | 45 | Mario Aerts | Belgium | s.t. |
  | 46 | Vladimir Karpets | Russia | s.t. |
  | 47 | Denis Menchov | Russia | s.t. |
  | 48 | Przemysław Niemiec | Poland | s.t. |
  | 49 | Manuel Beltrán Martinez | Spain | s.t. |
  | 50 | Damiano Cunego | Italy | at 57" |
  | 51 | Filippo Pozzato | Italy | s.t. |
  | 52 | Alessandro Ballan | Italy | s.t. |
  | 53 | Allan Davis | Australia | at 1'05" |
  | 54 | David Millar | Great Britain | s.t. |
  | 55 | Matthew Lloyd | Australia | at 1'10" |
  | 56 | Karsten Kroon | Netherlands | at 1'24" |
  | 57 | Alejandro Valverde | Spain | at 2'47" |
  | 58 | Matija Kvasina | Croatia | at 3'10" |
  | 59 | Kristjan Fajt | Slovenia | at 3'38" |
  | 60 | Gorazd Štangelj | Slovenia | at 3'41" |
  | 61 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Belarus | at 5'17" |
  | 62 | Alessandro Bertolini | Italy | at 6'01" |
  | 63 | Greg Van Avermaet | Belgium | at 6'34" |
  | 64 | Maxime Monfort | Belgium | at 6'52" |
  | 65 | Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver | Spain | at 7'52" |
  | 66 | Simon Gerrans | Australia | at 8'09" |
  | 67 | Sylvain Chavanel | France | s.t. |
  | 68 | Thomas Voeckler | France | at 15'51" |
  | 69 | Erki Pütsep | Estonia | s.t. |
  | 70 | László Bodrogi | Hungary | at 17'10" |
  | 71 | Vladimir Tuychiev | Uzbekistan | at 21'57" |
  | 72 | Hossein Askari | Iran | s.t. |
  
  ### Did not finish
  
  124 riders failed to finish the race. Marzio Bruseghin of Italy was disqualified, and José Rodrigues of Portugal did not start the race.
  
  | Rider | Country |
  | - | - |
  | Carlos Sastre | Spain |
  | Stéphane Goubert | France |
  | Robert Gesink | Netherlands |
  | Carlos Barredo | Spain |
  | Sergei Yakovlev | Kazakhstan |
  | Hernâni Brôco | Portugal |
  | Marcus Burghardt | Germany |
  | Fabian Cancellara | Switzerland |
  | Andy Schleck | Luxembourg |
  | Philip Deignan | Ireland |
  | Jens Voigt | Germany |
  | Gerald Ciolek | Germany |
  | Amaël Moinard | France |
  | Vladimir Zagorodniy | Ukraine |
  | Laurens ten Dam | Netherlands |
  | Bobby Julich | United States |
  | Jason McCartney | United States |
  | Christian Knees | Germany |
  | Johan Van Summeren | Belgium |
  | Dominique Rollin | Canada |
  | Andriy Hrivko | Ukraine |
  | Evgeny Petrov | Ireland |
  | Assan Bazayev | Kazakhstan |
  | James Lewis Perry | South Africa |
  | Matti Breschel | Denmark |
  | Juan Antonio Flecha | Spain |
  | Xavier Florencio | Spain |
  | Tomislav Dančulović | Croatia |
  | Jure Golčer | Slovenia |
  | Romain Feillu | France |
  | Sandy Casar | France |
  | Hrvoje Miholjević | Croatia |
  | Martin Mareš | Czech Republic |
  | Andrea Tonti | Italy |
  | Matteo Tosatto | Italy |
  | William Walker | Australia |
  | Piotr Zielinski | Poland |
  | Li Fuyu | China |
  | Petr Benčík | Czech Republic |
  | Maroš Kováč | Slovakia |
  | Glen Chadwick | New Zealand |
  | Matej Jurčo | Slovakia |
  | Yukiya Arashiro | Japan |
  | Takashi Miyazawa | Japan |
  | Vladislav Borisov | Russia |
  | Dmitry Fofonov | Kazakhstan |
  | Bruno Neves | Portugal |
  | Marcin Sapa | Poland |
  | Roman Kreuziger | Czech Republic |
  | Kim Kirchen | Luxembourg |
  | Robert Kišerlovski | Croatia |
  | Michael Rogers | Australia |
  | Luis Felipe Laverde | Colombia |
  | Krzysztof Szczawinski | Poland |
  | Romas Sinicinas | Lithuania |
  | Matej Stare | Slovenia |
  | Hugo Sabido | Portugal |
  | Martín Garrido | Argentina |
  | Frederik Willems | Belgium |
  | Danail Petrov | Bulgaria |
  | Vladimir Gusev | Russia |
  | Roger Hammond | Great Britain |
  | John Devine | United States |
  | Tyler Farrar | United States |
  | Ronny Scholz | Germany |
  | David Kopp | Germany |
  | Volodymyr Bileka | Ukraine |
  | Rider | Country |
  | Dmytro Grabovskyy | Ukraine |
  | Scott Davis | Australia |
  | Jacek Morajko | Poland |
  | Hayden Roulston | New Zealand |
  | Maarten den Bakker | Netherlands |
  | Richard Ochoa | Venezuela |
  | José Serpa | Colombia |
  | Martin Riška | Slovakia |
  | Svein Tuft | Canada |
  | Stéphane Augé | France |
  | Bram Tankink | Netherlands |
  | Matías Médici | Argentina |
  | Nebojša Jovanović | Serbia |
  | Stijn Devolder | Belgium |
  | Juan Pablo Dotti | Argentina |
  | Muradjan Khalmuratov | Uzbekistan |
  | Darren Lill | South Africa |
  | Bernhard Kohl | Austria |
  | Mauricio Ardila | Colombia |
  | Mathew Hayman | Australia |
  | Luis Ministro Moyano | Argentina |
  | Maximiliano Richeze | Argentina |
  | Borut Božič | Slovenia |
  | Mark Cavendish | Great Britain |
  | Daryl Impey | South Africa |
  | Fumiyuki Beppu | Japan |
  | Roman Broniš | Slovakia |
  | Andris Hernández | Venezuela |
  | Koos Moerenhout | Netherlands |
  | Trent Lowe | Australia |
  | Dainius Kairelis | Lithuania |
  | Mehdi Sohrabi | Iran |
  | Jeremy Vennell | New Zealand |
  | Cameron Evans | Canada |
  | Christian Poos | Luxembourg |
  | Kristijan Đurasek | Croatia |
  | Lars Ytting Bak | Denmark |
  | Ruslan Podgornyy | Ukraine |
  | Sergey Kolesnikov | Russia |
  | Juan José Haedo | Argentina |
  | Gerrit Glomser | Austria |
  | Marlon Pérez Arango | Colombia |
  | Žolt Dér | Serbia |
  | Mads Kaggestad | Norway |
  | Laurent Didier | Luxembourg |
  | Mostafa Seyed-Rezaei | Iran |
  | Alex Cano | Colombia |
  | David Zabriskie | United States |
  | Renato Seabra | Brazil |
  | Ricardo Martins | Portugal |
  | Aleksejs Saramotins | Latvia |
  | Medhi Fahridi Kovij | Iran |
  | Ján Šipeky | Slovakia |
  | Dragan Spasic | Serbia |
  | Luciano Pagliarini | Brazil |
  | Robert Hunter | South Africa |
  | Mikhaylo Khalilov | Ukraine |
  
  ## Nation qualification
  
  * 14 to be enrolled, 9 to start
  * Italy
  * Spain
  * Australia
  * Luxembourg
  * Germany
  * Russia
  * Belgium
  * United States
  * Netherlands
  * France
  * 9 to be enrolled, 6 to start
  * South Africa
  * Colombia
  * Argentina
  * Iran
  * Poland
  * Slovenia
  * Portugal
  * Ukraine
  * Slovakia
  * Croatia
  * 5 to be enrolled, 3 to start
  * Tunisia
  * Brazil
  * Canada
  * Venezuela
  * Japan
  * Kazakhstan
  * Denmark
  * Norway
  * Austria
  * Belarus
  * Estonia
  * Czech Republic
  * Switzerland
  * Latvia
  * Serbia
  * Lithuania
  * New Zealand
  * Great Britain
  * Sweden
  * 2 to be enrolled, 1 to start
  * China
  * Hungary
  * Ireland
  * Libya
  * Costa Rica
  * Cuba
  * Chile
  * Bulgaria
  