title: 2008 national road cycling championships
text: # 2008 national road cycling championships
  
  The 2008 national road cycling championships begin in January in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the other national championships do not take place until June or July.
  
  ## Jerseys
  
  The winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the World Championships. The jerseys tend to represent the countries' flag or use the colours from it.
  
  ## 2008 Champions
  
  | Country | Men's Elite | Men's Elite | Women's Elite | Women's Elite | Men's U-23 | Men's U-23 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Country | Road Race | Time Trial | Road Race | Time Trial | Road Race | Time Trial |
  | Albania | Paljon Zarka | Paljon Zarka | | | | |
  | Algeria | Redouane Chabaane | Azzedine Lagab | | | | |
  | Andorra | | David Albós | | | | |
  | Angola | Bruno André | Leonardo Zietoso | | | | |
  | Antigua and Barbuda | Jyme Bridges | | | | |
  | Netherlands Antilles | Jerry Otten | Jerry Otten | Gerda Fokker | Gerda Fokker | | |
  | Argentina | Gerardo Fernández | Matías Médici | Daiana Almada | Valeria Müller | Gustavo Borcard | Roman Mastrangelo |
  | Australia | Matthew Lloyd | Adam Hansen | Oenone Wood | Bridie O'Donnell | Simon Clarke | Matt King |
  | Austria | Christian Pfannberger | Stefan Denifl | Monika Schachl | Monika Schachl | Martin Schöffmann | Stefan Denifl |
  | Bahamas | Tracey Sweeting | Mark Holowesko | | | Laurence Jupp | |
  | Belarus | Yauheni Hutarovich | Andrei Kunitski | Tatsiana Sharakova | Tatsiana Sharakova | Siarhei Papok | Siarhei Papok |
  | Belgium | Jürgen Roelandts | Stijn Devolder | Ilse Geldhof | An Van Rie | Dimitri Claeys | Jan Ghyselinck |
  | Belize | Gregory Lovell | | | | | |
  | Bolivia | Horacio Gallardo | Óscar Soliz | Ana Maria Ventura | | Ramiro Miranda | |
  | Brazil | Valcemar Justino da Silva | Cleberson de Almeida | Clemilda Fernandes | Camila Pinheiro Monteiro Rodrigues | |
  | Bulgaria | Georgi Petrov | Ivaïlo Gabrovski | | | | |
  | Burkina Faso | Abdul Wahab Sawadogo | | | | | |
  | Canada | Christian Meier | Svein Tuft | Alex Wrubleski | Anne Samplonius | | David Veilleux |
  | Chile | Gonzalo Miranda | Robinson Núñez | Paola Muñoz | | Juan Raúl Bravo | Juan Raúl Bravo |
  | China | Gang Xu | Baoqing Song | | | | |
  | Colombia | Darwin Atapuma | Israel Ochoa | Ana Paola Madriñan | Ana Paola Madriñan | | |
  | Ivory Coast | Bassirou Konté | | | | | |
  | Costa Rica | Alexander Sanchez | Henry Raabe | Marcela Castillo | Roxana Alvarado | César Rojas | Moisés Hernández |
  | Croatia | Tomislav Dančulović | Matija Kvasina | Viena Balen | Viena Balen | Kristijan Đurasek | Kristijan Đurasek |
  | Cyprus | Nikos Dimitriou | Andreas Nikolaou | | | | |
  | Cuba | Juan Carlos Arias | Pedro Portuondo | Yumari González | Dalila Rodriguez | | |
  | Czech Republic | Petr Benčík | František Raboň | Martina Ružicková | Jarmila Machačová | | |
  | Denmark | Nicki Sørensen | Lars Bak | Linda Villumsen | Linda Villumsen | Mads Rydicher | Michael Christensen |
  | Dominican Republic | Wendy Cruz | | Juana Fernandez | | Adderlyn Cruz | |
  | Ecuador | Carlos Quishpe | | Maria Bone | | Rafael Eduardo | |
  | El Salvador | Alberto Guevara | Paolo Ferraro | Roxana Ortiz | Roxana Ortiz | | |
  | Eritrea | Daniel Teklehaymanot | | | | | |
  | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | Tanel Kangert | Grete Treier | Grete Treier | Jõeäär Gert | Jõeäär Gert |
  | France | Nicolas Vogondy | Sylvain Chavanel | Jeannie Longo | Jeannie Longo | Arnaud Courteille | |
  | Finland | Jussi Veikkanen | Matti Helminen | Mirella Harju | Anne Rautio | Paavo Paajanen | Jussi Eskelinen |
  | Germany | Fabian Wegmann | Bert Grabsch | Luise Keller | Hanka Kupfernagel | Martin Reimer | Andreas Henig |
  | Ghana | Emmanuel Amoako | | | | | |
  | Greece | Nikolaos Kaloudakis | Iosif Dalezios | Anastasia Pastourmatzi | Elissavet Chantzi | | Neofytos Sakellaridis |
  | Guatemala | José Migdael Zeceña | | | | Rolando Solomán | |
  | Guyana | John Charles | | | | | |
  | Hungary | Zoltán Madaras | László Bodrogi | | Mónika Király | | Gábor Fejes |
  | India | | Harpreet Singh | | Neelamma Malagawad | | |
  | Indonesia | Parno Parno | | Santia Tri Kusuma | | | |
  | Iran | Ghader Mizbani | Hossein Askari | | | | |
  | Ireland | Dan Martin | Paul Healion | Siobhan Dervan | Olivia Dillon | Dan Martin | Denis Dunworth |
  | Iceland | Hafsteinn Geirsson | Hafsteinn Geirsson | Bryndís Þorsteinsdóttir | Karen Axelsdóttir | | |
  | Israel | Hortig Nati | Maxim Borlitzkey | Leah Goldstein | Leah Goldstein | | |
  | Italy | Filippo Simeoni | Marco Pinotti | Fabiana Luperini | Tatiana Guderzo | Damiano Caruso | Adriano Malori |
  | Jamaica | | | Iona Wynter-Parks | | | |
  | Japan | Hidenori Nodera | Kazuya Okazaki | Miho Oki | | | |
  | Kazakhstan | Assan Bazayev | Andrey Mizurov | Zoulfia Zabirova | Zoulfia Zabirova | | |
  | Kyrgyzstan | Evgeny Vakker | Evgeny Vakker | | | | |
  | Latvia | Normunds Lasis | Raivis Belohvoščiks | | | | Gatis Smukulis |
  | Lesotho | Poloko Makara | Poloko Makara | | | | |
  | Lebanon | Salah Ribah | Kevork Altounian | | | | |
  | Libya | Fethi Ahmed Atunsi | Ahmed Atunsi | | | | |
  | Liechtenstein | Dimitri Jiriakov | Dimitri Jiriakov | | | | |
  | Lithuania | Tomas Vaitkus | Ignatas Konovalovas | Modesta Vžesniauskaitė | Daiva Tušlaitė | | |
  | Luxembourg | Fränk Schleck | Kim Kirchen | Nathalie Lamborelle | Christine Majerus | Cyrille Heymans | Ben Gastauer |
  | Madagascar | Fiandraza Bayard | David Solosofon | | | | |
  | Malaysia | Mohammed Lutfi | | Alias Noor Azian | | | |
  | Malta | Etienne Bonello | Etienne Bonello | Marie Claire Aquilina | Danica Spiteri | | |
  | Morocco | Adil Jelloul | | | | | |
  | Mauritius | Hugo Caëtane | Yannick Lincoln | | | | |
  | Mexico | Luis Fernando Macias | José Manuel García | Alessandra Grassi | Alessandra Grassi | Luis Pulido | Rodolfo Avila |
  | Moldova | Alexandre Pliușchin | Sergiu Cioban | | | | |
  | Mongolia | Khayankhyarvaa Uuganbayar | Tuulkhangai Tuguldur | Jamsran Ulzii-Solongo | Jamsran Ulzii-Solongo | | |
  | Namibia | Dan Craven | Jacques Celliers | Cordula Moller | | | |
  | Netherlands | Lars Boom | Lars Boom | Marianne Vos | Mirjam Melchers | Ronan van Zandbeek | |
  | New Zealand | Julian Dean | Logan Hutchings | Melissa Holt | Melissa Holt | Thomas Hanover | Clinton Avery |
  | Nicaragua | Fernando Tejada | | | | | |
  | North Korea | Chol Ryong Kim | Chol Ryong Kim | | | | |
  | Norway | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Anita Valen de Vries | Anita Valen de Vries | Ole Jørgen Jensen | Vegard Breen |
  | Panama | Jonathon Torres | | | | Jorge Castelblanco | |
  | Paraguay | Raúl Fernández | Raúl Fernández | | | | |
  | Peru | Hugo Mochica | Hugo Mochica | Daysi Sulca | Daysi Sulca | Sergio Sarate | Fernando Flores |
  | Poland | Marcin Sapa | Łukasz Bodnar | Paulina Brzeźna | Bogumiła Matusiak | Piotr Osiñski | Jarosław Marycz |
  | Portugal | João Cabreira | Sérgio Paulinho | Esther Alves | Isabel Caetano | | Nelson Oliveira |
  | Romania | Alexandru Ciocan | George Manu | Eniko Nagy | Eniko Nagy | | Ionel Rusu |
  | Russia | Serguei Ivanov | Vladimir Gusev | Yuliya Martisova | Elena Chalyh | | Timofey Kritsky |
  | Saint Lucia | Kurt Maraj | | | | | |
  | Seychelles | Francis Louis | Andy Rose | | | | |
  | South Korea | Sung Baek Park | Jung Hwan Youm | | | | |
  | Serbia | Predrag Prokić | Esad Hasanović | Dragana Kovačević | Vanessa Durman | Gabor Kasa | Đorde Jovanovic |
  | Slovakia | Matej Jurčo | Matej Jurčo | | | Ondrej Zelinka | |
  | Slovenia | Borut Božič | Gregor Gazvoda | | | Gašper Švab | |
  | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Luis León Sánchez | | | | |
  | Sweden | Jonas Ljungblad | Fredrik Ericsson | Emilia Fahlin | Emma Johansson | Jonas Ahlstrand | Tobias Ludvigsson |
  | Switzerland | Markus Zberg | Fabian Cancellara | Jennifer Hohl | Karin Thürig | | Marcel Wyss |
  | Turkey | Orhan Şahin | Kemal Küçükbay | Semra Yetiş | | Recep Ünalan | |
  | Ukraine | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Andriy Hryvko | Tetyana Styazhkina | Tetyana Styazhkina | | Yuriy Agarkov |
  | United Kingdom | Robert Hayles | Michael Hutchinson | Nicole Cooke | Sharon Laws | Peter Kennaugh | Alex Dowsett |
  | United Arab Emirates | Khaled Ali Shambih | Badr Bani Hammad | | | | |
  | United States | Tyler Hamilton | David Zabriskie | Brooke Miller | Alison Powers | Kirk Carlsen | Peter Stetina |
  | Uzbekistan | Sergey Lagutin | Vladimir Tuychiev | | | | |
  | Venezuela | Noel Vasquez | Tomás Gil | Danielys García | Danielys García | | |
  | Vietnam | | Mai Cong Hieu | | Doan Thi Cam Mien | | |
  | Zimbabwe | Dave Martin | Dave Martin | Linda Davidson | | | |
  