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| Road Cycling World Championships Men: Road Race | 
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| Year | Location | 
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| 2008 | Varese (ita) | |||
| 2007 | Stuttgart (ger) | Paolo Bettini (ita) | Aleksandr Kolobnev (rus) | Stefan Schumacher (ger) |
| 2006 | Salzburg (aut) | Paolo Bettini (ita) | Erik Zabel (ger) | Alejandro Valverde (spa) |
| 2005 | Madrid (spa) | Tom Boonen (bel) | Alejandro Valverde (spa) | Anthony Geslin (fra) |
| 2004 | Verona (ita) | Oscar Freire (spa) | Erik Zabel (ger) | Luca Paolini (ita) |
| 2003 | Hamilton (can) | Igor Astarloa (spa) | Alejandro Valverde (spa) | Peter van Petegem (bel) |
| 2002 | Zolder (bel) | Mario Cipollini (ita) | Robbie McEwen (aus) | Erik Zabel (ger) |
| 2001 | Lisboa (por) | Oscar Freire (spa) | Paolo Bettini (ita) | Andrej Hauptman (svn) |
| 2000 | Plouay (fra) | Romans Vainsteins (lat) | Zbigniew Spruch (pol) | Oscar Freire (spa) |
| 1999 | Verona (ita) | Oscar Freire (spa) | Markus Zberg (swi) | Jean-Cyril Robin (fra) |
| 1998 | Valkenburg (net) | Oscar Camenzind (swi) | Peter van Petegem (bel) | Michele Bartoli (ita) |
| 1997 | San Sebastián (spa) | Laurent Brochard (fra) | Bo Hamburger (den) | Leon van Bon (net) |
| 1996 | Lugano (swi) | Johan Museeuw (bel) | Mauro Gianetti (swi) | Michele Bartoli (ita) |
| 1995 | Duitama (col) | Abraham Olano (spa) | Miguel Indurain (spa) | Marco Pantani (ita) |
| 1994 | Agrigento (ita) | Luc Leblanc (fra) | Claudio Chiappucci (ita) | Richard Virenque (fra) |
| 1993 | Oslo (nor) | Lance Armstrong (usa) | Miguel Indurain (spa) | Olaf Ludwig (ger) |
| 1992 | Benidorm (spa) | Gianni Bugno (ita) | Laurent Jalabert (fra) | Dmitriy Konychev (rus) |
| 1991 | Stuttgart (ger) | Gianni Bugno (ita) | Steven Rooks (net) | Miguel Indurain (spa) |
| 1990 | Utsunomiya (jpn) | Rudy Dhaenens (bel) | Dirk de Wolf (bel) | Gianni Bugno (ita) |
| 1989 | Chambéry (fra) | Greg LeMond (usa) | Dmitriy Konychev (sov) | Sean Kelly (ire) |
| 1988 | Ronse (bel) | Maurizio Fondriest (ita) | Martial Gayant (fra) | Juan Fernández (spa) |
| 1987 | Villach (aut) | Stephen Roche (ire) | Moreno Argentin (ita) | Juan Fernández (spa) |
| 1986 | Colorado Springs (usa) | Moreno Argentin (ita) | Charly Mottet (fra) | Giuseppe Saronni (ita) |
| 1985 | Giavera del Montello (ita) | Joop Zoetemelk (net) | Greg LeMond (usa) | Moreno Argentin (ita) |
| 1984 | Barcelona (spa) | Claude Criquielion (bel) | Claudio Corti (ita) | Steve Bauer (can) |
| 1983 | Altenrhein (swi) | Greg LeMond (usa) | Adri van der Poel (net) | Stephen Roche (ire) |
| 1982 | Goodwood (gbr) | Giuseppe Saronni (ita) | Greg LeMond (usa) | Sean Kelly (ire) |
| 1981 | Praha (czs) | Freddy Maertens (bel) | Giuseppe Saronni (ita) | Bernard Hinault (fra) |
| 1980 | Sallanches (fra) | Bernard Hinault (fra) | Gianbattista Baronchelli (ita) | Juan Fernández (spa) |
| 1979 | Valkenburg (net) | Jan Raas (net) | Didi Thurau (wge) | Jean-René Bernaudeau (fra) |
| 1978 | Adenau (wge) | Gerrie Knetemann (net) | Francesco Moser (ita) | Jørgen Marcussen (den) |
| 1977 | San Cristóbal (ven) | Francesco Moser (ita) | Didi Thurau (wge) | Franco Bitossi (ita) |
| 1976 | Ostuni (ita) | Freddy Maertens (bel) | Francesco Moser (ita) | Tino Conti (ita) |
| 1975 | Yvoir (bel) | Hennie Kuiper (net) | Roger de Vlaeminck (bel) | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (fra) |
| 1974 | Montréal (can) | Eddy Merckx (bel) | Raymond Poulidor (fra) | Mariano Martinez (fra) |
| 1973 | Barcelona (spa) | Felice Gimondi (ita) | Freddy Maertens (bel) | Luis Ocaña (spa) |
| 1972 | Gap (fra) | Marino Basso (ita) | Franco Bitossi (ita) | Cyrille Guimard (fra) |
| 1971 | Mendrisio (swi) | Eddy Merckx (bel) | Felice Gimondi (ita) | Cyrille Guimard (fra) |
| 1970 | Leicester (gbr) | Jean-Pierre Monsère (bel) | Leif Mortensen (den) | Felice Gimondi (ita) |
| 1969 | Zolder (bel) | Harm Ottenbros (net) | Julien Stevens (bel) | Michele Dancelli (ita) |
| 1968 | Imola (ita) | Vittorio Adorni (ita) | Herman van Springel (bel) | Michele Dancelli (ita) |
| 1967 | Heerlen (net) | Eddy Merckx (bel) | Jan Janssen (net) | Ramón Sáez (spa) |
| 1966 | Adenau (wge) | Rudi Altig (wge) | Jacques Anquetil (fra) | Raymond Poulidor (fra) |
| 1965 | Lasarte (spa) | Tom Simpson (gbr) | Rudi Altig (wge) | Roger Swerts (bel) |
| 1964 | Sallanches (fra) | Jan Janssen (net) | Vittorio Adorni (ita) | Raymond Poulidor (fra) |
| 1963 | Ronse (bel) | Benoni Beheyt (bel) | Rik van Looy (bel) | Jo de Haan (net) |
| 1962 | Salò (ita) | Jean Stablinki (fra) | Seamus Elliott (ire) | Jos Hoevenaers (bel) |
| 1961 | Bern (swi) | Rik van Looy (bel) | Nino Defilippis (ita) | Raymond Poulidor (fra) |
| 1960 | Karl-Marx-Stadt (ege) | Rik van Looy (bel) | André Darrigade (fra) | Pino Cerami (bel) |
| 1959 | Zandvoort (net) | André Darrigade (fra) | Michele Gismondi (ita) | Noël Foré (bel) |
| 1958 | Reims (fra) | Ercole Baldini (ita) | Louison Bobet (fra) | André Darrigade (fra) |
| 1957 | Waregem (bel) | Rik van Steenbergen (bel) | Louison Bobet (fra) | André Darrigade (fra) |
| 1956 | Ballerup (den) | Rik van Steenbergen (bel) | Rik van Looy (bel) | Gerrit Schulte (net) |
| 1955 | Frascati (ita) | Stan Ockers (bel) | Jean-Paul Schmitz (lux) | Germain Derijcke (bel) |
| 1954 | Solingen (wge) | Louison Bobet (fra) | Fritz Schär (swi) | Charly Gaul (lux) |
| 1953 | Lugano (swi) | Fausto Coppi (ita) | Germain Derijcke (bel) | Stan Ockers (bel) |
| 1952 | Luxembourg (lux) | Heinz Müller (wge) | Gottfried Weilenmann (swi) | Ludwig Hormann (wge) |
| 1951 | Varese (ita) | Ferdi Kübler (swi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ita) | Antonio Bevilacqua (ita) |
| 1950 | Moorslede (bel) | Briek Schotte (bel) | Theo Middelkamp (net) | Ferdi Kübler (swi) |
| 1949 | København (den) | Rik van Steenbergen (bel) | Ferdi Kübler (swi) | Fausto Coppi (ita) |
| 1948 | Valkenburg (net) | Briek Schotte (net) | Apo Lazarides (fra) | Lucien Teisseire (fra) |
| 1947 | Reims (fra) | Theo Middelkamp (net) | Albert Sercu (bel) | Jef Janssen (net) |
| 1946 | Zürich (swi) | Hans Knecht (swi) | Marcel Kint (bel) | Rik van Steenbergen (bel) |
| 1938 | Valkenburg (net) | Marcel Kint (bel) | Paul Egli (swi) | Leo Amberg (swi) |
| 1937 | København (den) | Eloi Meulenberg (bel) | Emil Kijewski (ger) | Paul Egli (swi) |
| 1936 | Bern (swi) | Antonin Magne (fra) | Aldo Bini (ita) | Theo Middelkamp (net) |
| 1935 | Floreffe (bel) | Jean Aerts (bel) | Luciano Montero (spa) | Gustave Danneels (bel) |
| 1934 | Leipzig (ger) | Karel Kaers (bel) | Learco Guerra (ita) | Gustave Danneels (bel) |
| 1933 | Montlhéry (fra) | Georges Speicher (fra) | Antonin Magne (fra) | Marijn Valentijn (net) |
| 1932 | Roma (ita) | Alfredo Binda (ita) | Remo Bertoni (ita) | Nicolas Frantz (lux) |
| 1931 | København (den) | Learco Guerra (ita) | Ferdinand le Drogo (fra) | Albert Büchi (swi) |
| 1930 | Liège (bel) | Alfredo Binda (ita) | Learco Guerra (ita) | Georges Ronsse (bel) |
| 1929 | Zürich (swi) | Georges Ronsse (bel) | Nicolas Frantz (lux) | Alfredo Binda (ita) |
| 1928 | Budapest (hun) | Georges Ronsse (bel) | Herbert Nebe (ger) | Bruno Wolke (ger) |
| 1927 | Adenau (ger) | Alfredo Binda (ita) | Costante Girardengo (ita) | Domenico Piemontesi (ita) |
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Note: 1928-1996 only professionals were allowed to compete, there was a special road race for amateurs 1927: open race, but there was a separate awarding for amateurs |
