1982 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = Men's Individual Road Race

| image = Jersey rainbow.svg

| image_caption = Rainbow jersey

| image_size = 150

| series = 1982 UCI Road World Championships

| race_no =

| series_no =

| date = 5 September 1982

| stages = 1

| distance = 275.13

| unit = km

| time = 6h 42' 22"

| first = Giuseppe Saronni

| first_nat = ITA

| first_natvar =

| first_team = Italy

| second = Greg LeMond

| second_nat = USA

| second_natvar =

| second_team = United States

| third = Sean Kelly

| third_nat = IRL

| third_natvar =

| third_team = Ireland

| previous = 1981

| next = 1983

}}

The men's road race at the 1982 UCI Road World Championships was the 49th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 5 September 1982 and was based around the Goodwood Circuit, England.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/worlds/worlds-1982.html|title=1982 World Pro Road Cycling Championships|work=BikeRaceInfo|access-date=11 December 2017}} The race was won by Giuseppe Saronni of Italy.

Final classification

General classification (1–10){{cite web\|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1982\|title=1982 World Championship\|work=First Cycling\|access-date=11 December 2017}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1982.php\|title=49ème Championnat du monde sur route 1982\|work=Memoire du cyclisme\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041224183805/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1982.php\|archive-date=24 December 2004}} {\| class="wikitable"
scope="col" \| Rank ! scope="col" \| Rider ! scope="col" \| Time
style="text-align:center;" \| {{gold1}} \| {{flagathlete\|Giuseppe Saronni\|ITA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{nowrap\|6h 42' 22"}}
style="text-align:center;" \| {{silver2}} \| {{flagathlete\|Greg LeMond\|USA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 5"
style="text-align:center;" \| {{bronze3}} \| {{flagathlete\|Sean Kelly\|IRL}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 4 \| {{flagathlete\|Joop Zoetemelk\|NED}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 5 \| {{flagathlete\|Marino Lejarreta\|ESP}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 6 \| {{flagathlete\|Michel Pollentier\|BEL}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 7 \| {{flagathlete\|Juan Fernández\|ESP}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 8 \| {{flagathlete\|Klaus-Peter Thaler\|FRG}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 9 \| {{flagathlete\|Pierino Gavazzi\|ITA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"
style="text-align:center;" \| 10 \| {{flagathlete\|Jonathan Boyer\|USA}} \| style="text-align:center;" \| + 10"

General classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1982|title=1982 World Championship|work=First Cycling|access-date=11 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1982.php|title=49ème Championnat du monde sur route 1982|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041224183805/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1982.php|archive-date=24 December 2004}}

{| class="wikitable"

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Rider

! scope="col" | Time

style="text-align:center;" | {{gold1}}

| {{flagathlete|Giuseppe Saronni|ITA}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{nowrap|6h 42' 22"}}

style="text-align:center;" | {{silver2}}

| {{flagathlete|Greg LeMond|USA}}

| style="text-align:center;" | + 5"

style="text-align:center;" | {{bronze3}}

| {{flagathlete|Sean Kelly|IRL}}