1989 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = Men's Individual Road Race
| image = Jersey rainbow.svg
| image_caption = Rainbow jersey
| image_size = 150
| series = 1989 UCI Road World Championships
| race_no =
| series_no =
| date = 27 August 1989
| stages = 1
| distance = 259.35
| unit = km
| time = 6h 45' 59"
| type = medals
| first = Greg LeMond
| first_nat = USA
| first_natvar =
| first_team = United States
| second = Dimitri Konyshev
| second_nat = URS
| second_natvar =
| second_team = Soviet Union
| third = Sean Kelly
| third_nat = IRL
| third_natvar =
| third_team = Ireland
| previous = 1988
| next = 1990
}}
The men's road race at the 1989 UCI Road World Championships was the 56th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 27 August 1989, in Chambéry, France over a distance of {{convert|259.35|km}}.{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/worlds/worlds-1989.html|title=1989 World Pro Road Cycling Championships|work=BikeRaceInfo|access-date=10 December 2017}}
190 riders started, there were 42 classified finishers, and the winner's average speed was {{convert|38.33|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1989.php|title=56ème Championnat du monde sur route 1989|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103073334/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/chp_mondial/mondial1989.php|archive-date=3 November 2004}}
The race was won by Greg LeMond of the United States. By winning the race, LeMond achieved two cycling doubles: This was his second World Championship road race win, following his victory at the 1983 event. He was also the World Championship road race and a Grand Tour winner in the same year, after his success at the 1989 Tour de France.{{fact|date=October 2021}}
Final classification
| General classification (1–10){{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=26&y=1989|title=1989 World Championship|work=First Cycling|access-date=10 December 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | {{gold1}}
| {{flagathlete|Greg LeMond|USA}} | style="text-align:center;" | {{nowrap|6h 45' 59"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | {{silver2}}
| {{flagathlete|Dimitri Konyshev|URS}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 0" |
| style="text-align:center;" | {{bronze3}}
| {{flagathlete|Sean Kelly|IRL}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 0" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Steven Rooks|NED}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 0" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Thierry Claveyrolat|FRA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 3" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Laurent Fignon|FRA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 3" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Martin Earley|IRL}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 10" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Gianni Bugno|ITA}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 10" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Rolf Sørensen|DEN}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 10" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Claude Criquielion|BEL}} | style="text-align:center;" | + 10" |
|}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news|last=Fotheringham|first=William|author-link=William Fotheringham|title=Thirty years ago: UCI Road World Championships 1989, Chambéry France|url=https://www.prendas.co.uk/blogs/news/world-championships-chambery-1989|access-date=10 April 2020|website=Prendas Ciclismo|date=28 August 2019}}
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