2009 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's Individual Road Race of the 2009 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 27 September in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The course of 262 km consisted of nineteen laps around an undulating circuit. The pre-race favourites came from the strong Italian and Spanish national squads, with Damiano Cunego and Alejandro Valverde both considered possible contenders.
The race was won by Australian Cadel Evans, the first Australian victory in the World road race. Evans, who took his third victory of the season, moved clear from a group of nine riders on the final lap to win the race.
Final classification
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| Cadel Evans | 06h 56'26" | ||
| Alexandr Kolobnev | at 27" | ||
| Joaquim Rodríguez | s.t. | ||
| 4 | Samuel Sánchez | at 30" | |
| 5 | Fabian Cancellara | s.t. | |
| 6 | Philippe Gilbert | at 51" | |
| 7 | Matti Breschel | s.t. | |
| 8 | Damiano Cunego | s.t. | |
| 9 | Alejandro Valverde | s.t. | |
| 10 | Simon Gerrans | at 1'47" | |
| 11 | Fabian Wegmann | s.t. | |
| 12 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | s.t. | |
| 13 | Chris Anker Sørensen | at 1'59" | |
| 14 | Johnny Hoogerland | at 2'02" | |
| 15 | Óscar Freire | s.t. | |
| 16 | Ivan Basso | s.t. | |
| 17 | André Cardoso | at 2'44" | |
| 18 | Michael Barry | s.t. | |
| 19 | Sergei Ivanov | s.t. | |
| 20 | Karsten Kroon | at 2'50" | |
| 21 | Filippo Pozzato | s.t. | |
| 22 | Leonardo Duque | s.t. | |
| 23 | Koos Moerenhout | s.t. | |
| 24 | Sylwester Szmyd | s.t. | |
| 25 | Kevin De Weert | s.t. | |
| 26 | Alexander Vinokourov | s.t. | |
| 27 | Vasil Kiryienka | s.t. | |
| 28 | Oliver Zaugg | s.t. | |
| 29 | Sylvain Chavanel | s.t. | |
| 30 | Ignatas Konovalovas | s.t. | |
| 31 | Alexander Bocharov | s.t. | |
| 32 | Tadej Valjavec | s.t. | |
| 33 | Thomas Löfkvist | s.t. | |
| 34 | Sérgio Paulinho | s.t. | |
| 35 | Janez Brajkovič | s.t. | |
| 36 | Robert Gesink | at 3'01" | |
| 37 | Miguel Ángel Rubiano | at 3'21" | |
| 38 | Tom Boonen | s.t. | |
| 39 | Bert De Waele | s.t. | |
| 40 | Philip Deignan | s.t. | |
| 41 | Alessandro Ballan | s.t. | |
| 42 | Daniel Moreno | s.t. | |
| 43 | Jakob Fuglsang | at 3'45" | |
| 44 | Greg Van Avermaet | s.t. | |
| 45 | Kim Kirchen | at 4'20" | |
| 46 | Pierrick Fédrigo | at 4'29" | |
| 47 | Marcus Ljungqvist | at 5'20" | |
| 48 | Gorazd Štangelj | s.t. | |
| 49 | Jussi Veikkanen | s.t. | |
| 50 | José Rujano | s.t. | |
| 51 | Eduard Vorganov | s.t. | |
| 52 | Steve Cummings | s.t. | |
| 53 | Andriy Hryvko | s.t. | |
| 54 | Kristjan Fajt | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
| 55 | Murilo Fischer | at 5'20" | |
| 56 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | s.t. | |
| 57 | Fumiyuki Beppu | s.t. | |
| 58 | Assan Bazayev | s.t. | |
| 59 | Craig Lewis | s.t. | |
| 60 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | s.t. | |
| 61 | Christophe Riblon | s.t. | |
| 62 | Przemysław Niemiec | s.t. | |
| 63 | Nick Nuyens | s.t. | |
| 64 | Matthew Lloyd | at 6'07" | |
| 65 | Luca Paolini | at 7'43" | |
| 66 | Dmitry Fofonov | s.t. | |
| 67 | Thomas Voeckler | s.t. | |
| 68 | Dan Martin | at 8'22" | |
| 69 | Rui Costa | s.t. | |
| 70 | Vladimir Miholjević | at 10'54" | |
| 71 | Stefano Garzelli | s.t. | |
| 72 | Oleksandr Kvachuk | s.t. | |
| 73 | Bartosz Huzarski | s.t. | |
| 74 | José Serpa | s.t. | |
| 75 | Carlos José Ochoa | s.t. | |
| 76 | Hrvoje Miholjević | s.t. | |
| 77 | Aleksejs Saramotins | s.t. | |
| 78 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | s.t. | |
| 79 | Grischa Niermann | s.t. | |
| 80 | Timmy Duggan | s.t. | |
| 81 | Stian Remme | s.t. | |
| 82 | Michael Albasini | s.t. | |
| 83 | Franklin Chacón | s.t. | |
| 84 | Rene Mandri | s.t. | |
| 85 | Pavel Brutt | s.t. | |
| 86 | Michał Gołaś | s.t. | |
| 87 | Gabriel Rasch | s.t. | |
| 88 | Maarten Wijnants | s.t. | |
| 89 | Maxime Monfort | s.t. | |
| 90 | Martin Velits | s.t. | |
| 91 | Lars Boom | s.t. | |
| 92 | Roger Hammond | s.t. | |
| 93 | Christophe Le Mével | s.t. | |
| 94 | Tom Peterson | s.t. | |
| 95 | Dimitri Champion | s.t. | |
| 96 | Hayden Roulston | s.t. | |
| 97 | Maxim Iglinsky | s.t. | |
| 98 | Jason McCartney | s.t. | |
| 99 | Johannes Fröhlinger | s.t. | |
| 100 | Peter Velits | s.t. | |
| 101 | Rigoberto Urán | s.t. | |
| 102 | Gerhard Trampusch | at 14'03" | |
| 103 | Paul Martens | s.t. | |
| 104 | Volodymyr Zagorodniy | s.t. | |
| 105 | Vladimir Karpets | s.t. | |
| 106 | Jan Bárta | s.t. | |
| 107 | Michael Rogers | s.t. | |
| 108 | Juan Carlos López Marin | s.t. |
Riders who did not finish
90 riders failed to finish the race.| Rider | Country |
| Martín Garrido | |
| Alfredo Lucero | |
| Matías Médici | |
| Simon Clarke | |
| Allan Davis | |
| Mathew Hayman | |
| Stuart O'Grady | |
| Wesley Sulzberger | |
| Christoph Sokoll | |
| Peter Wrolich | |
| Aliaksandr Kuschynski | |
| Francis De Greef | |
| Tiago Fiorilli | |
| Magno Nazaret | |
| Ryder Hesjedal | |
| Svein Tuft | |
| Carlos Oyarzún | |
| Mauricio Ardila | |
| Andrey Amador | |
| Matija Kvasina | |
| Roman Kreuziger | |
| Martin Mareš | |
| Lars Bak | |
| Frank Høj | |
| Anders Lund | |
| Rein Taaramäe | |
| Janek Tombak | |
| Gerald Ciolek | |
| André Greipel | |
| Christian Knees |
| Rider | Country |
| Tony Martin | |
| Marcel Sieberg | |
| Russell Downing | |
| Chris Froome | |
| Daniel Lloyd | |
| David Millar | |
| Ian Stannard | |
| Ben Swift | |
| Geraint Thomas | |
| Istvan Cziraki | |
| Gergely Ivanics | |
| Péter Kusztor | |
| Nicolas Roche | |
| Marzio Bruseghin | |
| Michele Scarponi | |
| Giovanni Visconti | |
| Yukiya Arashiro | |
| Taiji Nishitani | |
| Valentin Iglinskiy | |
| Andrey Kashechkin | |
| Oļegs Meļehs | |
| Laurent Didier | |
| Jempy Drucker | |
| Andy Schleck | |
| Dan Craven | |
| Sebastian Langeveld | |
| Timothy Gudsell | |
| Roy Hegreberg | |
| Thor Hushovd |
| Rider | Country |
| Lars Petter Nordhaug | |
| Håvard Nybø | |
| Frederik Wilmann | |
| Jacek Morajko | |
| Maciej Paterski | |
| Guennadi Mikhailov | |
| Evgeny Popov | |
| Alexander Porsev | |
| Zolt Der | |
| Esad Hasanovic | |
| Nebojša Jovanović | |
| Ján Valach | |
| Grega Bole | |
| Borut Božič | |
| Jay Robert Thomson | |
| Carlos Barredo | |
| Juan José Cobo | |
| Rubén Plaza | |
| Rubens Bertogliati | |
| Mathias Frank | |
| Grégory Rast | |
| Serhiy Honchar | |
| Ruslan Pidgornyy | |
| Volodymyr Starchyk | |
| Andrew Bajadali | |
| Brent Bookwalter | |
| Tom Danielson | |
| Tyler Farrar | |
| Fabricio Ferrari | |
| Manuel Medina |
Nation qualification
| 14 to be enrolled, 9 to start |
| 9 to be enrolled, 6 to start |
| 5 to be enrolled, 3 to start |
| Tunisia |
| 2 to be enrolled, 1 to start |
| Cuba |
| Bulgaria |