National Road Race Championships
| Race | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Jan 13 | Matthew Lloyd | Adam Hansen | Rory Sutherland |
| Austria | Jun 29 | Christian Pfannberger | Hans Peter Obwaller | Stefan Rucker |
| Belgium | Jun 29 | Jürgen Roelandts | Sven Vanthourenhout | Niko Eeckhout |
| Canada | Jul 6 | Christian Meier | Bruno Langlois | Jacob Erker |
| Czech Republic & Slovakia | Jun 29 | Matej Jurčo | Roman Bronis | Petr Bencík |
| Denmark | Jun 29 | Nicki Sørensen | Matti Breschel | Jens-Erik Madsen |
| France | Jun 29 | Nicolas Vogondy | Arnaud Coyot | Julien Loubet |
| Germany | Jun 29 | Fabian Wegmann | Erik Zabel | Gerald Ciolek |
| Great Britain | Jun 29 | Robert Hayles | Peter Kennaugh | Dean Downing |
| Ireland | Jun 29 | Daniel Martin | Paídi O'Brien | Brian Kenneally |
| Italy | Jun 29 | Filippo Simeoni | Giovanni Visconti | Filippo Pozzato |
| Luxembourg | Jun 27 | Fränk Schleck | Benoît Joachim | Christian Poos |
| Netherlands | Jun 29 | Lars Boom | Koos Moerenhout | Steven de Jongh |
| New Zealand | Jan 13 | Julian Dean | Heath Blackgrove | Scott Lyttle |
| Norway | Jun 29 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Stian Remme | Lars Petter Nordhaug |
| Portugal | Jun 29 | João Cabreira | Tiago Machado | Cândido Barbosa |
| Russia | Jun 29 | Sergey Ivanov | Alexander Bazhenov | Roman Klimov |
| Spain | Jun 29 | Alejandro Valverde | Óscar Sevilla | Óscar Pereiro |
| Sweden | Jun 29 | Jonas Ljungblad | Nicklas Axelsson | Thomas Lövkvist |
| Switzerland | Jun 29 | Markus Zberg | Martin Elmiger | Mathias Frank |
| Ukraine | Jun 28 | Ruslan Pidgornyy | Denis Kostiuk | Volodymyr Zagorodniy |
| USA | Aug 31 | Tyler Hamilton | Blake Caldwell | Danny Pate |
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