1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race

The men's road race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Sunday October 11, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 258 kilometres (15 laps). There were a total number of 153 starters, with 66 cyclists finishing the race.

Lance Armstrong's fourth-place finish was stripped by USADA in 2012 due to doping.

Non-finishers

 * Did not finish
 * 🇫🇷 Christophe Bassons (FRA)
 * 🇫🇷 Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)
 * 🇫🇷 Xavier Jan (FRA)
 * 🇫🇷 Anthony Langella (FRA)
 * 🇫🇷 Pascal Lino (FRA)
 * Bo Hamburger
 * Frank Høj
 * Brian Holm
 * Allan Johansen
 * Danny Jonasson
 * Nicolay Bo Larsen
 * Peter Meinert Nielsen
 * Lars Michaelsen
 * Jesper Skibby
 * Marc Lotz
 * Danny Nelissen
 * Bart Voskamp
 * 🇩🇪 Bert Dietz (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Sascha Henrix (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Danilo Hondo (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Kai Hundertmark (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Andre Korff (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Thomas Liese (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Grischa Niermann (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Jan Schaffrath (GER)
 * 🇩🇪 Jens Voigt (GER)
 * 🇪🇸 Manuel Beltrán (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 David Etxebarria (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 Félix García (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 Álvaro González (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 Roberto Heras (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 Jon Odriozola (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 David Plaza (ESP)
 * 🇪🇸 José Ramón Uriarte (ESP)
 * Franz Hotz
 * Rolf Järmann
 * Fabian Jeker
 * Roland Meier
 * Daniel Schnider
 * Markus Zberg
 * 🇪🇪 Andres Lauk (EST)
 * 🇪🇪 Peep Mikli (EST)
 * 🇧🇪 Chris Peers (BEL)
 * 🇧🇪 Jo Planckaert (BEL)
 * 🇧🇪 Tom Steels (BEL)
 * 🇧🇪 Erwin Thijs (BEL)
 * 🇧🇪 Kurt Van De Wouwer (BEL)
 * 🇸🇪 Michael Andersson (SWE)
 * 🇸🇪 Niklas Axelsson (SWE)
 * 🇸🇪 Magnus Bäckstedt (SWE)
 * 🇸🇪 Glenn Magnusson (SWE)
 * 🇮🇹 Mirko Celestino (ITA)
 * 🇮🇹 Massimo Donati (ITA)
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Zanini (ITA)
 * 🇦🇺 Tim Christopher (AUS)
 * 🇦🇺 Bradley McGee (AUS)
 * 🇺🇦 Vladimir Duma (UKR)
 * 🇷🇺 Viatcheslav Djavanian (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Dolgih (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Yukov (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Vitali Kokorine (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Vladimir Lelekine (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Alexei Sivakov (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Yuri Sourkov (RUS)
 * 🇷🇺 Piotr Ugrumov (RUS)
 * 🇺🇸 Dylan Casey (USA)
 * 🇺🇸 David Clinger (USA)
 * 🇺🇸 Christopher Horner (USA)
 * 🇺🇸 Trent Klasna (USA)
 * 🇺🇸 Christian Vande Velde (USA)
 * 🇺🇸 Jonathan Vaughters (USA)
 * 🇵🇱 Dariusz Baranowski (POL)
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Brożyna (POL)
 * 🇵🇱 Piotr Przydział (POL)
 * 🇵🇱 Andrzej Sypytkowski (POL)
 * 🇬🇧 Roger Hammond (GBR)
 * Dainis Ozols
 * Filip Branko
 * Joaquim Andrade
 * José Azevedo
 * Victor Gamito
 * 🇰🇿 Andrey Mizurov (KAZ)
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshiyuki Abe (JPN)
 * 🇳🇴 Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR)
 * 🇳🇿 Glen Mitchell (NZL)
 * 🇲🇽 Jesús Zárate (MEX)


 * Did not start
 * 🇮🇹 Filippo Simeoni (ITA)

External sources

 * Results