1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race

Men's U-23 Individual Road Race

1998 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates	October 9, 1998
Stages	1
Distance	172 km (106.9 mi)
Winning time	04h 00' 29"
Medalists
Gold  Ivan Basso (ITA) (Italy)    Silver  Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA) (Italy)    Bronze  Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (Italy)

The Men's Under-23 Individual Road Race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on October 9, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 172 kilometres (10 x 17.2 km laps). There were a total number of 180 starters, with 130 cyclists actually finishing the race.

Rank	Rider	Time
	Ivan Basso (ITA)	04:00:29
	Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)	+ 00.16
	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	s.t.
4.	Alexandre Usov (BLR)	s.t.
5.	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	s.t.
6.	René Haselbacher (AUT)	s.t.
7.	Hernán Antolinez (COL)	s.t.
8.	Sasa Gajicic (YUG)	+ 00.17
9.	Frédéric Finot (FRA)	s.t.
10.	Matej Stare (SLO)	s.t.
11.	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	s.t.
12.	Stephan Schreck (GER)	s.t.
13.	Christophe Brandt (BEL)	s.t.
14.	Andrejus Smirnovas (LTU)	s.t.
15.	Marius Sabaliaskas (LTU)	s.t.
16.	Benoît Joachim (LUX)	s.t.
17.	Dave Bruylandts (BEL)	s.t.
18.	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	s.t.
19.	Tadej Valjavec (SLO)	s.t.
20.	Cadel Evans (AUS)	s.t.
21.	Kjell Carlström (FIN)	s.t.
22.	Karsten Kroon (NED)	s.t.
23.	Jaroslaw Ryszewski (POL)	s.t.
24.	Dmitri Gaynytdinov (RUS)	s.t.
25.	Michael Reihs (DEN)	+ 00.18

• Results