Madrid - The UCI announced Thursday that the Italian city of Varesewas awarded the 2008 world road race championships.Varese was given the nod ahead of another Italian town, Lucques-Viareggio,and the Dutch city of Valkenburg.Varese hosted the world championships in 1951 when Swiss great FerdiKubler won the title.The UCI has also awarded the BMX championships in 2008 to Taiyuan, China.That discipline will make its Olympic debut that same year in Beijing.
 
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2006Road - Salzburg, AustriaTrack - Bordeaux, FranceMountain bike - Rotorua, New ZealandCyclo-cross - Zeddam, Netherlands2007Road - Stuttgart, GermanyTrack - Palma de Mallorca, SpainMountain bike - Fort William, ScotlandCyclo-cross - Hooglede-Gits, Belgium2008Road - Varese, ItalyCyclo-cross - Treviso, Italy2009Road - Mendrisio, Switzerland