COPENHAGEN, Sept 23, 2011 (AFP) – The last 10 winners of the road world championships’ rainbow jersey, ahead of Sunday’s 266 km race:

Men
2001 (Lisbon, Portugal): Oscar Freire (ESP)
2002 (Zolder, Belgium): Mario Cipollini (ITA)
2003 (Hamilton, Canada): Igor Astarloa (ESP)
2004 (Verona, Italie): Oscar Freire (ESP)
2005 (Madrid): Tom Boonen (BEL)
2006 (Salzburg, Austria): Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2007 (Stuttgart, Germany): Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2008 (Varese, Italy): Alessandro Ballan (ITA)
2009 (Mendrisio, Switzerland): Cadel Evans (AUS)
2010 (Geelong, Australia): Thor Hushvod (NOR)