Participation in the Elite Men's individual road race

Automatically qualified nations

Countries	Max. participation
1. Italy*	18 enrolled of whom 12 starters
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. France
5. Australia
6. U.S.A.
7. Switzerland
8. Netherlands
9. Belgium
10. Denmark
11. Russia	14 enrolled of whom 8 starters
12. Austria
13. Ukraine
14. Kazakhstan
15. Colombia
16. Poland	8 enrolled of whom 4 starters
17. Great Britain
18. Slovenia
19. Portugal
20. Czech Republic
21. Estonia	4 enrolled of whom 2 starters
22. Norway
23. Sweden
24. Lithuania
25. Latvia
26. Luxembourg
27. South Africa
28. New Zealand
29. Canada*
30. Hungary
31. Croatie	4 enrolled of whom 2 starters
32. Moldavia
33. Belarus	2 enrolled of whom 1 starter
34. Brazil
35. Ireland
36. Venezuela

* Italy may also enter last year's outgoing World Champion Mario CIPOLLINI

* Canada, being the organising country, gets a higher ranking, therefore, is granted 8 enrolled of whom 4 starters