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2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

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Men's time trial
2018 UCI Road World Championships
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates26 September 2018
Stages1
Distance52.1 km (32.37 mi)
Winning time1h 03' 02.57"[1]
Medalists
   Gold Australia Rohan Dennis (AUS)
   Silver Netherlands Tom Dumoulin (NED)
   Bronze Belgium Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
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The Men's time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 25th edition of the championship, for which Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands was the defending champion, having won in 2017.[2] 61 riders from 40 nations entered the competition.[3]

Rohan Dennis became the second Australian male to win the world time trial title – after Michael Rogers, who won three consecutive titles between 2003 and 2005 – finishing almost a minute and a half clear of any other rider.[4] The silver medal was more closely contested, with only 0.53 seconds covering the remaining medal-winners; it was settled in favour of defending champion Dumoulin, surpassing Belgium's Victor Campenaerts, the European champion, on the finish line.[5]

Course

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The race consisted of a route 52.1 kilometres (32.4 miles) in length, starting from Rattenberg and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, except for a climb of 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) between Fritzens and Gnadenwald, with an average 7.1% gradient and maximum of 14% in places.[6]

Qualification

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All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.[7]

Champion Name Note
Outgoing world champion  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Competed
European champion  Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
Oceanian champion  Hamish Bond (NZL)
African champion  Mekseb Debesay (ERI) Entered, but did not start
Asian champion  Cheung King Lok (HKG) Did not compete
Pan American champion  Walter Vargas (COL)

Participating nations

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61 cyclists from 40 nations were scheduled to take part in the men's time trial.[3] However, five riders – Eritrea's Mekseb Debesay and Daniel Teklehaimanot, Pakistan's Arsalan Anjum Muhammad and Najeeb Ullah and Eugert Zhupa from Albania – did not start, therefore reducing the event to 56 competitors from 37 nations. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.[1]

Final classification

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Gold medallist Rohan Dennis on the podium

All 56 race starters completed the 52.1-kilometre (32.4 mi)-long course.[1]

Rank Rider Time
1 Australia Rohan Dennis (AUS) 1h 03' 02.57"
2 Netherlands Tom Dumoulin (NED) + 1' 21.09"
3 Belgium Victor Campenaerts (BEL) + 1' 21.62"
4 Poland Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) + 2' 04.58"
5 Portugal Nelson Oliveira (POR) + 2' 14.34"
6 Spain Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) + 2' 17.53"
7 Germany Tony Martin (GER) + 2' 25.23"
8 New Zealand Patrick Bevin (NZL) + 2' 34.78"
9 Belarus Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) + 3' 07.54"
10 Denmark Martin Toft Madsen (DEN) + 3' 23.39"
11 Germany Maximilian Schachmann (GER) + 3' 39.95"
12 Switzerland Stefan Küng (SUI) + 3' 44.23"
13 Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) + 4' 07.98"
14 Czech Republic Jan Bárta (CZE) + 4' 08.15"
15 United States Joey Rosskopf (USA) + 4' 20.09"
16 Netherlands Wilco Kelderman (NED) + 4' 21.09"
17 Poland Maciej Bodnar (POL) + 4' 22.47"
18 Denmark Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) + 4' 28.86"
19 Netherlands Jos van Emden (NED) + 4' 33.61"
20 France Benjamin Thomas (FRA) + 4' 44.96"
21 Estonia Tanel Kangert (EST) + 4' 45.14"
22 Spain Marc Soler (ESP) + 4' 47.78"
23 Luxembourg Bob Jungels (LUX) + 4' 47.94"
24 Czech Republic Josef Černý (CZE) + 4' 49.29"
25 New Zealand Hamish Bond (NZL) + 4' 50.45"
26 Austria Matthias Brändle (AUT) + 4' 51.20"
27 United States Tejay van Garderen (USA) + 4' 53.58"
28 Italy Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) + 5' 05.54"
29 United Kingdom Alex Dowsett (GBR) + 5' 24.70"
30 Italy Fabio Felline (ITA) + 5' 25.71"
31 Slovenia Jan Tratnik (SLO) + 5' 38.14"
32 Canada Hugo Houle (CAN) + 5' 39.52"
33 Russia Pavel Sivakov (RUS) + 5' 49.99"
34 France Yoann Paillot (FRA) + 5' 57.58"
35 United Kingdom Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) + 6' 03.37"
36 Austria Georg Preidler (AUT) + 6' 12.60"
37 Colombia Rodrigo Contreras (COL) + 6' 20.28"
38 Ukraine Andriy Hrivko (UKR) + 6' 22.11"
39 Ethiopia Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) + 6' 23.36"
40 Norway Kristoffer Skjerping (NOR) + 6' 24.48"
41 Portugal Domingos Gonçalves (POR) + 6' 29.11"
42 Russia Anton Vorobyev (RUS) + 6' 34.19"
43 Lithuania Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) + 6' 47.52"
44 Latvia Toms Skujiņš (LAT) + 6' 47.80"
45 Argentina Eduardo Sepúlveda (ARG) + 6' 49.23"
46 Republic of Ireland Nicolas Roche (IRL) + 7' 03.69"
47 Switzerland Silvan Dillier (SUI) + 7' 03.85"
48 Sweden Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) + 7' 05.22"
49 Republic of Ireland Ryan Mullen (IRL) + 7' 17.92"
50 Belgium Laurens De Plus (BEL) + 8' 14.20"
51 Lithuania Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) + 8' 16.52"
52 Slovakia Marek Čanecký (SVK) + 10' 50. 19"
53 Syria Ahmad Wais (SYR) + 15' 30.45"
54 Indonesia Dealton Prayogo (INA) + 17' 33.55"
55 Hong Kong Chiu Ho San (HKG) + 18' 05.50"
56 British Virgin Islands Darel Christopher Jr. (BVI) + 28' 41.30"
Eritrea Mekseb Debesay (ERI) DNS
Eritrea Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI) DNS
Pakistan Arsalan Anjum Muhammad (PAK) DNS
Albania Eugert Zhupa (ALB) DNS
Pakistan Najeeb Ullah (PAK) DNS

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Dumoulin wins time trial world championship in Bergen". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Start List / Liste de départ: Men Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Rohan Dennis stuns Tom Dumoulin to claim World Road Race time trial title". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Press Association. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ^ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (26 September 2018). "Rohan Dennis wins UCI World Championships elite men's time trial taking over a minute out of Tom Dumoulin". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Rohan Dennis beats Dumoulin for world time trial title". New Jersey Herald. Keith Flynn, Quincy Media. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018. The course through the Austrian Alps was rather flat for the first 30 kilometers, until a five-kilometer climb from Fritzens to Gnadenwald with an average gradient of 7.1 percent.
  7. ^ "Nations and quotas of athletes revealed for Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. Deltatre. 16 August 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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