UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

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UCI Road World Championships – Men's Time Trial
Jersey rainbow chrono.svg
Race details
Date End of season
Discipline time trial
Type One-day
Organiser UCI
History
First edition 1994 (1994)
Editions 22 (as of 2015)
First winner  Chris Boardman (GBR)
Most wins  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (4)
Most recent  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)

The UCI Road World Championships - Men's Time Trial is the annual world championship for road bicycle racing in the discipline of time trial, organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. Established in 1994, the event is part of the UCI Road World Championships, which are held annually in different cities around the world. The time-trial covers a route of approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) in an individual time trial against the clock. Riders start at two-minute intervals over a course that is usually flat or rolling terrain. The cyclist that completes the course in the shortest time is the winner and is entitled to wear the rainbow jersey in time trial events for the forthcoming year.

Fabian Cancellara has won the time trial the most, with four victories. Tony Martin and Michael Rogers are next with three wins each. Martin and Rogers's three victories were each achieved in successive years, from 2003 to 2005 and 2011 to 2013, which is a record.[1] German Michael Rich has finished second on three separate occasions, which is a record. Cancellara has the most third-place finishes with three. German cyclists are the most successful, with six victories. Swiss cyclists are second with five and Australians are third with three. The current champion is Vasil Kiryienka, who won the 2015 men's time trial ahead of Adriano Malori.[2]

History

Fabian Cancellara cycling during the UCI World Time Trial Championships
Fabian Cancellara during the 2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, which he won for a record fourth time.

Prior to the first event in 1994, there had been no world championship for the individual time trial. The cyclists who performed well in the time trials during the three Grand Tours were considered the best in the world.[1] The first event at the 1994 championships in Agrigento, Italy was won by British cyclist Chris Boardman ahead of Italian Andrea Chiurato. Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain won the event the following year, beating fellow Spaniard Abraham Olano by 49 seconds.[3] Alex Zülle, who won the Vuelta a Espana, was the champion in 1996, ahead of Boardman and fellow Swiss cyclist Tony Rominger. The following year, Frenchman Laurent Jalabert, beat Ukrainian Serhiy Honchar by three seconds in Valkenburg, to win the rainbow jersey.[4] Olano won the event in 1998, beating fellow countryman Melchior Mauri by thirty-seven seconds.[5]

Jan Ulrich won the event in 1999, beating Swede Michael Andersson by 14 seconds around the 50.8 kilometres (31.6 mi) course in Treviso.[6] Ulrich didn't enter in 2000 and Honchar won the rainbow jersey in his absence, beating German Michael Rich by 10 seconds in Plouay. Honchar was happy to win the event after previous second and third place finishes: "I'm really satisfied, after the silver and bronze, I've finally got my World Championship."[7] Ulrich returned the following year to reclaim the rainbow jersey, beating David Millar by 6 seconds in Lisbon.[8] Ulrich again decided against defending his title in 2002. Santiago Botero became the first Colombian to win a medal in a World Championship event, as he beat Rich by 8 seconds.[9] Millar was won the rainbow jersey in 2003, however, he was stripped of his title a year later after being found guilty of doping. Second-placed Michael Rogers was subsequently awarded the victory.[10]

Rogers retained the title the following year as he beat Rich by a minute and twelve seconds.[11] Rogers was victorious again in 2005, as he beat Iván Gutiérrez to win for the third successive year.[12] Rogers' run came to an the end the following year, Fabian Cancellara won beating David Zabriskie by one minute and eighteen seconds in Salzburg.[13] Cancellara retained his title in 2007, finishing ahead of László Bodrogi and Stef Clement.[14] Cancellara was absent in 2008, as German Bert Grabsch won the event ahead of Canadian Svein Tuft in Varese.[15] Cancellara regained the rainbow jersey in 2009, as he beat Gustav Larsson in Mendrisio.[16] He won the time trial for a record fourth time the following year, with Millar and Tony Martin second and third respectively. Cancellara was unsure whether he would compete beforehand, but stated: "It's maybe the hardest of all my wins because leading up to this I wasn't sure of my condition."[17]

Martin was victorious the following year in Copenhagen, as he beat Bradley Wiggins and Cancellara by over a minute. He would retain the rainbow jersey in 2012, however, the margin of victory was considerably smaller as he beat American Taylor Phinney by five seconds. Martin won the event for the third year in succession in 2013, again beating Wiggins and Cancellara. Martin did not win the event for the fourth time in 2014, as he was twenty-six seconds adrift of winner Wiggins in second place. Wiggins did not enter in 2015, focusing on breaking the hour record instead. In his place, Vasil Kiryienka was victorious, beating Adriano Malori and Jerome Coppel.[2]

Medal winners

  • The "Year" column refers to the year the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
  • The "Margin" column refers to the margin of time or points by which the winner defeated the runner-up.
  • The "Distance" column refers to the distance over which the race was held.
Men's Time trial medallists[18]
Year Gold Time Silver Margin Bronze Margin Distance Location Ref.
1994  Chris Boardman (GBR) 49' 34"  Andrea Chiurato (ITA) + 0' 48"  Jan Ulrich (GER) + 1' 51" &
—
 Agrigento, Italy [19]
1995  Miguel Indurain (ESP) 55' 30"  Abraham Olano (ESP) + 0' 49"  Uwe Peschel (GER) + 2' 03" 43.0 km (26.7 mi) Duitama, Colombia [3]
1996  Alex Zülle (SUI) 48' 13"  Chris Boardman (GBR) + 0' 39"  Tony Rominger (SUI) + 0' 41" 40.4 km (25.1 mi) Lugano, Switzerland [20]
1997  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 52' 01"  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) + 0' 03"  Chris Boardman (GBR) + 0' 20" 43.8 km (27.2 mi) San Sebastián, Spain [4]
1998  Abraham Olano (ESP) 54' 32"  Melchior Mauri (ESP) + 0' 37"  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) +0' 47" 43.5 km (27.0 mi) Valkenburg, Netherlands [5]
1999  Jan Ulrich (GER) 1h 00' 28"  Michael Andersson (SWE) + 0' 14"  Chris Boardman (GBR) + 0' 58" 50.8 km (31.6 mi) Treviso, Italy [6]
2000  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) 56' 21"  Michael Rich (GER) + 0' 10"  László Bodrogi (HUN) + 0' 24" 50.6 km (31.4 mi) Plouay, France [7]
2001  Jan Ullrich (GER) 51' 50"  David Millar (GBR) + 0' 06"  Santiago Botero (COL) + 0' 17" 38.7 km (24.0 mi) Lisbon, Portugal [8]
2002  Santiago Botero (COL) 48' 08"  Michael Rich (GER) + 0' 08"  Igor González de Galdeano (ESP) + 0' 17" 40.4 km (25.1 mi) Limburg, Belgium [9]
2003  Michael Rogers (AUS)[A] 51' 42"  Uwe Peschel (GER) + 0"  Michael Rich (GER) + 0' 10" 48.3 km (30.0 mi) Hamilton, Canada [21]
2004  Michael Rogers (AUS) 57' 30"  Michael Rich (GER) + 1' 12"  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) + 1' 25" 46.7 km (29.0 mi) Verona, Italy [11]
2005  Michael Rogers (AUS) 53' 34"  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) + 0' 23"  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) + 0' 23" 44.1 km (27.4 mi) Madrid, Spain [12]
2006  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 1h 00' 11"  David Zabriskie (USA) + 1' 18"  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) + 1' 38" 50.8 km (31.6 mi) Salzburg, Austria [13]
2007  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 55' 41"  László Bodrogi (HUN) + 0' 52"  Stef Clement (NED) + 0' 57" 44.9 km (27.9 mi) Stuttgart, Germany [14]
2008  Bert Grabsch (GER) 52' 01"  Svein Tuft (CAN) + 0' 42"  David Zabriskie (USA) + 0' 52" 43.7 km (27.2 mi) Varese, Italy [15]
2009  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 57' 55"  Gustav Larsson (SWE) + 1' 27"  Tony Martin (GER) + 2' 30" 49.8 km (30.9 mi) Mendrisio, Switzerland [16]
2010  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 58' 09"  David Millar (GBR) + 1' 02"  Tony Martin (GER) + 1' 12" 45.6 km (28.3 mi) Geelong, Australia [17]
2011  Tony Martin (GER) 53' 43"  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) + 1' 15"  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) + 1' 20" 46.4 km (28.8 mi) Copenhagen, Denmark [22]
2012  Tony Martin (GER) 58' 38"  Taylor Phinney (USA) + 0' 05"  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) + 1' 44" 46.2 km (28.7 mi) Limburg, Netherlands [23]
2013  Tony Martin (GER) 1h 05' 36"  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) + 0' 46"  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) + 0' 48" 57.9 km (36.0 mi) Tuscany, Italy [24]
2014  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 56' 25"  Tony Martin (GER) + 0' 26"  Tom Dumoulin (NED) + 0' 40" 47.1 km (29.3 mi) Ponferrada, Spain [25]
2015  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) 1h 02' 29"  Adriano Malori (ITA) + 0' 09"  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) + 0' 26" 53.0 km (32.9 mi) Richmond, Virginia, USA [2]

Most successful cyclists

Most successful Men's time trial cyclists
Rank Cyclist Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 4 0 3 7
2  Tony Martin (GER) 3 1 2 6
3  Michael Rogers (AUS) 3 0 0 3
4  Jan Ullrich (GER) 2 0 1 3
5  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 1 2 0 3
6  Chris Boardman (GBR) 1 1 2 4
7  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) 1 1 1 3
8  Abraham Olano (ESP) 1 1 0 2
9  Santiago Botero (COL) 1 0 1 2
9  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) 1 0 1 2

Medallists by nation

Men's time trial medallists by country
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 6 5 5 16
2   Switzerland 5 0 4 9
3  Australia 3 0 0 3
4  Great Britain 2 5 2 9
5  Spain 2 3 1 6
6  Ukraine 1 1 1 3
7  Belarus 1 0 1 2
7  Colombia 1 0 1 2
7  France 1 0 1 2
10  United States 0 2 1 3
11  Italy 0 2 0 2
11  Sweden 0 2 0 2
13  Hungary 0 1 1 2
14  Canada 0 1 0 1
15  Kazakhstan 0 0 2 2
15  Netherlands 0 0 2 2

Footnotes

A. ^ David Millar was the winner at the 2003 podium ceremony in Hamilton, but subsequently was found to have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found him guilty of using Erythropoietin during the time trial and stripped him of his title on 4 August 2004.[10]

Notes and references

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