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UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

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UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
Rainbow jersey
Race details
DateSeptember–October
DisciplineTime trial
TypeOne-day
OrganiserUnion Cycliste Internationale (UCI)
History
First edition1994 (1994)
Editions30 (as of 2023)
First winner Chris Boardman (GBR)
Most wins
(4 wins)
Most recent Remco Evenepoel (BEL)

The men's individual time trial event at the UCI Road World Championships is the men's world championship for the road bicycle racing discipline of time trial. Introduced in 1994 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body of cycling, the event consists of a time trial covering a distance of approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) over flat or rolling terrain.[1] Riders start separated by two-minute intervals; the one 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 season.[2]

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010) and Germany's Tony Martin (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016) have won the most competitions, with four each. Australia's Michael Rogers (2003, 2004 and 2005) is next by number of victories, with three wins; Martin and Rogers are the only people to have taken three wins in successive years.[3] Bradley Wiggins is the oldest winner of the event, at 34 years and 149 days old when he won in 2014, while Remco Evenepoel is the youngest winner, at 23 years and 198 days old when he won in 2023.[4]

Germany's Michael Rich has finished second on three occasions, and is the most successful rider not to have won the event, with a total of four medals. Cancellara has the most third-place finishes, with three. German cyclists are the most successful, with seven victories, while Swiss and Australian cyclists are second with five each. The current male champion is Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel, who won the 2024 event.[5]

History

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Bradley Wiggins wearing the rainbow jersey he won at the 2014 World Championships.

Before 1994, the cyclists who performed well in the time trials during the three Grand Tours were considered the best in the world.[3] The first event, at the 1994 UCI Road World Championships in Agrigento, Italy, was won by British cyclist Chris Boardman, ahead of Italy's Andrea Chiurato. Tour de France winner Miguel Induráin won the event the following year, beating fellow Spaniard Abraham Olano by forty-nine seconds.[6] Alex Zülle, the 1996 Vuelta a España winner, won the rainbow jersey in his home country, ahead of Boardman and fellow Swiss cyclist Tony Rominger. The following year, Frenchman Laurent Jalabert beat Ukraine's Serhiy Honchar to the world title by three seconds in Valkenburg.[7] Olano won the event in 1998, beating his fellow Spaniard Melcior Mauri by thirty-seven seconds.[8]

Germany's Jan Ullrich won the event in 1999, beating Swedish rider Michael Andersson by fourteen seconds around the 50.8 kilometres (31.6 mi) course in Treviso.[9] Ullrich did not participate in the 2000 world championships in Plouay, and Honchar took the world title in his absence, beating Ullrich's countryman Michael Rich by ten seconds. The Ukrainian was happy to win the event after previous runner-up and third-place finishes: "I'm really satisfied, after the silver and bronze, I've finally got my World Championship."[10] Ullrich returned the following year and reclaimed the rainbow jersey, beating Britain's David Millar by six seconds in Lisbon.[11] Ullrich again decided against defending his title in 2002, leaving Santiago Botero to become the first Colombian to win a World Championship gold medal, as he beat Rich by eight seconds.[12] Millar won the event in 2003; however, he was stripped of the title a year later after being found guilty of doping. Second-placed Michael Rogers was subsequently awarded the victory.[13] He finished ahead of the next competitor, Uwe Peschel, by less than a second.[14]

Rogers retained the title the following two years, finishing a minute and twelve seconds ahead of Rich in 2004,[15] and twenty-three seconds ahead of Spain's Iván Gutiérrez in 2005.[16] Rogers's run came to an end the following year, as Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara secured the victory in Salzburg, one minute and eighteen seconds ahead of American rider David Zabriskie.[17] The Swiss defended his title in 2007, finishing ahead of Hungarian and Dutch cyclists László Bodrogi and Stef Clement.[18] Germany's Bert Grabsch succeeded Cancellara, who was absent from the 2008 event in Varese, winning the title ahead of Canada's Svein Tuft and Zabriskie.[19] Cancellara returned in 2009 and reclaimed the rainbow jersey after beating Sweden's Gustav Larsson and Germany's Tony Martin in Mendrisio.[20] He won the rainbow jersey for a record fourth time the following year, with Millar and Martin finishing 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."[21]

After two consecutive third-place finishes, Martin was victorious in 2011, beating Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Cancellara by a minute and fifteen seconds. He retained the rainbow jersey the following year; however, the margin of victory was considerably smaller as he beat the American Taylor Phinney by five seconds. In 2013, Martin won the event for a third consecutive time, again overcoming Wiggins and Cancellara. After two runner-up finishes, Wiggins prevented Martin's fourth successive win in the following season, taking the world title for the first time. Wiggins decided not to take part in 2015, focusing instead on breaking the hour record. In his absence, the winner was Belarusian cyclist Vasil Kiryienka, who came in third to Martin in 2012, beating Italy's Adriano Malori and France's Jérôme Coppel.[22]

Medal winners

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Key
Year The year the competition was held
Margin The difference between the winner's time and those of the riders in second and third place
Distance The distance over which the race was held
Men's time trial medallists[23]
Year Gold Time Silver Margin Bronze Margin Distance Location Ref.
1994  Chris Boardman (GBR) 49' 34"  Andrea Chiurato (ITA) + 0' 48"  Jan Ullrich (GER) + 1' 51" 42.0 km (26.1 mi) Agrigento, Italy [24]
1995  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 55' 30"  Abraham Olano (ESP) + 0' 49"  Uwe Peschel (GER) + 2' 03" 43.0 km (26.7 mi) Duitama, Colombia [6]
1996  Alex Zülle (SUI) 48' 13"  Chris Boardman (GBR) + 0' 39"  Tony Rominger (SUI) + 0' 41" 40.4 km (25.1 mi) Lugano, Switzerland [25]
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 [7]
1998  Abraham Olano (ESP) 54' 32"  Melcior Mauri (ESP) + 0' 37"  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) +0' 47" 43.5 km (27.0 mi) Valkenburg, Netherlands [8]
1999  Jan Ullrich (GER) 1h 00' 28"  Michael Andersson (SWE) + 0' 14"  Chris Boardman (GBR) + 0' 58" 50.8 km (31.6 mi) Treviso, Italy [9]
2000  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) 56' 21"  Michael Rich (GER) + 0' 10"  László Bodrogi (HUN) + 0' 24" 50.6 km (31.4 mi) Plouay, France [10]
2001  Jan Ullrich (GER) 51' 50"  David Millar (GBR) + 0' 06"  Santiago Botero (COL) + 0' 17" 38.7 km (24.0 mi) Lisbon, Portugal [11]
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 [12]
2003  Michael Rogers (AUS)[A] 52' 42"  Uwe Peschel (GER) + 0"[B]  Michael Rich (GER) + 0' 10" 48.3 km (30.0 mi) Hamilton, Canada [26]
2004  Michael Rogers (AUS) 57' 30"  Michael Rich (GER) + 1' 12"  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) + 1' 25" 46.7 km (29.0 mi) Verona, Italy [15]
2005  Michael Rogers (AUS) 53' 34"  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) + 0' 23"  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) + 0' 23" 44.1 km (27.4 mi) Madrid, Spain [16]
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 [17]
2007  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 55' 41"  László Bodrogi (HUN) + 0' 52"  Stef Clement (NED) + 0' 57" 44.9 km (27.9 mi) Stuttgart, Germany [18]
2008  Bert Grabsch (GER) 52' 01"  Svein Tuft (CAN) + 0' 42"  David Zabriskie (USA) + 0' 52" 43.7 km (27.2 mi) Varese, Italy [19]
2009  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 57' 55"  Gustav Larsson (SWE) + 1' 27"  Tony Martin (GER) + 2' 30" 49.8 km (30.9 mi) Mendrisio, Switzerland [20]
2010  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 58' 09"  David Millar (GBR) + 1' 02"  Tony Martin (GER) + 1' 12" 45.6 km (28.3 mi) Geelong, Australia [21]
2011  Tony Martin (GER) 53' 43"  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) + 1' 15"  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) + 1' 20" 46.4 km (28.8 mi) Copenhagen, Denmark [27]
2012  Tony Martin (GER) 58' 38"  Taylor Phinney (USA) + 0' 05"  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) + 1' 44" 46.2 km (28.7 mi) Limburg, Netherlands [28]
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 [29]
2014  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 56' 25"  Tony Martin (GER) + 0' 26"  Tom Dumoulin (NED) + 0' 40" 47.1 km (29.3 mi) Ponferrada, Spain [30]
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, United States [22]
2016  Tony Martin (GER) 44' 42"  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) + 0' 45"  Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) + 1' 10" 40.0 km (24.9 mi) Doha, Qatar [31]
2017  Tom Dumoulin (NED) 44' 41"  Primož Roglič (SLO) + 0' 57"  Chris Froome (GBR) + 1' 21" 31.0 km (19.3 mi) Bergen, Norway [32]
2018  Rohan Dennis (AUS) 1h 03' 45"  Tom Dumoulin (NED) + 1' 21"  Victor Campenaerts (BEL) + 1' 22" 52.2 km (32.4 mi) Innsbruck, Austria [33]
2019  Rohan Dennis (AUS) 1h 05' 05"  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) + 1' 08"  Filippo Ganna (ITA) + 1' 55" 54.0 km (33.6 mi) Yorkshire, United Kingdom [34]
2020  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 35' 54"  Wout van Aert (BEL) + 0' 27"  Stefan Küng (SUI) + 0' 30" 31.7 km (19.7 mi) Imola, Italy [35]
2021  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 47' 48"  Wout van Aert (BEL) + 0' 05"  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) + 0' 43" 43.3 km (26.9 mi) Brugge, Belgium [36]
2022  Tobias Foss (NOR) 40' 02"  Stefan Küng (SUI) + 0' 03"  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) + 0' 09" 34.2 km (21.3 mi) Wollongong, Australia [37]
2023  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 55' 19"  Filippo Ganna (ITA) + 0' 12"  Joshua Tarling (GBR) + 0' 48" 47.8 km (29.7 mi) Stirling, Scotland, UK [38]
2024  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 53' 01"  Filippo Ganna (ITA) + 0' 07"  Edoardo Affini (ITA) + 0' 55" 46.1 km (28.6 mi) Zurich, Switzerland [5]

Most successful cyclists

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The most successful cyclists are listed below and ranked by in order gold, silver and bronze medals won.

Most successful men's time trial cyclists
Rank Cyclist Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Tony Martin (GER) 4 1 2 7
2  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 4 0 3 7
3  Michael Rogers (AUS) 3 0 0 3
4  Filippo Ganna (ITA) 2 2 1 5
5  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 2 1 2 5
6  Jan Ullrich (GER) 2 0 1 3
7  Rohan Dennis (AUS) 2 0 0 2
8  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 1 2 0 3
9  Chris Boardman (GBR) 1 1 2 4
10  Serhiy Honchar (UKR) 1 1 1 3
 Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) 1 1 1 3
 Tom Dumoulin (NED) 1 1 1 3

Medallists by nation

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Nations are ranked in order of number of gold, silver and bronze medals won.

Men's time trial medallists by nation
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Germany 7 5 5 17
2   Switzerland 5 1 5 11
3  Australia 5 0 0 5
4  Great Britain 2 5 4 11
5  Italy 2 4 2 8
6  Belgium 2 3 3 8
7  Spain 2 3 2 7
8  Netherlands 1 1 2 4
9  Belarus 1 1 1 3
 Ukraine 1 1 1 3
11  Colombia 1 0 1 2
 France 1 0 1 2
12  Norway 1 0 0 1
14  United States 0 2 1 3
15  Sweden 0 2 0 2
16  Hungary 0 1 1 2
17  Canada 0 1 0 1
 Slovenia 0 1 0 1
19  Kazakhstan 0 0 2 2

Footnotes

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  1. ^ David Millar was the winner of the 2003 event in Hamilton, but was subsequently 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.[13]
  2. ^ Rogers finished 0' 00" 56"' ahead of Peschel.[14]

References

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