2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

The men's time trial of the 2011 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 21 September 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Men's time trial

2011 UCI Road World Championships
The podium (left to right): Bradley Wiggins, Tony Martin and Fabian Cancellara
Race details
Dates	21 September 2011
Stages	1
Distance	46.4 km (28.83 mi)
Winning time	53' 43.85"
Medalists
Gold  Tony Martin (Germany)    Silver  Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)    Bronze  Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
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After bronze medals in both 2009 and 2010,^[1] Tony Martin won his first world championship title after setting the quickest time at each of the intermediate splits, before crossing the line in a time over a minute faster than anyone else. He caught and passed the two riders who started directly before him, David Millar and Mikhail Ignatiev, and came within 45 seconds of catching a third (Taylor Phinney).^[2] The silver medal went to Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins, with the bronze medal going to four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara, who trailed Wiggins by 4.76 seconds^[3] after making an error in the closing stages.^[4]

Route

The riders completed two laps on a 23.2 km (14.4 mi) course in and around Copenhagen, for a total length of 46.4 km (28.8 mi).^[5]

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Tony Martin (GER)	53' 43.85"
2	Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	+ 1' 15.83"
3	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	+ 1' 20.59"
4	Bert Grabsch (GER)	+ 1' 31.76"
5	Jack Bobridge (AUS)	+ 2' 13.86"
6	Richie Porte (AUS)	+ 2' 29.54"
7	David Millar (GBR)	+ 2' 45.62"
8	Lieuwe Westra (NED)	+ 3' 18.52"
9	Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)	+ 3' 19.76"
10	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	+ 3' 30.59"
11	Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)	+ 3' 34.37"
12	Gustav Larsson (SWE)	+ 3' 34.62"
13	Svein Tuft (CAN)	+ 3' 35.89"
14	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	+ 3' 44.74"
15	Taylor Phinney (USA)	+ 3' 52.58"
16	Andrew Talansky (USA)	+ 3' 57.89"
17	Nelson Oliveira (POR)	+ 4' 14.98"
18	Jesse Sergent (NZL)	+ 4' 26.31"
19	Jack Bauer (NZL)	+ 4' 26.99"
20	Stef Clement (NED)	+ 4' 33.93"
21	František Raboň (CZE)	+ 4' 39.85"
22	László Bodrogi (FRA)	+ 4' 41.46"
23	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	+ 4' 42.60"
24	Adriano Malori (ITA)	+ 4' 46.58"
25	Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS)	+ 4' 47.97"
26	Marco Pinotti (ITA)	+ 4' 48.12"
27	David McCann (IRL)	+ 4' 53.65"
28	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)	+ 5' 00.51"
29	Dominique Cornu (BEL)	+ 5' 01.36"
30	Ioannis Tamouridis (GRE)	+ 5' 07.74"
31	Evgeny Vakker (KGZ)	+ 5' 10.46"
32	Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	+ 5' 10.46"
33	Iván Casas (COL)	+ 5' 20.23"
34	Carlos Oyarzún (CHI)	+ 5' 22.32"
35	Leandro Messineo (ARG)	+ 5' 23.67"
36	Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)	+ 5' 29.90"
37	Alexander Wetterhall (SWE)	+ 5' 35.10"
38	Matej Jurčo (SVK)	+ 5' 37.35"
39	Jesús Herrada (ESP)	+ 5' 39.30"
40	Martin Kohler (SUI)	+ 5' 43.24"
41	Vladimir Gusev (RUS)	+ 5' 49.99"
42	Dimitri Champion (FRA)	+ 5' 50.82"
43	Reidar Borgersen (NOR)	+ 5' 54.83"
44	Matías Médici (ARG)	+ 5' 56.21"
45	Robert Vrečer (SLO)	+ 6' 04.21"
46	Rafaâ Chtioui (TUN)	+ 6' 10.00"
47	Michael Mørkøv (DEN)	+ 6' 10.16"
48	Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)	+ 6' 13.80"
49	Rui Costa (POR)	+ 6' 17.44"
50	Thomas De Gendt (BEL)	+ 6' 28.46"
51	Winner Anacona (COL)	+ 6' 29.04"
52	Oleksandr Kvachuk (UKR)	+ 6' 30.37"
53	Matti Helminen (FIN)	+ 6' 43.78"
54	Tomás Gil (VEN)	+ 6' 52.81"
55	Maciej Bodnar (POL)	+ 6 '55.36"
56	Vitaliy Popkov (UKR)	+ 7' 06.49"
57	Jiří Hudeček (CZE)	+ 7' 27.50"
58	Pavol Polievka (SVK)	+ 7' 40.16"
59	Ferekalsi Debesay (ERI)	+ 8' 12.76"
60	David Albós (AND)	+ 9' 38.90"
61	Tyron Giorgieri (ALB)	+ 11' 18.93"
62	Simone Zignoli (ALB)	+ 17' 43.22"
	Matt Brammeier (IRL)	DNF
	Semere Mengis (ERI)	DSQ
	Azzedine Lagab (ALG)	DNS

References

1. Liew, Jonathan (21 September 2011). "Bradley Wiggins takes time-trial silver in Copenhagen". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
2. Hymas, Peter (21 September 2011). "Martin wins his first elite men's time trial world championship". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
3. "Results / Résultats: Time Trial Elite Men / Contre la montre Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
4. Williams, Ollie (21 September 2011). "Bradley Wiggins wins time trial silver". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
5. "Courses" (PDF). Copenhagen 2011. Danmarks Cykle Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

External links

• Official website