2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

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]

Men's time trial

2018 UCI Road World Championships
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	26 September 2018
Stages	1
Distance	52.1 km (32.37 mi)
Winning time	1h 03' 02.57"[1]
Medalists
Gold  Rohan Dennis (AUS)    Silver  Tom Dumoulin (NED)    Bronze  Victor Campenaerts (BEL)
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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

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

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

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]

•  Albania (1)
•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (2)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (2)
•  Canada (1)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Denmark (2)
•  Eritrea (2)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Ethiopia (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Indonesia (1)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Norway (1)
•  Pakistan (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•   Switzerland (2)
•  Syria (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United States (2)
•  British Virgin Islands (1)

Final classification

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

References

1. "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. "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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