2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

Men's time trial
2015 UCI Road World Championships
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
DatesSeptember 23, 2015
Stages1
Distance53.5 km (33.24 mi)
Winning time1h 02' 29.45"[1]
Medalists
   Gold  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
   Silver  Adriano Malori (ITA)
   Bronze  Jérôme Coppel (FRA)
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The Men's time trial of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on September 23, 2015, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It was the 22nd edition of the championship. Bradley Wiggins was the outgoing champion but did not defend his title.

Vasil Kiryienka won the gold medal for Belarus, recording a time 9.08 seconds quicker than his closest rival, Italian rider Adriano Malori. The podium was completed by France's Jérôme Coppel, 26.62 seconds behind Kiryienka's winning time.[1][2][3]

Course

The riders began their race 20 miles north of Richmond at Kings Dominion, Virginia's premier amusement park in Hanover County. Racers then went past Meadow Event Park, home to the State Fair of Virginia and the birthplace of thoroughbred racing legend Secretariat. Racers headed south on long, open straights past the Hanover County Courthouse, the third oldest courthouse still in use in the U.S. and dating back to about 1740. Long hills on Brook and Wilkinson roads brought the racers back into the city through Virginia Union University before turning downtown. Nearly half the turns of the entire route fell within the closing kilometers, the second to last of which was to ascend 300 meters (980 feet) on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, 680 meters (2,230 feet) to the finish.[4]

Qualification

Qualification for the event

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.[5]

Champion Name Participation
Outgoing World Champion  Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Did not participate
African Champion  Tsgabu Grmay (ETH)
Pan American Champion  Carlos Oyarzun (CHI)
Asian Champion  Hossein Askari (IRI)
Oceanian Champion  Michael Hepburn (AUS) Scheduled to participate

Olympic qualification

This time trial was also part of the qualification of the men's time trial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The first ten nations in the time trial qualified one athlete.

Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).[6]

Date Time Event
September 23, 2015 13:00–15:35 Men's individual time trial

Start list

The following riders were confirmed by their respective nations.[7]

Final classification

[1]

Rank Rider Time
1 Belarus Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) 1h 02' 29.45"
2 Italy Adriano Malori (ITA) + 9.08"
3 France Jérôme Coppel (FRA) + 26.62"
4 Spain Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) + 29.36"
5 Netherlands Tom Dumoulin (NED) + 1' 01.51"
6 Australia Rohan Dennis (AUS) + 1' 07.96"
7 Germany Tony Martin (GER) + 1' 16.73"
8 Poland Maciej Bodnar (POL) + 1' 17.33"
9 Poland Marcin Białobłocki (POL) + 1' 22.42"
10 Italy Moreno Moser (ITA) + 1' 31.61"
11 Czech Republic Jan Bárta (CZE) + 1' 34.04"
12 United States Taylor Phinney (USA) + 1' 36.99"
13 Portugal Nelson Oliveira (POR) + 1' 52.38"
14 United Kingdom Steve Cummings (GBR) + 1' 58.89"
15 Australia Michael Hepburn (AUS) + 1' 59.20"
16 Austria Matthias Brändle (AUT) + 1' 59.88"
17 United Kingdom Alex Dowsett (GBR) + 2' 06.56"
18 Belgium Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) + 2' 15.91"
19 Switzerland Stefan Küng (SUI) + 2' 17.63"
20 Australia Luke Durbridge (AUS) + 2' 18.22"
21 Denmark Rasmus Quaade (DEN) + 2' 19.17"
22 United States Lawson Craddock (USA) + 2' 27.34"
23 Netherlands Wilco Kelderman (NED) + 2' 31.18"
24 Ukraine Andriy Hryvko (UKR) + 2' 32.28"
25 Canada Hugo Houle (CAN) + 2' 35.87"
26 Spain Luis León Sánchez (ESP) + 2' 45.17"
27 Belarus Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) + 2' 47.95"
28 Latvia Gatis Smukulis (LAT) + 2' 56.12"
29 Estonia Rein Taaramäe (EST) + 2' 56.13"
30 Switzerland Silvan Dillier (SUI) + 2' 56.78"
31 Belgium Yves Lampaert (BEL) + 2' 59.52"
32 Estonia Tanel Kangert (EST) + 3' 01.21"
33 Russia Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) + 3' 07.22"
34 Kazakhstan Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) + 3' 13.15"
35 New Zealand Jesse Sergent (NZL) + 3' 13.59"
36 Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) + 3' 23.83"
37 Norway Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) + 3' 25.51"
38 Sweden Gustav Larsson (SWE) + 3' 25.79"
39 Latvia Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) + 3' 26.67"
40 Lithuania Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) + 3' 30.20"
41 Sweden Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) + 3' 30.59"
42 Norway Andreas Vangstad (NOR) + 3' 43.23"
43 New Zealand Sam Bewley (NZL) + 3' 44.22"
44 Canada Ryan Roth (CAN) + 3' 51.14"
45 Denmark Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN) + 3' 55.26"
46 France Romain Sicard (FRA) + 3' 56.61"
47 Moldova Alexandre Pliușchin (MDA) + 4' 00.34"
48 Austria Lukas Pöstlberger (AUT) + 4' 18.12"
49 Eritrea Mekseb Debesay (ERI) + 4' 20.33"
50 Lithuania Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) + 4' 20.38"
51 Colombia Rigoberto Urán (COL) + 4' 40.65"
52 Germany Nikias Arndt (GER) + 4' 47.00"
53 Czech Republic Petr Vakoč (CZE) + 5' 01.26"
54 Romania Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) + 5' 38.95"
55 Greece Polychronis Tzortzakis (GRE) + 5' 47.86"
56 Guatemala Manuel Rodas (GUA) + 5' 53.85"
57 Mongolia Tuguldur Tuulkhangai (MGL) + 6' 45.70"
58 Greece Neofytos Sakellaridis (GRE) + 7' 05.06"
59 Uzbekistan Muradjan Khalmuratov (UZB) + 7' 06.79"
60 Ecuador Segundo Navarrete (ECU) + 8' 50.76"
61 Qatar Ahmed Albourdainy (QAT) + 9' 45.89"
62 Andorra David Albós (AND) + 11' 55.93"
63 North Macedonia Gorgi Popstefanov (MKD) + 13' 05.52"
64 Puerto Rico Juan Martínez (PUR) + 13' 43.53"
65 Ecuador Carlos Quishpe (ECU) + 14' 14.66"
Russia Artem Ovechkin (RUS) DNS
Rwanda Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA) DNS
Bulgaria Nikolay Mihaylov (BUL) DNS
Dominican Republic Norlandys Taveras (DOM) DNS
Dominican Republic Rafael Germán (DOM) DNS

References

  1. ^ a b c "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Elite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Kiryienka wins time-trial gold at World Championships". BBC Sport. BBC. September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Vasil Kiryienka wins road cycling world championship time trial". The Guardian. Reuters. September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Men's Elite Individual Time Trial
  5. ^ "Qualification" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "Race Schedule". Archived from the original on August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  7. ^ "Road - UCI Road World Championships". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-09-22.