Men's time trial

1996 UCI Road World Championships
ITT rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	10 October 1996
Stages	1
Distance	40.4 km (25.10 mi)
Winning time	48' 13"
Medalists
Gold  Alex Zülle (SUI)    Silver  Chris Boardman (GBR)    Bronze  Tony Rominger (SUI)
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The men's individual time trial (ITT) was held on 10 October 1996 in Lugano, Switzerland. The host nation claimed 2 medals as the reigning Vuelta a España champion, Alex Zülle took the rainbow jersey ahead of 1994 champion Chris Boardman and compatriot Tony Rominger.

Rank	Rider	Time
	Alex Zülle (SUI)	48' 13"
	Chris Boardman (GBR)	+ 39"
	Tony Rominger (SUI)	+ 41"
4	Daniele Nardello (ITA)	+ 1' 01"
5	Andrea Peron (ITA)	+ 1' 34"
6	Uwe Peschel (GER)	+ 1' 36"
7	Juan Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	+ 1' 52"
8	Abraham Olano (ESP)	+ 1' 55"
9	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	+ 2' 22"
10	Neil Stephens (AUS)	+ 2' 34"
11	Michael Andersson (SWE)	+ 2' 34"
12	Michael Rich (GER)	+ 3' 34"
13	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	+ 3' 36"
14	Michael Blaudzun (DEN)	+ 3' 43"
15	Christophe Moreau (FRA)	+ 3' 52"
16	Marc Streel (BEL)	+ 4' 04"
17	Christophe Bassons (FRA)	+ 4' 23"
18	Walter Bonca (SLO)	+ 4' 30"
19	Dariusz Baranowski (POL)	+ 4' 32"
20	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	+ 4' 35"
21	Erik Dekker (NED)	+ 4' 52"
22	Bert Roesems (BEL)	+ 5' 13"
23	Tyler Hamilton (USA)	+ 5' 16"
24	Chris Newton (GBR)	+ 5' 26"
25	František Trkal (CZE)	+ 5' 35"
26	Robert Pintarič (SLO)	+ 5' 44"
27	Eric Wohlberg (CAN)	+ 5' 44"
28	Andrey Mizurov (KAZ)	+ 6'
29	Ruslan Ivanov (MDA)	+ 6' 19"
30	Ján Valach (SVK)	+ 6' 41"
31	Alexei Sivakov (RUS)	+ 6' 49"
32	Emilio Carricondo (ARG)	+ 7' 41"
33	Miroslav Lipták (SVK)	+ 7' 43"
34	Luboš Lom (CZE)	+ 8' 29"
35	Ruben Antonio Pegorin (ARG)	+ 9' 32"
36	Mikoš Rnjaković (YUG)	+ 9' 38"
37	Kahka Okidadze (GEO)	+ 10' 27"
38	Besnik Musaji (ALB)	+ 10' 44"
39	Ardian Uka (ALB)	+ 13' 46"
40	Christian Kouyoumdjian (LIB)	+ 14' 30"

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