The Men's time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships

2010 UCI Road World Championships

The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 77th UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event...

 cycling event took place on 30 September in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 (Geelong

Geelong, Victoria

Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia, south-west of the state capital; Melbourne. It is the second most populated city in Victoria and the fifth most populated non-capital city in Australia...

), Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, the first time in the event's

UCI Road World Championships

The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale...

 77 times that it has been held in Australia.

Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...

 defended his title, and in doing so, clinched a record fourth time trial world championship, recording a time more than a minute faster than any of his rivals. Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

's David Millar

David Millar

David Millar is a British road racing cyclist riding for . He has won three stages of the Tour de France, two of the Vuelta a España and one Stage of the Giro d'Italia. He was the British national road champion and the national time trial champion, both in 2007...

 took silver, with Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

's Tony Martin

Tony Martin (cyclist)

Tony Martin is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTeam . Martin is known as a time trial specialist: in 2011, he won a time trial stage in the Tour de France and in the Vuelta a España, and became world champion...

 claiming bronze. The two Australian entrants, Richie Porte

Richie Porte

Richard "Richie" Porte is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on . In his first year in the UCI Pro Tour, Porte has been a consistent performer in the General classification at several stage races....

 and Michael Rogers, came in fourth and fifth respectively in their home country.

Route

The riders completed two laps on an up-and-downhill 22.7 km course for a total length of 45.6 km.

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
1		58' 09.19"
2		+ 1' 02.75"
3		+ 1' 12.49"
4		+ 1' 19.00"
5		+ 2' 24.94"
6		+ 2' 40.69"
7		+ 2' 44.23"
8		+ 2' 51.41"
9		+ 3' 00.70"
10		+ 3' 01.02"
11		+ 3' 06.14"
12		+ 3' 07.46"
13		+ 3' 27.28"
14		+ 3' 30.54"
15		+ 3' 38.85"
16		+ 3' 40.70"
17		+ 3' 42.56"
18		+ 3' 45.07"
19		+ 3' 59.84"
20		+ 4' 03.97"
21		+ 4' 06.89"
22		+ 4' 11.23"
23		+ 4' 17.78"
24		+ 4' 40.89"
25		+ 4' 52.60"
26		+ 4' 55.15"
27		+ 5' 00.00"
28		+ 5' 15.15"
29		+ 5' 17.55"
30		+ 5' 23.48"
31		+ 5' 24.76"
32		+ 5' 26.34"
33		+ 5' 30.12"
34		+ 5' 33.64"
35		+ 5' 35.83"
36		+ 5' 47.55"
37		+ 6' 55.96"
38		+ 6' 59.38"
39		+ 7' 24.34"
40		+ 9' 02.58"
41		+ 23' 08.48"
42		+ 23' 49.61"
		DNS

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