2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
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The Men's time trial of the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
cycling event took place on 21 September 2011 in Copenhagen
, Denmark
.
After bronze medals in both 2009 and 2010
, 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
). 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 after making an error in the closing stages.
2011 UCI Road World Championships
The 2011 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and junior women competed at the same event as the elite riders. It...
cycling event took place on 21 September 2011 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
.
After bronze medals in both 2009 and 2010
2010 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 30 September in Melbourne , Australia, the first time in the event's 77 times that it has been held in Australia....
, 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...
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
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...
and Mikhail Ignatiev, and came within 45 seconds of catching a third (Taylor Phinney
Taylor Phinney
Taylor Phinney is a world champion American racing cyclist, specialising on the track in individual pursuit. He is the son of former professional racing cyclist Davis Phinney and former Olympic gold medal racing cyclist and speed skater Connie Carpenter-Phinney...
). The silver medal went to Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
, with the bronze medal going to four-time world champion 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...
, who trailed Wiggins by 4.76 seconds after making an error in the closing stages.
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).Final classification
| Rank | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53' 43.85" | |
| 2 | + 1' 15.83" | |
| 3 | + 1' 20.59" | |
| 4 | + 1' 31.76" | |
| 5 | + 2' 13.86" | |
| 6 | + 2' 29.54" | |
| 7 | + 2' 45.62" | |
| 8 | + 3' 18.52" | |
| 9 | + 3' 19.76" | |
| 10 | + 3' 30.59" | |
| 11 | + 3' 34.37" | |
| 12 | + 3' 34.62" | |
| 13 | + 3' 35.89" | |
| 14 | + 3' 44.74" | |
| 15 | + 3' 52.58" | |
| 16 | + 3' 57.89" | |
| 17 | + 4' 14.98" | |
| 18 | + 4' 26.31" | |
| 19 | + 4' 26.99" | |
| 20 | + 4' 33.93" | |
| 21 | + 4' 39.85" | |
| 22 | + 4' 41.46" | |
| 23 | + 4' 42.60" | |
| 24 | + 4' 46.58" | |
| 25 | + 4' 47.97" | |
| 26 | + 4' 48.12" | |
| 27 | + 4' 53.65" | |
| 28 | + 5' 00.51" | |
| 29 | + 5' 01.36" | |
| 30 | + 5' 07.74" | |
| 31 | + 5' 10.46" | |
| 32 | + 5' 10.46" | |
| 33 | + 5' 20.23" | |
| 34 | + 5' 22.32" | |
| 35 | + 5' 23.67" | |
| 36 | + 5' 29.90" | |
| 37 | + 5' 35.10" | |
| 38 | + 5' 37.35" | |
| 39 | + 5' 39.30" | |
| 40 | + 5' 43.24" | |
| 41 | + 5' 49.99" | |
| 42 | + 5' 50.82" | |
| 43 | + 5' 54.83" | |
| 44 | + 5' 56.21" | |
| 45 | + 6' 04.21" | |
| 46 | + 6' 10.00" | |
| 47 | + 6' 10.16" | |
| 48 | + 6' 13.80" | |
| 49 | + 6' 17.44" | |
| 50 | + 6' 28.46" | |
| 51 | + 6' 29.04" | |
| 52 | + 6' 30.37" | |
| 53 | + 6' 43.78" | |
| 54 | + 6' 52.81" | |
| 55 | + 6 '55.36" | |
| 56 | + 7' 06.49" | |
| 57 | + 7' 27.50" | |
| 58 | + 7' 40.16" | |
| 59 | + 8' 12.76" | |
| 60 | + 9' 38.90" | |
| 61 | + 11' 18.93" | |
| 62 | + 17' 43.22" | |
| DNF | ||
| DSQ | ||
| DNS |