2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

Men's time trial

2015 UCI Road World Championships
Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date		September 23, 2015
Distance		53.5 km (33.24 mi)
Winning time		1h 02' 29.45"[1]
Medalists
	01 ! Gold	Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
	02 ! Silver	Adriano Malori (ITA)
	03 ! Bronze	Jérôme Coppel (FRA)

2015 UCI Road World Championships Participating nations
Elite events
List of elite cyclists
Elite road race		men		women
Elite time trial		men		women
Elite team time trial		men		women
Under-23 events
List of under-23 cyclists
Under-23 road race		men
Under-23 time trial		men
Junior events
List of junior cyclists
Junior road race		men		women
Junior time trial		men		women
Qualification

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 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 into 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]

Start list

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

No. Rider Country 1 Tony Martin  Germany 2 Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands 3 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus 4 Rohan Dennis  Australia 5 Adriano Malori  Italy 6 Matthias Brändle  Austria 7 Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain 8 Maciej Bodnar  Poland 9 Stefan Küng   Switzerland 10 Alex Dowsett  Great Britain 11 Jan Bárta  Czech Republic 12 Nelson Oliveira  Portugal 13 Jesse Sergent  New Zealand 14 Taylor Phinney  United States 15 Jurgen Van den Broeck  Belgium 16 Christopher Juul-Jensen  Denmark 17 Jérôme Coppel  France 18 Ramūnas Navardauskas  Lithuania 19 Artem Ovechkin  Russia 20 Andreas Vangstad  Norway 21 Rigoberto Urán  Colombia 22 Andriy Hryvko  Ukraine 23 Hugo Houle  Canada 24 Mekseb Debesay  Eritrea

No. Rider Country 25 Alexey Lutsenko  Kazakhstan 26 Tanel Kangert  Estonia 27 Segundo Navarrete  Ecuador 28 Gatis Smukulis  Latvia 29 Gustav Larsson  Sweden 30 Polychronis Tzortzakis  Greece 31 Adrien Niyonshuti  Rwanda 32 Serghei Țvetcov  Romania 33 Nikolay Mihaylov  Bulgaria 34 Manuel Rodas  Guatemala 35 Muradjan Khalmuratov  Uzbekistan 36 Tuguldur Tuulkhangai  Mongolia 37 Juan Martinez  Puerto Rico 38 Alexandre Pliușchin  Moldova 39 Gorgi Popstefanov  Macedonia 40 Norlandis Taveras  Dominican Republic 41 Ahmed Albourdainy  Qatar 42 David Albós  Andorra 43 Nikias Arndt  Germany 44 Wilco Kelderman  Netherlands 45 Kanstantsin Sivtsov  Belarus 46 Luke Durbridge  Australia 47 Moreno Moser  Italy

No. Rider Country 48 Lukas Pöstlberger  Austria 49 Luis León Sánchez  Spain 50 Marcin Białobłocki  Poland 51 Silvan Dillier   Switzerland 52 Steven Cummings  Great Britain 53 Petr Vakoč  Czech Republic 54 Sam Bewley  New Zealand 55 Lawson Craddock  United States 56 Yves Lampaert  Belgium 57 Rasmus Quaade  Denmark 58 Romain Sicard  France 59 Gediminas Bagdonas  Lithuania 60 Ilnur Zakarin  Russia 61 Vegard Stake Laengen  Norway 62 Ryan Roth  Canada 63 Daniil Fominykh  Kazakhstan 64 Rein Taaramäe  Estonia 65 Carlos Quishpe  Ecuador 66 Aleksejs Saramotins  Latvia 67 Tobias Ludvigsson  Sweden 68 Neofytos Sakellaridis  Greece 69 Rafael German  Dominican Republic 70 Michael Hepburn  Australia

Final classification

^[1]

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

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