UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
Race details | |
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Date | End of season |
Discipline | Team time trial |
Type | One-day |
Organiser | UCI |
History | |
First edition | 1962 |
Editions | 32 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Italy |
Most wins | Italy (7 times) |
Most recent | Etixx–Quick-Step |
The UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial is a world championship for road bicycle racing in the discipline of team time trial (TTT). It is organized by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
National teams (1962–94)
A championship for national teams was introduced in 1962 and held until 1994. It was held annually, except that from 1972 onward, the TTT was not held in Olympic years. There were 4 riders per team on a route around 100 kilometres long.Italy won it 7 times
Medal winners
Medals by nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
3 | Sweden | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Poland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
8 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Germany (includes West Germany) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
13 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
15 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
16 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Most successful riders
Rank | Rider | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Falk Boden (DDR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Gianfranco Contri (ITA) Erik Pettersson (SWE) Gösta Pettersson (SWE) Sture Pettersson (SWE) Tomas Pettersson (SWE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Stanisław Szozda (POL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Luciano Dalla Bona (ITA) Pietro Guerra (ITA) Mario Kummer (DDR) Tadeusz Mytnik (POL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
UCI teams (2012–present)
There was a long break until a championship for trade teams was introduced in 2012. There are 6 riders per team.
Medal winners
Most successful teams
Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Etixx–Quick-Step | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
2 | BMC Racing Team | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Orica–BikeExchange | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Movistar Team | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Team Sky | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Most successful riders
Rank | Rider | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tony Martin (GER) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Niki Terpstra (NED) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
3 | Peter Velits (SVK) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Manuel Quinziato (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Rohan Dennis (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Daniel Oss (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
7 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Silvan Dillier (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Taylor Phinney (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
References
- "Road Cycling World Championships Men: Team Time Trial". Sports 123. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- Wilcockson, John; Sunada, Yuzuru. "The Much-Awaited Return of the World TTT". Peloton. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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