2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

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Men's time trial
2012 UCI Road World Championships
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Race details
Dates19 September 2012
Stages1
Distance46.2 km (28.71 mi)
Winning time58' 38.76"
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Tony Martin  (Germany)
 Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of the United States.svg  Taylor Phinney  (United States)
 Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (Belarus)
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The Men's time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 19 September 2012 in Limburg, Netherlands.

Contents

Tony Martin defended his title by one of the smallest margins in the history of the event. On his ride he caught up and overtook Alberto Contador who started two minutes ahead. [1]

Route

The riders completed a course that was 46.2 km (28.7 mi) starting from Heerlen and finishing in Valkenburg. There were three named climbs including the famous Cauberg that features in the Amstel Gold Race. [2] [3]

Final classification

RankRiderTime
1 Flag of Germany.svg   Tony Martin  (GER)58' 38.76"
2 Flag of the United States.svg   Taylor Phinney  (USA)+ 5.37"
3 Flag of Belarus.svg   Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR)+ 1' 44.99"
4 Flag of the United States.svg   Tejay van Garderen  (USA)+ 1' 49.37"
5 Flag of Sweden.svg   Fredrik Kessiakoff  (SWE)+ 1' 50.56"
6 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg   Dmitriy Gruzdev  (KAZ)+ 1' 56.44"
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Jan Bárta  (CZE)+ 2' 12.49"
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg   Alex Dowsett  (GBR)+ 2' 26.06"
9 Flag of Spain.svg   Alberto Contador  (ESP)+ 2' 30.00"
10 Flag of Italy.svg   Adriano Malori  (ITA)+ 2' 40.54"
11 Flag of Ukraine.svg   Andriy Hryvko  (UKR)+ 2' 43.69"
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Svein Tuft  (CAN)+ 2' 56.24"
13 Flag of Estonia.svg   Tanel Kangert  (EST)+ 2' 57.13"
14 Flag of Austria.svg   Riccardo Zoidl  (AUT)+ 2' 57.27"
15 Flag of France.svg   Sylvain Chavanel  (FRA)+ 2' 58.15"
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Cameron Meyer  (AUS)+ 2' 59.65"
17 Flag of Slovenia.svg   Kristijan Koren  (SLO)+ 3' 05.29"
18 Flag of France.svg   Jérémy Roy  (FRA)+ 3' 08.16"
19 Flag of Sweden.svg   Gustav Larsson  (SWE)+ 3' 11.99"
20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Thomas De Gendt  (BEL)+ 3' 15.29"
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Luke Durbridge  (AUS)+ 3' 17.88"
22 Flag of Spain.svg   Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP)+ 3' 23.38"
23 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Jesse Sergent  (NZL)+ 3' 25.89"
24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Kristof Vandewalle  (BEL)+ 3' 35.66"
25 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Wilco Kelderman  (NED)+ 3' 39.35"
26 Flag of Poland.svg   Maciej Bodnar  (POL)+ 3' 46.06"
27 Flag of Germany.svg   Patrick Gretsch  (GER)+ 3' 48.78"
28 Flag of Greece.svg   Ioannis Tamouridis  (GRE)+ 3' 52.35"
29 Flag of Russia.svg   Sergey Firsanov  (RUS)+ 3' 56.58"
30 Flag of Slovakia.svg   Matej Jurčo  (SVK)+ 3' 56.96"
31 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Sam Bewley  (NZL)+ 3' 59.21"
32 Flag of Chile.svg   Carlos Oyarzun  (CHI)+ 4' 03.43"
33 Flag of Lithuania.svg   Ramūnas Navardauskas  (LTU)+ 4' 05.98"
34 Flag of Slovakia.svg   Peter Velits  (SVK)+ 4' 07.06"
35 Flag of Estonia.svg   Rein Taaramäe  (EST)+ 4' 09.84"
36 Flag of Germany.svg   Bert Grabsch  (GER)+ 4' 16.85"
37 Flag of Denmark.svg   Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)+ 4' 18.37"
38 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Lieuwe Westra  (NED)+ 4' 18.79"
39 Flag of South Africa.svg   Jay Thomson  (RSA)+ 4' 19.25"
40 Flag of Slovenia.svg   Janez Brajkovič  (SLO)+ 4' 19.82"
41 Flag of South Africa.svg   Reinardt Janse van Rensburg  (RSA)+ 4' 25.93"
42 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg   Alexsandr Dyachenko  (KAZ)+ 4' 32.23"
43 Flag of Latvia.svg   Gatis Smukulis  (LAT)+ 4' 35.63"
44 Flag of Lithuania.svg   Ignatas Konovalovas  (LTU)+ 4' 54.59"
45 Flag of Ukraine.svg   Mykhaylo Kononenko  (UKR)+ 5' 09.20"
46 Flag of Ireland.svg   Michael Hutchinson  (IRL)+ 5' 22.86"
47 Flag of Russia.svg   Vladimir Gusev  (RUS)+ 5' 34.37"
48 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg   Evgeny Vakker  (KGZ)+ 5' 43.45"
49 Flag of Ecuador.svg   José Ragonessi  (ECU)+ 6' 16.66"
50 Flag of Latvia.svg   Aleksejs Saramotins  (LAT)+ 6' 19.04"
51 Flag of Ecuador.svg   Segundo Navarrete  (ECU)+ 7' 58.00"
52 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg   Elchin Asadov  (AZE)+ 9' 12.93"
53 Flag of Belarus.svg   Andrei Krasilnikau  (BLR)+ 9' 17.91"
54 Flag of Andorra.svg   David Albós  (AND)+ 9' 18.85"
55 Flag of South Korea.svg   Jiyong Kang  (KOR)+ 9' 19.66"
56 Flag of Hungary.svg   Gábor Lengyel  (HUN)+ 13' 49.29"
Flag of Norway.svg   Reidar Borgersen  (NOR)DNF
Flag of Italy.svg   Marco Pinotti  (ITA)DNF

References

  1. "Road World Championships: Tony Martin retains time trial title". BBC Sport . BBC. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. "Courses". Limburg 2012. UCI Road World Championships Limburg 2012. Archived from the original (JPEG) on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. "Courses" (PDF). Limburg 2012. UCI Road World Championships Limburg 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.