2016 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

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Men's time trial
2016 UCI Road World Championships
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Time trial Rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates12 October 2016
Stages1
Distance40 km (24.85 mi)
Winning time44' 42.99" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg GoldFlag of Germany.svg  Tony Martin  (Germany)
 Silver medal icon.svg SilverFlag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (Belarus)
 Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFlag of Spain.svg  Jonathan Castroviejo  (Spain)
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The Men's time trial of the 2016 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 12 October 2016 in Doha, Qatar. It was the 23rd edition of the championship; Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus was the defending champion, after winning his first title in 2015. [2]

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Kiryienka was unable to defend his title as he was beaten by Germany's Tony Martin, who won a record-equalling fourth world title in the discipline. [3] Martin finished 45.05 seconds clear of Kiryienka, [4] with the bronze medal being won by the European champion Jonathan Castroviejo from Spain, who was 25.86 seconds behind Kiryienka and 1 minute, 10.91 seconds in arrears of Martin. [5]

Course

The race started at the Lusail Sports Complex and finished at The Pearl Island, after a flat course of 40 kilometres (25 miles).

Qualification

All National Federations were allowed to enter two riders to start the time trial. [6]

Final classification

[1]

RankRiderTime
1 Flag of Germany.svg   Tony Martin  (DEU)44' 42.99"
2 Flag of Belarus.svg   Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR)+ 45.05"
3 Flag of Spain.svg   Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP)+ 1' 10.91"
4 Flag of Poland.svg   Maciej Bodnar  (POL)+ 1' 16.77"
5 Flag of Ireland.svg   Ryan Mullen  (IRL)+ 1' 21.75"
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Rohan Dennis  (AUS)+ 1' 27.12"
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Yves Lampaert  (BEL)+ 1' 45.11"
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Jos van Emden  (NED)+ 1' 45.41"
9 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Reto Hollenstein  (SUI)+ 1' 51.51"
10 Flag of Luxembourg.svg   Bob Jungels  (LUX)+ 1' 56.59"
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Tom Dumoulin  (NED)+ 2' 01.51"
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg   Alex Dowsett  (GBR)+ 2' 11.08"
13 Flag of Denmark.svg   Martin Toft Madsen  (DNK)+ 2' 11.42"
14 Flag of Poland.svg   Marcin Białobłocki  (POL)+ 2' 15.30"
15 Flag of the United States.svg   Taylor Phinney  (USA)+ 2' 21.68"
16 Flag of Russia.svg   Anton Vorobyev  (RUS)+ 2' 22.67"
17 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Stefan Küng  (SUI)+ 2' 25.04"
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg   Luke Durbridge  (AUS)+ 2' 28.34"
19 Flag of Ukraine.svg   Andriy Hrivko  (UKR)+ 2' 34.95"
20 Flag of Portugal.svg   Nelson Oliveira  (POR)+ 2' 35.60"
21 Flag of Latvia.svg   Gatis Smukulis  (LAT)+ 2' 37.85"
22 Flag of Italy.svg   Manuel Quinziato  (ITA)+ 2' 39.35"
23 Flag of Norway.svg   Vegard Stake Laengen  (NOR)+ 2' 44.01"
24 Flag of Slovenia.svg   Primož Roglič  (SLO)+ 2' 46.06"
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg   Steve Cummings  (GBR)+ 2' 48.53"
26 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Victor Campenaerts  (BEL)+ 2' 51.00"
27 Flag of New Zealand.svg   Jack Bauer  (NZL)+ 3' 04.37"
28 Flag of the United States.svg   Alexey Vermeulen  (USA)+ 3' 15.00"
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Hugo Houle  (CAN)+ 3' 17.24"
30 Flag of Ireland.svg   Nicolas Roche  (IRL)+ 3' 17.57"
31 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg   Ryan Roth  (CAN)+ 3' 21.44"
32 Flag of Belarus.svg   Kanstantsin Sivtsov  (BLR)+ 3' 25.59"
33 Flag of Germany.svg   Jasha Sütterlin  (DEU)+ 3' 26.51"
34 Flag of France.svg   Jérémy Roy  (FRA)+ 3' 28.52"
35 Flag of France.svg   Johan Le Bon  (FRA)+ 3' 29.21"
36 Flag of Denmark.svg   Søren Kragh Andersen  (DNK)+ 3' 43.97"
37 Flag of Spain.svg   Imanol Erviti  (ESP)+ 3' 45.96"
38 Flag of Lithuania.svg   Gediminas Bagdonas  (LTU)+ 3' 47.13"
39 Flag of Norway.svg   Edvald Boasson Hagen  (NOR)+ 3' 50.03"
40 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg   Dmitriy Gruzdev  (KAZ)+ 4' 04.39"
41 Flag of Colombia.svg   Walter Vargas  (COL)+ 4' 32.37"
42 Flag of Lithuania.svg   Ramūnas Navardauskas  (LTU)+ 4' 43.94"
43 Flag of Russia.svg   Maxim Belkov  (RUS)+ 5' 01.51"
44 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg   Daniel Turek  (CZE)+ 5' 05.81"
45 Flag of Belarus.svg   Branislau Samoilau  (BLR)+ 5' 08.39"
46 Flag of Eritrea.svg   Mekseb Debesay  (ERI)+ 5' 09.99"
47 Flag of Ukraine.svg   Andriy Vasylyuk  (UKR)+ 5' 28.88"
48 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg   Muradjan Khalmuratov  (UZB)+ 5' 46.52"
49 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg   Elchin Asadov  (AZE)+ 5' 49.44"
50 Flag of Albania.svg   Eugert Zhupa  (ALB)+ 5' 52.91"
51 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg   Maksym Averin  (AZE)+ 6' 49.11"
52 Flag of Albania.svg   Redi Halilaj  (ALB)+ 6' 55.30"
53 Flag of Greece.svg   Polychronis Tzortzakis  (GRE)+ 7' 08.86"
54 Flag of Morocco.svg   Soufiane Haddi  (MAR)+ 7' 39.18"
55 Flag of India.svg   Naveen John  (IND)+ 7' 48.15"
56 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg   Zhandos Bizhigitov  (KAZ)+ 7' 49.65"
57 Flag of Eritrea.svg   Meron Teshome  (ERI)+ 7' 59.40"
58 Flag of Hong Kong.svg   Burr Ho  (HKG)+ 8' 23.62"
59 Flag of Rwanda.svg   Bonaventure Uwizeyimana  (RWA)+ 10' 22.54"
60 Flag of Qatar.svg   Afif Abdullah  (QAT)+ 12' 53.79"
61 Flag of India.svg   Arvind Panwar  (IND)+ 13' 30.99"
62 Flag of Kosovo.svg   Alban Nuha  (KOS)+ 13' 42.35"
63 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg   Sultan Asiri  (KSA)+ 15' 22.97"
64 Flag of Pakistan.svg   Mohsin Khan  (PAK)+ 15' 50.70"
65 Flag of Pakistan.svg   Hafiz Tahir Mahmood  (PAK)+ 16' 23.03"
66 Flag of Kuwait.svg   Saied Jafer Alali  (KUW)+ 16' 32.52"
DNS Flag of Finland.svg   Matti Manninen  (FIN)
DNS Flag of Bahrain.svg   Mansoor Jawad  (BHR)
DNS Flag of Kuwait.svg   Salman Hasan Alsaffar  (KUW)
DNS Flag of Bahrain.svg   Sayed Ahmed Alawi  (BHR)

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