2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial

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Men's team time trial
2018 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates23 September 2018
Stages1
Distance62.4 km (38.77 mi)
Winning time1h 07' 25.94" [1]
Medalists
 Gold medal icon.svg Gold Quick-Step Floors
 Silver medal icon.svg Silver Team Sunweb
 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze BMC Racing Team
  2017

The Men's team time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 34th edition of the championship, and the 7th since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. German team Team Sunweb were the defending champions, having won in 2017. [2] 22 teams and 132 riders entered the competition. [3]

Contents

The race was won for the first time since 2016 by Quick-Step Floors, finishing 18.46 seconds clear of the defending champions, Team Sunweb, [1] while the BMC Racing Team completed the podium, a further 1.09 seconds in arrears. [4]

Course

The race consisted of a route 62.4 kilometres (38.8 miles) in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, except for a climb of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, with an average 5.5% gradient and maximum of 13% in places. [5]

Final classification

All twenty-two teams completed the 62.4-kilometre (38.8 mi)-long course. [1]

RankTeamRidersTime
1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Quick-Step Floors Flag of Denmark.svg  Kasper Asgreen  (DEN)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens De Plus  (BEL)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Bob Jungels  (LUX)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Yves Lampaert  (BEL)
Flag of Germany.svg  Maximilian Schachmann  (GER)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Niki Terpstra  (NED)
1h 07' 25.94"
2 Flag of Germany.svg Team Sunweb Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Tom Dumoulin  (NED)
Flag of the United States.svg  Chad Haga  (USA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wilco Kelderman  (NED)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Kragh Andersen  (DEN)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Matthews  (AUS)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sam Oomen  (NED)
+ 18.46"
3 Flag of the United States.svg BMC Racing Team Flag of New Zealand.svg  Patrick Bevin  (NZL)
Flag of Italy.svg  Damiano Caruso  (ITA)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Rohan Dennis  (AUS)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Stefan Küng  (SUI)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Greg Van Avermaet  (BEL)
Flag of the United States.svg  Tejay van Garderen  (USA)
+ 19.55"
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Sky Flag of Spain.svg  Jonathan Castroviejo  (ESP)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Owain Doull  (GBR)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR)
Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Kwiatkowski  (POL)
Flag of Italy.svg  Gianni Moscon  (ITA)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Stannard  (GBR)
+ 44.96"
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchelton–Scott Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jack Bauer  (NZL)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Luke Durbridge  (AUS)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Hepburn  (AUS)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Daryl Impey  (RSA)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Cameron Meyer  (AUS)
Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Trentin  (ITA)
+ 56.68"
6 Flag of Spain.svg Movistar Team Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Andrey Amador  (CRC)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Winner Anacona  (COL)
Flag of Spain.svg  Imanol Erviti  (ESP)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Nelson Oliveira  (POR)
Flag of Spain.svg  Marc Soler  (ESP)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jasha Sütterlin  (GER)
+ 1' 31.70"
7 Flag of the United States.svg Trek–Segafredo Flag of France.svg  Julien Bernard  (FRA)
Flag of Austria.svg  Matthias Brändle  (AUT)
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Felline  (ITA)
Flag of Austria.svg  Michael Gogl  (AUT)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ryan Mullen  (IRL)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Toms Skujiņš  (LAT)
+ 2' 03.97"
8 Flag of Germany.svg Bora–Hansgrohe Flag of Poland.svg  Maciej Bodnar  (POL)
Flag of Austria.svg  Felix Großschartner  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Patrick Konrad  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Gregor Mühlberger  (AUT)
Flag of Italy.svg  Daniel Oss  (ITA)
Flag of Austria.svg  Lukas Pöstlberger  (AUT)
+ 2' 07.24"
9 Flag of Poland.svg CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice Flag of Poland.svg  Kamil Gradek  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Adrian Kurek  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Łukasz Owsian  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Szymon Sajnok  (POL)
Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusz Taciak  (POL)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jan Tratnik  (SLO)
+ 2' 37.44"
10 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Astana Flag of Denmark.svg  Magnus Cort  (DEN)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Hugo Houle  (CAN)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Hrivko  (UKR)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Tanel Kangert  (EST)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Michael Valgren  (DEN)
+ 2' 53.79"
11 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Team Katusha–Alpecin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Alex Dowsett  (GBR)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Haas  (AUS)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Reto Hollenstein  (SUI)
Flag of Germany.svg  Tony Martin  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Nils Politt  (GER)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Mads Würtz Schmidt  (DEN)
+ 2' 55.34"
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Elkov–Author Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Bárta  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Černý  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vojtěch Hačecký  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Alois Kaňkovský  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Michael Kukrle  (CZE)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jakub Otruba  (CZE)
+ 3' 17.44"
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg LottoNL–Jumbo Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Koen Bouwman  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Tom Leezer  (NED)
Flag of the United States.svg  Neilson Powless  (USA)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Timo Roosen  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jos van Emden  (NED)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny van Poppel  (NED)
+ 3' 28.05"
14 Flag of Austria.svg Team Vorarlberg Santic Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Gian Friesecke  (SUI)
Flag of Austria.svg  Daniel Geismayr  (AUT)
Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Orrico  (ITA)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Lukas Rüegg  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Patrick Schelling  (SUI)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jannik Steimle  (GER)
+ 4' 46.99"
15 Flag of France.svg AG2R La Mondiale Flag of Lithuania.svg  Gediminas Bagdonas  (LTU)
Flag of France.svg  François Bidard  (FRA)
Flag of Germany.svg  Nico Denz  (GER)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Silvan Dillier  (SUI)
Flag of France.svg  Alexandre Geniez  (FRA)
Flag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA)
+ 5' 18.50"
16 Flag of Austria.svg Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Fortin  (ITA)
Flag of Austria.svg  Matthias Krizek  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Daniel Lehner  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Matthias Mangertseder  (GER)
Flag of Austria.svg  Stephan Rabitsch  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Riccardo Zoidl  (AUT)
+ 5' 39.47"
17 Flag of Austria.svg Tirol Cycling Team Flag of Austria.svg  Tobias Bayer  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Florian Gamper  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Mario Gamper  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Manuel Porzner  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Johannes Schinnagel  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Georg Zimmermann  (GER)
+ 6' 24.97"
18 Flag of Austria.svg Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang Flag of Austria.svg  Patrick Bosman  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Markus Freiberger  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Andreas Graf  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Andreas Hofer  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Dominik Hrinkow  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jonas Rapp  (GER)
+ 7' 02.77"
19 Flag of Italy.svg Sangemini–MG.K Vis Vega Flag of Italy.svg  Nicola Gaffurini  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Gazzara  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Dario Puccioni  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Niccolò Salvietti  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Scartezzini  (ITA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Totò  (ITA)
+ 7' 05.29"
20 Flag of Germany.svg Team Lotto–Kern Haus Flag of Germany.svg  Luca Henn  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jan Hugger  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Joshua Huppertz  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Kessler  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Jonas Rutsch  (GER)
Flag of Germany.svg  Daniel Westmattelmann  (GER)
+ 7' 33.42"
21 Flag of Slovakia.svg Dukla Banská Bystrica Flag of Slovakia.svg  Juraj Bellan  (SVK)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Marek Čanecký  (SVK)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Ján Andrej Cully  (SVK)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Martin Mahďar  (SVK)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Samuel Oros  (SVK)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Patrik Tybor  (SVK)
+ 8' 10.00"
22 Flag of Austria.svg WSA–Pushbikers Flag of Austria.svg  Daniel Auer  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Grasmann  (GER)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Joshua Harrison  (AUS)
Flag of Austria.svg  Felix Ritzinger  (AUT)
Flag of Austria.svg  Jodok Salzmann  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Helmut Trettwer  (GER)
+ 8' 39.49"

References

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  2. "World Championships: Team Sunweb win men's team time trial". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. "Start List / Liste de départ: Men's Team Time Trial / Contre-la-montre par équipes Hommes" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. Adams, Tom (23 September 2018). "UCI World Championships - Quick - Step Floors dominate to claim men's TTT title in Innsbruck". Eurosport . Discovery, Inc. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. "Up next: UCI Women's and Men's Team Time Trials". Innsbruck-Tirol 2018. Innsbruck-Tirol Cycling Championship 2018 GmbH. 22 September 2018. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.