2015 World Road Cycling Championships
82nd edition: Sept 20 - Sept 27, 2015
Elite Men's Team Time Trial
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September 20: Elite Men's Team Time Trial, 38.8 km/24.1 miles
BMC in perfect formation
The race: BMC became repeat world champions in the team time trial. The 2014 and now 2015 champs blasted along the course at an average of 55.275 km/hr.
Sky, having crashed in training, finished ninth. An even bigger disappointment was Tinkoff-Saxo, who finished dead last more than eight minutes slower than BMC. Michael Rogers and Michael Valgren fell because they touched wheels and the team waited for them. Here's how Tinkoff-Saxo described the fall:
Tinkoff-Saxo’s ambitions at the World Championships Team Time Trial took a tumble, as Michael Valgren and Michael Rogers crashed just before the second split time. Both riders have sustained significant skin wounds but were able to fight their way to the finish line in Richmond with their teammates, fortunately staying clear of any major injuries.
Complete Results:
38.8 km raced at an average speed of 55.275 km/hr
| 1 | BMC RACING TEAM | 42min 7sec |
| Rohan DENNIS | ||
| Silvan DILLIER | ||
| Stefan KUENG | ||
| Daniel OSS | ||
| Taylor PHINNEY | ||
| Manuel QUINZIATO | ||
| 2 | ETIXX - QUICK STEP | @ 12sec |
| Tom BOONEN | ||
| Michal KWIATKOWSKI | ||
| Yves LAMPAERT | ||
| Tony MARTIN | ||
| Niki TERPSTRA | ||
| Rigoberto URAN URAN | ||
| 3 | MOVISTAR TEAM | 31 |
| Andrey AMADOR | ||
| Jonathan CASTROVIEJO | ||
| Alex DOWSETT | ||
| Jon IZAGUIRRE | ||
| Adriano MALORI | ||
| Jasha SÜTTERLIN | ||
| 4 | ORICA-GREENEDGE | 54 |
| Sam BEWLEY | ||
| Luke DURBRIDGE | ||
| Michael HEPBURN | ||
| Michael MATTHEWS | ||
| Jens MOURIS | ||
| Svein TUFT | ||
| 5 | GIANT-ALPECIN | +1:04 |
| Nikias ARNDT | ||
| Tom DUMOULIN | ||
| Chad HAGA | ||
| Tobias LUDVIGSSON | ||
| Georg PREIDLER | ||
| Ramon SINKELDAM | ||
| 6 | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | +1:18 |
| Robert GESINK | ||
| Wilco KELDERMAN | ||
| Thomas LEEZER | ||
| Maarten TJALLINGII | ||
| Jos VAN EMDEN | ||
| Sep VANMARCKE | ||
| 7 | LOTTO-SOUDAL | +1:27 |
| Lars Ytting BAK | ||
| Tiesj BENOOT | ||
| Tony GALLOPIN | ||
| Greg HENDERSON | ||
| Jurgen ROELANDTS | ||
| Tim WELLENS | ||
| 8 | ASTANA PRO TEAM | +1:38 |
| Lars BOOM | ||
| Jakob FUGLSANG | ||
| Andriy GRIVKO | ||
| Tanel KANGERT | ||
| Alexey LUTSENKO | ||
| Luis Leon SANCHEZ | ||
| 9 | TEAM SKY | +1:42 |
| Vasil KIRYIENKA | ||
| Danny PATE | ||
| Salvatore PUCCIO | ||
| Luke ROWE | ||
| Ian STANNARD | ||
| Elia VIVIANI | ||
| 10 | TREK FACTORY RACING | +1:47 |
| Marco COLEDAN | ||
| Stijn DEVOLDER | ||
| Fabio FELLINE | ||
| Markel IRIZAR | ||
| Jesse SERGENT | ||
| Riccardo ZOIDL | ||
| 11 | FDJ | +1:49 |
| Arnaud DEMARE | ||
| Alexandre GENIEZ | ||
| Matthieu LADAGNOUS | ||
| Johan LE BON | ||
| Steve MORABITO | ||
| Jérémy ROY | ||
| 12 | CANNONDALE-GARMIN | +1:50 |
| Kristijan KOREN | ||
| Sebastian LANGEVELD | ||
| Alan MARANGONI | ||
| Moreno MOSER | ||
| Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | ||
| Dylan VAN BAARLE | ||
| 13 | IAM CYCLING | +1:58 |
| Matthias BRANDLE | ||
| Stef CLEMENT | ||
| Jerome COPPEL | ||
| Reto HOLLENSTEIN | ||
| Jarlinson PANTANO | ||
| Aleksejs SARAMOTINS | ||
| 14 | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | +2:04 |
| Gediminas BAGDONAS | ||
| Damien GAUDIN | ||
| Patrick GRETSCH | ||
| Hugo HOULE | ||
| Christophe RIBLON | ||
| Johan VANSUMMEREN | ||
| 15 | LAMPRE-MERIDA | +2:08 |
| Mattia CATTANEO | ||
| Rui Alberto FARIA | ||
| Luka PIBERNIK | ||
| Ruben PLAZA | ||
| Jan POLANC | ||
| Nelson Filipe SANTOS | ||
| 16 | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | +2:20 |
| Victor CAMPENAERTS | ||
| Pieter JACOBS | ||
| Oliver NAESEN | ||
| Stijn STEELS | ||
| Arthur VAN OVERBERGHE | ||
| Jelle WALLAYS | ||
| 17 | OPTUM P/B KELLY BENEFIT STRATEGIES | +2:24 |
| Ryan ANDERSON | ||
| Jesse ANTHONY | ||
| Guillaume BOIVIN | ||
| Thomas SOLADAY | ||
| Tom ZIRBEL | ||
| Scott ZWIZANSKI | ||
| 18 | TEAM KATUSHA | +2:34 |
| Sergei CHERNETSKI | ||
| Viacheslav KUZNETSOV | ||
| Sergey LAGUTIN | ||
| Alexander PORSEV | ||
| Gatis SMUKULIS | ||
| Ilnur ZAKARIN | ||
| 19 | UNITED HEALTHCARE | +2:57 |
| Carlos Eduardo ALZATE | ||
| Adrian HEGYVARY | ||
| Karl MENZIES | ||
| John MURPHY | ||
| Kiel REIJNEN | ||
| Bradley WHITE | ||
| 20 | JELLY BELLY P/B MAXXIS | +3:42 |
| Alexandr BRAICO | ||
| Gavin MANNION | ||
| Lachlan David MORTON | ||
| Fred RODRIGUEZ | ||
| Taylor SHELDON | ||
| Nicolae TANOVITCHII | ||
| 21 | HINCAPIE RACING TEAM | +3:44 |
| Mac BRENNAN | ||
| Oscar CLARK | ||
| Andzs FLAKSIS | ||
| Tyler MAGNER | ||
| Toms SKUJINS | ||
| Dion SMITH | ||
| 22 | JAMIS-HAGENS BERMAN | +4:37 |
| Lucas Sebastian HAEDO | ||
| Daniel Alexander JARAMILLO | ||
| Stephen LEECE | ||
| Carson MILLER | ||
| Luis ROMERO | ||
| David WILLIAMS | ||
| 23 | VINO 4-EVER | +4:44 |
| Stepan ASTAFYEV | ||
| Zhandos BIZHIGITOV | ||
| Yevgeniy GIDICH | ||
| Dmitriy LUKYANOV | ||
| Alexandr SHUSHEMOIN | ||
| Oleg ZEMLYAKOV | ||
| 24 | CHAMPION SYSTEM-STAN'S NOTUBES | +5:15 |
| Mac CASSIN | ||
| Drew CHRISTOPHER | ||
| Andrew CLEMENCE | ||
| Bryan GOMEZ | ||
| Max KORUS | ||
| George SIMPSON | ||
| 25 | LUPUS RACING TEAM | +5:18 |
| Matthieu JEANNES | ||
| Evan MURPHY | ||
| Kyle MURPHY | ||
| Michael OLHEISER | ||
| Mike STONE | ||
| Thomas VAUBOURZEIX | ||
| 26 | ASTELLAS CYCLING TEAM | +5:59 |
| Cortlan BROWN | ||
| Brandon FEEHERY | ||
| Dan GARDNER | ||
| Max JENKINS | ||
| Jacob SITLER | ||
| Jake SLIVERBERG | ||
| 27 | TINKOFF-SAXO | +8:12 |
| Manuele BOARO | ||
| Maciej BODNAR | ||
| Christopher JUUL JENSEN | ||
| Michael ROGERS | ||
| Peter SAGAN | ||
| Michael VALGREN | ||
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
World Champions BMC turning in a perfect ride
Second place Etixx-Quick Step
Third place Movistar
Orica-GreenEdge
Katusha
Tinkoff-Saxo
Michael Valgren had fallen, note his right sleeve.
Team Sky
Giant-Alpecin
Astana
Ag2r
Lampre-Merida
Trek
LottoNL-Jumbo
Lotto-Soudal
Champion System-Stan's No Tubes
Hincapie Racing
Optum
United Healthcare
Topsport Vlaanderen
IAM Cycling
World Champions BMC
The top three places, from left: Etixx-Quick-Step (2nd), BMC, Movistar (3rd)
Team time trial map