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2005 World Championships, Time Trial

World Championships, Spain

Time Trial, Madrid, 44K

22 September

Three In A Row For Rogers

Gutierrez, Rogers, Cancellara on Podium, photo: Quick-Step

Michael Rogers has done what nobody has done before him, win the TT World Championships three times in a row. The Aussie built up his efforts over the 44K long course, taking control by the final time check. At the line Rogers had room to party, he had 24" over José Ivan Gutierrez of Spain. Now the Australian will continue to TT for one more year in the cool World Champion stripes. Bravo Michael!

Madrid in Mid-September is great, clear skies and warm weather. In front of the riders was a rolling course of 44K, two loops of 22K. It was a TT where the efforts needed to be dosed out properly. The first on the course was also the early pace setter, Matias Medici (Argentina). Medici was hanging in the pits as virtual leader until Wiggins came storming home. The British track specialist slaughtered all the intermediate time checks, and ousted Medici by 2 seconds. Wiggins kept the fast time at the first time check (10.5K) the entire day, but he paid for his early efforts and faded towards the end of the 44K.

Out of the third group of starters the real scare was José Ivan Gutierrez. The Spaniard started off well and continued in the same manner. He posted 2nd best time at 10.5K, first best time at 21.9, and 2nd best time at 33K. The Illes Balears rider came home the leader, keeping a time that Fabian Cancellara could not even top. The Swiss rider came extremely close to knocking over the Spaniard, but it was not to be.

Dekker Has Future, photo: Rabobank

The favorites that had off-days were Victor Hugo Peña, Thomas Dekker, Bobby Julich and Michael Rich. The Americano rode well, but nothing compared to what he is capable of doing. The Olympic Bronze medalist was not able to push any faster after a long and fruitful season. The German, Rich, is a TT-master: 2X German TT champion and 3X 2nd at the Worlds. But today he failed to impress, and finished at 2'13" back.

The Italians, Pinotti and Bruseghin, rode similar times. Marzio Bruseghin slotted in 14th at 2'11", while Marco Pinotti was 17th at 2'22". BiciRace.com is proud of the Italian TT Champion, Pinotti, for riding well against such tough competition. Keep checking his Inside Scoop to get his first-hand account of his race.

Three In A Row For Rogers, photo: Quick-Step

But the final tip of the cycling cloth hat is to Rogers. The Aussie was the winner in Hamilton in 2003 (after David Millar was disqualified), winner in Verona last year, and now for the third time in a row in Madrid. An achievement that had never been achieved in cycling history before today.

Results:
1 Michael Rogers (Australia) 53:34'49", 49.939 K/hr
2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spain) 0.23.77
3 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0.23.89
4 Rubén Plaza (Spain) 0.44.06
5 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) 1.20.24
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) 1.29.00
7 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 1.31.60
8 Sebastian Lang (Germany) 1.35.32
9 Matias Medici (Argentina) 1.37.07
10 Victor Hugo Peña (Colombia) 1.41.27
11 Bobby Julich (USA) 1.45.37
12 Ondrej Sosenka (Czech Republic) 1.55.49
13 Ben Day (Australia) 2.05.46
14 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy) 2.11.68
15 Michael Rich (Germany) 2.13.96
16 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia) 2.16.75
17 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 2.22.78
18 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 2.26.00
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) 2.29.61
20 Jan Hruska (Czech Republic) 2.37.59
21 Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark) 2.42.54
22 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada) 2.42.82
23 Denis Menchov (Russia) 2.45.17
24 Bert Roesems (Belgium) 2.49.49
25 Gregor Gazvoda (Slovenia) 2.56.49
26 James Lewis Perry (South Africa) 2.58.93
27 Gustav Larsson (Sweden) 3.00.17
28 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 3.07.10
29 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan) 3.12.88
30 Sylvain Chavanel (France) 3.18.53
31 Leif Hoste (Belgium) 3.19.68
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine) 3.27.63
33 Peter Mazur (Poland) 3.37.28
34 Eric Wohlberg (Canada) 3.40.32
35 Thomas Dekker (Netherlands) 3.44.53
36 George David (South Africa) 3.46.81
37 Joost Posthuma (Netherlands) 3.48.98
38 David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 3.52.09
39 Michael Blaudzun (Denmark) 3.55.77
40 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) 4.00.49
41 Lukasz Bodnar (Poland) 4.49.63
42 Juan Carlos Lopez Martin (Colombia) 4.54.18
43 Linas Balciunas (Lithuania) 4.58.35
44 Christophe Moreau (France) 5.07.11
45 Csaba Szekeres (Hungary) 5.13.34
46 Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden) 5.40.66
47 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzbekistan) 5.49.93
48 Tommi Martikainen (Finland) 7.13.87
DNS Ivaïlo Gabrovski (Bulgaria)

Intermediate timing
K 10.5
1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 13:30'82"
2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spain) 0.12.86
3 Ondrej Sosenka (Czech Republic) 0.14.29
4 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0.15.91
5 Michael Rogers (Australia) 0.17.44
6 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) 0.18.83
7 Matias Medici (Argentina) 0.22.48
8 Ben Day (Australia) 0.22.92
9 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 0.23.45
10 Rubén Plaza (Spain) 0.25.45
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) 0.27.16
12 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 0.30.77
13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine) 0.31.00
14 Denis Menchov (Russia) 0.31.16
15 Bert Roesems (Belgium) 0.31.75
16 Bobby Julich (USA) 0.31.79
17 Gregor Gazvoda (Slovenia) 0.32.40
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy) 0.32.69
19 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia) 0.33.01
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) 0.34.56
21 Victor Hugo Peña (Colombia) 0.35.63
22 Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark) 0.36.68
23 Jan Hruska (Czech Republic) 0.38.42
24 Sebastian Lang (Germany) 0.38.98
25 Leif Hoste (Belgium) 0.39.66
26 Sylvain Chavanel (France) 0.41.12
27 George David (South Africa) 0.42.75
28 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada) 0.44.54
29 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan) 0.45.42
30 Gustav Larsson (Sweden) 0.47.77
31 Thomas Dekker (Netherlands) 0.48.94
32 Joost Posthuma (Netherlands) 0.50.16
33 Michael Blaudzun (Denmark) 0.50.25
34 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) 0.51.76
35 Michael Rich (Germany) 0.53.27
36 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 0.54.54
37 James Lewis Perry (South Africa) 0.55.28
38 Linas Balciunas (Lithuania) 0.57.83
39 Peter Mazur (Poland) 0.58.96
40 Lukasz Bodnar (Poland) 1.00.90
41 David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 1.03.68
42 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzbekistan) 1.10.64
43 Christophe Moreau (France) 1.11.05
44 Eric Wohlberg (Canada) 1.15.43
45 Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden) 1.16.78
46 Csaba Szekeres (Hungary) 1.24.65
47 Juan Carlos Lopez Martin (Colombia) 1.26.14
48 Tommi Martikainen (Finland) 1.30.24

K 21.9
1 Iván Gutiérrez (Spain) 26:27'86"
2 Michael Rogers (Australia) 0.07.85
2 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
4 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0.08.83
5 Rubén Plaza (Spain) 0.14.96
6 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) 0.21.35
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) 0.23.02
8 Bobby Julich (USA) 0.30.19
9 Matias Medici (Argentina) 0.33.76
10 Ondrej Sosenka (Czech Republic) 0.34.38
11 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 0.40.76
12 Victor Hugo Peña (Colombia) 0.41.04
13 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia) 0.41.44
14 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy) 0.43.52
15 Ben Day (Australia) 0.44.30
16 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 0.44.96
17 Denis Menchov (Russia) 0.51.68
18 Bert Roesems (Belgium) 0.54.42
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) 0.54.59
20 Michael Rich (Germany) 0.55.29
21 Sebastian Lang (Germany) 0.55.64
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine) 0.57.50
23 Jan Hruska (Czech Republic) 1.06.02
24 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada) 1.06.23
25 Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark) 1.06.62
26 Gustav Larsson (Sweden) 1.08.15
27 Gregor Gazvoda (Slovenia) 1.08.97
28 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 1.09.15
29 Sylvain Chavanel (France) 1.10.10
30 Leif Hoste (Belgium) 1.10.26
31 Peter Mazur (Poland) 1.14.05
32 Michael Blaudzun (Denmark) 1.14.36
33 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan) 1.16.74
34 Thomas Dekker (Netherlands) 1.24.00
35 James Lewis Perry (South Africa) 1.31.77
36 Eric Wohlberg (Canada) 1.33.60
37 David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 1.33.85
38 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) 1.35.87
39 George David (South Africa) 1.36.91
40 Joost Posthuma (Netherlands) 1.43.50
41 Christophe Moreau (France) 1.49.32
42 Lukasz Bodnar (Poland) 1.49.40
43 Linas Balciunas (Lithuania) 1.51.22
44 Csaba Szekeres (Hungary) 2.09.66
45 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzbekistan) 2.15.57
46 Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden) 2.19.87
47 Juan Carlos Lopez Martin (Colombia) 2.34.43
48 Tommi Martikainen (Finland) 2.57.29

K 33
1 Michael Rogers (Australia) 41:01'60"
2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spain) 0.07.32
3 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0.16.30
4 Rubén Plaza (Spain) 0.30.80
5 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0.45.80
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) 0.46.37
7 Alexandr Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) 0.52.26
8 Matias Medici (Argentina) 0.52.90
9 Sebastian Lang (Germany) 1.05.87
10 Ondrej Sosenka (Czech Republic) 1.07.96
11 Bobby Julich (USA) 1.08.53
12 Victor Hugo Peña (Colombia) 1.11.81
13 Ben Day (Australia) 1.18.13
14 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) 1.18.66
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy) 1.22.74
16 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 1.26.15
17 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia) 1.27.85
18 Bert Roesems (Belgium) 1.36.88
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) 1.37.47
20 Denis Menchov (Russia) 1.40.86
21 Michael Rich (Germany) 1.41.50
22 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada) 1.45.90
23 Gregor Gazvoda (Slovenia) 1.48.23
24 Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark) 1.53.14
25 Jan Hruska (Czech Republic) 1.53.83
26 Gustav Larsson (Sweden) 1.54.28
27 James Lewis Perry (South Africa) 1.56.78
28 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan) 2.00.97
29 Leif Hoste (Belgium) 2.05.73
30 Sylvain Chavanel (France) 2.06.41
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine) 2.08.33
32 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia) 2.08.91
33 Thomas Dekker (Netherlands) 2.20.11
34 Peter Mazur (Poland) 2.20.73
35 George David (South Africa) 2.32.24
36 Michael Blaudzun (Denmark) 2.32.92
37 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) 2.36.81
38 Eric Wohlberg (Canada) 2.46.95
39 Joost Posthuma (Netherlands) 2.53.61
40 David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 2.57.14
41 Lukasz Bodnar (Poland) 3.03.38
42 Linas Balciunas (Lithuania) 3.18.68
43 Csaba Szekeres (Hungary) 3.33.03
44 Christophe Moreau (France) 3.35.62
45 Denis Shkarpeta (Uzbekistan) 3.41.38
46 Juan Carlos Lopez Martin (Colombia) 3.43.76
47 Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden) 3.59.86
48 Tommi Martikainen (Finland) 4.46.76