Malori earns biggest victory of career in Tirreno-Adriatico time trial

While Adriano Malori (Movistar) was considered an outside favourite in the flat, 9.1km time trial that concluded Tirreno-Adriatico on Tuesday, conventional wisdom put the best hopes for a stage win on a trio of riders with very deep palmares against the clock: current and three-time time trial world champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), four-time time trial world champion Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky), the 2012 Olympic time trial and Tour de France champion.

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