The 65 riders are divided into four groups. The first two groups have gone, and the next group is scheduled to start at 10:50.
Marcel Kittel of Germany crosses the halfway marker with a time of 20:32, which is the best time for that checkpoint.
Manuele Boaro of Italy has crossed the finish line in fourth place, at 42:27.
We have a number of "exotic" riders in this race, such as Daniel Tekelehaimanot of Eritrea.
Kittel has passed the final intermediate time check with a large lead and looks to set a good new best time at the finish.
The riders are all going off at one-minute intervals. A lot of riders are being passed, or are riding semi-together. We earlier saw three riders arrive almost simultaneously at the finish!
Kittel is approaching the finish.
And he breaks the 42 minute mark! Kittel brings in a time of 41:19. Will this be the winning time in the end, as well?
Kittel is also European U-23 time trial champion.
The last rider of the third group took off at 11:05, and the next (final) group starts at 11:30.
The last group consists of 16 riders, including the two Americans Peter Stetina and Tejay Van Garderen and Great Britain's Alex Dowsett. Not to mention last year's numbers one and two, Adriano Malori (Italy) and Patrick Gretsch (Germany).
Two others in the final group are Ryan Anderson of Canada and Jack Bobridge of Australia.
Matthias Brändle of Austria is 20th at the half-way time check, at 21:26.
The Canadian David Veilleux has put in a good time at the halfway mark.
Slovenia's Blaz Jarc is warming up.
Ryan Anderson of Canada is underway now, as the first of the last group to go.
The Italian U-23 champion, Alfredo Balloni, is now on the course.
Boisson of France is fifth at the intermediate time check.
Westley Gough of New Zealand comes in as 8th overall, with a time of 42:43.
Veilleux of Canda is fourth at at the second time check.
Julien Vemote of Belgium takes the start. Only nine riders left now.
Oops, we forgot to mention another Australian, Jack Bobridge, who will take off -- right now!
And he is followed one minute later by Rasmus Christian Quaade of Denmark.
This is Bobridge's last appearence in the U-23 ranks. He will be with Garmin-Slipstream next year.
Tejay Van Garderen of the USA is underway now. He will ride for Columbia-HTC next season.
Only three riders to go!
Andrei Krasilnikau of Belrussia has gone now.
Veilleux of Canada has now moved into second place at the finish.
The last two riders are also underway now: Patrick Gretsch of Germany and Adriano Malori of Italy.
Veilleux was 37:47 seconds slower than Kittel.
Nelson Oliveira of Portugal has topped Kittel by one second at the first intermediate check point.
And Dowsett slips in between Oliveira and Kittel at that time check.
Here's the current situation:
1.Marcel Kittel (GER) 41.19 2.David Veilleux (CAN) 37.457 3. Dennis Van Winden (NED) 0.45 4. Nicolas Boisson (FRA) 1.1.34 5.Dmitry Sokolov (RUS) 1.1.75 6.Jakub Novak (CZE) 1.10.20
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