BMC repeat as team time trial World Champions

BMC won their second consecutive World Championship team time trial title Sunday in a hard-fought four-way battle with Etixx-QuickStep, Orica-GreenEdge and the Movistar Team. The US team set the fastest splits at each of the three intermediate time checks and then finished strong in downtown Richmond, coming in 11 seconds faster than runner-up Etixx-QuickStep and 30 seconds better than third-placed Movistar.

Tinkoff-Saxo came out the big losers, with Michael Rogers and Michael Valgren crashing as the team approached the second intermediate time check, forcing the squad to pause and regroup. They eventually finished last on the day, more than eight minutes off the winning mark.

BMC, on the other hand, cruised over the 38.8km course without issues, while Etixx put in their own flawless ride, consistently coming in just behind BMC in all the time splits.

"I was a bit surprised about the early split time compared to BMC Racing Team," said Etixx-QuickStep's Tony Martin. " So, for sure, the morale was a bit affected early on. But then as we went along the parcours, we were gaining seconds back. I think that gave us a small push. We were really fighting, and we had a really strong performance all the way through the finish line. So, I am satisfied about the overall performance."

The battle for the bronze medal between Movistar and Orica played out much differently, however, with the Australian team starting out strong but fading near the end, while the Spanish team added to its power in the finale. Movistar was sixth fastest in the first time split, then fourth and third.

Optum Pro Cycling was the best of the Continental teams, setting the standard for the early starters and holding the hot seat until Belgian Pro Continental team Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise knocked them off.

IAM Cycling was the first WorldTour team on the course and dutifully crushed all of the time checks, taking over the lead until LottoNL-Jumbo grabbed it, followed in succession by Giant-Alpecin and then Movistar.

Orica’s disappointing result after never having finished outside the podium since the discipline was reintroduced in 2012 meant Etixx briefly had the lead next, but BMC quickly took care of that.

With Katusha falling off the lead pace early, the race boiled down to just Movistar, Etixx, Orica and BMC. The American team led Etixx by four seconds at the first time check, 13 seconds at the second and just six at the third. The shrinking margin apparently provided some impetus, however, as they added another five seconds on the final kilometres.

For Movistar, the bronze was the culmination of a concerted effort to improve their team time trial abilities.

"I think this is the confirmation of our huge progression on team time trials throughout these years," said team manager Eusebio Unzué. "They brought us many good results in the past, but it's something bigger to step onto the podium in the World Championships at last - all teams with TT specialists bring their A-team here and make many efforts to perform at their best, and in such a difficult scenario, we were able to claim bronze."

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Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1BMC Racing Team0:42:08
Row 1 - Cell 0 Rohan Dennis (Aus)Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Silvan Dillier (Swi)Row 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Stefan Kueng (Swi)Row 3 - Cell 2
Row 4 - Cell 0 Daniel Oss (Ita)Row 4 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 0 Taylor Phinney (USA)Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 0 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)Row 6 - Cell 2
2Etixx - Quick-Step0:42:19
Row 8 - Cell 0 Tom Boonen (Bel)Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 0 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol)Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 0 Yves Lampaert (Bel)Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 0 Tony Martin (Ger)Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 0 Niki Terpstra (Ned)Row 12 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 0 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col)Row 13 - Cell 2
3Movistar Team0:42:38
Row 15 - Cell 0 Andrey Amador Bkkazakova (CRc)Row 15 - Cell 2
Row 16 - Cell 0 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa)Row 16 - Cell 2
Row 17 - Cell 0 Alex Dowsett (GBr)Row 17 - Cell 2
Row 18 - Cell 0 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa)Row 18 - Cell 2
Row 19 - Cell 0 Adriano Malori (Ita)Row 19 - Cell 2
Row 20 - Cell 0 Jasha Sutterlin (Ger)Row 20 - Cell 2
4Orica GreenEdge0:43:02
Row 22 - Cell 0 Sam Bewley (NZl)Row 22 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 0 Luke Durbridge (Aus)Row 23 - Cell 2
Row 24 - Cell 0 Michael Hepburn (Aus)Row 24 - Cell 2
Row 25 - Cell 0 Michael Matthews (Aus)Row 25 - Cell 2
Row 26 - Cell 0 Jens Mouris (Ned)Row 26 - Cell 2
Row 27 - Cell 0 Svein Tuft (Can)Row 27 - Cell 2
5Team Giant-Alpecin0:43:12
Row 29 - Cell 0 Nikias Arndt (Ger)Row 29 - Cell 2
Row 30 - Cell 0 Tom Dumoulin (Ned)Row 30 - Cell 2
Row 31 - Cell 0 Chad Haga (USA)Row 31 - Cell 2
Row 32 - Cell 0 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe)Row 32 - Cell 2
Row 33 - Cell 0 Georg Preidler (Aut)Row 33 - Cell 2
Row 34 - Cell 0 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned)Row 34 - Cell 2
6Team LottoNL-Jumbo0:43:25
Row 36 - Cell 0 Robert Gesink (Ned)Row 36 - Cell 2
Row 37 - Cell 0 Wilco Kelderman (Ned)Row 37 - Cell 2
Row 38 - Cell 0 Thomas Leezer (Ned)Row 38 - Cell 2
Row 39 - Cell 0 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)Row 39 - Cell 2
Row 40 - Cell 0 Jos Van Emden (Ned)Row 40 - Cell 2
Row 41 - Cell 0 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel)Row 41 - Cell 2
7Lotto Soudal0:43:34
Row 43 - Cell 0 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)Row 43 - Cell 2
Row 44 - Cell 0 Tiesj Benoot (Bel)Row 44 - Cell 2
Row 45 - Cell 0 Tony Gallopin (Fra)Row 45 - Cell 2
Row 46 - Cell 0 Greg Henderson (NZl)Row 46 - Cell 2
Row 47 - Cell 0 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)Row 47 - Cell 2
Row 48 - Cell 0 Tim Wellens (Bel)Row 48 - Cell 2
8Astana Pro Team0:43:45
Row 50 - Cell 0 Lars Boom (Ned)Row 50 - Cell 2
Row 51 - Cell 0 Jakob Fuglsang (Den)Row 51 - Cell 2
Row 52 - Cell 0 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)Row 52 - Cell 2
Row 53 - Cell 0 Tanel Kangert (Est)Row 53 - Cell 2
Row 54 - Cell 0 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz)Row 54 - Cell 2
Row 55 - Cell 0 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa)Row 55 - Cell 2
9Team Sky0:43:49
Row 57 - Cell 0 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)Row 57 - Cell 2
Row 58 - Cell 0 Danny Pate (USA)Row 58 - Cell 2
Row 59 - Cell 0 Salvatore Puccio (Ita)Row 59 - Cell 2
Row 60 - Cell 0 Luke Rowe (GBr)Row 60 - Cell 2
Row 61 - Cell 0 Ian Stannard (GBr)Row 61 - Cell 2
Row 62 - Cell 0 Elia Viviani (Ita)Row 62 - Cell 2
10Trek Factory Racing0:43:55
Row 64 - Cell 0 Marco Coledan (Ita)Row 64 - Cell 2
Row 65 - Cell 0 Stijn Devolder (Bel)Row 65 - Cell 2
Row 66 - Cell 0 Fabio Felline (Ita)Row 66 - Cell 2
Row 67 - Cell 0 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)Row 67 - Cell 2
Row 68 - Cell 0 Jesse Sergent (NZl)Row 68 - Cell 2
Row 69 - Cell 0 Riccardo Zoidl (Aut)Row 69 - Cell 2
11FDJ.fr0:43:56
Row 71 - Cell 0 Arnaud Demare (Fra)Row 71 - Cell 2
Row 72 - Cell 0 Alexandre Geniez (Fra)Row 72 - Cell 2
Row 73 - Cell 0 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)Row 73 - Cell 2
Row 74 - Cell 0 Johan Le Bon (Fra)Row 74 - Cell 2
Row 75 - Cell 0 Steve Morabito (Swi)Row 75 - Cell 2
Row 76 - Cell 0 Jeremy Roy (Fra)Row 76 - Cell 2
12Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team0:43:58
Row 78 - Cell 0 Kristijan Koren (Slo)Row 78 - Cell 2
Row 79 - Cell 0 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)Row 79 - Cell 2
Row 80 - Cell 0 Alan Marangoni (Ita)Row 80 - Cell 2
Row 81 - Cell 0 Moreno Moser (Ita)Row 81 - Cell 2
Row 82 - Cell 0 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu)Row 82 - Cell 2
Row 83 - Cell 0 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned)Row 83 - Cell 2
13IAM Cycling0:44:06
Row 85 - Cell 0 Matthias Brandle (Aut)Row 85 - Cell 2
Row 86 - Cell 0 Stef Clement (Ned)Row 86 - Cell 2
Row 87 - Cell 0 Jerome Coppel (Fra)Row 87 - Cell 2
Row 88 - Cell 0 Reto Hollenstein (Swi)Row 88 - Cell 2
Row 89 - Cell 0 Jarlinson Pantano (Col)Row 89 - Cell 2
Row 90 - Cell 0 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat)Row 90 - Cell 2
14AG2R La Mondiale0:44:12
Row 92 - Cell 0 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu)Row 92 - Cell 2
Row 93 - Cell 0 Damien Gaudin (Fra)Row 93 - Cell 2
Row 94 - Cell 0 Patrick Gretsch (Ger)Row 94 - Cell 2
Row 95 - Cell 0 Hugo Houle (Can)Row 95 - Cell 2
Row 96 - Cell 0 Christophe Riblon (Fra)Row 96 - Cell 2
Row 97 - Cell 0 Johan Vansummeren (Bel)Row 97 - Cell 2
15Lampre-Merida0:44:16
Row 99 - Cell 0 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita)Row 99 - Cell 2
Row 100 - Cell 0 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por)Row 100 - Cell 2
Row 101 - Cell 0 Luka Pibernik (Slo)Row 101 - Cell 2
Row 102 - Cell 0 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)Row 102 - Cell 2
Row 103 - Cell 0 Jan Polanc (Slo)Row 103 - Cell 2
Row 104 - Cell 0 Santos Simoes Oliveira N. (Por)Row 104 - Cell 2
16Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise0:44:27
Row 106 - Cell 0 Victor Campenaerts (Bel)Row 106 - Cell 2
Row 107 - Cell 0 Pieter Jacobs (Bel)Row 107 - Cell 2
Row 108 - Cell 0 Oliver Naesen (Bel)Row 108 - Cell 2
Row 109 - Cell 0 Stijn Steels (Bel)Row 109 - Cell 2
Row 110 - Cell 0 Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel)Row 110 - Cell 2
Row 111 - Cell 0 Jelle Wallays (Bel)Row 111 - Cell 2
17Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies0:44:32
Row 113 - Cell 0 Ryan Anderson (Can)Row 113 - Cell 2
Row 114 - Cell 0 Jesse Anthony (USA)Row 114 - Cell 2
Row 115 - Cell 0 Guillaume Boivin (Can)Row 115 - Cell 2
Row 116 - Cell 0 Thomas Soladay (USA)Row 116 - Cell 2
Row 117 - Cell 0 Tom Zirbel (USA)Row 117 - Cell 2
Row 118 - Cell 0 Scott Zwizanski (USA)Row 118 - Cell 2
18Team Katusha0:44:41
Row 120 - Cell 0 Sergei Chernetski (Rus)Row 120 - Cell 2
Row 121 - Cell 0 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus)Row 121 - Cell 2
Row 122 - Cell 0 Sergey Lagutin (Rus)Row 122 - Cell 2
Row 123 - Cell 0 Alexander Porsev (Rus)Row 123 - Cell 2
Row 124 - Cell 0 Gatis Smukulis (Lat)Row 124 - Cell 2
Row 125 - Cell 0 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus)Row 125 - Cell 2
19UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling0:45:04
Row 127 - Cell 0 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col)Row 127 - Cell 2
Row 128 - Cell 0 Adrian Hegyvary (USA)Row 128 - Cell 2
Row 129 - Cell 0 Karl Menzies (Aus)Row 129 - Cell 2
Row 130 - Cell 0 John Murphy (USA)Row 130 - Cell 2
Row 131 - Cell 0 Kiel Reijnen (USA)Row 131 - Cell 2
Row 132 - Cell 0 Bradley White (USA)Row 132 - Cell 2
20Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis0:45:50
Row 134 - Cell 0 Alexandr Braico (Mda)Row 134 - Cell 2
Row 135 - Cell 0 Gavin Mannion (USA)Row 135 - Cell 2
Row 136 - Cell 0 Lachlan David Morton (Aus)Row 136 - Cell 2
Row 137 - Cell 0 Fred Rodriguez (USA)Row 137 - Cell 2
Row 138 - Cell 0 Taylor Sheldon (USA)Row 138 - Cell 2
Row 139 - Cell 0 Nicolae Tanovitchii (Mda)Row 139 - Cell 2
21Hincapie Racing Team0:45:52
Row 141 - Cell 0 Mackenzie Brennan (USA)Row 141 - Cell 2
Row 142 - Cell 0 Oscar Clark (USA)Row 142 - Cell 2
Row 143 - Cell 0 Andzs Flaksis (Lat)Row 143 - Cell 2
Row 144 - Cell 0 Tyler Magner (USA)Row 144 - Cell 2
Row 145 - Cell 0 Toms Skujins (Lat)Row 145 - Cell 2
Row 146 - Cell 0 Dion Smith (NZl)Row 146 - Cell 2
22Jamis - Hagens Berman0:46:45
Row 148 - Cell 0 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg)Row 148 - Cell 2
Row 149 - Cell 0 Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col)Row 149 - Cell 2
Row 150 - Cell 0 Stephen Leece (USA)Row 150 - Cell 2
Row 151 - Cell 0 Carson Miller (USA)Row 151 - Cell 2
Row 152 - Cell 0 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub)Row 152 - Cell 2
Row 153 - Cell 0 David Williams (USA)Row 153 - Cell 2
23Vino 4 Ever0:46:52
Row 155 - Cell 0 Stepan Astafyev (Kaz)Row 155 - Cell 2
Row 156 - Cell 0 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz)Row 156 - Cell 2
Row 157 - Cell 0 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz)Row 157 - Cell 2
Row 158 - Cell 0 Dmitriy Lukyanov (Kaz)Row 158 - Cell 2
Row 159 - Cell 0 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz)Row 159 - Cell 2
Row 160 - Cell 0 Oleg Zemlyakov (Kaz)Row 160 - Cell 2
24Champion System-Stan's No Tubes0:47:22
Row 162 - Cell 0 Charles Cassin (USA)Row 162 - Cell 2
Row 163 - Cell 0 Drew Christopher (USA)Row 163 - Cell 2
Row 164 - Cell 0 Andrew Clemence (USA)Row 164 - Cell 2
Row 165 - Cell 0 Bryan Gomez (Col)Row 165 - Cell 2
Row 166 - Cell 0 Max Korus (USA)Row 166 - Cell 2
Row 167 - Cell 0 George Simpson (USA)Row 167 - Cell 2
25Lupus Racing Team0:47:27
Row 169 - Cell 0 Matthieu Jeannes (Fra)Row 169 - Cell 2
Row 170 - Cell 0 Evan Murphy (USA)Row 170 - Cell 2
Row 171 - Cell 0 Kyle Murphy (USA)Row 171 - Cell 2
Row 172 - Cell 0 Michael Olheiser (USA)Row 172 - Cell 2
Row 173 - Cell 0 Mike Stone (USA)Row 173 - Cell 2
Row 174 - Cell 0 Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra)Row 174 - Cell 2
26Astellas Cycling Team0:48:07
Row 176 - Cell 0 Cortlan Brown (USA)Row 176 - Cell 2
Row 177 - Cell 0 Brandon Feehery (USA)Row 177 - Cell 2
Row 178 - Cell 0 Dan Gardner (GBr)Row 178 - Cell 2
Row 179 - Cell 0 Max Jenkins (USA)Row 179 - Cell 2
Row 180 - Cell 0 Jacob Sitler (USA)Row 180 - Cell 2
Row 181 - Cell 0 Jake Sliverberg (USA)Row 181 - Cell 2
27Tinkoff-Saxo0:50:19
Row 183 - Cell 0 Manuele Boaro (Ita)Row 183 - Cell 2
Row 184 - Cell 0 Maciej Bodnar (Pol)Row 184 - Cell 2
Row 185 - Cell 0 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den)Row 185 - Cell 2
Row 186 - Cell 0 Michael Rogers (Aus)Row 186 - Cell 2
Row 187 - Cell 0 Peter Sagan (Svk)Row 187 - Cell 2
Row 188 - Cell 0 Michael Valgren (Den)Row 188 - Cell 2

 

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