September 30, 2010 (Geelong, Australia) – The Elite Men’s World Time Trial Championships are underway as the men complete two laps of a 22.9km circuit that features steep punchy climbs early, fast open sections in the middle and tight corners at the end. Canada’s best hope for a medal is Svein Tuft who told us this morning that his Garmin-Transitions team has given him the opportunity to focus on this event specifically. He also felt that his preparations were similar to 2008 when he won the silver medal at the ITT Worlds in Varese, Italy. The clear favourite is Fabian Cancellara (Sui). Tuft starts in the last group at 4:04pm local time – start list here.

Cancellara wins his fourth ITT title – and makes history as the first rider to win four ITT World Championships.

Results

1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 58:09.2
2. David Millar (Great Britain) 01:02.8
3. Tony Martin (Germany) 01:12.5
4. Richie Porte (Australia) 01:19.0
5. Michael Rogers (Australia) 02:24.9
6. Koos Moerenhout (Netherlands) 02:40.7
7. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spain) 02:44.2
8. David Zabriskie (United States) 02:51.4
9. Maciej Bodnar (Poland) 03:00.7
10. Gustav Larsson (Sweden) 03:01.0
11. Bert Grabsch (Germany) 03:06.1
12. Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania) 03:07.5
13. Vladimir Gusev (Russia) 03:27.3
14. Carlos Oyarzun (Chile) 03:30.5
15. Nicolas Vogondy (France) 03:38.9
16. Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) 03:40.7
17. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spain) 03:42.6
18. Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 03:45.1
19. Sylvain Chavanel (France) 03:59.8
20. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia) 04:04.0
21. Artem Ovechkin (Russia) 04:06.9
22. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kazakhstan) 04:11.2
23. Jack Bauer (New Zealand) 04:17.8
24. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) 04:40.9
25. David McCann (Ireland) 04:52.6
26. Svein Tuft (Canada) 04:55.1
27. Martin Velits (Slovakia) 05:00.0
28. Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia) 05:15.1
29. Matias Medici (Argentina) 05:17.6
30. Kanstantin Siutsou (Belarus) 05:23.5
31. Michael Morkov (Denmark) 05:24.8
32. Peter Velits (Slovakia) 05:26.3
33. Tanel Kangert (Estonia) 05:30.1
34. Andrey Zeits (Kazakhstan) 05:33.6
35. Dominique Cornu (Belgium) 05:35.8
36. Jos van Emden (Netherlands) 05:47.6
37. Gordon McCauley (New Zealand) 06:56.0
38. Jay Robert Thomson (South Africa) 06:59.4
39. Jaroslaw Marycz (Poland) 07:24.3
40. Esad Hasanovic (Serbia) 09:02.6
41. Reginald Douglas (Saint Kitts and Nevis) 23:08.5
42. James Weekes (Saint Kitts and Nevis) 23:49.6
DNS Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Colombia)