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The Men's time trial of the
The Men's time trial of the 2010 UCI Road World Championships
The 2010 UCI Road World Championships took place in Geelong and Melbourne, Australia, over 5 days from 29 September to 3 October 2010. It was the 83rd UCI Road World Championships and the first time that Australia had held the event. Coinciden ...
cycling event took place on 30 September in Melbourne
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(Geelong
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), Australia
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, the first time in the event's 77 times that it has been held in Australia.
Fabian Cancellara
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defended his title, and in doing so, clinched a record fourth time trial world championship, recording a time more than a minute faster than any of his rivals. Great Britain
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's David Millar
David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin-Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España an ...
took silver, with Germany
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's Tony Martin claiming bronze. The two Australian entrants, Richie Porte
Richard Julian Porte (born 30 January 1985) is an Australian professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His successes include wins at 8 UCI World Tour, World Tour stage races: Paris–Nice in 201 ...
and Michael Rogers, came in fourth and fifth respectively in their home country.
Route
The riders completed two laps on an up-and-downhill 22.7 km course for a total length of 45.6 km.Final classification
References
External links
* Men's time trial UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial {{Australia-sport-stub