The men's time trial of the

2011 UCI Road World Championships The 2011 UCI Road World Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, over 19–25 September 2011. The event consisted of a cycling road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, and for the first time since 2004 the junior men and j ...

cycling event took place on 21 September 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark. After bronze medals in both

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and

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, Tony Martin won his first world championship title after setting the quickest time at each of the intermediate splits, before crossing the line in a time over a minute faster than anyone else. He caught and passed the two riders who started directly before him,

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and Mikhail Ignatiev, and came within 45 seconds of catching a third ( Taylor Phinney). The silver medal went to Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins, with the bronze medal going to four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara, who trailed Wiggins by 4.76 seconds after making an error in the closing stages.

Route

The riders completed two laps on a course in and around Copenhagen, for a total length of .

Final classification

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 UCI Road World Championships - Men's time trial Men's time trial UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial