2014 World Road Cycling Championships
81st edition: Sept 21 - Sept 28, 2014
Ponferrada, Spain
Elite Men's Team Time Trial
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Sunday, September 21: Men's Team Time Trial (57.10 km)
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Team BMC on a gold-medal ride. Photo ©Sirotti
The Race: By winning the Mens Elite Team Time Trial today, BMC stopped Omega Pharma-Quick Step at two consecutive world championships. And BMC won decisively, beating the second and third-place teams by more than a half minute.
Said jubilant BMC general manager Jim Ochowicz, "This was special because it was everybody on the team – not just the six riders. It is really all the riders and all the staff and (sponsor) Andy Rihs and all of us who have thought about this since they started this world championship three years ago. It has always been high on our priority list, it has been a goal of the team every year and now we have done it. So it is a great moment in our organization."
Team Sky with Bradley Wiggins finished a surprising fourth.
Below the results are posted action photos of every team that participated.
Results:
Winner's average speed: 53.95 km/hr
| 1 | BMC RACING TEAM | USA | 1hr 3min 29.8sec |
| 2 | ORICA GREENEDGE | AUS | @ 31.84 seconds |
| 3 | OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK STEP | BEL | 35.22 |
| 4 | TEAM SKY | GBR | 37.29 |
| 5 | TINKOFF-SAXO | RUS | 46.59 |
| 6 | MOVISTAR TEAM | ESP | 51.37 |
| 7 | TREK FACTORY RACING | USA | +1:01.47 |
| 8 | TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO | NED | +1:26.60 |
| 9 | CANNONDALE | ITA | +1:28.56 |
| 10 | GARMIN SHARP | USA | +1:44.80 |
| 11 | FDJ.FR | FRA | +2:05.08 |
| 12 | ASTANA PRO TEAM | KAZ | +2:12.38 |
| 13 | TEAM KATUSHA | RUS | +2:14.35 |
| 14 | BELKIN-PRO CYCLING TEAM | NED | +2:28.16 |
| 15 | LAMPRE-MERIDA | ITA | +2:30.08 |
| 16 | RUSVELO | RUS | +2:44.81 |
| 17 | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | BEL | +2:45.29 |
| 18 | CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE | POL | +3:36.90 |
| 19 | TEAM EUROPCAR | FRA | +3:52.06 |
| 20 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | FRA | +4:05.91 |
| 21 | WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT | BEL | +4:07.49 |
| 22 | LOTTO BELISOL | BEL | +4:12.00 |
| 23 | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | ESP | +4:29.70 |
| 24 | KOLSS CYCLING TEAM | UKR | +4:57.99 |
| 25 | MG KVIS - WILIER | ITA | +5:36.95 |
| 26 | RABOBANK DEVELOPMENT TEAM | NED | +6:01.11 |
| 27 | ADRIA MOBIL | SLO | +6:12.23 |
| 28 | BDC MARCPOL | POL | +6:51.56 |
| 29 | TEAM ECUADOR | ECU | +8:08.46 |
Men's Team Time Trial photos: I think there's a picture of every team that participated.
BMC getting it right. Photo ©Sirotti
Orica-GreenEdge slicing through the Spanish air. Photo ©Sirotti
Europcar riding through the Spanish countryside. Photo ©Sirotti
Europcar up a little closer. Photo ©Sirotti
Cannondale. Photo ©Sirotti
FDJ. Photo ©Sirotti
Lotto-Belisol. Photo ©Sirotti
There goes Lotto-Belisol. Photo ©Sirotti
Garmin-Sharp. Photo ©Sirotti
Lampre-Merida. Photo ©Sirotti
Trek Factory Racing. Photo ©Sirotti
Giant-Shimano. Photo ©Sirotti
Team Belkin. Photo ©Sirotti
Astana. Photo ©Sirotti
Katusha. Photo ©Sirotti
Ag2r. Photo ©Sirotti
Tinkoff-Saxo. Photo ©Sirotti
Movistar. Photo ©Sirotti
Team Sky. Photo ©Sirotti
Rabobank Development Team. Photo ©Sirotti
Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise. Photo ©Sirotti
Caja Rural. Photo ©Sirotti
CCC Polsat. Photo ©Sirotti
RusVelo. Photo ©Sirotti
Wanty-Groupe Gobert. Photo ©Sirotti
Adria Mobil. Photo ©Sirotti
Kolss. Photo ©Sirotti
BDC-Marcpol. Photo ©Sirotti
MG Kvis-Trevigiani. Photo ©Sirotti
Someone has to be last. This year it was Ecuador. Photo ©Sirotti
Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Photo ©Sirotti
The podium. Gold Medalists BMC up front, second-place Orica-GreenEdge in back on the left and Omega-Pharma on the right. Photo ©Sirotti
BMC with their medals. Team boss Jim Ochowicz held the trophy. Photo ©Sirotti
Mens' Team Time Trial race map and profile:
Mens team time trial map and profile