The men'sindividual time trial event at theUCI Road World Championships is the men's world championship for theroad bicycle racing discipline of time trial. Introduced in 1994 by theUnion Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body ofcycling, the event consists of a time trial covering a distance of approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) over flat or rolling terrain.[1] Riders start separated by two-minute intervals; the one that completes the course in the shortest time is the winner, and is entitled to wear therainbow jersey in time trial events for the forthcoming season.[2]
Switzerland'sFabian Cancellara (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010) and Germany'sTony Martin (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016) have won the most competitions, with four each. Australia'sMichael Rogers (2003, 2004 and 2005) and Belgium'sRemco Evenepoel (2023, 2024 and 2025) are next by number of victories with three wins each. Martin, Rogers and Evenepoel are the only people to have taken three wins in successive years.[3]Bradley Wiggins is the oldest winner of the event, at 34 years and 149 days old when he won in 2014, whileEvenepoel is the youngest winner, at 23 years and 198 days old when he won in 2023.[4]
Germany'sMichael Rich has finished second on three occasions, and is the most successful rider not to have won the event, with a total of four medals. Cancellara has the most third-place finishes, with three. German cyclists are the most successful, with seven victories, while Swiss and Australian cyclists are second with five each. The current male champion is Belgian riderRemco Evenepoel, who wonthe 2025 event.
Germany'sJan Ullrich won the eventin 1999, beating Swedish riderMichael Andersson by fourteen seconds around the 50.8 kilometres (31.6 mi) course inTreviso.[8] Ullrich did not participate in the 2000 world championships inPlouay, and Honchar took the world title in his absence, beating Ullrich's countrymanMichael Rich by ten seconds. The Ukrainian was happy to win the event after previous runner-up and third-place finishes: "I'm really satisfied, after the silver and bronze, I've finally got my World Championship."[9] Ullrich returned the following year and reclaimed the rainbow jersey, beating Britain'sDavid Millar by six seconds inLisbon.[10] Ullrich again decided against defending his title in 2002, leavingSantiago Botero to become the first Colombian to win a World Championship gold medal, as he beat Rich by eight seconds.[11] Millar won the event in 2003; however, he was stripped of the title a year later after being found guilty of doping. Second-placedMichael Rogers was subsequently awarded the victory.[12] He finished ahead of the next competitor,Uwe Peschel, by less than a second.[13]
Rogers retained the title the following two years, finishing a minute and twelve seconds ahead of Richin 2004,[14] and twenty-three seconds ahead of Spain'sIván Gutiérrezin 2005.[15] Rogers's run came to an endthe following year, as Switzerland'sFabian Cancellara secured the victory inSalzburg, one minute and eighteen seconds ahead of American riderDavid Zabriskie.[16] The Swiss defended his titlein 2007, finishing ahead of Hungarian and Dutch cyclistsLászló Bodrogi andStef Clement.[17] Germany'sBert Grabsch succeeded Cancellara, who was absent fromthe 2008 event inVarese, winning the title ahead of Canada'sSvein Tuft and Zabriskie.[18] Cancellara returnedin 2009 and reclaimed the rainbow jersey after beating Sweden'sGustav Larsson and Germany'sTony Martin inMendrisio.[19] He won the rainbow jersey for a record fourth timethe following year, with Millar and Martin finishing second and third, respectively. Cancellara was unsure whether he would compete beforehand, but stated: "It's maybe the hardest of all my wins because leading up to this I wasn't sure of my condition."[20]
After two consecutive third-place finishes, Martin was victoriousin 2011, beatingBradley Wiggins and defending champion Cancellara by a minute and fifteen seconds. He retained the rainbow jerseythe following year; however, the margin of victory was considerably smaller as he beat the AmericanTaylor Phinney by five seconds. In 2013, Martinwon the event for a third consecutive time, again overcoming Wiggins and Cancellara. After two runner-up finishes, Wiggins prevented Martin's fourth successive win inthe following season, taking the world title for the first time. Wiggins decided not to take partin 2015, focusing instead on breaking thehour record. In his absence, the winner was Belarusian cyclistVasil Kiryienka, who came in third to Martin in 2012, beating Italy'sAdriano Malori and France'sJérôme Coppel.[21]
Chris Boardman (GBR)
Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
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Tony Martin (GER)
Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Michael Rogers (AUS)
Filippo Ganna (ITA)
Serhiy Honchar (UKR)
Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
Spain
Colombia
France
Norway
United States
Sweden
Hungary
Canada
Slovenia
Kazakhstan