2016 Road World Championships Elite Men's Individual Time Trial - *unmasked spoilers*

dastardly00

2016 Road World Championships Elite Men's Individual Time Trial - October 12, Doha, 40km

The elite men's ITT started about 15 minutes ago.

Riders will set off at intervals of 1 minute 30 seconds. There are 69 riders on the start line and last year's champion Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus) will be the last rider down the ramp, at 15:12pm local time. Ryan Mullen and Nico Roche are taking part for Ireland.

Note: Local time is two hours ahead of Irish time.

Here is a link to the full start list and start times (local time).

Cyclingnews have a live ticker here.

Live TV coverage has started on Eurosport2 and there is also a live feed on the UCI YouTube channel



Odds: Rohan Dennis 11/8; Tony Martin 15/8; Tom Dumoulin 5/1; Vasil Kiryienka 13/2; and Jonathan Castroviejo 20/1.

https://twitter.com/IreCyclingFed/status/786139400220442626

dastardly00

Ryan Mullen, the 13th rider to start, is the current fastest at the first intermediate checkpoint with a time of 16'13" - a good 30 seconds up on the next quickest, Andriy Grivko (Ukraine).

robyntmorton

dastardly00 wrote: »

Ryan Mullen, the 13th rider to start, is the current fastest at the first intermediate checkpoint with a time of 16'13" - a good 30 seconds up on the next quickest, Andriy Grivko (Ukraine).

A great first intermediate from him. Hopefully he can keep it going and set a really respectable time.

Dodge

Live timing here

http://live.tissottiming.com/?id=00030D02&style=Tissot

dastardly00

There's a lot of riders here that I have never heard of. Out of the 69 starters, I think I only recognise about 33 names

dastardly00

Dodge wrote: »

Live timing here

http://live.tissottiming.com/?id=00030D02&style=Tissot

Really nice!

neris

mullen looks like hes doing well

any spectators today on the road?

robyntmorton

Mullen 55 seconds up at inter 2. Fabulous run!

dastardly00

11 riders have gone through Intermediate Check Point #2...
Mullen is leading by 55 seconds!

godtabh

First time wathching. My god I feel like the only one watching. No crowds at all!

neris

godtabh wrote: »

First time wathching. My god I feel like the only one watching. No crowds at all!

ah dont worry theres a herd of camels there somewhere watching with great interest

robyntmorton

godtabh wrote: »

First time wathching. My god I feel like the only one watching. No crowds at all!

It looks eerily quiet there. Back to complaints about wrong host venue...

neris

they hardly need the barriers along the route, theyd be better off left on mont ventoux after this

dastardly00

Mullen finishes in 46:04.74

robyntmorton

46:04!! Nice one Ryan!

dastardly00

Josh Van Emden has just set the quickest time for Intermediate Check #2. Approx. two seconds quicker than Mullen.

godtabh

Durbridge has a water pack. Havent seen that on a UCI TT before. Must be very very hot out there

neris

that lithuanian kit really is a hideous mish mash of colours

dastardly00

Van Emden is losing time to Mullen. Virtual +8 sec at the 31km mark.

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

that lithuanian kit really is a hideous mish mash of colours

Like the Carlow GAA jersey :pac:

dastardly00

Nico next to start.

Dodge

Nico has just started. He'll be doing well to match Mullen's time!

dastardly00

godtabh wrote: »

Durbridge has a water pack. Havent seen that on a UCI TT before. Must be very very hot out there

Carlton Kirby has said that water backpacks (eg. CamelBaks) are allowed.

neris

dastardly00 wrote: »

Like the Carlow GAA jersey :pac:

who????

dastardly00

Steve Cummings a long way down at the first check point.

dastardly00

Wow! Van Emden finishes 23.66 sec behind Mullen!

dastardly00

Lampaert, who is the closest challenger on the course to Mullen, is starting to fade. Virtual 15 sec behind at the halfway point.

dastardly00

Eddie Boasson Hagen looks like the Michelin man

dastardly00

Nico is 33.41 sec behind Mullen at the first time check. Still a decent time though!

godtabh

What has kiryienka got blacked out?

neris

heres tony

dastardly00

Ronan Dennis has started

dastardly00

Everyone has started.

11 riders still have to reach Intermediate Check #1.

Ryan Mullen still has the quickest time at that time point.

neris

theres a Pakistani rider in this, never knew Pakistan had any riders at this level (even if hes 15 minutes down on mullen)

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

theres a Pakistani rider in this, never knew Pakistan had any riders at this level (even if hes 15 minutes down on mullen)

There's actually two competing.

dastardly00

Tony Martin fastest at time check #1

neris

heres hopeing tony slows down n takes it easy for the rest of the tt

dastardly00

Dennis is ~3 sec SLOWER than Mullen at time check #1.
Dumoulin is ~14 sec SLOWER than Mullen at time check #1.
Kiryienka is ~5 sec FASTER than Mullen at time check #1

pajor

Kiriyenka slower than Martin but faster than Mullen at 1st time check.

robyntmorton

I think the fact that the big guns are only getting small margins over Mullen is testament to the quality of Ryan's time. Could be very close to the end, but medalling, and possibly the rainbow jersey is not beyond him.

afatbollix

I think I can guess what he said when Ryan watched himself of him going over the line.

robyntmorton

Nico in 15th, couple of minutes down.

dastardly00

So everyone has gone through Intermediate Check #1 and Mullen has the third fastest time...

... starting to bite nails... sitting at the edge of the seat...

neris

was mullen expected to podium or top 5 even?

Pudsy33

neris wrote: »

was mullen expected to podium or top 5 even?

He was 200/1. Not even close

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

was mullen expected to podium or top 5 even?

Hopeful of a top 20 maybe (on a very good day).

robyntmorton

neris wrote: »

was mullen expected to podium or top 5 even?

Looking at his start number, I think he was expected to do okay, but not exactly be a challenger. That may not be the case in the future!

pelevin

Go on Ryan boy!

Not that he can do anything now but sit in a chair but you know what I mean.

Keeks

neris wrote: »

heres hopeing tony slows down n takes it easy for the rest of the tt

Not looking likely...sub 30' through inter 2

dastardly00

Tony Martin sets fastest time at check point #2.
36 seconds ahead of Mullen.

dastardly00

Just Kiryienka left to pass through Intermediate Point #2.