UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial

UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial

Race details
Date	End of season
Discipline	Team time trial
Type	One-day
Organiser	UCI
History
First edition	1962
Editions	32 (as of 2016)
First winner	Italy
Most wins	Italy (7 times)
Most recent	Etixx–Quick-Step

The UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial is a world championship for road bicycle racing in the discipline of team time trial (TTT). It is organized by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

National teams (1962–94)

A championship for national teams was introduced in 1962 and held until 1994. It was held annually, except that from 1972 onward, the TTT was not held in Olympic years. There were 4 riders per team on a route around 100 kilometres long.Italy won it 7 times

Medal winners

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1962 Salò	Italy Mario Maino Antonio Tagliani Dino Zandegu Danilo Grassi	Denmark Ole Ritter Vagn Bangsburg Mogens Twilling Ole Kroier	Uruguay Ruben Etchebarne Juan Jose Timon Vid Cencic Rene Pezzati
1963 Ronse	France Michel Bechet Dominique Motte Marcel Ernest Bidault Georges Chappe	Italy Mario Maino Pasquale Fabbri Danilo Grassi Dino Zandegu	Soviet Union Viktor Kapitonov Gainan Saidschushin Yuri Melichov Anatoli Olizarenko
1964 Sallanches	Italy Severino Andreoli Luciano Dalla Bona Pietro Guerra Ferruccio Manza	Spain Gines Garcia Jose-Ramon Goyeneche Ramón Sáez Luis Pedro Santamarina	Belgium Rene Heuvelmans Roland De Neve Roland Van De Rijse Albert Van Vlierberghe
1965 Lasarte	Italy Pietro Guerra Luciano Dalla Bona Mino Denti Giuseppe Soldi	Spain Ventura Diaz José Manuel López José Manuel Lasa Domingo Perurena	France André Desvages Gerard Swertvaeger Henri Heintz Claude Lechatelier
1966 Adenau	Denmark Werner Blaudzun Joergen Hansen Ole Hojlund Flemming Wisborg	Netherlands Eddy Beugels Tiemen Groen Harry Steevens Rini Wagtmans	Italy Attilio Benfatto Luciano Dalla Bona Mino Denti Pietro Guerra
1967 Heerlen	Sweden Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson	Denmark Werner Blaudzun Joergen Hansen Leif Mortensen Henning Pedersen	Italy Lorenzo Bosisio Benito Pigato Vittorio Marcelli Flavio Martini
1968 Imola	Sweden Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson	Switzerland Bruno Hubschmid Robert Thalmann Walter Burki Erich Spahn	Italy Vittorio Marcelli Flavio Martini Giovanni Bramucci Benito Pigato
1969 Zolder	Sweden Erik Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Sture Pettersson Tomas Pettersson	Denmark Mogens Frey Joergen Hansen Joergen Lund Leif Mortensen	Switzerland Xavier Kurmann Bruno Hubschmid Josef Fuchs Walter Burki
1970 Leicester	Soviet Union Valery Yardy Viktor Sokolov Boris Shoukov Valeri Likatchev	Czechoslovakia Jiri Mainus Frantisek Rezac Milan Puzrla Petr Matousek	Netherlands Fedor den Hertog Popke Oosterhof Tino Tabak Adri Duyker
1971 Mendrisio	Belgium Gustaaf Hermans Gustaaf Van Cauter Louis Verreydt Ludo Van Der Linden	Netherlands Fedor den Hertog Adri Duyker Frits Schur Aad van den Hoek	Poland Edward Barcik Stanisław Szozda Jan Smyrak Lucjan Lis
1973 Barcelona	Poland Lucjan Lis Ryszard Szurkowski Stanisław Szozda Tadeusz Mytnik	Soviet Union Gennady Komnatov Youri Mikhailov Boris Shoukov Sergey Sinizin	Sweden Tord Filipsson Lennart Fagerlund Leif Hansson Sven-Ake Nilsson
1974 Montréal	Sweden Lennart Fagerlund Bernt Johansson Tord Filipsson Sven-Åke Nilsson	Soviet Union Gennady Komnatov Rinat Szarafaoulin Vladimir Kaminski Valery Chaplygin	East Germany Hans-Joachim Hartnick Karl Dietrich Diers Horst Tischoff Gerhard Lauke
1975 Yvoir	Poland Tadeusz Mytnik Mieczyslaw Nowicki Ryszard Szurkowski Stanisław Szozda	Soviet Union Gennady Komnatov Valery Chaplygin Aavo Pikkuus Vladimir Kaminski	Czechoslovakia Petr Matousek Vlastimil Moravec Vladimir Vondracek Petr Buchacek
1977 San Cristóbal	Soviet Union Valery Chaplygin Aavo Pikkuus Vladimir Kaminski Anatoli Chukanov	Italy Mirko Bernardi Mauro De Pellegrin Vito Da Ros Dino Porrini	Poland Tadeusz Mytnik Mieczyslaw Nowicki Stanisław Szozda Czesław Lang
1978 Adenau	Netherlands Guus Bierings Bert Oosterbosch Bart van Est Jan van Houwelingen	Soviet Union Aavo Pikkuus Vladimir Kaminski Alguimantus Goushavitchous Vladimir Kouznetsov	Switzerland Gilbert Glaus Stefan Mutter Richard Trinkler Kurt Ehrensperger
1979 Valkenburg	East Germany Bernd Drogan Hans-Joachim Hartnick Andreas Petermann Falk Boden	Poland Jan Jankiewicz Czesław Lang Stefan Ciekanski Witold Plutecki	Norway Geir Digerud Morten Sæther Jostein Wilmann Hans Petter Ødegård
1981 Praha	East Germany Falk Boden Bernd Drogan Mario Kummer Olaf Ludwig	Soviet Union Youri Kashirin Oleg Logvin Sergej Kadazki Anatoli Yarkin	Czechoslovakia Milan Jurčo Michal Klasa Alipi Kostadinov Jiří Škoda
1982 Goodwood	Netherlands Maarten Ducrot Gerard Schipper Gerrit Solleveld Frits Van Bindsbergen	Switzerland Alfred Achermann Daniel Heggli Richard Trinkler Urs Zimmermann	Soviet Union Youri Kashirin Oleg Logvin Sergej Voronin Oleg Tchugda
1983 Altenrhein	Soviet Union Youri Kashirin Sergej Novolokin Oleg Tchugda Alexandre Zinoviev	Switzerland Daniel Heggli Heinz Imboden Othmar Haefliger Benno Wiss	Norway Terje Gjengaar Dag Hopen Hans Petter Ødegård Tom Pedersen
1985 Giavera del Montello	Soviet Union Vassili Jdanov Viktor Klimov Igor Sumnikov Alexandre Zinoviev	Czechoslovakia Vladimir Hruza Milan Jurčo Michal Klasa Milan Kren	Italy Marcello Bartalini Massimo Podenzana Eros Poli Claudio Vandelli
1986 Colorado Springs	Netherlands Tom Cordes Gerrit de Vries John Talen Rob Harmeling	Italy Eros Poli Massimo Podenzana Mario Scirea Flavio Vanzella	East Germany Uwe Ampler Uwe Raab Mario Kummer Dan Radtke
1987 Villach	Italy Roberto Fortunato Eros Poli Mario Scirea Flavio Vanzella	Soviet Union Viktor Klimov Asjat Saitow Igor Sumnikov Evgueni Zagrebelny	Austria Helmut Wechselberger Bernard Rassinger Mario Traxl Johann Lienhart
1989 Chambéry	East Germany Mario Kummer Maik Landsmann Jan Schur Falk Boden	Poland Zenon Jaskuła Joachim Halupczok Marek Leśniewski Andrzej Sypytkowski	Soviet Union Youri Manouylov Viktor Klimov Evgueni Zagrebelny Oleg Galkin
1990 Utsunomiya	Soviet Union Oleg Galkin Rouslan Zotov Igor Patenko Alexander Markovich	East Germany Maik Landsmann Uwe Peschel Uwe Berndt Falk Boden	West Germany Rolf Aldag Kai Hundertmarck Raimund Lehnert Michael Rich
1991 Stuttgart	Italy Flavio Anastasia Luca Colombo Gianfranco Contri Andrea Peron	Germany Uwe Berndt Bernd Dittert Uwe Peschel Michael Rich	Norway Stig Kristiansen Johnny Sæther Roar Skaane Bjørn Stenersen
1993 Oslo	Italy Cristian Salvato Gianfranco Contri Rossano Brasi Rosario Fina	Germany Christian Meyer Uwe Peschel Michael Rich Andreas Walzer	Switzerland Roman Jeker Beat Meister Markus Kennel Roland Meier
1994 Agrigento	Italy Cristian Salvato Gianfranco Contri Gianluca Colombo Dario Andriotto	France Jean-Francois Anti Dominique Bozzi Pascal Derame Christophe Moreau	Germany Ralf Grabsch Uwe Peschel Michael Rich Jan Schaffrath

Medals by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	7	3	4	14
2	Soviet Union	5	6	3	14
3	Sweden	4	0	1	5
4	Netherlands	3	2	1	6
5	East Germany	3	1	2	6
6	Poland	2	2	2	6
7	Denmark	1	3	0	4
8	France	1	1	1	3
9	Belgium	1	0	1	2
10	Switzerland	0	3	3	6
11	Czechoslovakia	0	2	2	4
11	Germany (includes  West Germany)	0	2	2	4
13	Spain	0	2	0	2
14	Norway	0	0	3	3
15	Austria	0	0	1	1
16	Uruguay	0	0	1	1

Most successful riders

Rank	Rider	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Falk Boden (DDR)	3	1	0	4
2	Gianfranco Contri (ITA)  Erik Pettersson (SWE)  Gösta Pettersson (SWE)  Sture Pettersson (SWE)  Tomas Pettersson (SWE)	3	0	0	3
7	Stanisław Szozda (POL)	2	0	2	4
8	Luciano Dalla Bona (ITA)  Pietro Guerra (ITA)  Mario Kummer (DDR)  Tadeusz Mytnik (POL)	2	0	1	3

UCI teams (2012–present)

There was a long break until a championship for trade teams was introduced in 2012. There are 6 riders per team.

Medal winners

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 Valkenburg	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	BMC Racing Team	Orica–GreenEDGE
	Tom Boonen (BEL)  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Tony Martin (GER)  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL)  Peter Velits (SVK)	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)  Taylor Phinney (USA)  Marco Pinotti (ITA)  Manuel Quinziato (ITA)  Tejay van Garderen (USA)	Sam Bewley (NZL)  Luke Durbridge (AUS)  Sebastian Langeveld (NED)  Cameron Meyer (AUS)  Jens Mouris (NED)  Svein Tuft (CAN)
2013 Florence	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step	Orica–GreenEDGE	Team Sky
	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Tony Martin (GER)  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL)  Peter Velits (SVK)	Luke Durbridge (AUS)  Michael Hepburn (AUS)  Daryl Impey (RSA)  Brett Lancaster (AUS)  Jens Mouris (NED)  Svein Tuft (CAN)	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Chris Froome (GBR)  Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)  Richie Porte (AUS)  Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)  Geraint Thomas (GBR)
2014 Ponferrada	BMC Racing Team	Orica–GreenEDGE	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
	Rohan Dennis (AUS)  Silvan Dillier (SUI)  Daniel Oss (ITA)  Manuel Quinziato (ITA)  Tejay van Garderen (USA)  Peter Velits (SVK)	Luke Durbridge (AUS)  Michael Hepburn (AUS)  Damien Howson (AUS)  Brett Lancaster (AUS)  Jens Mouris (NED)  Svein Tuft (CAN)	Tom Boonen (BEL)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Tony Martin (GER)  Pieter Serry (BEL)  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Julien Vermote (BEL)
2015 Richmond	BMC Racing Team	Etixx–Quick-Step	Movistar Team
	Rohan Dennis (AUS)  Silvan Dillier (SUI)  Stefan Küng (SUI)  Daniel Oss (ITA)  Taylor Phinney (USA)  Manuel Quinziato (ITA)	Tom Boonen (BEL)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Yves Lampaert (BEL)  Tony Martin (GER)  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Rigoberto Urán (COL)	Andrey Amador (CRC)  Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP)  Alex Dowsett (GBR)  Jon Izagirre (ESP)  Adriano Malori (ITA)  Jasha Sütterlin (GER)
2016 Doha	Etixx–Quick-Step	BMC Racing Team	Orica–BikeExchange
	Bob Jungels (LUX)  Marcel Kittel (GER)  Yves Lampaert (BEL)  Tony Martin (GER)  Niki Terpstra (NED)  Julien Vermote (BEL)	Rohan Dennis (AUS)  Stefan Küng (SUI)  Daniel Oss (ITA)  Taylor Phinney (USA)  Manuel Quinziato (ITA)  Joey Rosskopf (USA)	Luke Durbridge (AUS)  Alex Edmondson (AUS)  Michael Hepburn (AUS)  Daryl Impey (RSA)  Michael Matthews (AUS)  Svein Tuft (CAN)

Most successful teams

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Etixx–Quick-Step	3	1	1	5
2	BMC Racing Team	2	2	0	4
3	Orica–BikeExchange	0	2	2	4
4	Movistar Team	0	0	1	1
	Team Sky	0	0	1	1

Most successful riders

Rank	Rider	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Tony Martin (GER)	3	1	1	5
	Niki Terpstra (NED)	3	1	1	5
3	Peter Velits (SVK)	3	0	0	3
4	Manuel Quinziato (ITA)	2	2	0	4
5	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	2	1	0	3
	Daniel Oss (ITA)	2	1	0	3
7	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	2	0	0	2
	Silvan Dillier (SUI)	2	0	0	2
	Kristof Vandewalle (BEL)	2	0	0	2
10	Taylor Phinney (USA)	1	2	0	3

References

• "Road Cycling World Championships Men: Team Time Trial". Sports 123. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
• Wilcockson, John; Sunada, Yuzuru. "The Much-Awaited Return of the World TTT". Peloton. Retrieved 2012-09-19.