The smiles say it all: Omega Pharma-Quick Step took the first ever trade team TT world title
Ireland’s Nicolas Roche ended his four-year tenure with French team Ag2r La Mondiale in Valkenburg, Holland, today when he was part of a six-man line-up at the World Team Time Trial Championships.
Roche will turn out again next Sunday at the World Road Race Championships for the Irish team and will then bow out for the year after a very long season in 2012. He has decided to forego a return to the Tour of Beijing, where he won a stage last year, and also the end-of-year Tour of Lombardy monument.
The Irishman joins the team of Vuelta winner Alberto Contador for next year, Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, in a move that Irish fans will watch with keen interest.
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Roche’s last ride for his French team today was a disappointing one, with the Ag2r La Mondiale riders coming home in 15th place of the 32 teams that lined out. They were 2:26 down on winners Omega Pharma-Quick Step.
BMC Racing pushed the Belgian squad very close, losing the title by just 3.23 seconds. Their US star Taylor Phinney faltered on the final climb of the Cauberg, with his team mates forced to wait for him a little. That stall and the time it took them to reform into their well-drilled shape almost certainly cost them gold.
It was an uncharacteristic moment of weakness from Phinney, who finished fourth in both the road race and TT at the Olympics and also wore the leaders pink jersey in this year’s Giro.
His situation was not helped today by the fact that Tejay Van Garderen went through far too hard just as Phinney had done a massive pull on the front, forcing those behind him to fan out, with Phinney having to dig very deep to hang on.
Orica GreenEdge were third today, some 47.06 seconds down on the winners.
World Team Time Trial Championships
1 Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:03:17.17
Tom Boonen (Bel)
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)
Tony Martin (Ger)
Niki Terpstra (Ned)
Kristof Vandewalle (Bel)
Peter Velits (Svk)
2 BMC Racing @3.23 secs
Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
Taylor Phinney (USA)
Marco Pinotti (Ita)
Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
Tejay Van Garderen (USA)
3 Orica GreenEdge @47.06
Sam Bewley (NZl)
Luke Durbridge (Aus)
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned)
Cameron Meyer (Aus)
Jens Mouris (Ned)
Svein Tuft (Can)
4 Liquigas-Cannondale @1:04.73
Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita)
Kristijan Koren (Slo)
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
Maciej Paterski (Pol)
Peter Sagan (Svk)
5 Rabobank @1:08.13
Lars Boom (Ned)
Stef Clement (Ned)
Rick Flens (Ned)
Robert Gesink (Ned)
Wilco Kelderman (Ned)
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa)
6 Movistar @1:18.57
Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc)
Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa)
José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa)
Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr)
Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa)
7 Katusha @1:18.81
Maxim Belkov (Rus)
Vladimir Gusev (Rus)
Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr)
Denis Menchov (Rus)
Gatis Smukulis (Lat)
Eduard Vorganov (Rus)
8 Radioshack-Nissan @1:21.22
Tony Gallopin (Fra)
Andreas Klöden (Ger)
Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
Jesse Sergent (NZl)
Jens Voigt (Ger)
Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa)
9 Sky @1:32.33
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor)
Alex Dowsett (GBr)
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa)
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col)
Ian Stannard (GBr)
Geraint Thomas (GBr)
10 Garmin - Sharp @1:35.13
Jack Bauer (NZl)
Thomas Dekker (Ned)
Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu)
Andrew Talansky (USA)
Johan Van Summeren (Bel)
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11 Astana @1:44.97
Assan Bazayev (Kaz)
Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz)
Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)
Tanel Kangert (Est)
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
12 Vacansoleil @1:48.21
Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
Martijn Keizer (Ned)
Gustav Larsson (Swe)
Marco Marcato (Ita)
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol)
Lieuwe Westra (Ned)
13 Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank @1:48.35
Manuele Boaro (Ita)
Michael Morkov (Den)
Luke Roberts (Aus)
Nicki Sörensen (Den)
David Tanner (Aus)
Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
14 Rusvelo @2:14.08
Artur Ershov (Rus)
Sergey Firsanov (Rus)
Valery Kaykov (Rus)
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus)
Artem Ovechkin (Rus)
Alexander Serov (Rus)
15 Ag2R La Mondiale @2:26.14
Maxime Bouet (Fra)
Sylvain Georges (Fra)
Matteo Montaguti (Ita)
Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
Christophe Riblon (Fra)
Nicolas Roche (Irl)
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi @2:30.86
Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa)
Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa)
Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa)
Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa)
Romain Sicard (Fra)
Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa)
17 Lotto Belisol @2:32.98
Lars Ytting Bak (Den)
Gaetan Bille (Bel)
Bart De Clercq (Bel)
Jens Debusschere (Bel)
Adam Hansen (Aus)
Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
18 Argos - Shimano @3:01.65
Bert De Backer (Bel)
Patrick Gretsch (Ger)
Roger Kluge (Ger)
Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned)
Matthieu Sprick (Fra)
Albert Timmer (Ned)
19 Itera - Katusha @3:09.53
Pavel Kochetkov (Rus)
Dmitriy Kosyakov (Rus)
Maxim Pokidov (Rus)
Alexander Rybakov (Rus)
Andrei Solomennikov (Rus)
Ilnur Zakarin (Rus)
20 Team Optum @3:13.40
Jesse Anthony (USA)
Michael Creed (USA)
Michael Friedman (USA)
Reid Mumford (USA)
Tom Zirbel (USA)
Scott Zwizanski (USA)
21 Cofidis @3:17.71
Julien Fouchard (Fra)
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa)
Jan Ghyselinck (Bel)
Rein Taaramae (Est)
Tristan Valentin (Fra)
Romain Zingle (Bel)
22 FDJ-Big Mat @3:23.22
David Boucher (Fra)
Sandy Casar (Fra)
Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra)
Anthony Roux (Fra)
Jérémy Roy (Fra)
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra)
23 Mtn Qhubeka @3:38.22
Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA)
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA)
Bradley Potgieter (RSA)
Meran Russan (Eri)
Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA)
Jacobus Venter (RSA)
24 Acqua & Sapone @3:54.36
Paolo Ciavatta (Ita)
Massimo Codol (Ita)
Francesco Di Paolo (Ita)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro)
Danilo Napolitano (Ita)
Francesco Reda (Ita)
25 Topsport Vlaanderen @3:56.35
Sander Armee (Bel)
Laurens De Vreese (Bel)
Pieter Jacobs (Bel)
Stijn Neirynck (Bel)
Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel)
Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel)
26 Polsat Polkowice @3:58.23
Piotr Gawronski (Pol)
Tomasz Kiendys (Pol)
Bartlomiej Matysiak (Pol)
Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul)
Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol)
Mateusz Taciak (Pol)
27 Adria Mobil @4:10.35
Kristijan Durasek (Cro)
Kristjan Fajt (Slo)
Matej Gnezda (Slo)
Marko Kump (Slo)
Matej Mugerli (Slo)
Radoslav Rogina (Cro)
28 Lampre - ISD @4:18.76
Matteo Bono (Ita)
Davide Cimolai (Ita)
Adriano Malori (Ita)
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
Daniele Pietropolli (Ita)
Davide Vigano (Ita)
29 Caja Rural @4:32.35
Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente (Spa)
Hernani Broco (Por)
Karol Domagalski (Pol)
Fabricio Ferrari (Uru)
Antonio Piedra Perez (Spa)
Alexander Riabkin (Rus)
30 Rabobank Continental Team @4:37.01
Jasper Bovenhuis (Ned)
Moreno Hofland (Ned)
Daan Olivier (Ned)
Danny Van Poppel (Ned)
Rick Zabel (Ger)
Ruben Zepuntke (Ger)
31 Team Type 1 @5:23.76
Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra)
Javier Megias Leal (Spa)
Georg Preidler (Aut)
Joey Rosskopf (USA)
Martijn Verschoor (Ned)
32 Saur - Sojasun @5:24.54
Cyril Bessy (Fra)
Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
Brice Feillu (Fra)
Cyril Lemoine (Fra)
Laurent Mangel (Fra)
Paul Poux (Fra)
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