Marcus Christie during the opening stages of his test in Glasgow today, where he and Northern Ireland team mate Michael Hutchinson put in two great rides in the 38.4km race against the clock (Photo with thanks to Gordon Goldie)
Riding in the colours of their native Northern Ireland against some of the best time trial riders in the world, Marcus Christie and Michael Hutchinson have put in very strong performances at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this afternoon.
Hutchinson was 12th and Christie 13th in a field that included world class opposition.
The 38.4km time trial was won by former British champion and Giro time trial stage winner last year Alex Dowsett.
The Englishman was left out of the Movistar team for the Tour de France after falling ill before the race and not recovering in time.
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As a result, he said pre race he was fired up for the time trial and would regard anything less than the gold medal as a failure.
He was true to his word today, charging around the course in a time of 47mins 42secs, just seven seconds faster than runner-up and top Australian rider Rohan Dennis.
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No stranger to winning medals at major meetings, including Olympic gold on the track, it was left to Geraint Thomas of Wales to round out the podium; the Team Sky man coming out of the Tour obviously with some good legs. He was 14 seconds off winner Dowsett.
Hutchinson relinquished 4:24 to the winner, while Christie was just 11 seconds further. Most of those who finished ahead of the Northern Irish men are big names on the world stage - see full result below.
Michael Hutchinson in the colours of Northern Ireland powering his way to 12th in the elite men's TT in Glasgow (Photo with thanks to Gordon Goldie)
Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
Thursday, July 31st: Men's Time Trial
| 1 | Alex Dowsett (England) | 0:47:42 |
| 2 | Rohan Dennis (Australia) | 0:00:09 |
| 3 | Geraint Thomas (Wales) | 0:00:14 |
| 4 | Svein Tuft (Canada) | 0:00:51 |
| 5 | Jesse Sergent (New Zealand) | 0:00:52 |
| 6 | Michael Hepburn (Australia) | 0:01:29 |
| 7 | Steve Cummings (England) | 0:01:33 |
| 8 | David Millar (Scotland) | 0:02:14 |
| 9 | Luke Durbridge (Australia) | 0:02:16 |
| 10 | James McLaughlin (Guernsey) | 0:02:58 |
| 11 | Mark Christian (Isle of Man) | 0:03:09 |
| 12 | Michael Hutchinson (Northern Ireland) | 0:04:24 |
| 13 | Marcus Christie (Northern Ireland) | 0:04:35 |
| 14 | Zachary Bell (Canada) | 0:04:34 |
| 15 | Andrew Roche (Isle of Man) | 0:04:52 |
| 16 | Scott Davies (Wales) | 0:04:52 |
| 17 | Luke Rowe (Wales) | 0:05:06 |
| 18 | Till Drobisch (Namibia) | 0:06:38 |
| 19 | Janvier Hadi (Rwanda) | 0:07:02 |
| 20 | Muhammad Fauzan Ahmad Lutfi (Malaysia) | 0:07:14 |
| 21 | Yannick Lincoln (Mauritius) | 0:07:27 |
| 22 | Aaron Bailey (Guernsey) | 0:08:10 |
| 23 | Valens Ndayisenga (Rwanda) | 0:08:57 |
| 24 | Gerhard Mans (Namibia) | 0:09:05 |
| 25 | John Muya (Kenya) | 0:09:06 |
| 26 | Dominique Mayho (Bermuda) | 0:09:13 |
| 27 | David Njau (Kenya) | 0:09:28 |
| 28 | Arvind Panwar (India) | 0:09:40 |
| 29 | Giovanni Lovell (Belize) | 0:10:39 |
| 30 | Raynauth Jeffrey (Guyana) | 0:10:46 |
| 31 | Christian Spence (Jersey) | 0:10:47 |
| 32 | Matthew Osborn (Guernsey) | 0:10:59 |
| 33 | Lee Calderon (Gibraltar) | 0:11:07 |
| 34 | Andre Simon (Antigua and Barbuda) | 0:11:07 |
| 35 | Julian Bellido (Gibraltar) | 0:11:07 |
| 36 | Michele Smith (Cayman Islands) | 0:11:08 |
| 37 | Sombir (India) | 0:11:29 |
| 38 | Marlon Williams (Guyana) | 0:11:38 |
| 39 | Mike Chong Chin (Mauritius) | 0:11:41 |
| 40 | Danny Laud (Anguilla) | 0:12:09 |
| 41 | Joel Borland (Belize) | 0:12:17 |
| 42 | Buddhika Warnakulasooriya (Sri Lanka) | 0:12:21 |
| 43 | Mark Francis (Gibraltar) | 0:12:26 |
| 44 | Samuel Anim (Ghana) | 0:13:06 |
| 45 | Antoine Arrisol (Seychelles) | 0:13:28 |
| 46 | Christopher Symonds (Ghana) | 0:13:31 |
| 47 | Jyme Bridges (Antigua and Barbuda) | 0:13:34 |
| 48 | Edward Pothin (Seychelles) | 0:13:45 |
| 49 | Marvin Spencer (Antigua and Barbuda) | 0:13:48 |
| 50 | Chad Albury (Bahamas) | 0:15:01 |
| 51 | Kris Pradel (Anguilla) | 0:15:38 |
| 52 | Sherwin Osborne (Anguilla) | 0:15:53 |
| 53 | Leonard Tsoyo (Malawi) | 0:17:25 |
| 54 | Missi Kathumba (Malawi) | 0:17:54 |
| 55 | Jay Major (Bahamas) | 0:18:40 |
| 56 | Moses Sesay (Sierra Leone) | 0:23:18 |
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