The Men's time trial of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2014 in Ponferrada, Spain. The 21st edition of the championship was won by reigning Olympic time trial champion, Bradley Wiggins. Germany's Tony Martin – the three-time defending champion – claimed silver, and Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands claimed bronze.
Qualification
All National Federations were allowed to enter four riders for the race, with a maximum of two riders to start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions were also able to take part.
Champion Name Participation Outgoing World Champion Participated; silver medal African Champion Did not participate Pan American Champion Asian Champion Oceanian Champion
Course The initial plan was to have a time trial finishing uphill. This idea was discarded because it was required to have two finish sections which was not possible from a logistical and financial point of view.
The length of the individual time trial was . The time trial started in the centre of Ponferrada and passed through La Martina, Posada del Bierzo and Carracedelo before returning to Ponferrada. A short stretch before riding into Ponferrada was made for the championships. The total elevation over the elite men's course was with a few hills in the last with a maximum inclination of 10%. The course started with a flat section of through the valley of Bierzo, before the parcours rose slightly. In a little under the riders rose from to an altitude of . The ascent overlapped partly with the road race for men, which meant that the steepest part had a negative gradient of 16%. After there was another climb; in a few kilometres the riders reached the highest point in the route, located at after , before a downhill run to the finish.
Schedule All times are in Central European Time (UTC+1). Date Time Event24 September 2014 13:30–17:00 Men's time trial24 September 2014 17:20 Victory ceremony
Participating nations 64 cyclists from 38 nations took part in the men's time trial. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.
Argentina (1) Australia (1) Austria (2) Azerbaijan (1) Belgium (2) Belarus (2) Canada (1) Chile (1) Colombia (1) Czech Republic (2) Denmark (2) Ecuador (1) Estonia (2) France (2) Great Britain (2) Germany (3) Hungary (2) Ireland (1) Italy (2) Kazakhstan (2) Latvia (2) Lithuania (2) Moldova (1) Macedonia (2) Netherlands (1) New Zealand (1) Norway (2) Paraguay (1) Poland (2) Portugal (2) Romania (2) Russia (2) Slovenia (2) Spain (2) (host) Sweden (2) Switzerland (1) Ukraine (2) United States (2)
Prize money The UCI assigned premiums for the top 3 finishers with a total prize money of €7,766. Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total Amount €3,833 €2,300 €1,633 €7,766
Final classification
Rank Rider Time 1 56' 25.52" 2 + 26.23" 3 + 40.64" 4 + 47.92" 5 + 57.74" 6 + 1' 11.62" 7 + 1' 21.63" 8 + 1' 29.66" 9 + 1' 43.41" 10 + 1' 44.20" 11 + 1' 52.37" 12 + 1' 57.02" 13 + 2' 16.28" 14 + 2' 18.27" 15 + 2' 20.88" 16 + 2' 22.28" 17 + 2' 28.39" 18 + 2' 30.77" 19 + 2' 32.62" 20 + 2' 35.10" 21 + 2' 47.90" 22 + 2' 48.60" 23 + 2' 52.80" 24 + 3' 06.67" 25 + 3' 08.64" 26 + 3' 11.21" 27 + 3' 15.71" 28 + 3' 18.18" 29 + 3' 18.47" 30 + 3' 25.26" 31 + 3' 30.13" 32 + 3' 31.78" 33 + 3' 33.30" 34 + 3' 39.23" 35 + 3' 39.69" 36 + 3' 40.36" 37 + 3' 44.16" 38 + 3' 48.05" 39 + 3' 49.51" 40 + 3' 50.32" 41 + 3' 50.39" 42 + 3' 52.16" 43 + 3' 54.96" 44 + 3' 56.62" 45 + 4' 00.51" 46 + 4' 01.56" 47 + 4' 10.83" 48 + 4' 12.81" 49 + 4' 32.05" 50 + 4' 33.65" 51 + 5' 11.23" 52 + 5' 33.44" 53 + 5' 50.45" 54 + 5' 58.32" 55 + 6' 27.65" 56 + 6' 46.48" 57 + 6' 49.32" 58 + 8' 05.49" 59 + 9' 03.77" 60 + 9' 46.54" 61 + 10' 48.63" 62 + 13' 37.86" 63 + 14' 33.34"
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