# 2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial

The Men's time trial of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on September 23, 2015, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It was the 22nd edition of the championship. Bradley Wiggins was the outgoing champion but did not defend his title.
Vasil Kiryienka won the gold medal for Belarus, recording a time 9.08 seconds quicker than his closest rival, Italian rider Adriano Malori. The podium was completed by France's Jérôme Coppel, 26.62 seconds behind Kiryienka's winning time.

## Course

The riders began their race 20 miles north of Richmond at Kings Dominion, Virginia's premier amusement park in Hanover County. Racers then went past Meadow Event Park, home to the State Fair of Virginia and the birthplace of thoroughbred racing legend Secretariat. Racers headed south on long, open straights past the Hanover County Courthouse, the third oldest courthouse still in use in the U.S. and dating back to about 1740. Long hills on Brook and Wilkinson roads brought the racers back into the city through Virginia Union University before turning downtown. Nearly half the turns of the entire route fell within the closing kilometers, the second to last of which was to ascend 300 meters (980 feet) on Governor Street. At the top, the riders had to take a sharp left turn onto the false-flat finishing straight, 680 meters (2,230 feet) to the finish.

## Qualification
### Qualification for the event

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 | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Did not participate |
| African Champion | Tsgabu Grmay (ETH) | Did not participate |
| Pan American Champion | Carlos Oyarzun (CHI) | Did not participate |
| Asian Champion | Hossein Askari (IRI) | Did not participate |
| Oceanian Champion | Michael Hepburn (AUS) | Scheduled to participate |

### Olympic qualification

This time trial was also part of the qualification of the men's time trial at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The first ten nations in the time trial qualified one athlete.

## Schedule

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Event |
| September 23, 2015 | 13:00–15:35 | Men's individual time trial |

## Start list

The following riders were confirmed by their respective nations.
| No. | Rider | Country |
| 1 | Tony Martin | Germany |
| 2 | Tom Dumoulin | Netherlands |
| 3 | Vasil Kiryienka | Belarus |
| 4 | Rohan Dennis | Australia |
| 5 | Adriano Malori | Italy |
| 6 | Matthias Brändle | Austria |
| 7 | Jonathan Castroviejo | Spain |
| 8 | Maciej Bodnar | Poland |
| 9 | Stefan Küng | Switzerland |
| 10 | Alex Dowsett | Great Britain |
| 11 | Jan Bárta | Czech Republic |
| 12 | Nelson Oliveira | Portugal |
| 13 | Jesse Sergent | New Zealand |
| 14 | Taylor Phinney | United States |
| 15 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Belgium |
| 16 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Denmark |
| 17 | Jérôme Coppel | France |
| 18 | Ramūnas Navardauskas | Lithuania |
| 19 | Artem Ovechkin | Russia |
| 20 | Andreas Vangstad | Norway |
| 21 | Rigoberto Urán | Colombia |
| 22 | Andriy Hryvko | Ukraine |
| 23 | Hugo Houle | Canada |
| 24 | Mekseb Debesay | Eritrea |
| No. | Rider | Country |
| 25 | Alexey Lutsenko | Kazakhstan |
| 26 | Tanel Kangert | Estonia |
| 27 | Segundo Navarrete | Ecuador |
| 28 | Gatis Smukulis | Latvia |
| 29 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden |
| 30 | Polychronis Tzortzakis | Greece |
| 31 | Adrien Niyonshuti | Rwanda |
| 32 | Serghei Țvetcov | Romania |
| 33 | Nikolay Mihaylov | Bulgaria |
| 34 | Manuel Rodas | Guatemala |
| 35 | Muradjan Khalmuratov | Uzbekistan |
| 36 | Tuguldur Tuulkhangai | Mongolia |
| 37 | Juan Martinez | Puerto Rico |
| 38 | Alexandre Pliușchin | Moldova |
| 39 | Gorgi Popstefanov | Macedonia |
| 40 | Norlandis Taveras | Dominican Republic |
| 41 | Ahmed Albourdainy | Qatar |
| 42 | David Albós | Andorra |
| 43 | Nikias Arndt | Germany |
| 44 | Wilco Kelderman | Netherlands |
| 45 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Belarus |
| 46 | Luke Durbridge | Australia |
| 47 | Moreno Moser | Italy |
| No. | Rider | Country |
| 48 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Austria |
| 49 | Luis León Sánchez | Spain |
| 50 | Marcin Białobłocki | Poland |
| 51 | Silvan Dillier | Switzerland |
| 52 | Steven Cummings | Great Britain |
| 53 | Petr Vakoč | Czech Republic |
| 54 | Sam Bewley | New Zealand |
| 55 | Lawson Craddock | United States |
| 56 | Yves Lampaert | Belgium |
| 57 | Rasmus Quaade | Denmark |
| 58 | Romain Sicard | France |
| 59 | Gediminas Bagdonas | Lithuania |
| 60 | Ilnur Zakarin | Russia |
| 61 | Vegard Stake Laengen | Norway |
| 62 | Ryan Roth | Canada |
| 63 | Daniil Fominykh | Kazakhstan |
| 64 | Rein Taaramäe | Estonia |
| 65 | Carlos Quishpe | Ecuador |
| 66 | Aleksejs Saramotins | Latvia |
| 67 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Sweden |
| 68 | Neofytos Sakellaridis | Greece |
| 69 | Rafael German | Dominican Republic |
| 70 | Michael Hepburn | Australia |

## Final classification

| Rank | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) | 1h 02' 29.45" |
| 2 | Adriano Malori (ITA) | + 9.08" |
| 3 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) | + 26.62" |
| 4 | Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) | + 29.36" |
| 5 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | + 1' 01.51" |
| 6 | Rohan Dennis (AUS) | + 1' 07.96" |
| 7 | Tony Martin (GER) | + 1' 16.73" |
| 8 | Maciej Bodnar (POL) | + 1' 17.33" |
| 9 | Marcin Białobłocki (POL) | + 1' 22.42" |
| 10 | Moreno Moser (ITA) | + 1' 31.61" |
| 11 | Jan Bárta (CZE) | + 1' 34.04" |
| 12 | Taylor Phinney (USA) | + 1' 36.99" |
| 13 | Nelson Oliveira (POR) | + 1' 52.38" |
| 14 | Steve Cummings (GBR) | + 1' 58.89" |
| 15 | Michael Hepburn (AUS) | + 1' 59.20" |
| 16 | Matthias Brändle (AUT) | + 1' 59.88" |
| 17 | Alex Dowsett (GBR) | + 2' 06.56" |
| 18 | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | + 2' 15.91" |
| 19 | Stefan Küng (SUI) | + 2' 17.63" |
| 20 | Luke Durbridge (AUS) | + 2' 18.22" |
| 21 | Rasmus Quaade (DEN) | + 2' 19.17" |
| 22 | Lawson Craddock (USA) | + 2' 27.34" |
| 23 | Wilco Kelderman (NED) | + 2' 31.18" |
| 24 | Andriy Hryvko (UKR) | + 2' 32.28" |
| 25 | Hugo Houle (CAN) | + 2' 35.87" |
| 26 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | + 2' 45.17" |
| 27 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | + 2' 47.95" |
| 28 | Gatis Smukulis (LAT) | + 2' 56.12" |
| 29 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | + 2' 56.13" |
| 30 | Silvan Dillier (SUI) | + 2' 56.78" |
| 31 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | + 2' 59.52" |
| 32 | Tanel Kangert (EST) | + 3' 01.21" |
| 33 | Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | + 3' 07.22" |
| 34 | Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | + 3' 13.15" |
| 35 | Jesse Sergent (NZL) | + 3' 13.59" |
| 36 | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | + 3' 23.83" |
| 37 | Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) | + 3' 25.51" |
| 38 | Gustav Larsson (SWE) | + 3' 25.79" |
| 39 | Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) | + 3' 26.67" |
| 40 | Ramūnas Navardauskas (LTU) | + 3' 30.20" |
| 41 | Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) | + 3' 30.59" |
| 42 | Andreas Vangstad (NOR) | + 3' 43.23" |
| 43 | Sam Bewley (NZL) | + 3' 44.22" |
| 44 | Ryan Roth (CAN) | + 3' 51.14" |
| 45 | Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN) | + 3' 55.26" |
| 46 | Romain Sicard (FRA) | + 3' 56.61" |
| 47 | Alexandre Pliușchin (MDA) | + 4' 00.34" |
| 48 | Lukas Pöstlberger (AUT) | + 4' 18.12" |
| 49 | Mekseb Debesay (ERI) | + 4' 20.33" |
| 50 | Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) | + 4' 20.38" |
| 51 | Rigoberto Urán (COL) | + 4' 40.65" |
| 52 | Nikias Arndt (GER) | + 4' 47.00" |
| 53 | Petr Vakoč (CZE) | + 5' 01.26" |
| 54 | Serghei Țvetcov (ROU) | + 5' 38.95" |
| 55 | Polychronis Tzortzakis (GRE) | + 5' 47.86" |
| 56 | Manuel Rodas (GUA) | + 5' 53.85" |
| 57 | Tuguldur Tuulkhangai (MGL) | + 6' 45.70" |
| 58 | Neofytos Sakellaridis (GRE) | + 7' 05.06" |
| 59 | Muradjan Khalmuratov (UZB) | + 7' 06.79" |
| 60 | Segundo Navarrete (ECU) | + 8' 50.76" |
| 61 | Ahmed Albourdainy (QAT) | + 9' 45.89" |
| 62 | David Albós (AND) | + 11' 55.93" |
| 63 | Gorgi Popstefanov (MKD) | + 13' 05.52" |
| 64 | Juan Martínez (PUR) | + 13' 43.53" |
| 65 | Carlos Quishpe (ECU) | + 14' 14.66" |
| | Artem Ovechkin (RUS) | DNS |
| | Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA) | DNS |
| | Nikolay Mihaylov (BUL) | DNS |
| | Norlandys Taveras (DOM) | DNS |
| | Rafael Germán (DOM) | DNS |