# 2018 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial

The Men's team time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 34th edition of the championship, and the 7th since its reintroduction for trade teams in 2012. German team Team Sunweb were the defending champions, having won in 2017. 22 teams and 132 riders entered the competition.
The race was won for the first time since 2016 by Quick-Step Floors, finishing 18.46 seconds clear of the defending champions, Team Sunweb, while the BMC Racing Team completed the podium, a further 1.09 seconds in arrears.

## Course

The race consisted of a route 62.4 kilometres (38.8 miles) in length, starting from Ötztal and ending in Innsbruck. The route was primarily rolling, except for a climb of 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) between Kematen in Tirol and Axams, with an average 5.5% gradient and maximum of 13% in places.

## Final classification

All twenty-two teams completed the 62.4-kilometre (38.8 mi)-long course.
| Rank | Team | Riders | Time |
| 1 | Quick-Step Floors | Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Laurens De Plus (BEL) Bob Jungels (LUX) Yves Lampaert (BEL) Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Niki Terpstra (NED) | 1h 07' 25.94" |
| 2 | Team Sunweb | Tom Dumoulin (NED) Chad Haga (USA) Wilco Kelderman (NED) Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) Michael Matthews (AUS) Sam Oomen (NED) | + 18.46" |
| 3 | BMC Racing Team | Patrick Bevin (NZL) Damiano Caruso (ITA) Rohan Dennis (AUS) Stefan Küng (SUI) Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) Tejay van Garderen (USA) | + 19.55" |
| 4 | Team Sky | Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) Owain Doull (GBR) Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Gianni Moscon (ITA) Ian Stannard (GBR) | + 44.96" |
| 5 | Mitchelton–Scott | Jack Bauer (NZL) Luke Durbridge (AUS) Michael Hepburn (AUS) Daryl Impey (RSA) Cameron Meyer (AUS) Matteo Trentin (ITA) | + 56.68" |
| 6 | Movistar Team | Andrey Amador (CRC) Winner Anacona (COL) Imanol Erviti (ESP) Nelson Oliveira (POR) Marc Soler (ESP) Jasha Sütterlin (GER) | + 1' 31.70" |
| 7 | Trek–Segafredo | Julien Bernard (FRA) Matthias Brändle (AUT) Fabio Felline (ITA) Michael Gogl (AUT) Ryan Mullen (IRL) Toms Skujiņš (LAT) | + 2' 03.97" |
| 8 | Bora–Hansgrohe | Maciej Bodnar (POL) Felix Großschartner (AUT) Patrick Konrad (AUT) Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) Daniel Oss (ITA) Lukas Pöstlberger (AUT) | + 2' 07.24" |
| 9 | CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice | Kamil Gradek (POL) Adrian Kurek (POL) Łukasz Owsian (POL) Szymon Sajnok (POL) Mateusz Taciak (POL) Jan Tratnik (SLO) | + 2' 37.44" |
| 10 | Astana | Magnus Cort (DEN) Hugo Houle (CAN) Andriy Hrivko (UKR) Tanel Kangert (EST) Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Michael Valgren (DEN) | + 2' 53.79" |
| 11 | Team Katusha–Alpecin | Alex Dowsett (GBR) Nathan Haas (AUS) Reto Hollenstein (SUI) Tony Martin (GER) Nils Politt (GER) Mads Würtz Schmidt (DEN) | + 2' 55.34" |
| 12 | Elkov–Author | Jan Bárta (CZE) Josef Černý (CZE) Vojtěch Hačecký (CZE) Alois Kaňkovský (CZE) Michael Kukrle (CZE) Jakub Otruba (CZE) | + 3' 17.44" |
| 13 | LottoNL–Jumbo | Koen Bouwman (NED) Tom Leezer (NED) Neilson Powless (USA) Timo Roosen (NED) Jos van Emden (NED) Danny van Poppel (NED) | + 3' 28.05" |
| 14 | Team Vorarlberg Santic | Gian Friesecke (SUI) Daniel Geismayr (AUT) Davide Orrico (ITA) Lukas Rüegg (SUI) Patrick Schelling (SUI) Jannik Steimle (GER) | + 4' 46.99" |
| 15 | AG2R La Mondiale | Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) François Bidard (FRA) Nico Denz (GER) Silvan Dillier (SUI) Alexandre Geniez (FRA) Alexis Gougeard (FRA) | + 5' 18.50" |
| 16 | Team Felbermayr–Simplon Wels | Filippo Fortin (ITA) Matthias Krizek (AUT) Daniel Lehner (AUT) Matthias Mangertseder (GER) Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) | + 5' 39.47" |
| 17 | Tirol Cycling Team | Tobias Bayer (AUT) Florian Gamper (AUT) Mario Gamper (AUT) Manuel Porzner (GER) Johannes Schinnagel (GER) Georg Zimmermann (GER) | + 6' 24.97" |
| 18 | Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang | Patrick Bosman (AUT) Markus Freiberger (AUT) Andreas Graf (AUT) Andreas Hofer (AUT) Dominik Hrinkow (AUT) Jonas Rapp (GER) | + 7' 02.77" |
| 19 | Sangemini–MG.K Vis Vega | Nicola Gaffurini (ITA) Michele Gazzara (ITA) Dario Puccioni (ITA) Niccolò Salvietti (ITA) Michele Scartezzini (ITA) Paolo Totò (ITA) | + 7' 05.29" |
| 20 | Team Lotto–Kern Haus | Luca Henn (GER) Jan Hugger (GER) Joshua Huppertz (GER) Robert Kessler (GER) Jonas Rutsch (GER) Daniel Westmattelmann (GER) | + 7' 33.42" |
| 21 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | Juraj Bellan (SVK) Marek Čanecký (SVK) Ján Andrej Cully (SVK) Martin Mahďar (SVK) Samuel Oros (SVK) Patrik Tybor (SVK) | + 8' 10.00" |
| 22 | WSA–Pushbikers | Daniel Auer (AUT) Christian Grasmann (GER) Joshua Harrison (AUS) Felix Ritzinger (AUT) Jodok Salzmann (AUT) Helmut Trettwer (GER) | + 8' 39.49" |