2013 UCI TT World Champs
Tony Martin won the UCI men's individual TT World Championship today and we have a nice selection of images from the start to allow us closer inspect the setups.
Olympic Champion Bradley Wiggins finished second in this important event to his German nemesis who now has three such titles to his name. Martin actually beat Wiggins by 46 seconds and that is quite a stunning margin. Fan favorite Fabian Cancellara from Switzerland was third in the event, 2 seconds behind Wiggins.
American Taylor Phinney had to settle for 5th place behind Vasil Kiryienka from Belarus.
All images courtesy of Lloyd Thomas of cyclefit.de
Bob Jungels from Luxembourg awaits the start.
The view from the start house.
As most of the field had already been gone Tony Martin finished a warmup ride.
Dutch Pro Niki Terpstra steps up to the plate.
The BMC of Marco Pinotti in the UCI geometry check stand.
The team car of Rohan Dennis awaits the start of this rising Aussie talent.
Rohan Denis meanwhile patiently awaits his turn in the start house.
Up close with the Pinarello of fellow Aussie Richie Porte.
The view of Richie Porte's bike from the front.
A final check to see if all is indeed as it is meant to be.
American Taylor Phinney was one of the favorites and was the 4th from last to start.
Phinney has quite a bit of stack below his extensions.
Phinney rode a Specialized Sitero saddle at the World Championships.
Up close with the skinsuit of Taylor Phinney.
The race bike of Fabian Cancellara.
The cockpit of the Swiss bike monster.
The Pinarello Bolide of Bradley Wiggins gets checked to make sure the bike is UCI correct.
A last wipe down of the clincher tires before the start of Tony Martin.
We don't think that the chain ring of Martin was painted like this because he was bored or looked for an art project.
The cockpit of the 2013 UCI TT World Champion Tony Martin and the Specialized Turbo 24 clinchers he rode to victory.
