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Three climbs in the "Dutch Alps" were along the way, with the Cauberg once again coming near the finish. There was no early dominant leader, with the lead changing hands often until Dmitriy Gruzdev of Kazakhstan set a best time of He sat in the hot seat for a long time, as he had started as number 40, and wasn't bounced out of it until number 28, Vasil Kiryienka of Belorussia topped him by Kiryienka's time was good enough for the bronze medal, while Gruzdev finished a more than respectable sixth.

The favourites then took to the road, and Phinney was resplendent in the American stars and stripes jersey in the sunshine. Contador was highly concentrated as he started off, but to no avail. Martin took a drink just moments before his start and looked restless, as if he was anxious to get the show on the road. Phinney blasted through the first time check, 15 seconds faster than Gruzdev's best time, and Martin was unable to beat him.

Meanwhile, there was an omen of things to come as Contador passed through in 15th, nearly 20 seconds down. The cat-and-mouse game between Martin and Phinney continued the whole race, with Martin looking to have taken the upper hand with the best time at the second time check. Shortly thereafter, he caught and passed Contador. He was turning a massive gear, it was a false flat, and he was still heading away from me. Phinney was first the break the minute barrier at the third and final intermediate time check, but Martin topped him there too, although by a lower margin than earlier.

But the Cauberg was still to come. Martin is a proven climber and Phinney had enormous difficulties with the climb during the team time trial.

This time, however, with no extra-speedy teammates to pull him out of his rhythm, he mastered the legendary climb and burst his way to the finish line, nearly catching Sweden's Fredrik Kessiakoff, who had started just ahead of him. Phinney then crossed the finish line in He didn't have much time to enjoy the hot seat, although the finish ended up being much closer than expected. It's also a big motivation booster for the winter and going into next year.

Martin unexpectedly lost time along the way, whether on the Cauberg or the few kilometers afterwards, and instead of sailing confidently in to his second world time trial title, he had to obviously force himself over the last few hundred meters. He made it, though, crossing the finish line a mere 5. Sign up to the Cyclingnews Newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information about how to do this, and how we hold your data, please see our privacy policy.

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