Rohan Dennis wins UCI World Championships elite men’s time trial taking over a minute out of Tom Dumoulin

Dumoulin edged into the silver medal position with just half a second advantage over third place

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Rohan Dennis (Australia) won the UCI World Championships elite men's time trial, taking a staggering 81 seconds out of defending champion Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands.

Dennis did away with the testing 52.5 kilometre course in Innsbruck in 1 hour 3 minutes 2 seconds, to earn ownership of the rainbow striped skinsuit for the year ahead.

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