Cycling Road World Championships 2015: Day 5 Results, Times, Updated Schedule

Vasil Kiryienka won the only gold medal on offer at the 2015 Cycling Road World Championship on Wednesday, triumphing in style in the elite men's individual time trial. 

The Belarus racer took the title by nine seconds, beating Italian Adriano Malori for the top honour.

Frenchman Jerome Coppel took third place, finishing just under 27 seconds short of Kiryienka's mark.

Here is the top-eight result for the ITT event, per Finnish cycling blog Ammattipyoraily, with full placings available at Live.TissottTiming.com:

Here is the upcoming schedule for the rest of the world championships:

Date	Event
Sept. 25	Junior Women
	U23 Men
Sept. 26	Junior Men
	Elite Women
Sept. 27	Elite Men

Wednesday Recap

It was a glorious day for Team Sky's Vasil Kiryienka, running away with the ITT world title. The Belarusian was in impressive form as he swept to first place, but Adriano Malori pushed him all the way.

Kiryienka posted the three fastest splits of the day, riding the first sector faster than Malori by nearly half a minute, according to Tissott Timing, giving him the platform needed to ride to a famous win.

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Much was expected from popular rider Tony Martin, but the German could only finish in seventh. Martin was in second position at the first split but fell away in the second sector, ultimately ruining his final placing.

Mikkel Conde of C-Cycling.com gave his take on precisely why the time-trial specialist ultimately ended so far off the pace, allegedly dealing with a gear issue:

Martin was just 11 seconds behind Kiryienka in sector one, but he didn't have the stamina to claw back the gap. 

Giant Alpecin's Konstanze Haue highlighted the winner's amazing consistency in demeanour:

However, Eurosport commentator Jose Been did manage to catch one cracked grin from the straight-faced Eastern European, who couldn't help but show some emotion following his staggering achievement:

The Team Sky man rode one of the great races of his life, and he has consistently proved to be among the best time-trial riders on the planet. 

His concentration and skill are always precise, and despite competing against a stellar field, it always looked like he would be Wednesday's big winner.