Sergis gets us started but he is not someone who is likely to be up there at the end.
Our cameras decide to pick up Vangstad and follows him to the finish. He takes pole position for the moment, clocking 1hr5'45", and beating the next best time by 3'37".
Downey comes home in 2nd, exactly a minute down.
Rajapakshage takes over 2nd place. He is 22" seconds down.
Kochetkov sets the 3rd fastest time, slower by 37".
Kangert goes 4th fastest, 45" slower.
Vorobev quite a bit slower than the current leader at 1'12" slower, but is still 6th at the moment.
Van Baarle even slower. 9th, 1'54" down.
Ligthart now into 6th. He is off by 1'4".
Jungels goes 7th, slower by 1'10".
Olman goes 5th. He is 48" off Vangstad's time.
Zmorka (Porto-Prio) takes the lead! His time is 1hr5'39".
The time is immediately bettered by Vlatos who improves it by a whopping 1'5". The new time to beat is 1hr4'34".
Away from our cameras, Danacik has come in taking 4th place, 1'15" off the lead, but just 10" off Zmorka in 2nd, Bibby has taken 5th, 1'29" down, Johansson has become 6th, 1'43" off and Gruzdev has finished in 7th place, 1'44" slower than the top time.
We catch up with Malori, who clocks the 9th fastest time for the moment. He is slower by 1'47".
Aramendia has done a storming ride to come in just 17 seconds down on Vlatos!
Lammertink and Hepburn clocked the 8th and 3rd fastest times, 1'37" and 52" seconds slower than the fastest time for the moment. Unfortunately, their rides were missed by our cameras.
We have a new benchmark! Nascimento (Porto-Prio) clocks 1hr4'6" and is the new leader. He overtook Nathan Brown on the road, who is no slouch himself, finishing with the 11th fastest time for the moment, 2'6" off the Porto - Prio rider's time. The difference in performance is visible by this picture alone!
Cheung comes home in 8th, 1'55" down.
Golovash improves on 8th, 3" faster at 1'52".
Haugard again betters 8th place timing, being 1'45" slower.
Schadlich goes 5th, at 1'32".
Yatsevich has a disappointing outing. He is 2'20" slower and well out of contention.
Sutterlin now goes 5th. He is off by 1'29".
Gonzalez Salas slots in 3" behind Sutterlin in 6th.
Howson slightly disappointing at 13th. He misses the mark by 1'54".
Kittel pulls out a good run. He is 50" down on Nascimento.
Ford is 2nd! He is just 5" slower.
Durbridge has a bad day. He can only manage 14th place, 1'50" down.
Keizer takes 7th across the line. His time is 1'21" down on the best.
We have a new leader! Taylor Phinney betters Nascimento's time by 4" seconds. The new benchmark is 1hr4'2". Just two riders to go after this.
Fiedler (Porto-Prio) can only manage 4th as he is 9" slower than Phinney.
Coppel is last out on track. He matches Phinney's time to the second! It is now up to the judges to decide today's winner.
And they award the win to Phinney! The RBC rider climbs to the top of the podium to claim his prize.
