THE World Champion is...

UCI Elite Mens Elite Time Trial World Championship Shed - You'll (Schedule)

First Group starting with the first rider (Azzedine Lagab of Algeria) will start at 12:30pm. The last twenty riders and highest favored riders will start at 2:48pm and work their way out of the gate in a minute and a half increments.

20 HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus ESP
19 TUFT Svein CAN
18 RABON Frantisek CZE
17 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto POR
16 KIRYIENKA Vasil BLR
15 BRAJKOVIC Janez SLO
14 BOBRIDGE Jack AUS
13 GRABSCH Bert GER
12 LARSSON Gustav SWE
11 WIGGINS Bradley GBR
10 PINOTTI Marco ITA
9  WESTRA Lieuwe NED
8  OLIVEIRA Nélson POR
7  FUGLSANG Jakob DEN
6  PORTE Richie AUS
5  PHINNEY Taylor USA
4  IGNATYEV Mikhail RUS
3  MILLAR David GBR
2  MARTIN Tony GER
1  CANCELLARA Fabian SUI

Tony Martin is heavily favored after dominating in the TT's in both the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) and the Tour de France.

I personally hope to see US rider Taylor "Mini" Phinney do well, and hope the Trek riders do well also. I don't know that Phinney is ready to pull off a World Championship victory just yet, but stranger things have happened. Win, Place, and Show pays bragging rights to your buddies. The exacta pays the big bucks and gets ya some big time pull. So here's my Exacta for the Top 7 finishers, and my Win (Gold), Place (Silver), and Show (Bronze) medalist: 

Some believe the rain will help the bigger more powerful riders, on the rolling streets of Copenhagen. Some say that the technical riders will fair better. Me personally I think the mind games have already begun, and it is now a matter of who handles the nerves best.

10. Canadian - Svein Tuft Canadian National Champion
9. Aussie - Jack Bobridge Australian Champion ***Road Race***
8. Swed - Gustav Larsson Swedish National Champion
7. Portuguese - Nelson Oliveira Portuguese National Champion
6. American - Taylor Phinney US National Champion
5. Australian - Richie Porte
4. German - Tony Martin German National Champion
3. Brit - Tony Millar (Bronze)
2. Brit - Bradley Wiggins (Silver) British National Champion
1. The Big Swiss - Fabian Cancellara (Gold) Swiss National Champion

Mostly National Champions, and winner of some very impressive stages. But that is my Exacta. Fabian is well rested, and has said that he believes that Martin is the winner, but that this is also a one day event, that he believes he can win. I think in the most humble way that he knew how to say it, he was truly saying: I am not 4 time World Champ for nothing...

Martin has ridden strong in TT's this year claiming two of the Grand Tour TT Stages. That is not to be taken lightly, but he also had the luxury of saving himself for just those stages. Wiggins put in a full Tour, and I believe he is still hungry. Their are a couple of experienced riders in this group that are 30 or better (Fabian Cancellara and Gustav Larsson), and you know what they say about age, and treachery versus youth and cockiness right? Well if you don't and my prediction comes to its fruition, then you will after tomorrow... I don't foresee a blowout, in fact I anticipate that this will be one of the closest races in the history of the World Championships. Again we shall see after tomorrow.