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FOOTBALL | Page 3 CCRICKETRICKET | Page 11 I am proud of Misbah’s the players, Pakistan To Advertise here says Qatar favourites in Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 coach Fossati day-night Test Thursday, October 13, 2016 TENNIS Muharram 12, 1438 AH Troicki stuns Nadal, GULF TIMES Murray cruises in Shanghai SPORT Page 7 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DOHA 2016 Impressive Martin makes it a time trial double in Doha After leading Etixx-Quick-Step to team time trial victory on Sunday, German races to his fourth individual world title have two more years. Now I have the full set of medals from “For the moment Fabian has the big- the world championships,” said Kir- ger victories in time trials, two gold yienka, who was wearing the colours of medals in the Olympic Games. For the Belarus rather than the rainbow jersey. moment he is still at the top, but I’m not at the end of my career. I’ve got two QATAR’S ABDULLAH FINISHES 60TH more years in cycling. But right now he Qatar’s sole participant in the ITT is the man.” fi nished in 60th place. Afi f Abdullah The two main pre-race favourites, concluded the 40-kilometre course on Rohan Dennis of Australia and Tom home soil just under the hour barrier, in Dumoulin of the Netherlands, both 57:36.78. struggled. While Dennis fi nished 1min “I am proud to have represented my 27sec behind the winner in sixth, Du- country at the World Championships. moulin was 2min 1sec adrift in 11th. It was a special feeling. It wasn’t easy, “You can know about a course only but I feel proud all the same,” Abdullah by going there. I was thinking whether said. to come to Doha and I fi nally decided to Four riders needed more than an do it. It didn’t work out. But the expe- hour to reach the fi nish line at The rience was worth it and it’ll help me in Pearl: Saudi Arabia’s Sultan Asiri future events,” Dumoulin said. (1:00:05.96), Pakistani’s Mohsin Kahn Ireland’s Ryan Mullen, the 13th of (1:00:33.69) and Hafi z Tahir Mahmood 70 riders named on the startlist, was (1:01:06.02) and Saied Jafer Alali from Germany’s Tony Martin cycles his way to victory in the men’s individual time trial world title in the UCI Road World Championships 2016 yesterday. PICTURES: Jayaram the long-time leader, until the fi nal six Kuwait (1:01:15.51). starters began fi nishing. He ended up in The men’s elite road race is on Sun- By Yash Mudgal most out of the strong form he show- days makes up for everything,” said 44:42, a result better than the one fi fth place with a time of 46:07.74. day, with Britain’s Mark Cavendish Doha cased four days ago, when he led Etixx– Martin, who managed an average speed posted by nine of the teams who com- Martin has struggled in time trials among the favourites. Quick-Step to victory in the team time of 53.651km yesterday. peted in Sunday’s time trial. for much of the year but struck peerless trial. On the course which suited him to Martin crouched low under an um- form in searing heat yesterday. Mar- RESULTS ermany’s Tony Martin demol- “After taking the gold medal with the a tee, the German put in a monster brella on a curb and waited for Kir- tin started steady at the isolated Lusail MEN’S INDIVIDUAL 40KM TIME-TRIAL ished the fi eld to win the joint team, to win the rainbow jersey in the performance to win the title for the yienka to fi nish his ride. At the news arena in the desert and was fastest at 1. Tony Martin (GER) 44:42 record fourth men’s individual individual time trial is just the icing on fourth time in his career, following the that he had won the title, he jumped up both time checks on the road towards 2. Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) +45 time trial world title at the the cake. I was a bit scared by the heat triumphs of 2011, 2012 and 2013, thus in delight as his team surrounded him the fi nish area in The Pearl. 3. Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP) +1:10 GUCI Road Cycling World Champion- at fi rst, but having a good preparation equalling Swiss Fabian Cancellara’s whooping for his fourth world champi- Martin was the fastest man at the fi rst 4. Maciej Bodnar (POL) +1:16 ships yesterday. here in Qatar helped me cope with it,” record — 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010. onship title. time split but the race was still tight, 5. Ryan Mullen (IRL) +1:21 Steady and powerful, the 31-year- said Martin. “I just had fun on the road. I want to On equalling Cancellara’s record, with Kiryienka just three seconds be- 6. Rohan Dennis (AUS) +1:27 old German stopped the clock on a fl at, Martin is leaving Etixx-Quick Step to be world champion every year, so I am Martin said, “Everybody asks me for hind and Dennis only 11 seconds off the 7. Yves Lampaert (BEL) +1:45 40km course in 44min 42sec, which join Katusha next season. proud I can ride in a world champion the record. I don’t count my medals. pace. However, Martin hit the turbos in 8. Jos van Emden (NED) +1:45 was 45 seconds faster than runner-up “I rode without any pressure, was suit from next year,” said Martin af- For me it’s more important to go from the next sector and had pulled 21 seconds 9. Reto Hollenstein (SUI) +1:51 and defending champion Vasil Kir- focused only on what I had to do, and ter selfi e-snapping moments with the year to year to the title, and wearing the ahead of Kiryienka by the second split, 10. Bob Jungels (LUX) +1:56 yienka of Belarus and 1min 10sec ahead not on my rivals, and to come out on fans. “I’ve missed it a lot.” rainbow jersey next year means more before another blistering fi nal sector 11. Tom Dumoulin (NED) +2:01 of third-placed Jonathan Castroviejo of top is really incredible. I haven’t had a Martin blitzed the Doha course, set- to me. The only thing I can say I’m still doubled the margin of victory. 12. Alex Dowsett (GBR) +2:11 Spain. great year up until this point, but to win ting the reference time at both check- motivated to go for a fi fth and a sixth “I am very satisfi ed with the work I 13. Martin Madsen (DEN) +2:11 Martin was motivated to make the two world titles in the space of just four points, before concluding the race in medal. I’m not at the end of my career. I have done and the medal I have won. 14. Marcin Bialoblocki (POL) +2:15 Road Races to begin with men’s U23 event By Sports Reporter dred metres to sprint toward the finish chance of breaking away and keeping peloton, while Netherlands’ Cees Doha is a strategy the faster cyclists use the peloton at bay to fight for the big Bol proved his worth recently in the often, but also it also has its own risks. prize, given the smaller size of the Olympia’s Tour, a pan flat U23 stage To start with, being in the right posi- teams (6 riders max) and a technical race that has been used as launching ith both individual and tion in the final metres is crucial and circuit around The Pearl. However, a pad by some riders set to take part in team time trials done hence there is a lot of contention for mass sprint finish cannot be complete- this exciting race. and dusted, the UCI that. Secondly, a group of attackers ly ruled out. Lastly we find two riders that have Road World Champion- might break away from the peloton Halvorsen has proven his credentials excelled in 2016. Belarus’ Alexandr Wships Doha 2016 will enter a new stage during the race and make it all the way by dominating the sprints at the Riabushenko, who won the European starting today with the men’s Un- to the arrival, thus leaving only scraps Tour de l’Avenir, the world’s best U23 Championships RR, and Spain’s Iván der-23 Road Race. for those in the bunch. stage race. Pascal Ackermann, a great García Cortina, who has been quite It’s time for the Road Races, a com- The men’s Under-23 Road Race field, sprinter in his own right will share successful in 2016 having been placed pletely diff erent event where strategy comprising world’s best male riders the German Team captaincy with an inside the top 10 in 24 races over the comes into play. Unlike the time trial aged between 19 and 22 years old, will already established pro such as Phil last seven months. events, in Road Races all riders start aim for the rainbow jersey to propel Bauhaus. The race will be held entirely in The at the same time. The course is way their career to stardom. Talking about established pros, Colom- Pearl. It comprises 10 laps of the 15.2 longer, making endurance a key factor. Norway’s Kristoff er Halvorsen and bia’s Sebatián Molano has already sur- kilometre circuit, plus an initial partial Having energy is as important as sav- Slovakia’s Erik Baska are the main prised older riders this season with his lap for a total of 165.7 kilometres of ing it.