Men's time trial

1996 UCI Road World Championships
ITT rainbow jersey
Race details
Dates	10 October 1996
Stages	1
Distance	40.4 km (25.10 mi)
Winning time	48' 13"
Medalists
Gold  Alex Zülle (SUI)    Silver  Chris Boardman (GBR)    Bronze  Tony Rominger (SUI)

The men's individual time trial (ITT) was held on 10 October 1996 in Lugano, Switzerland. The host nation claimed 2 medals as the reigning Vuelta a España champion, Alex Zülle took the rainbow jersey ahead of 1994 champion Chris Boardman and compatriot Tony Rominger.

Final classification

Rank	Rider	Time
	Alex Zülle (SUI)	48' 13"
	Chris Boardman (GBR)	+ 39"
	Tony Rominger (SUI)	+ 41"
4	Daniele Nardello (ITA)	+ 1' 01"
5	Andrea Peron (ITA)	+ 1' 34"
6	Uwe Peschel (GER)	+ 1' 36"
7	Juan Carlos Domínguez (ESP)	+ 1' 52"
8	Abraham Olano (ESP)	+ 1' 55"
9	Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS)	+ 2' 22"
10	Neil Stephens (AUS)	+ 2' 34"
11	Michael Andersson (SWE)	+ 2' 34"
12	Michael Rich (GER)	+ 3' 34"
13	Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	+ 3' 36"
14	Michael Blaudzun (DEN)	+ 3' 43"
15	Christophe Moreau (FRA)	+ 3' 52"
16	Marc Streel (BEL)	+ 4' 04"
17	Christophe Bassons (FRA)	+ 4' 23"
18	Walter Bonca (SLO)	+ 4' 30"
19	Dariusz Baranowski (POL)	+ 4' 32"
20	Jan Karlsson (SWE)	+ 4' 35"
21	Erik Dekker (NED)	+ 4' 52"
22	Bert Roesems (BEL)	+ 5' 13"
23	Tyler Hamilton (USA)	+ 5' 16"
24	Chris Newton (GBR)	+ 5' 26"
25	František Trkal (CZE)	+ 5' 35"
26	Robert Pintarič (SLO)	+ 5' 44"
27	Eric Wohlberg (CAN)	+ 5' 44"
28	Andrey Mizurov (KAZ)	+ 6'
29	Ruslan Ivanov (MDA)	+ 6' 19"
30	Ján Valach (SVK)	+ 6' 41"
31	Alexei Sivakov (RUS)	+ 6' 49"
32	Emilio Carricondo (ARG)	+ 7' 41"
33	Miroslav Lipták (SVK)	+ 7' 43"
34	Luboš Lom (CZE)	+ 8' 29"
35	Ruben Antonio Pegorin (ARG)	+ 9' 32"
36	Mikoš Rnjaković (YUG)	+ 9' 38"
37	Kahka Okidadze (GEO)	+ 10' 27"
38	Besnik Musaji (ALB)	+ 10' 44"
39	Ardian Uka (ALB)	+ 13' 46"
40	Christian Kouyoumdjian (LIB)	+ 14' 30"

References

• autobus.cyclingnews.com