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Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) is the 2006 world time trial champion. The Swiss rider dominated the 50.83-km event in Salzburg, Austria, leading at every checkpoint en route to victory in 1:00:11. David Zabriskie (United States), Cancellara’s teammate on CSC, finished second at 1:29, and Vuelta a Espana winner Alexander Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) took third at 1:49. Svein Tuft (Canada) took the early lead with a 1:04:57, but no one expected that time to be good for a medal. And so it wasn’t. Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark) outdid Tuft with a 1:02:04. Vandborg’s time remained the time to beat for an hour. Zabriskie, however, took the lead with a 1:01:41. His time looked like a possible winner, particularly after Vinokourov fell 0:23 short of it. Cancellara, however, was still on the course, and he was the fastest man at each checkpoint. The Swiss shattered the Kazakh’s time. Three-time defending champion Michael Rogers (Australia) was still on the course, but the Aussie lacked winning form and settled for eighth at 2:31. 
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