Cycling: Belgian team wins team-time-trial title

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Cycling: Belgian team wins team-time-trial title

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Omega Pharma Sunday won team-time-trial title at the world cycling road race championships.

16 September,2012 10:06 pm

The team, led by German individual time trial champion Tony Martin, saw off US rivals BMC by 3sec over the 53.2km course in a new event for the championships.Helping Martin to victory were Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel, Slovak Peter Velits, Belgian pair Tom Boonen and Kristof Vandewalle and Dutchman Niki Terpstra.Third place went to Australian outfit Orica - silver medalists in the womens race earlier - who finished 47sec off the pace.