In Montreal it is the turn of the junior riders, called to compete for the world title in the time trial. Italy's hopes rest on Andrea Tarallo, racing for Vangi Tommasini Il Pirata and originally from Civitavecchia, and on the Veronese Patrik Pezzo Rosola from Nordest Petrucci Assali Stefen, son of Paola Pezzo and Paolo Rosola.

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Both Italian riders arrive at the world championship in excellent condition following their brilliant performances at the recent Giro della Lunigiana, where Tarallo also secured a stage victory. Two Italian riders who have already demonstrated important qualities in time trial racing and who aim to position themselves in the fight for top positions.

There will be 69 riders at the start, representing 41 nations. The competition will be opened by Zimbabwean Rohnan Nicholson at 18:18, while the last to start will be Belgian Vic De Smet at 20:00. The distance to cover is 20.3 kilometers with two intermediate checkpoints: 6.0 km, 14.5 km.

THE MAIN TITLE CONTENDERS. The race promises to be wide open, with numerous talents ready to compete for the rainbow jersey. Among the most anticipated names are Spaniard Benjamin Noval (another son of a famous cyclist), Danish Julius Birkedal, Australian Alistair Forsyth, Belgian Vic De Smet, Americans Enzo Hincapie, another son of a famous cyclist, and Kashus Adamski, Canadian Zachari Moreau, British Leon Atkins, Frenchman Lancelot Gayant and Dutch Gijs Winters.

THE STARTERS

12:18:00 72 NICHOLSON Rohnan 10141665854 ZIM 28 DEC 2008
12:19:30 71 ERULKU Ege 10128658255 TUR 8 JUL 2008
12:21:00 70 ISHIMWE Brian 10165232511 RWA 6 AUG 2008
12:22:30 69 SOLIS Adrian 10141938060 NCA 13 AUG 2009
12:24:00 68 NDRIAMANAMPY Juliano 10113023875 MRI 29 MAY 2008
12:25:30 66 ENWRIGHT JR Keith 10131798025 BIZ 7 AUG 2008
12:27:00 65 KUNTARIČ ŽIBERT Vanja 10090859173 SLO 28 DEC 2008
12:28:30 64 JESUS Rodrigo 10148127266 POR 8 JUL 2008
12:30:00 63 RODRIGUEZ Jose 10160956932 MEX 9 MAY 2008
12:31:30 62 KEE-TUI Carlos Alexander 10167457649 ZIM 30 DEC 2008
12:33:00 61 YUZERLER Gokturk 10143582919 TUR 28 MAR 2008
12:34:30 60 BYUSA Pacifique 10131784584 RWA 30 JUL 2008
12:36:00 59 KUBILIUS Matas 10128358767 LTU 23 JAN 2009
12:37:30 58 ALSAFR Hussain 10131739623 KSA 5 JAN 2008
12:39:00 57 YAU Chung Ming 10141812162 HKG 17 JAN 2009
12:40:30 56 AJPACAJA Andersson 10126651567 GUA 13 MAY 2008
12:42:00 54 PEREZ Benjamin 10151670493 CHI 26 DEC 2008
12:43:30 53 THOMPSON Ryan 10160923283 CAY 28 OCT 2009
12:45:00 52 da SILVA Bruno 10171850739 BRA 2 FEB 2008
12:46:30 51 TABLADA Jamaal 10161285015 BIZ 22 JUL 2008
12:48:00 50 MANSOURI Selmane 10111071953 ALG 27 JUN 2009
12:49:30 49 STARE Gal 10096863170 SLO 27 MAR 2008
12:51:00 48 COSTA Goncalo 10053661491 POR 3 APR 2008
12:52:30 47 ANDRADE Omar 10144563427 MEX 26 FEB 2008
12:54:00 46 PODLUZHNYY Pavel 10160527102 KAZ 8 AUG 2008
12:55:30 45 BOTHA Alex 10131387389 NZL 20 AUG 2009
12:57:00 44 TANAKA So 10169124635 JPN 6 MAR 2009
12:58:30 43 STEWART Lachlan 10158725326 AUS 16 DEC 2009
13:00:00 42 HUSENICA Milan 10063754747 SVK 3 MAY 2009
13:01:30 41 SANCHEZ Juan Esteban 10145618606 COL 31 DEC 2008
13:03:00 40 MOREAU Zachari 10080140875 CAN 6 JAN 2009
13:04:30 39 LOPEZ Raul 10042106670 ESP 26 MAR 2008
13:06:00 38 MITORAJ Igor 10106695334 POL 8 JUL 2008
13:07:30 37 BARHOUMI Marwan 10071126444 SUI 2 MAY 2009
13:09:00 36 WIERSMA Thijs 10117104747 NED 23 JUN 2008
13:10:30 35 FURENES Mads 10094438877 NOR 4 APR 2009
13:12:00 34 WINKLEY Freddie 10135511610 IRL 9 SEP 2009
13:13:30 33 ELSASSER Luan 10094869822 GER 5 SEP 2008
13:15:00 32 TARALLO Andrea 10029590943 ITA 10 JAN 2008
13:16:30 31 BIRKEDAL Julius 10094285802 DEN 24 NOV 2008
13:18:00 30 ADAMSKI Kashus 10122256962 USA 19 OCT 2008
13:19:30 29 JIROVEC Ollie 10152996565 AUS 26 MAY 2008
13:21:00 28 WISHART Evander 10143962936 GBR 7 APR 2008
13:22:30 26 CARRENO Jaime 10150506493 CHI 30 AUG 2008
13:24:00 25 WIESMAYR Niklas 10099849760 AUT 30 OCT 2009
13:25:30 24 WOOLLEY Dean 10151753753 RSA 6 MAR 2008
13:27:00 23 FREE Andre 10132721747 NZL 28 APR 2008
13:28:30 22 NOVIKOV Gleb 10158929834 KAZ 29 OCT 2009
13:30:00 21 HARDY Tristan 10126451002 MRI 9 FEB 2008
13:31:30 20 MATSUMURA Takumi 10136061678 JPN 22 OCT 2008
13:33:00 19 KUBĚNA Daniel 10086845696 CZE 14 JUL 2008
13:34:30 18 MICHALIK Timotej 10083850016 SVK 15 APR 2009
13:36:00 17 OUTLET Maximilien 10107227622 LUX 29 JUN 2008
13:37:30 16 DEVEER Carter 10074828915 CAN 11 APR 2009
13:39:00 15 LEGIEĆ Mikołaj 10088929176 POL 22 APR 2008
13:40:30 14 SALAMIN Antoine 10105232755 SUI 23 FEB 2008
13:42:00 13 WINTERS Gijs 10064416872 NED 2 JUL 2008
13:43:30 12 McCRYSTAL Rian 10107375243 IRL 2 MAR 2009
13:45:00 11 KINGS Owen 10105058761 GER 25 OCT 2008
13:46:30 10 GAYANT Lancelot 10066163478 FRA 12 OCT 2008
13:48:00 9 NOVAL Benjamin 10039051473 ESP 7 OCT 2008
13:49:30 8 PEZZO ROSOLA Patrik 10030817486 ITA 16 FEB 2008
13:51:00 7 RISBJERG Malthe 10125660046 DEN 7 MAR 2008
13:52:30 6 POSADA Jose Manuel 10146113609 COL 1 NOV 2008
13:54:00 5 ORHOLM-LONSETH Sindre 10093842531 NOR 2 MAY 2008
13:55:30 4 HINCAPIE Enzo 10147657222 USA 20 JUN 2008
13:57:00 3 FORSYTH Alistair 10155117128 AUS 28 AUG 2008
13:58:30 2 ATKINS Leon 10096430613 GBR 29 SEP 2008
14:00:00 1 de SMET Vic 10114462509 BEL 7 MAY 2009