Rohan Dennis wins world championships time trial by huge margin

Rohan Dennis consolidated his place among the greatest Australian road cyclists with the biggest win of his career, routing the world championships time trial field by 81 seconds in Austria on Wednesday.

Dennis, a 28-year-old from Adelaide, conquered the 32-mile course with one significant climb in 1 hours, 3 minutes, 2.57 seconds. He unseated 2017 World champion Tom Dumoulin, the runner-up in this year’s Giro d’Italia and Tour de France.

The Dutchman Dumoulin finished second Wednesday. Belgian Victor Campenaerts took third. Full results are here.

Dennis won by a margin that harkens back to the dominance of Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who won the first of his four rainbow jerseys by 90 seconds…