It took Bert Grabsch less than an hour to achieve the win of a lifetime at the World Championships last month. But the 52 minutes and 1 second Grabsch spent on the rolling 43.7-kilometer time trial course in Varese, Italy (also known as ) File:Flag of Italy.svg , represented years of hard work. Countless hours of training. Sacrifice and suffering. Once the ideal aerodynamic design was identified, the first prototype frame was constructed and taken to a wind-tunnel in Germany (also known as ) File:Flag of Germany.svg to fine-tune efficiency and rider positioning.