Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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View of the start of the Men's road race.
VenueFort Copacabana
241.5 km (150.1 mi)
Date6 August 2016
Competitors144 from 63 nations
Winning time6:10:05
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greg Van Avermaet
 Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakob Fuglsang
 Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rafał Majka
 Poland
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The men's road race was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The race started and finished on 6 August at Fort Copacabana and was won by Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium. It was Belgium's first victory in the men's individual road race since 1952 and second overall, tying France and the Soviet Union for second-most behind Italy (five). Belgium matched Italy for most total medals, at seven. Jakob Fuglsang won Denmark's fourth silver medal in the event; the nation had yet to win gold. Rafał Majka's bronze was Poland's first medal in the event since 1980.

Qualification[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Nations could earn qualification spots primarily through UCI tours. The top five nations at the UCI World Tour earned five quota places, with nations further down the rankings earning progressively fewer quota places. There were also up to three places per nation available through continental tours and championships. Individuals could also earn places if their nation's ranking was insufficient. A few places were reserved for the host nation and Tripartite Commission invitations.[1]

Background[]

This was the 20th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932; the time trial had been re-introduced in 1996 alongside the road race. Azerbaijan, the Dominican Republic, Kosovo, and Laos each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 20th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Pre-race favourites[]

Due to the grueling nature of the course, the riders expected to finish with a medal were all known for their climbing and descending skills.[according to whom?] Favorites heading into the race were Alejandro Valverde, Vincenzo Nibali, Chris Froome, Joaquim Rodríguez and Julian Alaphilippe,[2] many expected that Chris Froome may have had the assistance of some of his Team Sky teammates[failed verification] and the advantage[clarification needed] of attempting something historic: If he had won gold, he would have become the first person to ever win Tour de France and the cycling road race in the same season.[3]

Course[]

The men's course was 241.5 km (150.1 mi) long. Starting at Fort Copacabana,[4] the peloton headed west to pass through Ipanema, Barra, and Reserva Maripendi Beaches via the coastal road leading to the 24.8 km (15.4 mi) Pontal / Grumari circuit loop.[5] After four laps of the Grumari sector (99.2 km of 241.5 km), the course returned east via the same coastal road to enter the 25.7 km (16.0 mi) Vista Chinesa Circuit loop at Gávea for three laps (77.1 km (47.9 mi) of 241.5 km (150.1 mi)) before finishing back at Fort Copacabana.[6] As with all road races in the Olympic Games, the athletes are escorted by law enforcement to keep traffic and bystanders out of harm's way. For the 2016 Olympics, escort for the riders is done by the Brazilian Federal Highway Police (PRF).

2016 Olympic cycling road course maps[]

2016 Olympic Cycling
Men's Road Course: 241.5 km
2016 Olympic Cycling
Grumari Circuit: 24.8 km
2016 Olympic Cycling
Vista Chinesa Circuit: 25.7 km

Schedule[]

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date Time Round
Saturday, 6 August 2016 9:30 Final

Start list[]

Main article: List of cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The following NOCs had qualified riders to compete in the road race event. The following riders were confirmed by their respective NOCs.

Results[]

In the table below, "s.t." indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the cyclist before him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time.[19][20]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greg Van Avermaet  Belgium 6h 10' 05"
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jakob Fuglsang  Denmark s.t.
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rafał Majka  Poland + 5"
4 Julian Alaphilippe  France + 22"
5 Joaquim Rodríguez  Spain s.t.
6 Fabio Aru  Italy s.t.
7 Louis Meintjes  South Africa s.t.
8 Andrey Zeits  Kazakhstan + 25"
9 Tanel Kangert  Estonia + 1' 47"
10 Rui Costa  Portugal + 2' 29"
11 Geraint Thomas  Great Britain s.t.
12 Chris Froome  Great Britain + 2' 58"
13 Dan Martin  Ireland s.t.
14 Emanuel Buchmann  Germany s.t.
15 Adam Yates  Great Britain + 3' 03"
16 Brent Bookwalter  United States + 3' 31"
17 Bauke Mollema  Netherlands s.t.
18 Kristijan Đurasek  Croatia s.t.
19 Sébastien Reichenbach  Switzerland s.t.
20 Fränk Schleck  Luxembourg s.t.
21 Esteban Chaves  Colombia + 3' 34"
22 Serge Pauwels  Belgium + 6' 12"
23 Alexis Vuillermoz  France s.t.
24 Romain Bardet  France s.t.
25 Simon Clarke  Australia s.t.
26 Primož Roglič  Slovenia + 9' 38"
27 Yukiya Arashiro  Japan s.t.
28 Daryl Impey  South Africa s.t.
29 Nicolas Roche  Ireland s.t.
30 Alejandro Valverde  Spain s.t.
31 Sergey Chernetskiy  Russia s.t.
32 Christopher Juul-Jensen  Denmark s.t.
33 George Bennett  New Zealand + 11' 49"
34 Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland s.t.
35 Ramūnas Navardauskas  Lithuania + 12' 18"
36 André Cardoso  Portugal s.t.
37 Eduardo Sepúlveda  Argentina s.t.
38 Pavel Kochetkov  Russia s.t.
39 Steven Kruijswijk  Netherlands s.t.
40 Damiano Caruso  Italy s.t.
41 Andriy Hrivko  Ukraine + 13' 18"
42 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium s.t.
43 Daniel Teklehaimanot  Eritrea + 19' 20"
44 Georg Preidler  Austria + 19' 37"
45 Patrik Tybor  Slovakia + 20' 00"
46 Aleksejs Saramotins  Latvia s.t.
47 Anass Aït El Abdia  Morocco s.t.
48 Lars Petter Nordhaug  Norway s.t.
49 Kanstantsin Sivtsov  Belarus s.t.
50 Vegard Stake Laengen  Norway s.t.
51 Ioannis Tamouridis  Greece s.t.
52 Jan Polanc  Slovenia s.t.
53 José Mendes  Portugal s.t.
54 Andrey Amador  Costa Rica s.t.
55 Michael Woods  Canada s.t.
56 Michał Gołaś  Poland s.t.
57 Simon Špilak  Slovenia s.t.
58 Petr Vakoč  Czech Republic s.t.
59 Toms Skujiņš  Latvia s.t.
60 Chris Anker Sørensen  Denmark s.t.
61 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev  Kazakhstan s.t.
62 Michał Kwiatkowski  Poland s.t.
63 Alessandro De Marchi  Italy + 20' 05"
— Murilo Fischer  Brazil + 31' 47"[21]
Ignatas Konovalovas  Lithuania s.t.[21]
— Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain DNF
Imanol Erviti  Spain DNF
Ion Izagirre  Spain DNF
Sergio Henao  Colombia DNF
Miguel Ángel López  Colombia DNF
Jarlinson Pantano  Colombia DNF
Rigoberto Urán  Colombia DNF
Warren Barguil  France DNF
Steve Cummings  Great Britain DNF
Ian Stannard  Great Britain DNF
Rohan Dennis  Australia DNF
Scott Bowden  Australia DNF
Richie Porte  Australia DNF
Laurens De Plus  Belgium DNF
Tim Wellens  Belgium DNF
Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands DNF
Wout Poels  Netherlands DNF
Vincenzo Nibali  Italy DNF
Diego Rosa  Italy DNF
Michael Albasini  Switzerland DNF
Steve Morabito  Switzerland DNF
Simon Geschke  Germany DNF
Maximilian Levy  Germany DNF
Tony Martin  Germany DNF
Edvald Boasson Hagen  Norway DNF
Sven Erik Bystrøm  Norway DNF
Maciej Bodnar  Poland DNF
Jan Bárta  Czech Republic DNF
Leopold König  Czech Republic DNF
Zdeněk Štybar  Czech Republic DNF
Denys Kostyuk  Ukraine DNF
Andriy Khripta  Ukraine DNF
Matej Mohorič  Slovenia DNF
Ghader Mizbani  Iran DNF
Arvin Moazzami  Iran DNF
Samad Pourseyedi  Iran DNF
Nelson Oliveira  Portugal DNF
Abderrahmane Mansouri  Algeria DNF
Youcef Reguigui  Algeria DNF
Stefan Denifl  Austria DNF
Soufiane Haddi  Morocco DNF
Mouhssine Lahsaini  Morocco DNF
Taylor Phinney  United States DNF
Rein Taaramäe  Estonia DNF
Zac Williams  New Zealand DNF
Antoine Duchesne  Canada DNF
Hugo Houle  Canada DNF
Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus DNF
Kohei Uchima  Japan DNF
Kim Ok-cheol  South Korea DNF
Seo Joon-yong  South Korea DNF
Jonathan Monsalve  Venezuela DNF
Miguel Ubeto  Venezuela DNF
Matija Kvasina  Croatia DNF
Daniel Díaz  Argentina DNF
Maximiliano Richeze  Argentina DNF
Cheung King Lok  Hong Kong DNF
José Luis Rodríguez Aguilar  Chile DNF
Adrien Niyonshuti  Rwanda DNF
Maksym Averin  Azerbaijan DNF
Serghei Țvetcov  Romania DNF
Luis Lemus  Mexico DNF
Onur Balkan  Turkey DNF
Ahmet Örken  Turkey DNF
Kléber Ramos  Brazil DNF
Ali Nouisri  Tunisia DNF
Stefan Hristov  Bulgaria DNF
Manuel Rodas  Guatemala DNF
Byron Guamá  Ecuador DNF
Ivan Stević  Serbia DNF
Tsgabu Grmay  Ethiopia DNF
Diego Milán  Dominican Republic DNF
Dan Craven  Namibia DNF
Óscar Soliz  Bolivia DNF
Qëndrim Guri  Kosovo DNF
Brian Babilonia  Puerto Rico DNF
Yousif Mirza  United Arab Emirates DNF
Ariya Phounsavath  Laos DNF
Alexey Kurbatov  Russia DNF

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