Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial explained

Event:Men's road time trial
Games:2016 Summer
Venue:Pontal, Rio de Janeiro
54.5km (33.9miles)
Date:10 August 2016
Competitors:40
Nations:30
Win Value:1:12:15.42
Gold:Fabian Cancellara
Goldnoc:SUI
Silver:Tom Dumoulin
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Chris Froome
Bronzenoc:GBR
Prev:2012
Next:2020

The men's individual time trial was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The event started and finished on 10 August at Pontal, a small peninsula and beach area in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The race start and finish were part of the Barra venues cluster and one of seven temporary venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Qualification

See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Pre-race favourites

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin was seen as the favorite for the gold medal.[2] [3] Other athletes considered to be contenders for the gold were Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara, Australia's Rohan Dennis, Great Britain's Chris Froome, Spain's Ion Izagirre, reigning world time trial champion Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus, Germany's Tony Martin and Portugal's Nelson Oliveira.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Course

The men's course was two laps of the 29.8km (18.5miles) Grumari circuit for a race distance of 54.5km (33.9miles). The race start and finish of the course was at the Tim Maia Square (Estrada do Pontal), then entering the Grumari circuit (clockwise) to reach the first climb (Grumari climb) after 9.7km (06miles) and the second climb (Grota Funda climb) at 19.2km (11.9miles).[8]

Start list and results

See also: List of cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Richie Porte of Australia, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy and Wout Poels of the Netherlands were due to participate, but had to withdraw due to injuries as a result of their crashes in the men's road race. Algeria, Colombia, New Zealand and Venezuela also forfeited places for which they had qualified. Dan Craven of Namibia, and Geraint Thomas of Great Britain were invited to fill two of the vacancies in the field.[9] [10]

Pos.RiderCountryNo.[11] Time[12]
align=center data-sort-value="Cancellara, Fabian" Fabian Cancellaraalign=center 51:12:15.42
align=center data-sort-value="Dumoulin, Tom" Tom Dumoulinalign=center 21:13:02.83
align=center data-sort-value="Froome, Chris" Chris Froomealign=center 11:13:17.54
align=center 4data-sort-value="Castroviejo, Jonathan" Jonathan Castroviejoalign=center data-sort-value="04" 131:13:21.50
align=center 5data-sort-value="Dennis, Rohan" Rohan Dennisalign=center data-sort-value="05" 81:13:25.66
align=center 6data-sort-value="Bodnar, Maciej" Maciej Bodnaralign=center data-sort-value="06" 111:14:05.89
align=center 7data-sort-value="Oliveira, Nelson" Nelson Oliveiraalign=center data-sort-value="07" 91:14:15.27
align=center 8data-sort-value="Izagirre, Ion" Ion Izagirrealign=center data-sort-value="08" 71:14:21.59
align=center 9data-sort-value="Thomas, Geraint" Geraint Thomasalign=center data-sort-value="09" 161:14:52.85
align=center 10data-sort-value="Roglič, Primož" Primož Rogličalign=center 141:14:55.16
align=center 11data-sort-value="König, Leopold" Leopold Königalign=center 211:15:23.64
align=center 12data-sort-value="Martin, Tony" Tony Martinalign=center 41:15:33.75
align=center 13data-sort-value="Geschke, Simon" Simon Geschkealign=center 251:15:49.88
align=center 14data-sort-value="Kwiatkowski, Michał" Michał Kwiatkowskialign=center 201:15:55.49
align=center 15data-sort-value="Bárta, Jan" Jan Bártaalign=center 101:15:56.91
align=center 16data-sort-value="Preidler, Georg" Georg Preidleralign=center 281:16:02.36
align=center 17data-sort-value="Kiryienka, Vasil" Vasil Kiryienkaalign=center 31:16:05.70
align=center 18data-sort-value="Grivko, Andriy" Andriy Grivkoalign=center 261:16:33.24
align=center 19data-sort-value="Juul-Jensen, Christopher" Christopher Juul-Jensenalign=center 291:16:49.62
align=center 20data-sort-value="Wellens, Tim" Tim Wellensalign=center 191:16:49.71
align=center 21data-sort-value="Houle, Hugo" Hugo Houlealign=center 171:17:02.04
align=center 22data-sort-value="Phinney, Taylor" Taylor Phinneyalign=center 61:17:25.31
align=center 23data-sort-value="Bookwalter, Brent" Brent Bookwalteralign=center 241:17:57.61
align=center 24data-sort-value="Zeits, Andrey" Andrey Zeitsalign=center 231:18:47.63
align=center 25data-sort-value="Sivtsov, Kanstantsin" Kanstantsin Sivtsovalign=center 121:18:58.75
align=center 26data-sort-value="Sepúlveda, Eduardo" Eduardo Sepúlvedaalign=center 301:19:07.84
align=center 27data-sort-value="Caruso, Damiano" Damiano Carusoalign=center 221:19:46.53
align=center 28data-sort-value="Kochetkov, Pavel" Pavel Kochetkovalign=center 311:20:07.59
align=center 29data-sort-value="Vuillermoz, Alexis" Alexis Vuillermozalign=center 271:20:43.87
align=center 30data-sort-value="Boasson Hagen, Edvald" Edvald Boasson Hagenalign=center 181:21:12.35
align=center 31data-sort-value="Mizbani, Ghader" Ghader Mizbanialign=center 341:21:39.45
align=center 32data-sort-value="Alaphilippe, Julian" Julian Alaphilippealign=center 151:24:39.99
align=center 33data-sort-value="Lahsaini, Mouhssine" Mouhssine Lahsainialign=center 331:25:11.72
align=center 34data-sort-value="Orken, Ahmet" Ahmet Örkenalign=center 351:27:37.41
align=center 35data-sort-value="Craven, Dan" Dan Craven[13] align=center 371:27:47.93
align=center data-sort-value="Monsalve, Jonathan" Jonathan Monsalvedata-sort-value="36" align=center 32align=center —
align=center data-sort-value="Reguigui, Youcef" Youcef Reguiguidata-sort-value="36" align=center 36align=center —

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region . brasil2016.gov.br . April 1, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820163648/http://www.brasil2016.gov.br/en/olimpiadas/facilities/barra . 20 August 2016 . dmy .
  2. Web site: Finch-Penninger . Jamie . PREVIEW: Rio Olympics men's time trial . SBS . en.
  3. Web site: Olympics - Rio - Men's time trials . CyclismActu . 10 August 2016 . fr.
  4. Web site: Weislo . Laura . Rubber meets the road to Rio for 2016 Olympic Games . Cyclingnews . 2 August 2016 . Future plc . 2 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Finch-Penninger . Jamie . PREVIEW: Rio Olympics men's time trial . SBS . en.
  6. Web site: Olympics - Rio - Men's time trials . CyclismActu . 10 August 2016 . fr.
  7. Web site: Olympic Cycling: Men's and women's time trials preview. Sky Sports. Matt. Westby. 9 August 2016. 10 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Rio 2016 Road Cycling - Men's Time Trial. UCI.ch . April 21, 2016.
  9. News: Geraint Thomas confirmed for Olympic Games time trial. Cycling Weekly. Richard. Abraham. 9 August 2016. 9 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813111149/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/olympics/geraint-thomas-confirmed-olympic-games-time-trial-272978. 13 August 2016. dead.
  10. News: Thomas, Craven confirmed for Olympic Games time trial. Cycling News. 9 August 2016. 10 August 2016.
  11. News: Rio Olympics time trial start lists. Velonews. 9 August 2016. 9 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810162454/http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/08/news/rio-olympics-time-trial-start-lists_417702. 10 August 2016. dead.
  12. News: Men's Individual Time Trial - Standings . Rio2016 . 11 August 2016 . 11 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806051634/https://www.rio2016.com/en/cycling-road-standings-cr-mens-individual-time-trial . 6 August 2016 .
  13. News: Dan Craven decides to ride Rio Olympics time trial after Twitter vote. Cycling Weekly. Nigel. Wynn. 9 August 2016. 9 August 2016.

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