Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tandem 1 km time trial B explained

Event:Cycling Track – Men's tandem 1 km time trial B
Games:2018
Venue:Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates:5 April
Competitors:5
Nations:5
Gold:Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
Goldcga:SCO
Silver:James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
Silvercga:WAL
Bronze:Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
Bronzecga:AUS
Win Value:1:00.065
Prev:2014
Next:2022

The Men's tandem 1 km time trial B at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, was part of the cycling programme, which took place on 5 April 2018.[1] This event was for blind and visually impaired cyclists riding with a sighted pilot.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record59.460Aguascalientes, Mexico11 April 2014
Games record1:02.096Glasgow, Scotland25 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[2]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Rank Nation Riders Time Behind Average speed
(km/h)
Notes
Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
1:00.065 59.935 GR
James Ball
Peter Mitchell (pilot)
1:00.900 +0.835 59.113
Brad Henderson
Tom Clarke (pilot)
1:01.512 +1.447 58.525
4 Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan
Muhammad Khairul Adha Rasol (pilot)
1:03.249 +3.184 56.918
5 Frederick Assor
Rudolf Mensah (pilot)
1:26.002 +25.937 41.859

Notes and References

  1. https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/CTR/CG2018-_CTR_C73C_CTRMKILO----B2010-----FNL-000100--.pdf Results
  2. Web site: Cycling Track - Daily Schedule . 3 April 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 5 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152859/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-track/daily-schedule.htm . dead .