Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's points race explained

Event:	Cycling Track – Men's points race
Games:	2018
Venue:	Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates:	8 April
Competitors:	31
Nations:	12
Win Label:	Winning points
Win Value:	81
Gold:	Mark Stewart
Goldcga:	SCO
Silver:	Campbell Stewart
Silvercga:	NZL
Bronze:	Ethan Hayter
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The men's points race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the cycling programme, took place on 8 April 2018.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

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

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 8 April 2018	17:47	style=background:lemonchiffon	Qualifying
	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:01	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Qualifying

60 laps (15 km) were raced with 6 sprints. The top 12 per heat advanced to the finals.^{[2] [3]}

Heat 1

Rank	Rider	Lap Points	Sprint Points	Total Points	Notes
1		20	5	25	Q
2		20	5	25	Q
3		20	2	22	Q
4			12	12	Q
5			10	10	Q
6			8	8	Q
7			8	8	Q
8			7	7		Q
9			7	7	Q
10			5	5	Q
11			3	3	Q
12			3	3	Q
13			2	2
14			0	0
15			0	0

Heat 2

Rank	Rider	Lap Points	Sprint Points	Total Points	Notes
1		20	8	28	Q
2		20	8	28	Q
3		20	7	27	Q
4		20	5	25	Q
5		20	4	24	Q
6		20	3	23	Q
7		20	0	20	Q
8			12	12		Q
9			9	9	Q
10			8	8	Q
11			5	5	Q
12			5	5	Q
13			3	3
14			0	0

Final

160 laps (40 km) were raced with 16 sprints.^[4]

Rank	Rider	Lap Points	Sprint Points	Total Points
		60	21	81
		40	29	69
		40	28	68
		40	10	50
		40	10	50
		40	6	46
		40	5	45
		20	25	45
		40	3	43
10		40	3	43
11		20	9	29
12			7	7
13			6	6
14			3	3
15			2	2
16			2	2
17			1	1
18			0	0
19			0	0
20		-40	3	-37
21		-40	2	-38

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling Track Daily Schedule . 2 May 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 5 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180405152859/https://results.gc2018.com/en/cycling-track/daily-schedule.htm . dead .
2. Web site: Cycling Track Men's 40km Points Race - Qualifying Round - Heat 1 Results . 2 May 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
3. Web site: Cycling Track Men's 40km Points Race - Qualifying Round - Heat 2 Results . 2 May 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
4. Web site: Cycling Track Men's 40km Points Race - Final Results . 2 May 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.