Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's tandem sprint B explained

Event:Men's tandem sprint B
Games:2022
Venue:Lee Valley VeloPark
Dates:31 July
Competitors:14
Nations:6
Gold:James Ball
Matt Rotherham
Goldcga:WAL
Silver:Neil Fachie
Lewis Stewart
Silvercga:SCO
Bronze:Beau Wootton
Luke Zaccaria
Bronzecga:AUS
Prev:2018
Next:2026

The men's tandem sprint B at the 2022 Commonwealth Games is part of the cycling programme, and took place on 31 July 2022.

Records

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

World record9.568Brisbane, Australia7 April 2018
Games record9.568Brisbane, Australia7 April 2018

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Sunday 31 July 2022 10:42 Qualifying
11:25 Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon15:02 style=background:lemonchiffonFinals

Results

Qualifying

Top 4 riders qualify for Semi-Finals.[2]

Rank Nation Riders Time Behind Average speed (km/h) Notes
1 Neil Fachie
Lewis Stewart (pilot)
9.807 73.417 Q
2 James Ball
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
9.851 +0.044 73.089 Q
3 Beau Wootton
Luke Zaccaria (pilot)
10.370 +0.563 69.431 Q
4 Alex Pope
Steffan Lloyd (pilot)
10.401 +0.594 69.224 Q
5 Stephen Bate
Christopher Latham (pilot)
10.614 +0.807 67.835
6 Frederick Assor
Rudolf Mensah (pilot)
13.186 +3.379 54.603
7 Kennedy Ogada
Peter Njoki (pilot)
13.396 +3.589 53.747

Semifinals

The winners race for the gold and silver medals. The losers race for third place.[3]

HeatRankCountryRidersRace 1Race 2DeciderNotes
11Neil Fachie
Lewis Stewart (pilot)
wonwonQG
12Alex Pope
Steffan Lloyd (pilot)
+0.230+0.128QB
21James Ball
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
wonwonQG
22Beau Wootton
Luke Zaccaria (pilot)
+0.333+0.145QB

Finals

The final classification is determined in the medal finals.[4]

RankCountryRidersRace 1Race 2DeciderNotes
Gold medal final
James Ball
Matt Rotherham (pilot)
won won
Neil Fachie
Lewis Stewart (pilot)
+0.009+0.122
Bronze medal final
Beau Wootton
Luke Zaccaria (pilot)
won won
4Alex Pope
Steffan Lloyd (pilot)
+0.164+0.387

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Tandem B - Sprint . 11 August 2022 . Birmingham 2022.
  2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/CTR/2022-07-31/CTRMSPRINT--01010-----QUAL000100--__C73E1_1.0.pdf Qualifying results
  3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/CTR/2022-07-31/CTRMSPRINT--01010-----SFNL--------__C73E4_1.0.pdf Semifinals results
  4. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/CTR/2022-07-31/CTRMSPRINT--01010-----FNL---------__C73E4_1.0.pdf Finals results