Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial explained

Event:Women's road time trial
Games:2024 Summer
Venues:Pont d'Iéna
Date:27 July 2024
Competitors:35
Nations:26
Win Value:39:38.24
Gold:Grace Brown
Goldnoc:AUS
Silver:Anna Henderson
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Chloé Dygert
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The women's road time trial event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 27 July 2024 on a course starting at 14:30 at Pont d'Iéna in Paris.[1]

Grace Brown, who started the second last, won the race. Anna Henderson won silver, and Chloé Dygert bronze, despite having fallen. For Brown and Henderson these were the first Olympic medals; Dygert has two medals in team pursuit from 2016 and 2020 Olympics, but never medaled before in road cycling. There were numerous falls as the race was completed in very wet conditions. Taylor Knibb of the United States fell from her bike four times.

Background

This was the 7th appearance of the event, held at every Summer Olympics since 1996.

Qualification

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Competition format and course

The road time trial was a one-day road race event. The course began at Les Invalides and terminates at the Pont Alexandre III taking in the Bastille in its route. The course is broadly flat, and lasts for 32.4 kilometres.[2]

Start list

See main article: List of cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Race overview

The reigning Olympic champion Annemiek van Vleuten retired between the two Games.[3] All three medalists from the most recent World championships were entered, including world champion Chloé Dygert, the last rider starting.

Results

RankBib No.Start Time[4] RiderTime
2 15:19:3039:38.24
4 15:16:3041:09.83+1:31.59
1 15:21:0041:10.70+1:32.46
46 15:13:3041:19.90+1:41.66
55 15:15:0041:29.80+1:51.56
69 15:09:0041:34.82+1:56.58
721 14:51:0041:46.02+2:07.78
88 15:10:3041:49.32+2:11.08
917 14:57:0041:51.67+2:13.43
103 15:18:0041:52.02+2:13.78
1115 15:00:0042:21.76+2:43.52
1210 15:07:3042:24.62+2:46.38
1322 14:49:3042:28.12+2:49.88
1416 14:58:3042:33.59+2:55.35
1513 15:03:0042:53.79+3:15.55
1626 14:43:3042:54.96+3:16.72
1714 15:01:3042:58.90+3:20.66
1829 14:39:0043:03.43 +3:25.19
1928 14:40:3043:03.46+3:25.22
2025 14:45:0043:03.58+3:25.34
2123 14:48:0043:42.16+4:03.92
2219 14:54:0043:48.10+4:09.86
2312 15:04:3043:53.51+4:15.27
2431 14:36:0044:10.93 +4:32.69
257 15:12:0044:22.30+4:44.06
2633 14:33:0044:29.13+4:50.89
2727 14:42:0044:43.73+5:05.49
2830 14:37:3044:53.75 +5:15.51
2932 14:34:3044:57.20 +5:18.96
3020 14:52:3045:05.18+5:26.94
3135 14:30:0045:07.15 +5:28.91
3234 14:31:3045:59.44+6:21.20
3311 15:06:0046:28.88+6:50.64
3418 14:55:3047:25.11+7:46.87
3524 14:46:3048:05.24+8:27.00
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Notes and References

  1. "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Road", Olympics.com. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/CRD/OG2024_CRD_C51T_CRDWTT----------------FNL-000100--.pdf Start list and route
  3. News: Bailey . Mark . Annemiek van Vleuten profile: 'I am happy with everything I achieved' . 27 July 2024 . Cyclist . 26 January 2024 . en.
  4. All times CEST (UTC+2)
  5. Web site: Women's Individual Time Trial - Results . Olympics . 27 July 2024 . 27 July 2024.