Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

Men's points race at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Laoshan Velodrome
Dates	August 16
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Joan Llaneras  Spain Roger Kluge  Germany Chris Newton  Great Britain

The men's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

This track cycling event consisted of a single race in which the cyclist with the most points at the end of the race won. This race was a 40 kilometre, 160 lap race. During the race, cyclists could score points in two ways; The first way to score points is to lap the group. Each time a cyclist gained a full lap on the peloton, he scored 20 points. If a cyclist lost a full lap to the peloton, however, he lost 20 points. The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints occurring every 10 laps. The first four cyclists in each of the sprints scored points with the first finisher receiving 5 points, the second 3, the third 2, and the fourth 1 point.

Among the medal favorites were Joan Llaneras (Spain), Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus), and the defending Olympic champion Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia).

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Sprint Points	Extra Laps	Total Points
	Joan Llaneras	Spain	20	2	60
	Roger Kluge	Germany	18	2	58
	Chris Newton	Great Britain	16	2	56
4	Cameron Meyer	Australia	16	1	36
5	Vasil Kiryienka	Belarus	14	1	34
6	Daniel Kreutzfeldt	Denmark	9	1	29
7	Zachary Bell	Canada	7	1	27
8	Makoto Iijima	Japan	3	1	23
9	Milan Kadlec	Czech Republic		1	20
10	Greg Henderson	New Zealand	13		13
11	Rafał Ratajczyk	Poland	10		10
12	Iljo Keisse	Belgium	8		8
13	Angelo Ciccone	Italy	8		8
14	Volodymyr Rybin	Ukraine	8		8
15	Wong Kam Po	Hong Kong	5		5
16	Milton Wynants	Uruguay	5		5
17	Mikhail Ignatiev	Russia	4		4
18	Juan Curuchet	Argentina	1		1
19	Marco Arriagada	Chile	1		1
20	Peter Schep	Netherlands			0
21	Christophe Riblon	France	3	-1	-17
22	Bobby Lea	United States		+1, -2	-20, DNF
23	Feng Chun-Kai	Chinese Taipei		-1	-20, DNF