Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

The men's points race in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a 160 lap (40 kilometre) points race with 16 sprints where points were awarded. 5 points were given to the first finisher of each sprint, with 3 going to the second place finisher, 2 going to the third place cyclist, and 1 going to the fourth place rider. Cyclists could also score points by lapping the main body of riders, known as the peloton. 20 points were gained by doing this, while 20 points were lost if the peloton lapped the cyclist.

Medalists

Gold	Mikhail Ignatyev  Russia
Silver	Joan Llaneras  Spain
Bronze	Guido Fulst  Germany

Results

The young Russian rider, Mikhail Ignatyev, carefully watched the breaks and did four extra laps for 80 points. Several other riders managed to do one, two, or three extra laps, but it wasn't enough to catch Ignatyev.

Rank	Name	Sprint Points	Extra Laps	Total Points
1	Mikhail Ignatyev (RUS)	13	4	93
2	Joan Llaneras (ESP)	22	3	82
3	Guido Fulst (GER)	19	3	79
4	Greg Henderson (NZL)	18	3	68
5	Milan Kadlec (CZE)	15	3	65
6	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	20	2	60
7	Peter Schep (NED)	18	2	58
8	Angelo Ciccone (ITA)	9	2	49
9	Milton Wynants (URU)	6	2	46
10	Franck Perque (FRA)	3	2	43
11	Marco Arriagada (CHI)	5	1	25
12	Yauheni Sobal (BLR)	4	1	24
13	Juan Curuchet (ARG)	3	1	23
14	Colby Pearce (USA)	3	1	23
15	Alexey Kolessov (KAZ)	2	1	22
16	Makoto Iijima (JPN)	13	0	13
17	Franz Stocher (AUT)	9	0	9
18	Matthew Gilmore (BEL)	7	0	7
19	Vasyl Yakovlev (UKR)	3	0	3
20	Wong Kam Po (CHN)	2	0	2
—	Chris Newton (GBR)	DNF
	Mahdi Sohrabi (IRI)	DNF
	Tomas Vaitkus (LTU)	DNF

* (DNF = Did Not Finish)