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Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial

Coordinates: 23°1′49.70″S 43°28′25.21″W / 23.0304722°S 43.4736694°W / -23.0304722; -43.4736694
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Men's road time trial
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Grumari Circuit - Pontal
VenuePontal, Rio de Janeiro
54.5 km (33.9 mi)
Date10 August 2016
Competitors40 from 30 nations
Winning time1:12:15.42
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Froome  Great Britain
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The men's individual time trial was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The event started and finished on 10 August at Pontal, a small peninsula and beach area in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The race start and finish were part of the Barra venues cluster and one of seven temporary venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

Qualification

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Pre-race favourites

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Dutchman Tom Dumoulin was seen as the favorite for the gold medal.[3][4] Other athletes considered to be contenders for the gold were Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara, Australia's Rohan Dennis, Great Britain's Chris Froome, Spain's Ion Izagirre, reigning world time trial champion Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus, Germany's Tony Martin and Portugal's Nelson Oliveira.[5][6][7][8]

Course

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The men's course was two laps of the 29.8 km (18.5 mi) Grumari circuit for a race distance of 54.5 km (33.9 mi). The race start and finish of the course was at the Tim Maia Square (Estrada do Pontal), then entering the Grumari circuit (clockwise) to reach the first climb (Grumari climb) after 9.7 km (6.0 mi) and the second climb (Grota Funda climb) at 19.2 km (11.9 mi).[9]

Start list and results

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At the finish during the event

Richie Porte of Australia, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy and Wout Poels of the Netherlands were due to participate, but had to withdraw due to injuries as a result of their crashes in the men's road race. Algeria, Colombia, New Zealand and Venezuela also forfeited places for which they had qualified. Dan Craven of Namibia, and Geraint Thomas of Great Britain were invited to fill two of the vacancies in the field.[10][11]

Pos. Rider Country No.[12] Time[13]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland 5 1:12:15.42
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tom Dumoulin  Netherlands 2 1:13:02.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Froome  Great Britain 1 1:13:17.54
4 Jonathan Castroviejo  Spain 13 1:13:21.50
5 Rohan Dennis  Australia 8 1:13:25.66
6 Maciej Bodnar  Poland 11 1:14:05.89
7 Nelson Oliveira  Portugal 9 1:14:15.27
8 Ion Izagirre  Spain 7 1:14:21.59
9 Geraint Thomas  Great Britain[10] 16 1:14:52.85
10 Primož Roglič  Slovenia 14 1:14:55.16
11 Leopold König  Czech Republic 21 1:15:23.64
12 Tony Martin  Germany 4 1:15:33.75
13 Simon Geschke  Germany 25 1:15:49.88
14 Michał Kwiatkowski  Poland 20 1:15:55.49
15 Jan Bárta  Czech Republic 10 1:15:56.91
16 Georg Preidler  Austria 28 1:16:02.36
17 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus 3 1:16:05.70
18 Andriy Grivko  Ukraine 26 1:16:33.24
19 Christopher Juul-Jensen  Denmark 29 1:16:49.62
20 Tim Wellens  Belgium 19 1:16:49.71
21 Hugo Houle  Canada 17 1:17:02.04
22 Taylor Phinney  United States 6 1:17:25.31
23 Brent Bookwalter  United States 24 1:17:57.61
24 Andrey Zeits  Kazakhstan 23 1:18:47.63
25 Kanstantsin Sivtsov  Belarus 12 1:18:58.75
26 Eduardo Sepúlveda  Argentina 30 1:19:07.84
27 Damiano Caruso  Italy 22 1:19:46.53
28 Pavel Kochetkov  Russia 31 1:20:07.59
29 Alexis Vuillermoz  France 27 1:20:43.87
30 Edvald Boasson Hagen  Norway 18 1:21:12.35
31 Ghader Mizbani  Iran 34 1:21:39.45
32 Julian Alaphilippe  France 15 1:24:39.99
33 Mouhssine Lahsaini  Morocco 33 1:25:11.72
34 Ahmet Örken  Turkey 35 1:27:37.41
35 Dan Craven  Namibia[14] 37 1:27:47.93
DNS Jonathan Monsalve  Venezuela 32
DNS Youcef Reguigui  Algeria 36

References

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  1. ^ "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ^ NOCs qualified for Road Cycling men's events (PDF), UCI, 25 March 2015, p. 2
  3. ^ Finch-Penninger, Jamie. "PREVIEW: Rio Olympics men's time trial". SBS.
  4. ^ "Olympics - Rio - Men's time trials". CyclismActu (in French). 10 August 2016.
  5. ^ Weislo, Laura (2 August 2016). "Rubber meets the road to Rio for 2016 Olympic Games". Cyclingnews. Future plc. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ Finch-Penninger, Jamie. "PREVIEW: Rio Olympics men's time trial". SBS.
  7. ^ "Olympics - Rio - Men's time trials". CyclismActu (in French). 10 August 2016.
  8. ^ Westby, Matt (9 August 2016). "Olympic Cycling: Men's and women's time trials preview". Sky Sports. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Rio 2016 Road Cycling - Men's Time Trial" (PDF). UCI.ch. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. ^ a b Abraham, Richard (9 August 2016). "Geraint Thomas confirmed for Olympic Games time trial". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Thomas, Craven confirmed for Olympic Games time trial". Cycling News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  12. ^ "Rio Olympics time trial start lists". Velonews. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Men's Individual Time Trial - Standings". Rio2016. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  14. ^ Wynn, Nigel (9 August 2016). "Dan Craven decides to ride Rio Olympics time trial after Twitter vote". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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