2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race

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Men's points race
at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue Lee Valley VeloPark, London
Date 4 March
Competitors 22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
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The Men's points race event of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 4 March 2016. [1] [2] Jonathan Dibben of Great Britain won the gold medal.

2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016.

Jonathan Dibben British road cyclist

Jonathan Dibben is a British racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Sky. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won a gold medal in the points race and a silver medal in the team pursuit event.

Results

160 laps (40 km) were raced with 16 sprints. [3]

Rank Name Nation Sprint Points Lap Points Total Points
Jonathan Dibben Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 28 20 48
Andreas Graf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 28 20 48
Kenny De Ketele Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23 20 43
4 Benjamin Thomas Flag of France.svg  France 21 20 41
5 Eiya Hashimoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11 20 31
6 Raman Ramanau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 13 0 13
7 Sam Welsford Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7 0 7
8 Luis Fernando Sepúlveda Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 6 0 6
9 Cheung King Lok Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 6 0 6
10 Nikita Panassenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3 0 3
11 Ian Holt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2 0 2
12 Eloy Teruel Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1 0 1
13 Claudio Imhof Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 0 0 0
14 Wojciech Pszczolarski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1 −20 −19
15 Artur Ershov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0 −20 −20
16 Martin Bláha Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0 −20 −20
Vitaliy Hryniv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DNF
Luke Mudgway Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNF
Ivo Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF
Liam Bertazzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
Felix English Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNF
Leif Lampater Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS

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References

  1. "Event Schedule". Track Cycling Worlds. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. Final results