Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's road race

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The Men's individual road race events at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place on September 13–14 at the Changping Triathlon Venue.

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.

Handcycle classes

HC B

The Men's individual road race HC B event took place on September 14. The race distance was 48.4 km.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Heinz Frei Switzerland	Max Weber Germany	Edward Maalouf Lebanon

Rank	Name	Time	Time behind	Avg. speed
	Heinz Frei (SUI)	1:28:25		32.844
	Max Weber (GER)	1:28:26	+0:01
	Edward Maalouf (LIB)	1:28:26	+0:01
4	Manfred Putz (AUT)	1:28:31	+0:06
5	Vittorio Podesta (ITA)	1:28:41	+0:16
6	Tobias Knecht (GER)	1:30:24	+1:59
7	Lukas Weber (SUI)	1:30:24	+1:59
8	Radovan Civis (CZE)	1:31:56	+3:31
9	Rico Morneau (CAN)	1:32:09	+3:44
10	Matt Updike (USA)	1:32:17	+3:52
11	Mark Beggs (CAN)	1:32:37	+4:12
12	Stefan Baumann (GER)	1:36:36	+8:11
13	Cho Hang-duk (KOR)	1:38:09	+9:44
14	David Lee (USA)	1:38:09	+9:44
	Marcel Pipek (CZE)	DNF

HC C

The Men's individual road race HC C event took place on September 14. The race distance was 48.4 km.^[2]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ernst van Dyk South Africa	Alejandro Albor United States	Oz Sanchez United States

Rank	Name	Time	Time behind	Avg. speed
	Ernst van Dyk (RSA)	1:21:40	-	35.559
	Alejandro Albor (USA)	1:21:41	+0:01
	Oz Sanchez (USA)	1:21:41	+0:01
4	Jose Vicente Arzo (ESP)	1:26:11	+4:31
5	Elmar Sternath (AUT)	1:27:35	+5:55
6	Norbert Mosandl (GER)	1:29:31	+7:51
7	Don van der Linden (NED)	1:31:48	+10:08
8	Franz Nietlispach (SUI)	1:33:49	+12:09
9	Peter Lorkowski (LUX)	1:34:04	+12:24
10	Norbert Koch (GER)	1:42:46	+21:06
11	Lassane Gasbeogo (BUR)	1:44:09	+22:29

Cerebral palsy /locomotor disability classes

LC 1/LC 2/CP 4

The Men's individual road race LC 1/LC 2/CP 4 event took place on September 13. The race distance was 72.6 km.^[3]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fabio Triboli Italy	David Mercier France	Michael Gallagher Australia

Rank	Name	Time	Time behind	Avg. speed
	Fabio Triboli (ITA)	1:46:03		41.074
	David Mercier (FRA)	1:46:03
	Michael Gallagher (AUS)	1:46:03
4	Jan Boyen (BEL)	1:46:03
5	Jiri Bouska (CZE)	1:46:13	+0:10
6	Soelito Gohr (BRA)	1:46:13	+0:10
7	Wolfgang Eibeck (AUT)	1:46:13	+0:10
8	Roberto Alcaide (ESP)	1:46:13	+0:10
9	Klaus Lungershausen (GER)	1:46:13	+0:10
10	Cesar Neira (ESP)	1:46:13	+0:10
11	Ivan Renggli (SUI)	1:46:13	+0:10
12	Jiří Ježek (CZE)	1:46:18	+0:15
13	Patrik Chlebo (SVK)	1:46:18	+0:15
14	Christopher Scott (AUS)	1:46:18	+0:15
15	Damien Severi (FRA)	1:47:05	+1:02
16	Pierpaolo Addesi (ITA)	1:47:18	+1:15
17	Wolfgang Sacher (GER)	1:48:47	+2:44
18	Morten Jahr (NOR)	1:50:15	+4:12
19	Luis Chacon (COL)	1:56:17	+10:14
20	Zheng Yuanchao (CHN)	1:59:00	+12:57
21	Zhang Kuidong (CHN)	1:59:05	+13:02
22	Kennedy Jacome (COL)	2:00:34	+14:31
23	Janos Plekker (RSA)	2:01:23	+15:20
24	Mark Bristow (GBR)	2:01:44	+15:41
25	Ron Williams (USA)	2:01:44	+15:41
26	Tomislav Zadro (CRO)	2:01:44	+15:41
27	David Kuster (SLO)	2:01:50	+15:47
28	Michael Farrell (USA)	2:01:58	+15:55
29	Ioannis Kalaitzakis (GRE)	2:02:21	+16:18
30	Carol Eduard Novak (ROU)	2:02:21	+16:18
31	Amador Granado (ESP)	2:03:02	+16:59
	Eric Bourgault (CAN)	DNF
	Lubos Jirka (CZE)	DNF
	Cathal Gustavus Miller (IRL)	DNF
	Enda Smyth (IRL)	DNF
	Masashi Ishii (JPN)	DNF
	Manfred Gattringer (AUT)	DNS
	Mark Breton (CAN)	DNS

LC 3/LC 4/CP 3

The Men's individual road race LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 event took place on September 13. The race distance was 60.5 km.^[4]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Darren Kenny Great Britain	Javier Ochoa Spain	Tomas Kvasnicka Czech Republic

Rank	Name	Time	Time behind	Avg. speed
	Darren Kenny (GBR)	1:37:00		37.417
	Javier Ochoa (ESP)	1:37:02	+0:02
	Tomas Kvasnicka (CZE)	1:38:01	+1:01
4	Tobias Graf (GER)	1:38:01	+1:01
5	Antonio García (ESP)	1:38:01	+1:01
6	Laurent Thirionet (FRA)	1:38:01	+1:01
7	Stephane Bahier (FRA)	1:38:01	+1:01
8	Maurice Far Eckhard (ESP)	1:38:03	+1:03
9	Jin Yong-sik (KOR)	1:38:13	+1:13
10	Simon Richardson (GBR)	1:39:14	+2:14
11	Zhang Lu (CHN)	1:39:15	+2:15
12	Victor Garrido (VEN)	1:39:15	+2:15
13	Erich Stauffer (AUT)	1:39:15	+2:15
14	Flaviano Carvalho (BRA)	1:39:15	+2:15
15	Alexander Hohlrieder (AUT)	1:39:15	+2:15
16	Cirio Molina (VEN)	1:39:15	+2:15
17	Michael Teuber (GER)	1:39:15	+2:15
18	Juan Jose Mendez (ESP)	1:41:03	+4:03
19	Masaki Fujita (JPN)	1:41:03	+4:03
20	Pierre Senska (GER)	1:47:03	+10:03
21	Michael Milton (AUS)	1:49:29	+12:29
22	Augusto Pereira (POR)	1:49:37	+12:37
23	Rodrigo López (ARG)	1:52:50	+15:50
24	Jean Quevillon (CAN)	1:54:03	+17:03
25	Erich Winkler (GER)	1:55:40	+18:40
26	Anthony Zahn (USA)	1:58:19	+21:19
27	Brayden McDougall (CAN)	1:59:13	+22:13
	Wolfgang Dabernig (AUT)	DNF
	Fabrizio Macchi (ITA)	DNF
	Paolo Vigano (ITA)	DNS

Blind & visually impaired class

B&VI 1-3

The Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3 event took place on September 13. The race distance was 96.8 km.^[5]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Zajac / Flak Poland	Ollanketo / Tormanen Finland	Donval / Saccomandi France

Rank	Name	Time	Time behind	Avg. speed
	Zajac / Flak (POL)	2:14:44	-	43.107
	Ollanketo / Tormanen (FIN)	2:14:45	+0:01
	Donval / Saccomandi (FRA)	2:14:49	+0:05
4	Janovjak / Mitosinka (SVK)	2:16:54	+2:10
5	Kosikowski / Korc (POL)	2:17:53	+3:09
6	Cote / Boily (CAN)	2:17:53	+3:09
7	Chalifour / Cloutier (CAN)	2:18:04	+3:20
8	Venge / Llaurado (ESP)	2:18:06	+3:22
9	Gonzalez / Suarez (ESP)	2:18:06	+3:22
10	Eymard / Godimus (BEL)	2:23:17	+8:33
11	Modra / Lawrence (AUS)	2:24:55	+10:11
12	Kilpatrick / Thomson (RSA)	2:29:18	+14:34
13	Oshiro / Takahashi (JPN)	2:29:18	+14:34
14	Madsen / Soerensen (DEN)	2:29:21	+14:37
15	Cowie / Smibert (CAN)	2:29:27	+14:43
16	Delaney / Peelo (IRL)	2:29:32	+14:48
	Butu / Ruzsa (ROU)	DNF	OVL
	Nattkemper / Ferrari (ARG)	DNF	OVL
	Stelleman / Tettelaar (NED)	DNF
	Lindores / George (AUS)	DNF
	Shaptsiaboi / Piutsevich (BLR)	DNF
	Arciniegas / Carreno (COL)	DNS

Legend: DNF = Did Not Finish; DNS = Did Not Start; OVL = Overlapped.

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References

↑ "Men's individual road race HC B Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
↑ "Men's individual road race HC C Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
↑ "Men's individual road race LC 1/LC 2/CP 4 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
↑ "Men's individual road race LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
↑ "Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

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[1] "Men's individual road race HC B Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[2] "Men's individual road race HC C Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[3] "Men's individual road race LC 1/LC 2/CP 4 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[4] "Men's individual road race LC 3/LC 4/CP 3 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

[5] "Men's individual road race B&VI 1-3 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

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