Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial

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Men's road time trial
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Bradley Wiggins 3, London 2012 Time Trial - Aug 2012.jpg
Winner Bradley Wiggins as he approached Bushy Park, 2 km from the finish line.
Venue London and Surrey
Date1 August
Competitors37 from 30 nations
Winning time50:39.54
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bradley Wiggins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Tony Martin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Froome Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2008
2016  

The men's road time trial, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 1 August over a 44 km (27.3 mi) course in southwest London and Surrey. [1]

Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain won the gold medal. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Qualification

Each nation in the top 15 of the 2011 UCI World Tour, top 7 of the UCI Europe Tour, top 4 of the UCI America Tour, top 2 of the UCI Asia Tour and leaders of the UCI Oceania and Africa Tours qualified to have one rider in the race. In addition, ten nations gained an extra rider through the performance of their riders in the 2011 UCI World Time Trial Championships; these were Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and Canada. The United States were given an extra rider at the expense of Luxembourg, who were not represented in the race.

Pre-race favourites

The defending champion in this discipline was Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland. He was expected to mount a strong challenge, but crashed heavily in the closing stages of the Olympic road race, initially putting his participation in the time trial in doubt. Scans revealed that he had avoided breaking his collarbone for the second time in the season, though, and he started in the time trial. [6]

Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain was also considered a big favourite[ failed verification ], having won seven previous time trials in the 2012 season.[ clarification needed ][ failed verification ]. Current world champion Tony Martin of Germany was tipped as an early favourite, but had suffered an injury-wrecked season, and pulled out of the Tour de France in an effort to be fit for the Olympic race. [7]

Of the other contenders, Great Britain's Chris Froome had shown strong form at the Tour de France, where he finished second in two time trials[ citation needed ]. Michael Rogers, the 2003–2005 time trial world champion represented Australia, with 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans electing not to start due to fatigue.[ citation needed ] Young American Taylor Phinney, who won the opening time trial of the 2012 Giro D'Italia represented the United States.[ citation needed ] Sylvain Chavanel was the sole French rider, along with Luis León Sánchez of Spain and Marco Pinotti, winner of a time trial in the Giro, who represented Italy.[ citation needed ]

Course

Hampton Court Palace hosted the start and finish of the time trial. Hampton Court Palace.jpg
Hampton Court Palace hosted the start and finish of the time trial.

The competition consisted of a time trial over one lap of a 44 km (27.3 mi) course, with staggered starts. [8] Starting and finishing at the historic Hampton Court Palace, the course passed through areas of southwest London and Surrey including Esher, Kingston upon Thames, Teddington and Bushy Park. [9]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday 1 August 201214:15 (BST)Final

Results

The entry list was published on 1 August. [10]

RankRiderCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Bradley Wiggins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 50:39.54
Silver medal icon.svg Tony Martin Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51:21.54
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Froome Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 51:47.87
4 Taylor Phinney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52:38.07
5 Marco Pinotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52:49.28
6 Michael Rogers Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52:51.39
7 Fabian Cancellara Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52:53.71
8 Bert Grabsch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 53:18.04
9 Jonathan Castroviejo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 53:29.36
10 Janez Brajkovič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 54:09.72
11 Lieuwe Westra Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 54:19.62
12 Vasil Kiryienka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 54:30.29
13 Edvald Boasson Hagen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54:30.87
14 Lars Bak Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 54:33.21
15 Jakob Fuglsang Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 54:34.49
16 Gustav Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54:35.26
17 Philippe Gilbert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 54:39.98
18 Nelson Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 54:41.57
19 Jack Bauer Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 54:54.16
20 Denis Menchov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 54:59.26
21 Ramūnas Navardauskas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 55:12.32
22 Lars Boom Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 55:29.74
23 Alexander Vinokourov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 55:37.05
24 Fumiyuki Beppu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 55:40.64
25 Maciej Bodnar Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 55:49.67
26 Magno Nazaret Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55:50.77
27 David McCann Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 56:03.77
28 Ryder Hesjedal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 56:06.18
29 Sylvain Chavanel Flag of France.svg  France 56:07.67
30 Michael Albasini Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 56:38.38
31 Assan Bazayev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 56:40.77
32 Luis León Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 56:59.16
33 Tomás Gil Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 57:05.12
34 Mouhcine Lahsaini Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 57:25.24
35 Fabio Duarte Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 57:34.20
36 Alireza Haghi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 57:41.44
37 Ahmet Akdilek Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 59:11.19

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