Cycling at the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe | |
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Venue | San Marino |
Dates | 30 May –3 June |
Competitors | 87 from 9 nations |
Two disciplines of cycling will be contested at the 2017 Games of the Small States of Europe; road cycling and mountain biking. A total of eight medal events will be held.
* Host nation (San Marino)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
2 | Cyprus (CYP) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
3 | San Marino (SMR)* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Andorra (AND) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Malta (MLT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Monaco (MON) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's road race | Pit Leyder (LUX) | 2h 22' 33" | Federico Olei (SMR) | s.t. | Andrej Petrovski (MON) | + 1" |
Women's road race | Elise Maes (LUX) | 2h 17' 23" | Erla Sigurlaug Sigurdardottir (ISL) | + 4' 10" | Edie Rees (LUX) | + 4' 10" |
Men's road race team | San Marino Michael Antonelli Federico Gasperoni Luigi Giulietti Federico Olei | 7h 7' 46" | Andorra David Albós Oscar Cabanas Albert Gomez Julio Pintado | + 3" | Malta Etienne Bonello Maurice Formosa James Mifsud Alexander Pettett | + 4" |
Women's road race team | Luxembourg Anne-Sophie Harsch Chantal Hoffmann Elise Maes Edie Rees | 7h 0' 30" | Malta Stephanie Alden Marie Claire Aquilina Michelle Vella Wood | + 4' 17" | not awarded | |
Men's time trial | Andreas Miltiadis (CYP) | 21' 59.54" | Victor Langellotti (MON) | + 7.28" | Julio Pintado (AND) | + 12.93" |
Women's time trial | Antri Christoforou (CYP) | 18' 53.24" | Elise Maes (LUX) | + 30.87" | Anne-Sophie Harsch (LUX) | + 1' 03.62" |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's cross-country | Soren Nissen (LUX) | 1h 12' 18" | Andreas Miltiadis (CYP) | + 1' 07" | Guy Díaz Grollier (AND) | + 1' 40" |
Women's cross-country | Fabienne Schaus (LUX) | 53' 15" | Antri Christoforou (CYP) | + 1' 48" | Erla Sigurlaug Sigurðardóttir (ISL) | + 10' 45" |
Men's cross-country team | San Marino Luca Francioni Marco Francioni Federico Olei Marco Poggiali | 3h 54' 20" | Cyprus Alexandros Matsangos Andreas Miltiadis Petros Procopides Konstantinos Thymides | + 2' 29" | not awarded |
Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
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1 | Pit Leyder | Luxembourg | 2h 22' 33" |
2 | Federico Olei | San Marino | s.t. |
3 | Andrej Petrovski | Monaco | 2h 22' 34" |
4 | Brandon Rivera Vargas | Monaco | s.t. |
5 | Julio Pintado | Andorra | s.t. |
6 | Óskar Ómarsson | Iceland | s.t. |
7 | Etienne Bonello | Malta | s.t. |
8 | Federico Gasperoni | San Marino | 2h 22' 36" |
9 | Armando Archimandrites | Cyprus | s.t. |
10 | Anton Orn Elfarsson | Iceland | 2h 22' 37" |
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