Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's individual road race
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg
Olympic cycling
VenuesMusashinonomori Park
Fuji Speedway
234 km (145.4 mi)
Date24 July 2021
Competitors128 from 57 nations
Winning time6:05:26
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Richard Carapaz Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Silver medal icon.svg Wout van Aert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Tadej Pogačar Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
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The men's individual road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July 2021 on a course starting at Musashinonomori Park in Tokyo, and ending at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. [1] 128 cyclists from 57 nations competed, [2] with 85 completing the course.

The race was won by Richard Carapaz of Ecuador. Carapaz, along with Brandon McNulty of the United States, attacked with 25 kilometres (16 mi) to go and immediately built a gap over the chasing group. Both riders worked together until Carapaz dropped McNulty with 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) to go. Carapaz held off the chase group to win the race by more than a minute. The silver and bronze medals went to Wout van Aert of Belgium and Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia, respectively. Both riders were part of the 11-man chase group that rode in pursuit of Carapaz and McNulty. Eight of the 11 riders contested the sprint for the silver medal, with van Aert holding off Pogačar to take second. [3]

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, initially held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932; the time trial was re-introduced in 1996 alongside the road race.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to five qualified cyclists in the men's individual road race. All quota places are assigned to the NOC, which may select the cyclists that compete. There were 130 total quota spots available for the race, which were allocated in a multi-step process: [2]

  1. 122 spots were assigned through the UCI world ranking by nations. This ranking included Elite and U-23 men's races for the 2019 season (22 October 2018 to 22 October 2019). The top six nations each received the maximum of five quota places: Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Colombia, and Spain. Nations ranked 7th through 13th each received four quota places, 14th through 21st each received three quota places, 22nd through 32nd each received two quota places, and 33rd through 50th each received one quota place.
  2. A special rule provided an opportunity for individuals ranked in the top 200 but whose nation was not in the top 50 to earn places (which would replace the lowest ranked nations), but there were no eligible individuals.
  3. The next six quota places were assigned through the 2019 African, Asian, and Pan-American championships; at each championship, among the nations not yet qualified, the two nations with the highest-placed road race cyclist earned spots. These were taken by Burkina Faso and Namibia in Africa, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan in Asia, and Peru and Panama in the Americas. Burkina Faso and Panama made their debut in the event.
  4. The final two quota places were reserved for the host nation; if the host nation had already earned one or two places, they would be reallocated through the UCI world rankings. In this case, Japan had earned one quota place through standard qualification, and so they received only one of the host places, while the other was reallocated to 51st-ranked Hong Kong. Because this allocation was complete by 22 October 2019, it was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. Shortly before the games, Sweden withdrew their athlete, who was replaced with Josip Rumac from 52nd-ranked Croatia. [4]
  6. On 18 July, Daniel Martínez from Colombia could not travel to Tokyo after continuing to test positive for COVID-19. [5] On 23 July, Rohan Dennis of Australia decided to skip the road race to focus on the individual time trial. [6] These riders were removed from the start list and were not replaced.

Finally, both Simon Geschke of Germany and Michal Schlegel of the Czech Republic did not start the race after testing positive for COVID-19 the day before the race. [7] [8]

Competition format and course

Mount Fuji from the Fuji Speedway Fuji Speedway with Mount Fuji.jpg
Mount Fuji from the Fuji Speedway

The road race was a mass-start, one-day road race event. The courses for the men's and women's road races were revealed in August 2018. The men's race started at Musashinonomori Park in Chōfu, western Tokyo, at 11:00  Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) and finished at the Fuji Speedway circuit in the Shizuoka prefecture. The race was 234 kilometres (145 mi) long with a total elevation gain of 4,865 metres (15,961 ft). [9]

The first part of the men's and women's races were identical. The course first passed through the mostly flat outskirts of Tokyo's metropolitan area. After 40 kilometres (25 mi), the riders gradually climbed towards the foot of the climb to Doushi Road, a 5.9-kilometre (3.7 mi) climb with an average gradient of 5.7 percent. The climb topped out after 80 kilometres (50 mi) of racing at an altitude of 1,121 metres (3,678 ft) above sea level. After reaching Lake Yamanakako in Yamanashi and crossing the Kagosaka Pass, the riders faced a 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) descent and from here, the courses were different for the men's and women's races.

After the descent, the men's race headed towards the lower slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, where they went up the 14.3-kilometre (8.9 mi) long climb of Fuji Sanroku with an average incline of six percent. The climb was crested with 96.5 kilometres (60.0 mi) left at an elevation of 1,451 metres (4,760 ft) before the riders faced a 15.5-kilometre (9.6 mi) long descent into Gotemba. Afterwards, the riders headed towards the Fuji Speedway section, where they crossed the finish line twice before reaching the foot of the Mikuni Pass. The climb was 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) long with an average gradient of 10.6 percent and included sections reaching 20 percent. It was expected to be the decisive climb in the race. The peak, at an altitude of 1,171 metres (3,842 ft), was crested with about 33 kilometres (21 mi) to go. After the climb, the race returned to Lake Yamanakako and the Kagosaka Pass before a final descent and a short hilly section towards the finish on the Fuji Speedway circuit. [10]

Start list

Nations: [11]

CyclistsNations
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium - Flag of Spain.svg  Spain - Flag of France.svg  France - Flag of Italy.svg  Italy - Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
4Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia - Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark - Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain - Flag of Germany.svg  Germany - Flag of Norway.svg  Norway - Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia - Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia - Flag of Austria.svg  Austria - Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada - Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic - Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland - Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan - Flag of Poland.svg  Poland - Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC - Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
212 nations
124 nations

Race overview

Every cyclist needs to sign before the start Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Men's individual road race - Saeid Safarzadeh (IRI) (11).jpg
Every cyclist needs to sign before the start
Right after the start Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Men's individual road race (4).jpg
Right after the start

As soon as the race started, a group of eight riders broke away from the peloton. The group comprised Nicholas Dlamini (South Africa), Michael Kukrle (Czech Republic), Juraj Sagan (Slovakia), Polychronis Tzortzakis (Greece), Eduard-Michael Grosu (Romania), Orluis Aular (Venezuela), Paul Daumont (Burkina Faso), and Elchin Asadov (Azerbaijan). The break reached a maximum advantage of around 19 minutes before the peloton began its pursuit, with defending Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) and Jan Tratnik (Slovenia), in particular, leading the chase. On the gradual uphill section ahead of the climb to Doushi Road, Tristan de Lange (Namibia) attacked from the peloton but he was eventually caught. With around 150 kilometres (93 mi) to go, a crash took place in the peloton, taking down the Great Britain duo of Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart as well as Giulio Ciccone (Italy) and Gregor Mühlberger (Austria). All riders eventually managed to get back up and return to the peloton. Up front, the break was reduced to five riders Aular, Dlamini, Tzortzakis, Kukrle, and Sagan after the first climb. The group led the peloton by around 16 minutes.

As the race reached the foot of Fuji Sanroku, Van Avermaet and Tratnik continued to lead the chase as the break started the climb with a lead of around 13+12 minutes. Patrick Bevin (New Zealand) went to the front to help with the chase and the break's lead gradually decreased as the climb went on while further up the ascent, Van Avermaet began to get dropped along with several other riders. Near the top, Ciccone took over at the front of the peloton to set a faster tempo. Some of the notable riders to struggle on the climb include the Spanish duo of Omar Fraile and Alejandro Valverde. The break reached the top of Fuji Sanroku with a lead of almost six minutes. Tratnik soon made his way back to the front of the peloton to gradually eat into the break's advantage, with the break reaching the Fuji Speedway with a lead of around four minutes. At the start of the circuit, several riders began to abandon the race, most notably Thomas, Van Avermaet and Fraile.

After the first passage through the finish line, attacks lit up the peloton as Damiano Caruso (Italy), Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands), and Mauri Vansevenant (Belgium) rode away. After the three riders were caught, Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) instigated another attack and brought Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) and Eddie Dunbar (Ireland) with him. Meanwhile, up front, the break began to splinter as Sagan and Dlamini couldn't continue with the quick pace and the peloton edged closer to them. The trio of Evenepoel, Nibali, and Dunbar was soon brought back. As the race reached the Fuji Speedway for the second time, the remnants of the original break were finally caught, with the peloton setting themselves up for the decisive climb of the race, the Mikuni Pass.

As the peloton reached the foot of the Mikuni Pass, Italy stationed themselves up front before Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) began to set a furious pace. After Benoot's work was done, his compatriot Vansevenant continued to set a fast tempo as the peloton continued to thin out. With around 37.4 kilometres (23.2 mi) to go, Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) put in a seated[ clarification needed ] acceleration. Brandon McNulty (United States) and Michael Woods (Canada) followed his move while Wout van Aert (Belgium) led the chase group. The trio led by around 20 seconds before riders began to bridge up front. Near the top, the front group struggled with cooperation as the group including van Aert managed to make it across. As the group made its way back to Lake Yamanakako and the Kagosaka Pass, several riders attacked off the front. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) and Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) tried to initiate some attacks but the moves were brought back.

With 25 kilometres (16 mi) to go, Brandon McNulty accelerated off the front with Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) responding to the move. The duo began to increase their advantage as the chase group suffered from a lack of cooperation, with van Aert leading much of the chase. The duo's advantage reached more than 40 seconds before van Aert produced a searing acceleration on a short uphill rise with around 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to go. The lead was soon down to 13 seconds with 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to go. With 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) left, Carapaz dropped McNulty to solo off the front. After McNulty was caught by the chase group, the riders continued to attack each other, allowing Carapaz to increase his lead once again. Carapaz would not be caught as he won the gold medal, his country's second in history. With gold already taken, the chase group set themselves up for the sprint for the silver and bronze medals, resulting in an 8-way race for the finish in the final metres of the race, which was initiated by Adam Yates (Great Britain). Van Aert and Pogačar prevailed in the sprint, taking silver and bronze respectively. The gap between second and ninth places was within a single second. [3] [12]

Results

Result [13]
Rank#CyclistNationTimeDiff.
Gold medal icon.svg60 Richard Carapaz Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 6:05:26
Silver medal icon.svg4 Wout van Aert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:06:33+ 1:07
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Tadej Pogačar Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:06:33+ 1:07
432 Bauke Mollema Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:06:33+ 1:07
579 Michael Woods Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:06:33+ 1:07
687 Brandon McNulty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:06:33+ 1:07
713 David Gaudu Flag of France.svg  France 6:06:33+ 1:07
838 Rigoberto Urán Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6:06:33+ 1:07
923 Adam Yates Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:06:33+ 1:07
1050 Maximilian Schachmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:06:47+ 1:21
1170 Michał Kwiatkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:07:01+ 1:35
1244 Jakob Fuglsang Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:08:09+ 2:43
1355 João Almeida Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:09:04+ 3:38
1424 Alberto Bettiol Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:09:04+ 3:38
1533 Dylan van Baarle Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:09:04+ 3:38
1658 Dan Martin Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 6:09:04+ 3:38
1722 Simon Yates Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:09:04+ 3:38
1883 Patrick Konrad Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:09:04+ 3:38
1971 Rafał Majka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:09:06+ 3:40
2027 Gianni Moscon Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:09:08+ 3:42
2191 Alexey Lutsenko Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 6:11:46+ 6:20
2299 Toms Skujiņš Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:11:46+ 6:20
2317 Gorka Izagirre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:11:46+ 6:20
2425 Damiano Caruso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:11:46+ 6:20
2551 Marc Hirschi Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:11:46+ 6:20
2672 George Bennett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:11:46+ 6:20
2714 Guillaume Martin Flag of France.svg  France 6:11:46+ 6:20
288 Primož Roglič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:11:46+ 6:20
2948 Emanuel Buchmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:11:46+ 6:20
3085 Hermann Pernsteiner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:13:17+ 7:51
3154 Michael Schär Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:13:17+ 7:51
3262 Pavel Sivakov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 6:13:17+ 7:51
3398 Krists Neilands Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:15:38+ 10:12
3466 Markus Hoelgaard Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:15:38+ 10:12
35111 Yukiya Arashiro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:15:38+ 10:12
3680 Michael Kukrle Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:15:38+ 10:12
37100 Kevin Geniets Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6:15:38+ 10:12
3812 Kenny Elissonde Flag of France.svg  France 6:15:38+ 10:12
39110 Eder Frayre Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 6:15:38+ 10:12
4052 Stefan Küng Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:15:38+ 10:12
4156 Nelson Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:15:38+ 10:12
4219 Alejandro Valverde Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:15:38+ 10:12
437 Jan Polanc Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:15:38+ 10:12
4429 Tom Dumoulin Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:15:38+ 10:12
4534 Esteban Chaves Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6:15:38+ 10:12
4694 Tanel Kangert Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:15:38+ 10:12
4761 Jhonatan Narváez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 6:15:38+ 10:12
4842 Richie Porte Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:15:38+ 10:12
493 Remco Evenepoel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:15:38+ 10:12
5096 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 6:15:38+ 10:12
5131 Wilco Kelderman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:15:38+ 10:12
5274 Stefan de Bod Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:16:53+ 11:27
5328 Vincenzo Nibali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:16:53+ 11:27
5447 Nikias Arndt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:16:53+ 11:27
5597 Merhawi Kudus Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 6:16:53+ 11:27
5693 Anatoliy Budyak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:16:53+ 11:27
5711 Benoît Cosnefroy Flag of France.svg  France 6:16:53+ 11:27
582 Tiesj Benoot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:16:53+ 11:27
5963 Aleksandr Vlasov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 6:16:53+ 11:27
6026 Giulio Ciccone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:16:53+ 11:27
6165 Tobias Foss Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:16:53+ 11:27
6216 Jesús Herrada Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:16:53+ 11:27
63108 Polychronis Tzortzakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:21:46+ 16:20
64124 Muradjan Khalmuratov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 6:21:46+ 16:20
6577 Guillaume Boivin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:21:46+ 16:20
66102 Aleksandr Riabushenko Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 6:21:46+ 16:20
679 Jan Tratnik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:21:46+ 16:20
68126 Andrey Amador Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 6:21:46+ 16:20
6937 Nairo Quintana Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6:21:46+ 16:20
7084 Gregor Mühlberger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:21:46+ 16:20
7141 Lucas Hamilton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:21:46+ 16:20
7240 Luke Durbridge Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:21:46+ 16:20
73101 Michel Ries Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6:21:46+ 16:20
7453 Gino Mäder Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:21:46+ 16:20
7559 Nicolas Roche Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 6:21:46+ 16:20
7657 Eddie Dunbar Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 6:21:46+ 16:20
775 Mauri Vansevenant Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:21:46+ 16:20
7845 Michael Valgren Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:21:46+ 16:20
7918 Ion Izagirre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:21:46+ 16:20
8086 Lawson Craddock Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:21:46+ 16:20
8135 Sergio Higuita Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6:21:46+ 16:20
8267 Tobias Halland Johannessen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:25:12+ 19:46
8368 Andreas Leknessund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:25:12+ 19:46
84112 Nariyuki Masuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:25:16+ 19:50
8578 Hugo Houle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:25:16+ 19:50
123 Eduardo Sepúlveda Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF
92 Vadim Pronskiy Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
107 Attila Valter Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
76 Ryan Gibbons Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
75 Nicholas Dlamini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
116 Orluis Aular Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela
10 Rémi Cavagna Flag of France.svg  France
88 Juraj Sagan Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
21 Geraint Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
69 Maciej Bodnar Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
64 Ilnur Zakarin Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC
95 Peeter Pruus Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
82 Zdeněk Štybar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
119 Josip Rumac Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia
46 Christopher Juul-Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
113 Manuel Rodas Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
15 Omar Fraile Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1 Greg Van Avermaet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
109 Christofer Jurado Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
89 Lukáš Kubiš Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
103 Azzedine Lagab Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
105 Eduard-Michael Grosu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
120 Paul Daumont Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
43 Kasper Asgreen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
129 Feng Chun-kai Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
20 Tao Geoghegan Hart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
125 Mohcine El Kouraji Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
90 Dmitriy Gruzdev Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
73 Patrick Bevin Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
122 Saeid Safarzadeh Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
30 Yoeri Havik Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
130 Choy Hiu Fung Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
128 Royner Navarro Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
104 Hamza Mansouri Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
106 Evaldas Šiškevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
114 Moise Mugisha Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
115 Tristan de Lange Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
117 Onur Balkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
118 Ahmet Örken Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
121 Wang Ruidong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
127 Elchin Asadov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
49 Simon Geschke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS
81 Michal Schlegel Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

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The 2022 Tour de France is the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Tour de France</span> Cycling race


The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July. The race did not finish in Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race</span>

The men's individual road race event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August 2024 on a course that started at Pont d'Iéna in Paris. Gold medal winner Remco Evenepoel had won the men's time trial event on July 27, making him the only male cyclist to win both the road race and the road time trial at the same Summer Olympic Games. The 273 kilometer course through the streets of Paris was the longest Olympic road race to date.

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