Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
(From left to right) Track, Mountain biking, Road time trials, Road racing
Venue	Lee Valley VeloPark (track cycling) Cannock Chase Forest (mountain biking) West Park (road time trials) Myton Fields (road race)
Dates	29 July – 1 August 2022 (track cycling) 3 August 2022 (mountain biking) 4 August 2022 (road time trials) 7 August 2022 (road race)
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Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held between 29 July and 7 August 2022 at four different venues. There were 26 events altogether in cycling, making the sport third-highest in terms of number of medals available. There were 20 events in track cycling (including four for para-cycling), two in mountain biking, two in road time trials and two in road racing. ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows: ^{[1] [3]}

Qualifying / Heats / Repechage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

F

Medal final(s)

Road cycling and mountain biking

Date Event	Wed 3	Thu 4	Fri 5	Sat 6	Sun 7
Road cycling
Men's road race					F
Men's time trial		F
Women's road race					F
Women's time trial		F
Mountain biking
Men's cross-country	F
Women's cross-country	F

Track and para-track cycling

Date Event	Fri 29			Sat 30					Sun 31				Mon 1
Session →	M		A	M		A			M		A		A
Track cycling
Men's sprint									Q/H	¼	½	F
Men's keirin						H/R	½	F
Men's 1 km time trial													F
Men's team sprint	Q		F
Men's individual pursuit				Q		F
Men's points race													Q	F
Men's scratch race									Q		F
Men's team pursuit	Q		F
Women's sprint				Q/H	¼	½	F
Women's keirin													H/R	½	F
Women's 500 m time trial											F
Women's team sprint	Q		F
Women's individual pursuit				Q		F
Women's points race									Q		F
Women's scratch race													Q	F
Women's team pursuit	Q		F
Para-track cycling
Men's tandem sprint B									Q	½	F
Men's tandem 1 km time trial B			F
Women's tandem sprint B	Q	½	F
Women's tandem 1 km time trial B											F

Venues

Three of the four cycling venues were located within the West Midlands region:

• Myton Fields was the start/finish location for a road race course that circulated through Warwick and Leamington Spa. ^{[4] [5]}
• West Park in Wolverhampton was the start/finish location for a road time trial course that stretched to Dudley. ^{[6] [7]}
• Cannock Chase Forest was the venue for mountain biking. ^{[8] [9]}

In addition, it was decided that the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, more than 100 miles away from Birmingham, would host the track cycling. ^{[10] [11]} This caused backlash amongst residents in the West Midlands, and even resulted in a petition that was signed by 6,000 locals that urged for a new velodrome to be built in the West Midlands instead of using one in London. ^[12] Nonetheless, a new velodrome in the West Midlands was ruled out on grounds of cost. ^[13]

Qualification (parasport)

Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

A total of 12 para-track cyclists (6 per gender) nominally qualified to compete at the Games. ^[14] They qualify as follows:

• Athletes in the UCI Individual Tandem B – Track Para Rankings (for performances between 1 January 2021 and 18 April 2022).
• Recipient of a CGF / UCI Bipartite Invitation.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	11	3	4	18
2	New Zealand	10	5	2	17
3	England*	2	6	4	12
4	Scotland	1	6	4	11
5	Wales	1	1	5	7
6	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	1	3
7	Canada	0	3	2	5
8	South Africa	0	1	1	2
9	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Namibia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		26	26	25	77

Medalists

Road cycling

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's road race details	Aaron Gate   New Zealand	3:28:29	Daryl Impey   South Africa	3:28:29	Finn Crockett   Scotland	3:28:29
Men's time trial details	Rohan Dennis   Australia	46:21.24	Fred Wright   England	46:47.82	Geraint Thomas   Wales	46:49.73
Women's road race details	Georgia Baker   Australia	2:44:46	Neah Evans   Scotland	2:44:46	Sarah Roy   Australia	2:44:46
Women's time trial details	Grace Brown   Australia	40:05.20	Anna Henderson   England	40:38.55	Georgia Williams   New Zealand	41:25.27

Mountain biking

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's cross-country details	Sam Gaze   New Zealand	1:34:19	Ben Oliver   New Zealand	1:34:50	Alex Miller   Namibia	1:36:20
Women's cross-country details	Evie Richards   England	1:34:59	Zoe Cuthbert   Australia	1:35:46	Candice Lill   South Africa	1:36:12

Track cycling

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint details	Matthew Richardson   Australia	Nicholas Paul   Trinidad and Tobago	Jack Carlin   Scotland
Team sprint details	Australia Leigh Hoffman Matthew Richardson Matthew Glaetzer	England Ryan Owens Hamish Turnbull Joe Truman	New Zealand Bradly Knipe Sam Dakin Sam Webster
Keirin details	Nicholas Paul   Trinidad and Tobago	Jack Carlin   Scotland	Shah Sahrom   Malaysia
1 km time trial details	Matthew Glaetzer   Australia	Thomas Cornish   Australia	Nicholas Paul   Trinidad and Tobago
Individual pursuit details	Aaron Gate   New Zealand	Tom Sexton   New Zealand	Conor Leahy   Australia
Team pursuit details	New Zealand Aaron Gate Jordan Kerby Tom Sexton Campbell Stewart	England Dan Bigham Charlie Tanfield Ethan Vernon Oli Wood	Australia Joshua Duffy Graeme Frislie Conor Leahy Lucas Plapp James Moriarty
Points race details	Aaron Gate   New Zealand	Campbell Stewart   New Zealand	Oli Wood   England
Scratch race details	Corbin Strong   New Zealand	John Archibald   Scotland	William Roberts   Wales

1. ^ Repecharge athlete

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint details	Ellesse Andrews   New Zealand	Kelsey Mitchell   Canada	Emma Finucane   Wales
Team sprint details	New Zealand Ellesse Andrews Olivia King Rebecca Petch	Canada Lauriane Genest Kelsey Mitchell Sarah Orban	Wales Rhian Edmunds Emma Finucane Lowri Thomas
Keirin details	Ellesse Andrews   New Zealand	Sophie Capewell   England	Kelsey Mitchell   Canada
500 m time trial details	Kristina Clonan   Australia	Kelsey Mitchell   Canada	Sophie Capewell   England
Individual pursuit details	Bryony Botha   New Zealand	Maeve Plouffe   Australia	Neah Evans   Scotland
Team pursuit details	Australia Georgia Baker Sophie Edwards Chloe Moran Maeve Plouffe	New Zealand Ellesse Andrews Bryony Botha Michaela Drummond Emily Shearman	England Laura Kenny Josie Knight Maddie Leech Sophie Lewis
Points race details	Georgia Baker   Australia	Neah Evans   Scotland	Eluned King   Wales
Scratch race details	Laura Kenny   England	Michaela Drummond   New Zealand	Maggie Coles-Lyster   Canada

Para-track cycling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tandem sprint B details	Wales James Ball Matt Rotherham (Pilot)	Scotland Neil Fachie Lewis Stewart (Pilot)	Australia Beau Wootton Luke Zaccaria (Pilot)
Men's tandem 1 km time trial B details	Scotland Neil Fachie Lewis Stewart (Pilot)	Wales James Ball Matt Rotherham (Pilot)	England Stephen Bate Christopher Latham (Pilot)
Women's tandem sprint B details	Australia Jessica Gallagher Caitlin Ward (Pilot)	Scotland Aileen McGlynn Ellie Stone (Pilot)	Not awarded. [15]
Women's tandem 1 km time trial B details	Australia Jessica Gallagher Caitlin Ward (Pilot)	England Sophie Unwin Georgia Holt (Pilot)	Scotland Aileen McGlynn Ellie Stone (Pilot)

References

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3. Competition Schedule | Cycling – Mountain Bike / Road Race / Time Trial / Track and Para Track (PDF). BOCCG. pp. 18–20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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15. Parker, Ian (29 July 2022). "Sophie Unwin left in tears after not getting a bronze medal for finishing third". www.ca.sports.yahoo.com/. Yahoo! . Retrieved 29 July 2022.

External links

• Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Mountain Bike
• Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Road Cycling
• Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Time Trial
• Official website: 2022 Commonwealth Games – Cycling - Track and Para Track
• Cycling – Mountain Bike – Results Book
• Cycling – Road – Results Book
• Cycling – Track and Para Track – Results Book