Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's individual road race
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Epreuve Cyclisme Route Course Ligne Masculine Jeux Olympiques 2024 Rue Saint Eleuthere - Paris XVIII (FR75) - 2024-08-03 - 53.jpg
The second chase group descends from Montmartre on Rue Saint-Éleuthère  [ fr ]
Venues Île-de-France
Date3 August 2024
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Remco Evenepoel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Silver medal icon.svg Valentin Madouas Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Christophe Laporte Flag of France.svg  France
  2020
2028  

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. [1] 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. [2]

Background

This will be the 22nd 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

Mauritius competed in the event for the first time.

Competition format and course

The road race was a mass-start, one-day road race event over 272.1 km (169.1 mi) and 2,800 m (9,200 ft) of vertical gain. The race went through Trocadero, Left Bank, Versailles, Bougival, Feucherolles, Beynes, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Auffargisis, and then back to Paris, with two loops of the city and three climbs of Montmartre. [3] [4]

Start list

Race overview

Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) and Valentin Madouas (France) battle for first place in the streets of Montmartre. Epreuve Cyclisme Route Course Ligne Masculine Jeux Olympiques 2024 Rue Saint Eleuthere - Paris XVIII (FR75) - 2024-08-03 - 110.jpg
Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) and Valentin Madouas (France) battle for first place in the streets of Montmartre.

The 273-km parcours was the longest in Olympic history, with the smallest-ever Olympic peloton; the race had ninety starters. [2] Reigning Olympic champion Richard Carapaz was not selected for the one Ecuadorian place in the race, as his climbing abilities which had helped him win over Mount Fuji in 2021 were not seen as suitable for a course that clearly favoured the classics riders, with multiple short, sharp ascents culminating in multiple ascents at Montmartre creating the template for a broken up race and a classic riders day. With the withdrawal of 2024 Tour de France winner and the 2021 bronze medalist Tadej Pogačar over fatigue and federation issues, the favourites going into the race included time-trial gold medalist Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and his compatriots Wout van Aert and Jasper Stuyven, reigning world champion Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands, France's former double World champion Julian Alaphilippe, the Dane Mattias Skjelmose, Great Britain's mountain-bike double gold medalist Tom Pidcock and Irish classics rider Ben Healy.

Despite a dramatic late puncture 3.8 km from the finish line, Remco Evenepoel became the first male cyclist to win the road race and time trial Olympic double, catching early animaters of the race including Ben Healy, before overpowering all his major rivals, notably Valentin Madouas of France over the last few climbs to race and win solo. [2] Madouas hung on for silver; his French colleague Christophe Laporte stayed in the peloton and won bronze from a small bunch sprint, with several pre-race favourites only a few seconds behind.

Results

Result [5]
Rank#CyclistNationTimeDiff.
Gold medal icon.svg6 Remco Evenepoel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:19:34
Silver medal icon.svg25 Valentin Madouas Flag of France.svg  France 6:20:45+ 1:11
Bronze medal icon.svg24 Christophe Laporte Flag of France.svg  France 6:20:50+ 1:16
467 Attila Valter Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6:20:50+ 1:16
560 Toms Skujiņš Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6:20:50+ 1:16
656 Marco Haller Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:20:50+ 1:16
740 Stefan Küng Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:20:50+ 1:16
812 Jan Tratnik Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:20:50+ 1:16
931 Matteo Jorgenson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:20:50+ 1:16
1051 Ben Healy Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 6:20:54+ 1:20
1123 Julian Alaphilippe Flag of France.svg  France 6:20:59+ 1:25
121 Mathieu van der Poel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:21:23+ 1:49
1327 Tom Pidcock Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:21:24+ 1:50
1461 Mathias Vacek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6:21:25+ 1:51
1535 Michael Matthews Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:21:47+ 2:13
1639 Marc Hirschi Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6:21:47+ 2:13
1719 Mattias Skjelmose Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:21:47+ 2:13
1813 Alex Aranburu Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:21:47+ 2:13
1937 Santiago Buitrago Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6:21:49+ 2:15
2018 Mads Pedersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:21:54+ 2:20
217 Jasper Stuyven Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:21:54+ 2:20
2214 Juan Ayuso Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:21:54+ 2:20
2320 Alberto Bettiol Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:21:54+ 2:20
2432 Brandon McNulty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:21:54+ 2:20
2538 Daniel Martínez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6:21:54+ 2:20
2655 Felix Großschartner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 6:21:54+ 2:20
2748 Corbin Strong Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:21:54+ 2:20
2844 Max Schachmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:21:54+ 2:20
2975 Lukáš Kubiš Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6:23:16+ 3:42
3065 Madis Mihkels Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6:23:16+ 3:42
3129 Stephen Williams Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:23:16+ 3:42
3234 Simon Clarke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:23:16+ 3:42
3346 Nelson Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:23:16+ 3:42
3426 Kévin Vauquelin Flag of France.svg  France 6:23:16+ 3:42
3515 Oier Lazkano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6:23:16+ 3:42
363 Dylan van Baarle Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:23:16+ 3:42
378 Wout van Aert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:23:21+ 3:47
389 Luka Mezgec Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 6:26:57+ 7:23
3947 Laurence Pithie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6:26:57+ 7:23
4063 Alex Kirsch Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6:26:57+ 7:23
4159 Michael Woods Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:26:57+ 7:23
4233 Magnus Sheffield Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6:26:57+ 7:23
4330 Fred Wright Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:26:57+ 7:23
4458 Derek Gee Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6:26:57+ 7:23
454 Jhonatan Narváez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 6:26:57+ 7:23
4645 Rui Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6:26:57+ 7:23
4728 Josh Tarling Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6:26:57+ 7:23
485 Tiesj Benoot Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6:26:57+ 7:23
4949 Biniam Girmay Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 6:26:57+ 7:23
5021 Luca Mozzato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6:26:57+ 7:23
5136 Ben O'Connor Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6:26:57+ 7:23
5254 Alexey Lutsenko Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 6:26:57+ 7:23
5362 Orluis Aular Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela 6:26:57+ 7:23
5487 Eduardo Sepúlveda Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 6:28:31+ 8:57
5564 Eric Fagúndez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 6:28:31+ 8:57
5668 Yukiya Arashiro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6:28:31+ 8:57
5769 Sainbayaryn Jambaljamts Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 6:28:31+ 8:57
5882 Jakob Söderqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6:33:56+ 14:22
5917 Michael Mørkøv Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:36:31+ 16:57
6052 Ryan Mullen Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 6:36:31+ 16:57
6157 Stanisław Aniołkowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 6:38:03+ 18:29
6279 Itamar Einhorn Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6:39:27+ 19:53
6342 Søren Wærenskjold Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:39:27+ 19:53
6486 Ognjen Ilić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 6:39:27+ 19:53
6583 Kim Eu-ro Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6:39:27+ 19:53
6676 Anatoliy Budyak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6:39:27+ 19:53
6777 Franklin Archibold Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 6:39:27+ 19:53
6873 Lü Xianjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6:39:27+ 19:53
6966 Ryan Gibbons Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6:39:27+ 19:53
7043 Nils Politt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6:39:29+ 19:55
7181 Vinícius Rangel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6:39:31+ 19:57
722 Daan Hoole Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6:41:17+ 21:43
7316 Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6:41:17+ 21:43
7441 Tobias Foss Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6:41:17+ 21:43
7578 Georgios Bouglas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6:45:33+ 25:59
7685 Ali Labib Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 6:46:33+ 26:59
7789 Charles Kagimu Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 6:50:49+ 31:15
10 Matej Mohorič Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DNF
11 Domen Novak Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
22 Elia Viviani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
50 Gleb Syritsa Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Individual Neutral Athletes
53 Yevgeniy Fedorov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
70 Achraf Ed Doghmy Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
71 Christopher Lagane Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
72 Yacine Hamza Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
74 Nikita Tsvetkov Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan
80 Thanakhan Chaiyasombat Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
84 Burak Abay Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
88 Vincent Lau Wan Yau Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
90 Eric Manizabayo Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda

References

  1. "Olympic Schedule - Cycling Road", Olympics.com . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Whittle, Jeremy (3 August 2024). "Remco Evenepoel beats late puncture to take historic Olympic road race gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. Allenby, Charlie (2 August 2024). "Paris Olympic Games 2024: What is the Route for the Men's and Women's Cycling Road Race? Where will the Race be Won?". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  4. Weislo, Laura (20 September 2023). "Paris 2024 Olympics road race and time trial courses". cyclingnews.com.
  5. "Results". 2024 Summer Olympics Cycling Road - Men's Road Race Results. Olympics.com. 3 August 2024.