Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

Men's points race
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Mikhail Ignatiev  Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joan Llaneras  Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Guido Fulst  Germany

The men's points race in cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of a 160 lap (40 kilometre) points race with 16 sprints where points were awarded. 5 points were given to the first finisher of each sprint, with 3 going to the second-place finisher, 2 going to the third place cyclist, and 1 going to the fourth place rider. Cyclists could also score points by lapping the main body of riders, known as the peloton. 20 points were gained by doing this, while 20 points were lost if the peloton lapped the cyclist.

Results

The young Russian rider, Mikhail Ignatiev, carefully watched the breaks and did four extra laps for 80 points. Several other riders managed to do one, two, or three extra laps, but it wasn't enough to catch Ignatyev.

Final results[1]
Rank Name Country Sprint
Points		 Extra
Laps		 Total
Points
1Mikhail Ignatiev Russia13493
2Joan Llaneras Spain22382
3Guido Fulst Germany19379
4Greg Henderson New Zealand18368
5Milan Kadlec Czech Republic15365
6Mark Renshaw Australia20260
7Peter Schep Netherlands18258
8Angelo Ciccone Italy9249
9Milton Wynants Uruguay6246
10Franck Perque France3243
11Marco Arriagada Chile5125
12Yauheni Sobal Belarus4124
13Juan Curuchet Argentina3123
14Colby Pearce United States3123
15Alexey Kolessov Kazakhstan2122
16Makoto Iijima Japan13013
17Franz Stocher Austria909
18Matthew Gilmore Belgium707
19Vasyl Yakovlev Ukraine303
20Wong Kam Po Hong Kong202
—Chris Newton Great BritainDNF
Mahdi Sohrabi IranDNF
Tomas Vaitkus LithuaniaDNF

* (DNF = Did Not Finish)

References

  1. ↑ Sports-reference
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