Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race

Men's points race
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Laoshan Velodrome
Dates August 16
Competitors 23 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Joan Llaneras  Spain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roger Kluge  Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Chris Newton  Great Britain

The men's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome.

This track cycling event consisted of a single race in which the cyclist with the most points at the end of the race won. This race was a 40 kilometre, 160 lap race. During the race, cyclists could score points in two ways; The first way to score points is to lap the group. Each time a cyclist gained a full lap on the peloton, he scored 20 points. If a cyclist lost a full lap to the peloton, however, he lost 20 points. The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints occurring every 10 laps. The first four cyclists in each of the sprints scored points with the first finisher receiving 5 points, the second 3, the third 2, and the fourth 1 point.[1]

Among the medal favorites were Joan Llaneras (Spain), Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus), and the defending Olympic champion Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia).[2]

Results

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Rank Name Country Sprint
Points		 Extra
Laps		 Total
Points
1st, gold medalist(s)Joan Llaneras Spain20260
2nd, silver medalist(s)Roger Kluge Germany18258
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Chris Newton Great Britain16256
4Cameron Meyer Australia16136
5Vasil Kiryienka Belarus14134
6Daniel Kreutzfeldt Denmark9129
7Zachary Bell Canada7127
8Makoto Iijima Japan3123
9Milan Kadlec Czech Republic120
10Greg Henderson New Zealand1313
11Rafał Ratajczyk Poland1010
12Iljo Keisse Belgium88
13Angelo Ciccone Italy88
14Volodymyr Rybin Ukraine88
15Wong Kam Po Hong Kong55
16Milton Wynants Uruguay55
17Mikhail Ignatiev Russia44
18Juan Curuchet Argentina11
19Marco Arriagada Chile11
20Peter Schep Netherlands0
21Christophe Riblon France3-1-17
22Bobby Lea United States+1, -2-20, DNF
23Feng Chun-Kai Chinese Taipei-1-20, DNF

References

  1. ↑ http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/cyclingtrack/n214431064.shtml
  2. ↑ http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/cyclingtrack/n214546802.shtml
  3. ↑ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/CT/C73F/CTM004100.shtml#CTM004101
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