Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial

Men's road time trial
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Winner Bradley Wiggins as he approached Bushy Park, 2 km from the finish line.
Venue London and Surrey
Date 1 August
Competitors 37 from 31 nations
Winning time 50:39.54
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bradley Wiggins  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tony Martin  Germany
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Chris Froome  Great Britain

The men's road time trial, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 1 August over a 44 km (27.3 mi) course in southwest London and Surrey.[1]

Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain won the gold medal.[2][3][4][5]

Qualification

Each nation in the top 15 of the 2011 UCI World Tour, top 7 of the UCI Europe Tour, top 4 of the UCI America Tour, top 2 of the UCI Asia Tour and leaders of the UCI Oceania and Africa Tours qualified to have one rider in the race. In addition, ten nations gained an extra rider through the performance of their riders in the 2011 UCI World Time Trial Championships; these were Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and Canada. The United States were given an extra rider at the expense of Luxembourg, who were not represented in the race.

Pre-race favourites

The defending champion in this discipline was Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland. He was expected to mount a strong challenge, but crashed heavily in the closing stages of the Olympic road race, initially putting his participation in the time trial in doubt. Scans revealed that he had avoided breaking his collarbone for the second time in the season, though, and he started in the time trial.[6]

The winner of the 2012 Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain was also considered a big favourite, having won seven previous time trials in the 2012 season, and was looking to add to the six Olympic medals he has won on the track. World Champion Tony Martin of Germany was tipped as an early favourite, but had suffered an injury-wrecked season, and pulled out of the Tour de France in an effort to be fit for the Olympic race.[7]

Of the other contenders, Wiggins' British team mate Chris Froome showed strong form at the Tour de France, where he finished second overall and second to Wiggins in two time trials. Another of Wiggins' trade team mates, Michael Rogers, the 2003–2005 time trial world champion represented Australia, with 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans electing not to start due to fatigue. Young American Taylor Phinney, who won the opening time trial of the 2012 Giro D'Italia represented the United States. Sylvain Chavanel was the sole French rider, along with Luis León Sánchez of Spain and Marco Pinotti, winner of a time trial in the Giro, who represented Italy.

Course

Hampton Court Palace hosted the start and finish of the time trial.

The competition consisted of a time trial over one lap of a 44 km (27.3 mi) course, with staggered starts.[8]

Schedule

Date Time Round
Wednesday 1 August 201214:15 (BST)Final

Results

The entry list was published on 1 August.[9]

RankRiderCountryTime
1st, gold medalist(s) Bradley Wiggins Great Britain 50:39.54
2nd, silver medalist(s) Tony Martin Germany 51:21.54
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Chris Froome Great Britain 51:47.87
4 Taylor Phinney United States 52:38.07
5 Marco Pinotti Italy 52:49.28
6 Michael Rogers Australia 52:51.39
7 Fabian Cancellara Switzerland 52:53.71
8 Bert Grabsch Germany 53:18.04
9 Jonathan Castroviejo Spain 53:29.36
10 Janez Brajkovič Slovenia 54:09.72
11 Lieuwe Westra Netherlands 54:19.62
12 Vasil Kiryienka Belarus 54:30.29
13 Edvald Boasson Hagen Norway 54:30.87
14 Lars Bak Denmark 54:33.21
15 Jakob Fuglsang Denmark 54:34.49
16 Gustav Larsson Sweden 54:35.26
17 Philippe Gilbert Belgium 54:39.98
18 Nelson Oliveira Portugal 54:41.57
19 Jack Bauer New Zealand 54:54.16
20 Denis Menchov Russia 54:59.26
21 Ramūnas Navardauskas Lithuania 55:12.32
22 Lars Boom Netherlands 55:29.74
23 Alexander Vinokourov Kazakhstan 55:37.05
24 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan 55:40.64
25 Maciej Bodnar Poland 55:49.67
26 Magno Nazaret Brazil 55:50.77
27 David McCann Ireland 56:03.77
28 Ryder Hesjedal Canada 56:06.18
29 Sylvain Chavanel France 56:07.67
30 Michael Albasini Switzerland 56:38.38
31 Assan Bazayev Kazakhstan 56:40.77
32 Luis León Sánchez Spain 56:59.16
33 Tomás Gil Venezuela 57:05.12
34 Mouhcine Lahsaini Morocco 57:25.24
35 Fabio Duarte Colombia 57:34.20
36 Alireza Haghi Iran 57:41.44
37 Ahmet Akdilek Turkey 59:11.19

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic sport competition schedule". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Bradley Wiggins wins Olympics gold in cycling time trial". BBC Sport. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Fotheringham, William (1 August 2012). "Bradley Wiggins wins time trial gold to become Britain's most prolific Olympian". Guardian UK. London. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Wiggins makes history as Britain wins first golds at London 2012". CNN. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Wiggins rides into history in Olympic time trial". Cycling News. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Skretta, Dave (31 July 2012). "Cycling: 'Hard-man' Fabian Cancellara likely to defend time-trial title". The Independent. London.
  7. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18780965
  8. ↑ "Time Trial competition format". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  9. ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Games: Men's time trial start list". cyclingweekly.co.uk. 24 July 2012.

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