Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial

Men's road time trial
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad

Grumari Circuit - Pontal
VenuePontal, Rio de Janeiro
54.5 km (33.9 mi)
Date10 August
Competitors40 from 30 nations
Winning timeTBA
Medalists
 
 
 
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Qualification

The men's individual time trial is one of Eighteen cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games, to start and finish on 10 August at Pontal, a small peninsula and beach area in the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighborhood, located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The race start and finish will be part of the Barra venues cluster and one of seven temporary venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1]

Qualification

[2]

Pre-race favourites


Course

The men's course will be two laps of the 29.8 km (18.5 mi) Grumari circuit for a race distance of 54.5 km (33.86 mi). The race start and finish of the course is set to be at the Tim Maia Square (Estrada do Pontal), then enters the Grumari circuit (clockwise) to reach the first climb (Grumari climb) after 9.7 km and the second climb (Grota Funda climb) at 19.2 km. [3]

Start list

The following NOCs have qualified riders to compete in the road race event. The following riders have been confirmed by their respective NOCs.

NOC # Athletes Confirmed Athletes Ref
Algeria 1
Argentina 1
Australia 2
Austria 1
Belgium 1
Belarus 2
Canada 1
Colombia 1
Czech Republic 2
Denmark 1
Spain 2
France 2
Great Britain 1
Germany 2
Iran 1
Italy 2
Kazakhstan 1
Morocco 1
Netherlands 2
Norway 1
New Zealand 1
Poland 2
Portugal 1
Russia 1
Slovenia 1
Switzerland 1
Turkey 1
Ukraine 1
United States 2
Venezuela 1

References

  1. "Rio Olympic Games Facilities: Barra Region". brasil2016.gov.br. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. NOCs qualified for Road Cycling men’s events (PDF), UCI, 25 March 2015, p. 2
  3. "Rio 2016 Road Cycling - Men's Time Trial" (PDF). UCI.ch. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

External links

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