Cycling_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_road_time_trial
| Men's road time trial at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Grumari Circuit - Pontal | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Pontal, Rio de Janeiro 54.5 km (33.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:12:15.42 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's individual time trial was one of 18 cycling events of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The event started and finished 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 were part of the Barra venues cluster and one of seven temporary venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin was seen as the favorite for the gold medal.[3][4] Other athletes considered to be contenders for the gold were Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara, Australia's Rohan Dennis, Great Britain's Chris Froome, Spain's Ion Izagirre, reigning world time trial champion Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus, Germany's Tony Martin and Portugal's Nelson Oliveira.[5][6][7][8]
The men's course was two laps of the 29.8 km (18.5 mi) Grumari circuit for a race distance of 54.5 km (33.9 mi). The race start and finish of the course was at the Tim Maia Square (Estrada do Pontal), then entering the Grumari circuit (clockwise) to reach the first climb (Grumari climb) after 9.7 km (6.0 mi) and the second climb (Grota Funda climb) at 19.2 km (11.9 mi).[9]
Richie Porte of Australia, Vincenzo Nibali of Italy and Wout Poels of the Netherlands were due to participate, but had to withdraw due to injuries as a result of their crashes in the men's road race. Algeria, Colombia, New Zealand and Venezuela also forfeited places for which they had qualified. Dan Craven of Namibia, and Geraint Thomas of Great Britain were invited to fill two of the vacancies in the field.[10][11]
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