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Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's road race
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pascal Richard (1998)
VenueAtlanta
DateJuly 31
Competitors183 from 57 nations
Winning time4:53:56
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pascal Richard
 Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rolf Sørensen
 Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Max Sciandri
 Great Britain
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The men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, was held on July 31, 1996. There were 183 participants from 57 nations in the race over 221.85 km, with 116 cyclists finishing.[1] For the first time, the event was open to professionals. Previously, it was restricted to "amateurs" which included state-funded Eastern Bloc athletes.[2] The maximum number of cyclists per nation was five, up from three in previous editions of the event. The event was won by Pascal Richard of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race and first medal in the event since a bronze in 1936. Rolf Sørensen earned Denmark's third medal in the event, silver just as in 1964 and 1968. Max Sciandri similarly matched Great Britain's best result: a bronze, as in 1896 and 1956.

Background

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This was the 15th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932; with the re-introduction of the time trial in Atlanta, this was the first time that both events were held at the same Games. The 1996 Games were also the first to allow top professional riders to compete; this also resulted in lengthening the distance of the course and increasing the number of riders per nation (to increase teamwork opportunity). There was no clear favorite in the race. Miguel Induráin of Spain was the most prominent cyclist competing, but his skills were far more suited to the time trial—in which he would take gold three days later.[2]

Albania, Armenia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Oman, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 15th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

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The mass-start race was on a 221.85 kilometre course over the Buckhead Cycling Course in Atlanta. The distance had been increased from previous Olympic road races to be more consistent with professional races.[2][3]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 31 July 1996 8:30 Final

Results

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A three-man breakout occurred with 33 kilometres to go, with Richard, Sørensen, and Sciandri getting clear of the peloton. The final sprint went to Richard. A second group of three formed as well, this time with the home-nation cyclist Andreu winning the sprint for fourth place.[2]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pascal Richard  Switzerland 4:53:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rolf Sørensen  Denmark s.t.
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Max Sciandri  Great Britain + 2"
4 Frankie Andreu  United States + 1' 14"
5 Richard Virenque  France s.t.
6 Melcior Mauri  Spain + 1' 15"
7 Fabio Baldato  Italy + 1' 28"
8 Michele Bartoli  Italy s.t.
9 Zbigniew Spruch  Poland s.t.
10 Johan Museeuw  Belgium s.t.
11 Jesper Skibby  Denmark s.t.
12 Lance Armstrong  United States s.t.
13 Dimitri Konyshev  Russia + 2' 29"
14 Serhiy Ushakov  Ukraine s.t.
15 Wilfried Peeters  Belgium + 2' 32"
16 Olaf Ludwig  Germany + 2' 36"
17 Laurent Brochard  France + 2' 37"
18 Arvis Piziks  Latvia s.t.
19 Neil Stephens  Australia + 2' 38"
20 Erik Zabel  Germany + 2' 47"
21 Laurent Jalabert  France s.t.
22 Kaspars Ozers  Latvia s.t.
23 Robbie McEwen  Australia + 2' 48"
24 Jaan Kirsipuu  Estonia s.t.
25 Frank Vandenbroucke  Belgium s.t.
26 Miguel Induráin  Spain s.t.
27 Vassili Davidenko  Russia s.t.
28 Rolf Aldag  Germany s.t.
29 Andrey Kivilev  Kazakhstan s.t.
30 Ján Svorada  Czech Republic s.t.
31 Juris Silovs  Latvia s.t.
32 Francesco Casagrande  Italy s.t.
33 Andrei Tchmil  Ukraine s.t.
34 Michel Lafis  Sweden s.t.
35 Glenn Magnusson  Sweden + 2' 49"
36 Lauri Aus  Estonia s.t.
37 Maurizio Fondriest  Italy s.t.
38 Erik Dekker  Netherlands s.t.
39 Orlando Rodrigues  Portugal s.t.
40 Brian Holm  Denmark s.t.
41 Steve Bauer  Canada s.t.
42 Lars Michaelsen  Denmark s.t.
43 Oleh Pankov  Ukraine s.t.
44 Werner Riebenbauer  Austria s.t.
45 Erik Breukink  Netherlands s.t.
46 Harald Morscher  Austria s.t.
47 Ruber Marín  Colombia s.t.
48 Pedro Lópes  Portugal s.t.
49 Andres Lauk  Estonia + 2' 50"
50 Slawomir Chrzanowski  Poland s.t.
51 Pavel Tonkov  Russia s.t.
52 Beat Zberg  Switzerland s.t.
53 Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan s.t.
54 Peter Wrolich  Austria s.t.
55 Markus Andersson  Sweden s.t.
56 Aart Vierhouten  Netherlands s.t.
57 Joona Laukka  Finland s.t.
58 Pyotr Ugryumov  Russia s.t.
59 Milan Dvorščík  Slovakia s.t.
60 Johan Bruyneel  Belgium + 2' 51"
61 Douglas Ryder  South Africa s.t.
62 Georg Totschnig  Austria s.t.
63 Kari Myyryläinen  Finland s.t.
64 Michael Barry  Canada s.t.
65 Damian McDonald  Australia s.t.
66 Ric Reid  New Zealand s.t.
67 Abraham Olano  Spain + 2' 52"
68 Ján Valach  Slovakia s.t.
69 Pavel Kavetsky  Belarus s.t.
70 Robert Pintarič  Slovenia s.t.
71 Eduardo Graciano  Mexico + 2' 53"
72 David McCann  Ireland s.t.
73 Veaceslav Oriol  Moldova s.t.
74 Gregory Randolph  United States s.t.
75 Gord Fraser  Canada s.t.
76 George Hincapie  United States s.t.
77 Manuel Fernández  Spain s.t.
78 Nuno Marta  Portugal s.t.
79 Malcolm Elliott  Great Britain s.t.
80 Eric Wohlberg  Canada + 2' 54"
81 Peter Luttenberger  Austria s.t.
82 Mario Cipollini  Italy s.t.
83 Didier Rous  France s.t.
84 Javier de Jesús Zapata  Colombia s.t.
85 Aleksandr Shefer  Kazakhstan s.t.
86 Óscar Giraldo  Colombia s.t.
87 Bjarne Riis  Denmark + 2' 55"
88 Jacques Landry  Canada s.t.
89 Andrey Teteryuk  Kazakhstan s.t.
90 Eduardo Uribe  Mexico s.t.
91 Mauro Ribeiro  Brazil s.t.
92 Dainis Ozols  Latvia s.t.
93 Steve Hegg  United States s.t.
94 Tomasz Brożyna  Poland + 2' 56"
95 Remigijus Lupeikis  Lithuania s.t.
96 Raido Kodanipork  Estonia s.t.
97 Blayne Wikner  South Africa s.t.
98 Stephen Hodge  Australia + 2' 57"
99 John Tanner  Great Britain s.t.
100 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov  Uzbekistan s.t.
101 Marino Alonso  Spain s.t.
102 Patrick Jonker  Australia s.t.
103 Yevgeny Berzin  Russia s.t.
104 Alex Zülle  Switzerland + 2' 58"
105 Rolf Järmann  Switzerland s.t.
106 Romāns Vainšteins  Latvia s.t.
107 Frédéric Moncassin  France + 2' 59"
108 Tristan Hoffman  Netherlands s.t.
109 Tom Steels  Belgium + 3' 00"
110 Thomas Frischknecht  Switzerland + 4' 08"
111 Danny Nelissen  Netherlands + 4' 12"
112 Cândido Barbosa  Portugal + 7' 33"
113 Yevgeny Golovanov  Belarus + 11' 42"
114 Pavel Zaduban  Slovakia s.t.
115 Hussein Monsalve  Venezuela s.t.
116 Irving Aguilar  Mexico + 11' 43"
Besnik Musaj  Albania DNF
Gustavo Artacho  Argentina DNF
Rubén Pegorín  Argentina DNF
Arsen Ghazaryan  Armenia DNF
Lucien Dirksz  Aruba DNF
Aleksandr Sharapov  Belarus DNF
Oleg Bondarik  Belarus DNF
Vyacheslav German  Belarus DNF
Elliot Hubbard  Bermuda DNF
Hernandes Quadri  Brazil DNF
Márcio May  Brazil DNF
Daniel Rogelim  Brazil DNF
Jamil Suaiden  Brazil DNF
Stefan Baraud  Cayman Islands DNF
Víctor Garrido  Chile DNF
Dubán Ramírez  Colombia DNF
Raúl Montaña  Colombia DNF
Héctor Chiles  Ecuador DNF
Paulo Caicedo  Ecuador DNF
Pedro Rodríguez  Ecuador DNF
Lauri Resik  Estonia DNF
Brian Smith  Great Britain DNF
Michael Rich  Germany DNF
Uwe Peschel  Germany DNF
Anton Villatoro  Guatemala DNF
Edwin Santos  Guatemala DNF
Felipe López  Guatemala DNF
Marlon Paniagua  Guatemala DNF
Omar Ochoa  Guatemala DNF
Wong Kam Po  Hong Kong DNF
László Bodrogi  Hungary DNF
Kazuyuki Manabe  Japan DNF
Osamu Sumida  Japan DNF
Park Min-su  South Korea DNF
Yousef Shadi  Libya DNF
Raimondas Rumšas  Lithuania DNF
Ivanas Romanovas  Lithuania DNF
Linas Balčiūnas  Lithuania DNF
Raimondas Vilčinskas  Lithuania DNF
Adan Juárez  Mexico DNF
Domingo González  Mexico DNF
Igor Pugaci  Moldova DNF
Ruslan Ivanov  Moldova DNF
Igor Bonciucov  Moldova DNF
Oleg Tonoritchi  Moldova DNF
Dashnyamyn Tömör-Ochir  Mongolia DNF
Glen Mitchell  New Zealand DNF
Scott Guyton  New Zealand DNF
Brian Fowler  New Zealand DNF
Svein-Gaute Hølestøl  Norway DNF
Youssef Khanfar Al-Shakali  Oman DNF
Dariusz Baranowski  Poland DNF
José Azevedo  Portugal DNF[4]
Róbert Nagy  Slovakia DNF
Miroslav Lipták  Slovakia DNF
Michael Andersson  Sweden DNF
Chen Chih-hao  Chinese Taipei DNF
Mykhailo Khalilov  Ukraine DNF
Volodymyr Pulnikov  Ukraine DNF
Ali Sayed Darwish  United Arab Emirates DNF
Gregorio Bare  Uruguay DNF
Ricardo Guedes  Uruguay DNF
Manuel Guevara  Venezuela DNF
Carlos Maya  Venezuela DNF
José Balaustre  Venezuela DNF
Rubén Abreu  Venezuela DNF
Timothy Jones  Zimbabwe DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 5, p. 160.
  4. ^ Olympedia shows Azevedo as finishing in 114th place at 11' 43" behind the leader, but both the Official Report and IOC webpage indicate he did not finish.

Sources

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