Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
January 01, 1970
The men's individual road race was a cycling event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. It was held on 14 August 2004. There were 144 competitors from 43 nations.[1] The maximum number of cyclists per nation had been set at five since professionals were allowed in 1996. The event was won by Paolo Bettini of Italy, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race since 1992 and fifth overall (three more than any other nation). Sérgio Paulinho's silver was Portugal's first medal in the event. Belgium earned its first medal in the men's road race since 1964 with Axel Merckx's bronze.
In a race that showed numerous break away attempts, it wasn't until Paolo Bettini and Sérgio Paulinho broke away from the group with a couple of laps remaining and opened up a comfortable gap on the final lap that an idea of the medal positions could be gained. With the peloton giving up the chase of the leaders, Axel Merckx broke away to open up a sufficient gap for him to take bronze. Bettini out sprinted Paulinho for the gold, finishing in a time of 5 hours 41 minutes and 44 seconds. Among the other pre-race favourites, World Champion Igor Astarloa of Spain crashed on the opening lap, and 2000 Olympic road race champion Jan Ullrich finished among the peloton in 19th place. A number of other top names in the field, including Germany's Andreas Klöden and Russia's Viatcheslav Ekimov, pulled out before the end of the race, presumably with the Time Trial race, to be held four days later, in mind.
Backgroundedit
This was the 17th 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; the time trial had been re-introduced in 1996 alongside the road race. Of the top 10 cyclists from 2000, all three medalists plus three more cyclists returned: gold medalist Jan Ullrich of Germany, silver medalist Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, bronze medalist Andreas Klöden of Germany, sixth-place finisher Frank Høj of Denmark, eighth-place finisher George Hincapie of the United States, and ninth-place finisher Paolo Bettini of Italy. Lance Armstrong, having just won his sixth consecutive Tour de France, did not compete. Reigning world champion Igor Astarloa of Spain did compete.[1]
Serbia and Montenegro made its debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 17th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.
Competition format and courseedit
The mass-start race was on a 211.2 kilometre course in Athens' Plateia Kozia. Using a city-streets course, "[r]ather than riding in the hilly country outside of Athens", resulted in a "relatively flat course" that did not challenge the professional peloton.[1]
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January 01, 1970
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The men s individual road race was a cycling event at the 2004 Summer Olympics It was held on 14 August 2004 There were 144 competitors from 43 nations 1 The maximum number of cyclists per nation had been set at five since professionals were allowed in 1996 The event was won by Paolo Bettini of Italy the nation s first victory in the men s individual road race since 1992 and fifth overall three more than any other nation Sergio Paulinho s silver was Portugal s first medal in the event Belgium earned its first medal in the men s road race since 1964 with Axel Merckx s bronze Men s cycling road raceat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadBelarus stamp commemorating 2004 Olympic cyclingVenueAthensDate14 August 2004Competitors144 from 43 nationsWinning time5 41 44MedalistsPaolo Bettini ItalySergio Paulinho PortugalAxel Merckx Belgium 20002008 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Competition format and course 4 Schedule 5 Results 6 References 7 External linksSummary editIn a race that showed numerous break away attempts it wasn t until Paolo Bettini and Sergio Paulinho broke away from the group with a couple of laps remaining and opened up a comfortable gap on the final lap that an idea of the medal positions could be gained With the peloton giving up the chase of the leaders Axel Merckx broke away to open up a sufficient gap for him to take bronze Bettini out sprinted Paulinho for the gold finishing in a time of 5 hours 41 minutes and 44 seconds Among the other pre race favourites World Champion Igor Astarloa of Spain crashed on the opening lap and 2000 Olympic road race champion Jan Ullrich finished among the peloton in 19th place A number of other top names in the field including Germany s Andreas Kloden and Russia s Viatcheslav Ekimov pulled out before the end of the race presumably with the Time Trial race to be held four days later in mind Background editThis was the 17th 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 the time trial had been re introduced in 1996 alongside the road race Of the top 10 cyclists from 2000 all three medalists plus three more cyclists returned gold medalist Jan Ullrich of Germany silver medalist Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan bronze medalist Andreas Kloden of Germany sixth place finisher Frank Hoj of Denmark eighth place finisher George Hincapie of the United States and ninth place finisher Paolo Bettini of Italy Lance Armstrong having just won his sixth consecutive Tour de France did not compete Reigning world champion Igor Astarloa of Spain did compete 1 Serbia and Montenegro made its debut in the men s individual road race Great Britain made its 17th appearance in the event the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date Competition format and course editThe mass start race was on a 211 2 kilometre course in Athens Plateia Kozia Using a city streets course r ather than riding in the hilly country outside of Athens resulted in a relatively flat course that did not challenge the professional peloton 1 Schedule editAll times are Greece Standard Time UTC 2 Date Time Round Saturday 14 August 2004 12 45 FinalResults editThere were 75 finishers with three plus one non finisher later disqualified for doping 2 1 Rank Cyclist Nation Time nbsp Paolo Bettini nbsp Italy 5h 41 44 nbsp Sergio Paulinho nbsp Portugal 5h 41 45 nbsp Axel Merckx nbsp Belgium 5h 41 52 4 Erik Zabel nbsp Germany 5h 41 56 5 Andrej Hauptman nbsp Slovenia 5h 41 56 6 Kim Kirchen nbsp Luxembourg 5h 41 56 7 Roger Hammond nbsp Great Britain 5h 41 56 8 Frank Hoj nbsp Denmark 5h 41 56 9 Kurt Asle Arvesen nbsp Norway 5h 41 56 10 Alexandr Kolobnev nbsp Russia 5h 41 56 11 Robbie McEwen nbsp Australia 5h 41 56 12 Markus Zberg nbsp Switzerland 5h 41 56 13 Ciaran Power nbsp Ireland 5h 41 56 14 Marcus Ljungqvist nbsp Sweden 5h 41 56 15 Julian Dean nbsp New Zealand 5h 41 56 16 Frank Schleck nbsp Luxembourg 5h 41 56 17 Max van Heeswijk nbsp Netherlands 5h 41 56 DPG 3 Tyler Hamilton nbsp United States 5h 41 56 19 Jan Ullrich nbsp Germany 5h 41 56 20 Thomas Voeckler nbsp France 5h 41 56 21 Serhiy Honchar nbsp Ukraine 5h 41 56 22 Georg Totschnig nbsp Austria 5h 41 56 23 Kyrylo Pospyeyev nbsp Ukraine 5h 41 56 DPG 1 George Hincapie nbsp United States 5h 41 56 25 Bo Hamburger nbsp Denmark 5h 41 56 26 Tadej Valjavec nbsp Slovenia 5h 41 56 27 Nuno Ribeiro nbsp Portugal 5h 41 56 28 Bobby Julich nbsp United States 5h 41 56 29 Martin Elmiger nbsp Switzerland 5h 41 56 30 Gerhard Trampusch nbsp Austria 5h 41 56 31 Santiago Botero nbsp Colombia 5h 41 56 DPG 1 Michael Barry nbsp Canada 5h 41 56 33 Stuart O Grady nbsp Australia 5h 41 56 34 Unai Etxebarria nbsp Venezuela 5h 41 56 35 Alexander Vinokourov nbsp Kazakhstan 5h 41 56 36 Luis Felipe Laverde nbsp Colombia 5h 41 56 37 Evgeni Petrov nbsp Russia 5h 41 56 38 Daniele Nardello nbsp Italy 5h 42 03 39 Luca Paolini nbsp Italy 5h 42 03 40 Peter van Petegem nbsp Belgium 5h 42 03 41 Erik Dekker nbsp Netherlands 5h 42 29 42 Romans Vainsteins nbsp Latvia 5h 43 03 43 Gorazd Stangelj nbsp Slovenia 5h 43 20 44 Laurent Brochard nbsp France 5h 44 13 45 Benoit Joachim nbsp Luxembourg 5h 44 13 46 Cristian Moreni nbsp Italy 5h 44 13 47 Alejandro Valverde nbsp Spain 5h 44 13 48 Richard Virenque nbsp France 5h 44 13 49 Philippe Gilbert nbsp Belgium 5h 44 13 50 Uros Murn nbsp Slovenia 5h 44 13 51 Gerrit Glomser nbsp Austria 5h 45 21 52 Karsten Kroon nbsp Netherlands 5h 47 13 53 Sergei Yakovlev nbsp Kazakhstan 5h 48 48 54 Ruslan Ivanov nbsp Moldova 5h 50 35 55 Lars Michaelsen nbsp Denmark 5h 50 35 56 Tomasz Brozyna nbsp Poland 5h 50 35 57 Yasutaka Tashiro nbsp Japan 5h 50 35 58 Rene Andrle nbsp Czech Republic 5h 50 35 59 Sergey Lagutin nbsp Uzbekistan 5h 50 35 60 Nicki Soerensen nbsp Denmark 5h 50 35 61 Janek Tombak nbsp Estonia 5h 50 35 62 Murilo Fischer nbsp Brazil 5h 50 35 63 Jan Svorada nbsp Czech Republic 5h 50 35 64 Jens Voigt nbsp Germany 5h 50 35 65 Ondrej Sosenka nbsp Czech Republic 5h 50 35 66 Igor Pugaci nbsp Moldova 5h 50 35 67 Filippo Pozzato nbsp Italy 5h 50 35 68 Yaroslav Popovych nbsp Ukraine 5h 50 35 69 Ryan Cox nbsp South Africa 5h 50 35 70 Andrey Kashechkin nbsp Kazakhstan 5h 50 35 71 Martin Riska nbsp Slovakia 5h 51 28 72 Gustav Larsson nbsp Sweden 5h 51 28 73 Andrey Mizurov nbsp Kazakhstan 5h 51 28 74 Laszlo Bodrogi nbsp Hungary 5h 56 45 75 Dawid Krupa nbsp Poland 6h 00 25 DPG 1 Levi Leipheimer nbsp United States DNF Goncalo Amorim nbsp Portugal DNF oscar Freire nbsp Spain DNF Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano nbsp Spain DNF Sylvain Chavanel nbsp France DNF Michael Rasmussen nbsp Denmark DNF Charlie Wegelius nbsp Great Britain DNF Thomas Lofkvist nbsp Sweden DNF Erki Putsep nbsp Estonia DNF Jeremy Yates nbsp New Zealand DNF Andris Nauduzs nbsp Latvia DNF Mark Scanlon nbsp Ireland DNF Matej Jurco nbsp Slovakia DNF Viatcheslav Ekimov nbsp Russia DNF Gord Fraser nbsp Canada DNF Christophe Moreau nbsp France DNF Slawomir Kohut nbsp Poland DNF Amir Zargari nbsp Iran DNF Ivan Gutierrez nbsp Spain DNF Win Vansevenant nbsp Belgium DNF Marc Wauters nbsp Belgium DNF Michael Rogers nbsp Australia DNF Fabian Cancellara nbsp Switzerland DNF Gregory Rast nbsp Switzerland DNF Servais Knaven nbsp Netherlands DNF Victor Hugo Pena Grisales nbsp Colombia DNF Morten Hegreberg nbsp Norway DNF Tiaan Kannemeyer nbsp South Africa DNF Jose Chacon nbsp Venezuela DNF Dmitar Gospodinov nbsp Bulgaria DNF Evgeny Vakker nbsp Kyrgyzstan DNF Andreas Kloden nbsp Germany DNF Michael Rich nbsp Germany DNF Jason McCartney nbsp United States DNF Baden Cooke nbsp Australia DNF Matt White nbsp Australia DNF Rubens Bertogliati nbsp Switzerland DNF Denis Menchov nbsp Russia DNF Vladimir Duma nbsp Ukraine DNF Yuriy Krivtsov nbsp Ukraine DNF Radoslaw Romanik nbsp Poland DNF Sylwester Szmyd nbsp Poland DNF Julian Winn nbsp Great Britain DNF Maxim Iglinskiy nbsp Kazakhstan DNF Bernhard Eisel nbsp Austria DNF Candido Barbosa nbsp Portugal DNF Magnus Backstedt nbsp Sweden DNF Andrus Aug nbsp Estonia DNF Thor Hushovd nbsp Norway DNF Mads Kaggestad nbsp Norway DNF Heath Blackgrove nbsp New Zealand DNF Robin Reid nbsp New Zealand DNF Marcio May nbsp Brazil DNF Eric Wohlberg nbsp Canada DNF Alexandre Usov nbsp Belarus DNF Marcelo Arriagada nbsp Chile DNF Wong Kam Po nbsp Hong Kong DNF Ivan Stevic nbsp Serbia and Montenegro DNF Michal Hrazdira nbsp Czech Republic DNF Robert Hunter nbsp South Africa DNF Shinri Suzuki nbsp Japan DNF Abbas Saeidi Tanha nbsp Iran DNF Jaan Kirsipuu nbsp Estonia DNF Luciano Pagliarini nbsp Brazil DNF Stuart Dangerfield nbsp Great Britain DNF Vladimir Karpets nbsp Russia DNF Igor Astarloa nbsp Spain DNF Michael Boogerd nbsp Netherlands DNF Marlon Perez Arango nbsp Colombia DNFReferences edit a b c d e f g Road Race Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 9 November 2020 Cycling at the 2004 Athens Summer Games Men s Road Race Individual Sports Reference Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 9 March 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