Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

The men's individual road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was held on Wednesday, 27 September 2000 (the second day of competition of the games) with a race distance of 239.4 km. The estimated global TV audience was 600 million. They were specifically held in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.[1] There were 154 cyclists from 41 nations competing.[2] The maximum number of cyclists per nation had been five since professionals were allowed in 1996. The event was won by Jan Ullrich of Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race (though Olaf Ludwig of East Germany had won in 1988). His teammate Andreas Klöden's bronze made this race the first time one nation had taken two medals in the event since 1988—when West Germany had done so by taking silver and bronze (making an all-German podium then, with Ludwig's gold). Alexander Vinokourov took silver for Kazakhstan's first medal in the event.

Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Jan Ullrich (2016)
VenueCentennial Parklands, Sydney
Date27 September
Competitors154 from 41 nations
Winning time5:29:08
Medalists
Jan Ullrich
 Germany
Alexander Vinokourov
 Kazakhstan
Andreas Klöden
 Germany

Background

This was the 16th 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. The change to including professionals in 1996 meant that 2000 was the first Games that saw significant repeat competitors in the event (which had typically seen top cyclists turn professional after one appearance); Atlanta silver medalist Rolf Sørensen of Denmark and bronze medalist Max Sciandri of Great Britain returned. Favorites were "difficult" to select for the one-day race. Lance Armstrong (1999 and 2000 Tour de France winner) and Jan Ullrich (1997 Tour de France winner) were among the prominent cyclists, but the road race was a very different event from a Tour and "neither was considered a great sprinter".[2]

Egypt and Kyrgyzstan each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 16th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

The mass-start race was on a 239.4 kilometre course over the Cycling Road Course in Sydney's Centennial Parklands. The distance had been increased from previous Olympic road races (particularly pre-1996, though the distance was nearly 20 kilometres more than 1996 as well) to be more consistent with professional races.[2]

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 27 September 200010:00Final

Results

A three-cyclist breakout occurred with 25 kilometres to go: Ullrich and two of his Deutsche Telekom (now HTC–Highroad) teammates, Vinokourov and Klöden.[2]

RankCyclistNationTime
Jan Ullrich  Germany 5:29:08
Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan + 9"
Andreas Klöden  Germany + 12"
4 Michele Bartoli  Italy + 1' 26"
5 Laurent Jalabert  France s.t.
6 Frank Høj  Denmark s.t.
7 Piotr Wadecki  Poland s.t.
8 George Hincapie  United States s.t.
9 Paolo Bettini  Italy s.t.
10 Dmitri Konychev  Russia s.t.
11 Danilo Di Luca  Italy + 1' 29"
12 Axel Merckx  Belgium s.t.
DPG[3] Lance Armstrong  United States s.t.
14 Erik Zabel  Germany + 1' 38"
15 Max van Heeswijk  Netherlands s.t.
16 Gordon Fraser  Canada s.t.
17 Óscar Freire  Spain s.t.
18 Jaan Kirsipuu  Estonia s.t.
19 Robbie McEwen  Australia s.t.
20 Zbigniew Spruch  Poland s.t.
21 Markus Zberg  Switzerland s.t.
22 Arvis Piziks  Latvia s.t.
23 Peter Wrolich  Austria s.t.
24 Rolf Aldag  Germany s.t.
25 Léon van Bon  Netherlands s.t.
26 Andrej Hauptman  Slovenia s.t.
27 Vladimir Duma  Ukraine s.t.
28 Glenn Magnusson  Sweden s.t.
29 Pavel Tonkov  Russia s.t.
30 Henk Vogels  Australia s.t.
31 Ruber Marín  Colombia s.t.
32 Uros Murn  Slovenia s.t.
33 Nico Mattan  Belgium s.t.
34 Fred Rodriguez  United States s.t.
35 Maximiliano Sciandri  Great Britain s.t.
36 Serguei Ivanov  Russia s.t.
37 Oscar Camenzind  Switzerland s.t.
38 John Tanner  Great Britain s.t.
39 Serguei Outchakov  Ukraine s.t.
40 Nicki Sørensen  Denmark s.t.
41 Gerrit Glomser  Austria s.t.
42 Olexandr Fedenko  Ukraine s.t.
43 David McCann  Ireland s.t.
44 Raimondas Rumsas  Lithuania s.t.
45 Laurent Brochard  France s.t.
46 Andrei Teteriouk  Kazakhstan s.t.
47 Christopher Jenner  New Zealand s.t.
48 Zbigniew Piątek  Poland s.t.
49 Tyler Hamilton  United States s.t.
50 Omar Pumar  Venezuela s.t.
51 Matthias Buxhofer  Austria s.t.
52 Antonio Cruz  United States s.t.
53 Alexandr Shefer  Kazakhstan s.t.
54 Mauro Gianetti  Switzerland s.t.
55 Erki Pütsep  Estonia s.t.
56 Jens Voigt  Germany s.t.
57 Sergei Yakovlev  Kazakhstan s.t.
58 Piotr Przydzial  Poland s.t.
59 Rolf Sørensen  Denmark s.t.
60 Abraham Olano  Spain s.t.
61 Julian Dean  New Zealand s.t.
62 Christophe Moreau  France s.t.
63 Richard Virenque  France s.t.
64 Laurent Dufaux  Switzerland s.t.
65 Volodimir Gustov  Ukraine s.t.
66 Francesco Casagrande  Italy s.t.
67 Marc Wauters  Belgium s.t.
68 Alex Zülle  Switzerland s.t.
69 Marco Pantani  Italy s.t.
70 Pavel Padrnos  Czech Republic s.t.
71 Rik Verbrugghe  Belgium s.t.
72 Eric Wohlberg  Canada s.t.
73 Andrei Kivilev  Kazakhstan s.t.
74 Ciarán Power  Ireland + 5' 50"
75 Viacheslav Ekimov  Russia s.t.
76 Tomáš Konečný  Czech Republic s.t.
77 Stuart O'Grady  Australia + 7' 06"
78 Bjørnar Vestøl  Norway s.t.
79 Peter Van Petegem  Belgium s.t.
80 Tristan Hoffman  Netherlands s.t.
81 Andris Reiss  Latvia + 12' 53"
82 José Medina  Chile + 12' 54"
83 Manuel Guevara  Venezuela + 13' 35"
84 Carlos Maya  Venezuela s.t.
85 Scott Guyton  New Zealand + 14' 13"
86 David George  South Africa + 16' 43"
87 Milan Dvorščík  Slovakia + 22' 45"
88 Alexis Méndez  Venezuela + 23' 39"
89 Murilo Fischer  Brazil s.t.
90 Martin Riska  Slovakia s.t.
91 Óscar Pineda  Guatemala s.t.
92 Pedro Pablo Pérez  Cuba + 23' 40"
Scott McGrory  Australia DNF
Matt White  Australia DNF
René Haselbacher  Austria DNF
Thomas Mühlbacher  Austria DNF
Czeslaw Lukaszewicz  Canada DNF
Brian Walton  Canada DNF
Luis Fernando Sepúlveda  Chile DNF
Santiago Botero  Colombia DNF
Jhon García  Colombia DNF
Fredy González  Colombia DNF
Víctor Hugo Peña  Colombia DNF
Radim Kořínek  Czech Republic DNF
Ján Svorada  Czech Republic DNF
Lars Michaelsen  Denmark DNF
Michael Sandstød  Denmark DNF
Mahmoud Abbas  Egypt DNF
Amer El-Nady  Egypt DNF
Mohamed Abdel Fattah  Egypt DNF
Mohamed Kholafy  Egypt DNF
Juan Carlos Domínguez  Spain DNF
Santos González  Spain DNF
Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero  Spain DNF
Lauri Aus  Estonia DNF
Innar Mändoja  Estonia DNF
Janek Tombak  Estonia DNF
Christophe Capelle  France DNF
Nick Craig  Great Britain DNF
Rob Hayles  Great Britain DNF
Jeremy Hunt  Great Britain DNF
Jazy Garcia  Guam DNF
Hossein Askari  Iran DNF
Ahad Kazemi  Iran DNF
Yoshiyuki Abe  Japan DNF
Evgeny Vakker  Kyrgyzstan DNF
Raivis Belohvoščiks  Latvia DNF
Andris Naudužs  Latvia DNF
Dainis Ozols  Latvia DNF
Artūras Kasputis  Lithuania DNF
Remigijus Lupeikis  Lithuania DNF
Saulius Šarkauskas  Lithuania DNF
Erik Dekker  Netherlands DNF
Koos Moerenhout  Netherlands DNF
Kurt Asle Arvesen  Norway DNF
Svein Gaute Hølestøl  Norway DNF
Thor Hushovd  Norway DNF
Glen Mitchell  New Zealand DNF
Piotr Chmielewski  Poland DNF
José Azevedo  Portugal DNF
Bruno Castanheira  Portugal DNF
Vítor Gamito  Portugal DNF
Orlando Rodrigues  Portugal DNF
Robert Hunter  South Africa DNF
Evgeni Petrov  Russia DNF
Martin Hvastija  Slovenia DNF
Tadej Valjavec  Slovenia DNF
Roman Broniš  Slovakia DNF
Róbert Nagy  Slovakia DNF
Magnus Bäckstedt  Sweden DNF
Michel Lafis  Sweden DNF
Martin Rittsel  Sweden DNF
Serhiy Honchar  Ukraine DNF
Gregorio Bare  Uruguay DNF

References

  1. "Cycling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. "Lance Armstrong stripped of Sydney Olympics medal". BBC News. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

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