Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race
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Men's individual road race at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venues | Musashinonomori Park Fuji Speedway 234 km (145.4 mi) | |||||||||
Date | 24 July 2021 | |||||||||
Competitors | 128 from 57 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 6:05:26 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's individual road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July 2021 on a course starting at Musashinonomori Park in Tokyo, and ending at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture.[1] 128 cyclists from 57 nations competed,[2] with 85 completing the course.
The race was won by Richard Carapaz of Ecuador. Carapaz, along with Brandon McNulty of the United States, attacked with 25 kilometres (16 mi) to go and immediately built a gap over the chasing group. Both riders worked together until Carapaz dropped McNulty with 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) to go. Carapaz held off the chase group to win the race by more than a minute. The silver and bronze medals went to Wout van Aert of Belgium and Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia, respectively. Both riders were part of the 11-man chase group that rode in pursuit of Carapaz and McNulty. Eight of the 11 riders contested the sprint for the silver medal, with van Aert holding off Pogačar to take second.[3]