Alexander Vinokourov wins the gold medal race and announces his retirement. Vino now has a silver medal from Sydney 2000 and gold from London in Olympic road races. He can also add two bronze medals from the 2004 and 2006 worlds in the ITT to his Olympic medals. After his positive doping test at the 2007 Tour de France, Vinos reputation has been tainted by this indiscretion and as well as being accused of buying his 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège win , Vino's win was not to everyone’s flavour.
The podium of Vino, Rigoberto Urán and Alexander Kristoff was not one that many had envisioned. A repeat podium, in a possibly different order, of the Copenhagen worlds appeared to be the favourite prediction. André Greipel won the sprint for the peloton but it was a lowly 27th placing for the three time 2012 Tour de France stage winner. Mark Cavendish made it over Box Hill but like Greipel, finished in the main group behind Greipel and Tom Boonen and 29th. With Stuart O’Grady in the break, the Aussies weren’t keen to chase down their teammate. Matt Goss finished in 85th place which reflected the Aussies plan B. it had been expected that a sprint finish would decide the race winner but with small national teams and no race radios, this was for many riders a bizarre experience. With no race radio riders are forced to act on intuition or whatever is known by the peloton. Therefore the opportunities for breaks to succeed is far more likely as it can take too long for a rival team to find out who are the dangerous riders in the break away. Vino was certainly a beneficiary of this arrangement in London, as was he of a decision by the Court of Arbitration which allowed former drug dopers to compete in Olympic Games.
The big talking point of the race was Vinokourov’s gold medal win but beside the Kazakh rider there were interesting sub-plots to the race. On the podium was the 25 year old Columbian Rigoberto Urán whose silver medal is so far the most illustration achievement on his palmares. For Team Sky, Urán is another feather in their bow and his performance will be encouraging to the British team. This was Columbia’s second Olympic medal in cycling after Maria Luisa Calle won Bronze in the Women's point race at Athens 2004. For Norway, Kristoff won their first cycling medal since Dag Otto Lauritzen in 1984 whose bronze also came in the Men’s road race. The Katusha rider has won two norweigan national road race titles but like Urán, an Olympic medal is so far his greatest achievement.
The silver medallist from Beijing four years ago, Fabian Cancellara, was also in the successful break but a crash on a right hander meant there would be no repat podium finish for the Swiss maestro. Cancellara will now be in doubt for Wednesday’s ITT race in which he is the defending champion. Cancellara may now shift focus and look toward the worlds to win back the title he lost to Tony Martin last year. Tony Martin didn’t finish the road race and will start the ITT as a favourite alongside the 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
Results from the Men’s Olympic Road Race
1 Alexandr Vinokurov (Kazakhstan) 5:45:57
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia)
3 Alexander Kristoff (Norway) 0:00:08
4 Taylor Phinney (United States of America)
5 Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
6 Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium)
8 Gregory Rast (Switzerland)
9 Luca Paolini (Italy)
10 Jack Bauer (New Zealand)
11 Lars Boom (Netherlands)
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
13 Rui Alberto Faria Costa (Portugal)
14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spain)
15 Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
16 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Colombia)
17 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain)
19 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
20 Sylvain Chavanel (France)
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia)
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
23 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Russian Federation)
25 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway)
26 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain) 0:00:16
27 Andre Greipel (Germany) 0:00:40
28 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
29 Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
30 Arnaud Demare (France)
31 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spain)
32 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Brazil)
33 Tyler Farrar (United States of America)
34 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
35 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Costa Rica)
36 Bernhard Eisel (Austria)
37 Kam-Po Wong (Hong Kong, China)
38 Elia Viviani (Italy)
39 Hector Hugo Zamarron Rangel (Mexico)
40 Daryl Impey (South Africa)
41 Matti Breschel (Denmark)
42 Radoslav Rogina (Croatia)
43 Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan)
44 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spain)
45 Miguel Ubeto Aponte (Venezuela)
46 Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
47 Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania)
48 Yukiya Arashiro (Japan)
49 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Portugal)
50 Rene Mandri (Estonia)
51 Jackson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
52 Vladimir Isaychev (Russian Federation)
53 Yauheni Hutarovich (Belarus)
54 Ivan Stevic (Serbia)
55 David Mccann (Ireland)
56 Aleksejs Saramotins (Latvia)
57 Martin Elmiger (Switzerland)
58 Nicki Sorensen (Denmark)
59 Gediminas Bagdonas (Lithuania)
60 Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)
61 Danail Andonov Petrov (Bulgaria)
62 Adil Jelloul (Morocco)
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
64 Jussi Veikkanen (Finland)
65 Arnold Alcolea (Cuba)
66 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukraine)
67 Kristijan Durasek (Croatia)
68 Nelson Filipe S. Simoes Oliveira (Portugal)
69 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Venezuela)
70 Lars Ytting Bak (Denmark)
71 Gonzalo Andres Garrido Zenteno (Chile)
72 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea)
73 Jan Barta (Czech Republic)
74 Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands)
75 Gustav Larsson (Sweden)
76 Vegard Stake Laengen (Norway)
77 Branislau Samoilau (Belarus)
78 Grega Bole (Slovenia)
79 Cadel Evans (Australia)
80 Daniel Schorn (Austria)
81 Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
82 Simon Gerrans (Australia)
83 Matthew Harley Goss (Australia)
84 Tony Gallopin (France)
85 Michael Schar (Switzerland)
86 Timothy Duggan (United States of America)
87 Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
88 Daniel Martin (Ireland)
89 Michael Rogers (Australia)
90 Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)
91 Christopher Horner (United States of America) 0:00:49
92 Ian Stannard (Great Britain) 0:00:50
93 Bert Grabsch (Germany)
94 Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
95 Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands)
96 Sacha Modolo (Italy) 0:00:54
97 Stijn Vandenbergh (Belgium)
98 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) 0:00:56
99 Marcel Sieberg (Germany) 0:01:11
100 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:01:17
101 Tejay Van Garderen (United States of America) 0:01:34
102 John Degenkolb (Germany) 0:02:52
103 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0:05:43
104 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 0:08:07
105 David Millar (Great Britain) 0:09:19
106 Denis Menchov (Russian Federation)
107 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
108 Christopher Froome (Great Britain)
109 Laurent Didier (Luxembourg)
110 Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
111 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Argentina)
112 Maciej Bodnar (Poland)
113 Mehdi Sohrabi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
114 Gabor Kasa (Serbia)
115 Ahmet Akdilek (Turkey)
116 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecuador)
117 Gregolry Panizo (Brazil)
118 Kemal Kucukbay (Turkey)
119 Magno Prado Nazaret (Brazil)
120 Oleg Berdos (Republic of Moldova)
121 Andrei Nechita (Romania)
122 Michal Golas (Poland)
123 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Malaysia)
124 Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)
125 Greg Henderson (New Zealand)
126 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
127 Soufiane Haddi (Morocco)
DNF Alireza Haghi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
DNF Azzedine Lagab (Algeria)
DNF Spas Gyurov (Bulgaria)
DNF Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Malaysia)
DNF Mirac Kal (Turkey)
DNF Muradjan Halmuratov (Uzbekistan)
DNF Tony Martin (Germany)
DNF Giorgi Nadiradze (Georgia)
DNF Sungbaek Park (Republic of Korea)
DNF Manuel Rodas Ochoa (Guatemala)
DNF Dan Craven (Namibia)
DNF Mouhcine Lahsaini (Morocco)
DNF Omar Hasannen (Syrian Arab Republic)
DNF Jorge Adelbio Soto Perera (Uruguay)
DNF Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia)
DNF Mickael Bourgain (France)
DNF Amir Zargari (Islamic Republic of Iran)
The podium of Vino, Rigoberto Urán and Alexander Kristoff was not one that many had envisioned. A repeat podium, in a possibly different order, of the Copenhagen worlds appeared to be the favourite prediction. André Greipel won the sprint for the peloton but it was a lowly 27th placing for the three time 2012 Tour de France stage winner. Mark Cavendish made it over Box Hill but like Greipel, finished in the main group behind Greipel and Tom Boonen and 29th. With Stuart O’Grady in the break, the Aussies weren’t keen to chase down their teammate. Matt Goss finished in 85th place which reflected the Aussies plan B. it had been expected that a sprint finish would decide the race winner but with small national teams and no race radios, this was for many riders a bizarre experience. With no race radio riders are forced to act on intuition or whatever is known by the peloton. Therefore the opportunities for breaks to succeed is far more likely as it can take too long for a rival team to find out who are the dangerous riders in the break away. Vino was certainly a beneficiary of this arrangement in London, as was he of a decision by the Court of Arbitration which allowed former drug dopers to compete in Olympic Games.
The big talking point of the race was Vinokourov’s gold medal win but beside the Kazakh rider there were interesting sub-plots to the race. On the podium was the 25 year old Columbian Rigoberto Urán whose silver medal is so far the most illustration achievement on his palmares. For Team Sky, Urán is another feather in their bow and his performance will be encouraging to the British team. This was Columbia’s second Olympic medal in cycling after Maria Luisa Calle won Bronze in the Women's point race at Athens 2004. For Norway, Kristoff won their first cycling medal since Dag Otto Lauritzen in 1984 whose bronze also came in the Men’s road race. The Katusha rider has won two norweigan national road race titles but like Urán, an Olympic medal is so far his greatest achievement.
The silver medallist from Beijing four years ago, Fabian Cancellara, was also in the successful break but a crash on a right hander meant there would be no repat podium finish for the Swiss maestro. Cancellara will now be in doubt for Wednesday’s ITT race in which he is the defending champion. Cancellara may now shift focus and look toward the worlds to win back the title he lost to Tony Martin last year. Tony Martin didn’t finish the road race and will start the ITT as a favourite alongside the 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
Results from the Men’s Olympic Road Race
The Mall-The Mall 250km
1 Alexandr Vinokurov (Kazakhstan) 5:45:57
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia)
3 Alexander Kristoff (Norway) 0:00:08
4 Taylor Phinney (United States of America)
5 Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
6 Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium)
8 Gregory Rast (Switzerland)
9 Luca Paolini (Italy)
10 Jack Bauer (New Zealand)
11 Lars Boom (Netherlands)
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
13 Rui Alberto Faria Costa (Portugal)
14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spain)
15 Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
16 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Colombia)
17 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain)
19 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
20 Sylvain Chavanel (France)
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia)
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
23 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Russian Federation)
25 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway)
26 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain) 0:00:16
27 Andre Greipel (Germany) 0:00:40
28 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
29 Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
30 Arnaud Demare (France)
31 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spain)
32 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Brazil)
33 Tyler Farrar (United States of America)
34 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
35 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (Costa Rica)
36 Bernhard Eisel (Austria)
37 Kam-Po Wong (Hong Kong, China)
38 Elia Viviani (Italy)
39 Hector Hugo Zamarron Rangel (Mexico)
40 Daryl Impey (South Africa)
41 Matti Breschel (Denmark)
42 Radoslav Rogina (Croatia)
43 Assan Bazayev (Kazakhstan)
44 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spain)
45 Miguel Ubeto Aponte (Venezuela)
46 Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
47 Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania)
48 Yukiya Arashiro (Japan)
49 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Portugal)
50 Rene Mandri (Estonia)
51 Jackson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
52 Vladimir Isaychev (Russian Federation)
53 Yauheni Hutarovich (Belarus)
54 Ivan Stevic (Serbia)
55 David Mccann (Ireland)
56 Aleksejs Saramotins (Latvia)
57 Martin Elmiger (Switzerland)
58 Nicki Sorensen (Denmark)
59 Gediminas Bagdonas (Lithuania)
60 Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)
61 Danail Andonov Petrov (Bulgaria)
62 Adil Jelloul (Morocco)
63 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
64 Jussi Veikkanen (Finland)
65 Arnold Alcolea (Cuba)
66 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukraine)
67 Kristijan Durasek (Croatia)
68 Nelson Filipe S. Simoes Oliveira (Portugal)
69 Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Venezuela)
70 Lars Ytting Bak (Denmark)
71 Gonzalo Andres Garrido Zenteno (Chile)
72 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea)
73 Jan Barta (Czech Republic)
74 Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands)
75 Gustav Larsson (Sweden)
76 Vegard Stake Laengen (Norway)
77 Branislau Samoilau (Belarus)
78 Grega Bole (Slovenia)
79 Cadel Evans (Australia)
80 Daniel Schorn (Austria)
81 Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
82 Simon Gerrans (Australia)
83 Matthew Harley Goss (Australia)
84 Tony Gallopin (France)
85 Michael Schar (Switzerland)
86 Timothy Duggan (United States of America)
87 Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
88 Daniel Martin (Ireland)
89 Michael Rogers (Australia)
90 Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium)
91 Christopher Horner (United States of America) 0:00:49
92 Ian Stannard (Great Britain) 0:00:50
93 Bert Grabsch (Germany)
94 Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
95 Lieuwe Westra (Netherlands)
96 Sacha Modolo (Italy) 0:00:54
97 Stijn Vandenbergh (Belgium)
98 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) 0:00:56
99 Marcel Sieberg (Germany) 0:01:11
100 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 0:01:17
101 Tejay Van Garderen (United States of America) 0:01:34
102 John Degenkolb (Germany) 0:02:52
103 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0:05:43
104 Marco Pinotti (Italy) 0:08:07
105 David Millar (Great Britain) 0:09:19
106 Denis Menchov (Russian Federation)
107 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
108 Christopher Froome (Great Britain)
109 Laurent Didier (Luxembourg)
110 Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece)
111 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Argentina)
112 Maciej Bodnar (Poland)
113 Mehdi Sohrabi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
114 Gabor Kasa (Serbia)
115 Ahmet Akdilek (Turkey)
116 Byron Patricio Guama De La Cruz (Ecuador)
117 Gregolry Panizo (Brazil)
118 Kemal Kucukbay (Turkey)
119 Magno Prado Nazaret (Brazil)
120 Oleg Berdos (Republic of Moldova)
121 Andrei Nechita (Romania)
122 Michal Golas (Poland)
123 Amir Mustafa Rusli (Malaysia)
124 Krisztian Lovassy (Hungary)
125 Greg Henderson (New Zealand)
126 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
127 Soufiane Haddi (Morocco)
DNF Alireza Haghi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
DNF Azzedine Lagab (Algeria)
DNF Spas Gyurov (Bulgaria)
DNF Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Malaysia)
DNF Mirac Kal (Turkey)
DNF Muradjan Halmuratov (Uzbekistan)
DNF Tony Martin (Germany)
DNF Giorgi Nadiradze (Georgia)
DNF Sungbaek Park (Republic of Korea)
DNF Manuel Rodas Ochoa (Guatemala)
DNF Dan Craven (Namibia)
DNF Mouhcine Lahsaini (Morocco)
DNF Omar Hasannen (Syrian Arab Republic)
DNF Jorge Adelbio Soto Perera (Uruguay)
DNF Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Colombia)
DNF Mickael Bourgain (France)
DNF Amir Zargari (Islamic Republic of Iran)
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