On July 24, 2021, the men’s individual road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics got underway in Musashinonomori Park in Tokyo and finished at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. There were 128 cyclists from 57 countries who started the race, and 85 of them who finished it.
Mens Cycling Road Race Olympics 2021
Richard Carapaz of Ecuador crossed the finish line first. With 25 kilometres (16 mi) to go, Carapaz and American Brandon McNulty launched an attack and quickly pulled away from the trailing group.
Carapaz and McNulty rode together for a while, but Carapaz eventually dropped McNulty with 5.8 kilometres (3.6 miles) to go. After a prolonged battle, Carapaz emerged victorious over the pursuing pack by more than a minute.
Wout van Aert of Belgium and Tadej Pogar of Slovenia won silver and bronze, respectively. They were both members of the eleven-man chasing force that had set out to catch Carapaz and McNulty. In a sprint for second place, van Aert edged off Pogaar, one of the other eight riders in the race.
With 25 kilometres to go, Brandon McNulty makes a move, and Richard Carapaz immediately takes over as his navigator. The Ecuadorian, in the final six kilometres, races alone and wins the gold. Silver goes to Tadej Pogacar, and bronze to Wout van Aert.
The cyclists left from Chofu’s Musashinonomori Park, a western Tokyo neighbourhood, and rode in a south-southwesterly direction. After around 40 kilometres, the trail begins to progressively ascend while the landscape shifts from urban to rural to mountains.
Jason Kenny of Great Britain won the men’s Keirin event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, making it his third consecutive Olympic gold in the event. Medalist Mohd Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia.
Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands, who also won gold in the Team Sprint and solo Sprint, took bronze.
In the men’s competition, Great Britain’s Declan Brooks performed a double backflip on his first run, a manoeuvre that had eliminated him from the world championships just a few weeks earlier.
Kenneth Tencio of Costa Rica, Logan Martin of Australia, and Daniel Dhers of Venezuela also made strong first impressions. There were a number of minor mishaps and bobbles on the rides during the opening, but thankfully no big ones.
Martin’s first run, which included multiple front flips and a tailwhip, earned him a 93.3, and his second run was a “victory lap” because he already had the gold. Silver went to Dhers (92.05) and bronze to Brooks (90.8) after their second runs.
Final Words
The first rider up was an American named Nick Bruce, but he injured his shoulder and didn’t even try again. Another American, Justin Dowell, too had a rough day, with many accidents in both of his heats.
