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An omnium is a multiple-race event, and the current event features four different types of races. The entire event is contested within a single day, but there are breaks between each race. The winner of the omnium is the cyclist who obtains the most points through the four races.
An omnium (from Latin omnium: of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling.Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that feature the three primary road race events (time trial, mass start and criterium).
An omnium is a multiple race event. The current Olympic format features four different types of race. The entire event is contested within a single day, but there are breaks between the different races. The winner of the omnium is the cyclist who obtains the most points across the four races.
The cycling competitions of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris occurred at four different venues (Pont d'Iéna for road and time trial races; Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines for track cycling and BMX racing; Élancourt Hill for mountain biking; and Place de la Concorde for the BMX freestyle), from 27 July to 11 August, featuring twenty ...
Mountain bike racing entered the Olympic programme at the Atlanta Olympics, followed by BMX racing in 2008 and freestyle BMX in 2020. Before the 2020 Summer Olympics, all events were speed races, but the 2020 programme featured BMX freestyle for the first time. Women's road events were introduced to the Olympic programme at the 1984 Summer ...
Heat Rank Cyclist Nation Gap [3] Notes 1: 1: Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands X: Q: 1: 2: Maximilian Dörnbach Germany +0.093: R: 2: 1: Matthew Richardson Australia X: Q: 2: 2: Jaïr Tjon En Fa Suriname +0.150
The men's cycling omnium at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 14 and 15 August. [1] The medals were presented by Marisol Casado, IOC member, Spain and Renato Di Rocco, Member of the UCI Management Committee.
The omnium also moved from a two-day format in prior Games to a one-day format in 2020. The winner of the omnium is the cyclist who obtains the most points through the four races. The winner of each of the first three races earns 40 points, the second-place cyclist earns 38, the third-place rider 36, and so forth.