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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.
The women's individual road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 25 July 2021 on a course starting at Musashinonomori Park in Tokyo and ending at the Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. [1] 67 cyclists from 40 nations competed, with 48 completing the course. [2] The race was won by rank outsider Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria ...
The men's road time trial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 2021 around the Fuji Speedway in the Shizuoka Prefecture. [1] 39 cyclists from 31 nations competed in the race, [2] with everyone bar one rider eventually finishing. The race was won by Primož Roglič of Slovenia.
The former venture capitalist outsmarted legends Marianne Vos and Lotte Kopecky to become the first American to win the Olympic road race since 1984.
The courses for the men's and women's road races were revealed in August 2018. The races started in Musashinonomori Park in Chofu, western Tokyo with the finish at the Fuji Speedway circuit in the Shizuoka prefecture. The men's road race was 234 kilometres long with a total elevation of 4865 m.
The men's road race was first held at the 1896, was not held again for 40 years, then has been held every Summer Games since the 1936 Summer Olympics. The women's event was first contested at the 1984 Summer Olympics, being the first women's cycling event (track events were added in 1988).
2021 UCI World Tour Races [12] Race Date Winner Second Third Ref Tour Down Under: 19–24 January Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [13] Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: 31 January UAE Tour: 21–27 February Tadej Pogačar (SLO) Adam Yates (GBR) João Almeida (POR) [14] Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: 27 February Davide Ballerini (ITA)
The road races in cycling at the Olympics are an opportunity for the host city to shine. Few cities can match Paris when it comes to historical and cultural landmarks. The start of the men's and ...