2024 Men's Olympics Road Race Results & Recap
2024 Men's Olympics Road Race is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Evenepoel Wins Gold in Paris
Eric Manizabayo attacked from the start. Christopher Rougier-Lagane and Thanakhan Chaiyasombat accompanied the rider from Rwanda before Charles Kagimu and Achraf Ed Doghmy made it five at the front.
The five open up a 13-minute lead. Then, with over 190 kilometres left to race, Elia Viviani, Ryan Mullen, Gleb Syritsa, and Georgios Bouglas attacked from the peloton. Syritsa was dropped, while the other three caught the lead group in a 70-kilometre chase.
With 92 kilometers left to race, the lead of the remaining attackers – Viviani, Mullen, Rougier-Lagane, Bouglas, Kagimu – hovered around 2 minutes when Ben Healy accelerated in the peloton. Alexey Lutsenko chipped in, and the two distanced the big group.
On the penultimate climb before the circuit, Côte de Bièvres, with 77 kilometres to go, Mullen was alone at the front. His compatriot Healy, and Lutsenko rejoined the Irishman just after the summit.
Mullen was dropped on the Côte du Pavé des Gardes, while Valentin Madouas, Nils Politt, Fred Wright, and Michael Woods opened the chase in the run-up to the Paris circuit. Stefan Küng, Marco Haller, and Jambaljamts Sainbayar also made it across.
The peloton was over one minute adrift when the race entered the circuit.
On the climb in Paris, Côte de la butte Montmartre, Sainbayar was dropped from the chase group. Healy reached the summit alone, while Mathieu van der Poel attacked from the peloton with Wout van Aert on his wheel. Matteo Jorgenson, Julian Alaphilippe and Toms Skujiņs tracked them down after the summit.
With 38 kilometers remaining, the attack was neutralized, and then Remco Evenepoel gave it a go. The Olympic ITT champion bridged across to the KĂĽng group.
Only Madouas, Küng and Haller remained on Evenepoel’s wheel as they caught Healy.
The lead group tackled the Butte Montmartre again with a 43-second lead. Madouas was the only rider who was able to follow Evenepoel on the climb. Van der Poel struck for a second time with Van Aert on his wheel before Jorgenson, Alaphilippe, Laporte, Pedersen, and Matthews bridged across.
Laporte and Jorgenson made the junction to Healy, Haller, and KĂĽng while a regrouping took place behind them.
Evenepoel distanced Madouas with 15 kilometres to go. He opened such a gap that a puncture within the last 3.5 kilometres didn't hamper him.
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