Olympic Games 2024
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2024 Paris Olympic Games medal table
The 2024 Olympic Games top nations and medal winners in road, mountain bike cross-country, BMX and track racing -
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Date | July 27 - August 11, 2024 |
Location | Paris, France |
Events | Cycling Road, Track, Mountain Bike |
Previous edition | 2020 Olympic Games |
The Paris Olympics begin on July 26 with the cycling events starting on the second day of competition with the men's and women's individual time trials.
With the Olympics starting just after the 2024 Tour de France, the winner of both the Giro d'Italia and Tour, Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) announced he would not compete in the Paris Olympics due to fatigue.
Pogačar won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics behind gold medalist Richard Carapaz - who will also not appear after not making Ecuador's selection - and silver medalist Wout van Aert.
Tokyo individual time trial champion Primož Roglič will not defend his Olympic title either, while fellow medalists Tom Dumoulin and Rohan Dennis have since retired, making Van Aert the only men's road medalist to return for Paris 2024.
On the women's side, time trial medalists Annemiek van Vleuten (gold), Marlen Reusser (silver) and Anna van der Breggen (bronze) will not compete in Paris. The two Dutch riders have retired while Reusser has been diagnosed with post-viral syndrome and withdrew from Switzerland's selection.
From the road race podium in Tokyo, champion Anna Kiesenhofer will return to defend her title. Van Vleuten won silver in 2021 and will not compete this year, but bronze medalist Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy goes into the Paris Games as one of the favourites to win.
On the mountain bike side, Tom Pidcock will defend his title in the men's cross country and will have silver medalist from Tokyo, Switzerland's Mathias Flückiger and bronze medalist David Valero (Spain) as rivals in Paris.
Defending women's cross country champion Jolanda Neff withdrew from Switzerland's selection because of breathing problems but will be replaced by last year's silver medalist Sina Frei. Linda Indergand, part of Switzerland's historic medal sweep, will not be on the line.
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Olympic road cycling routes
Track cycling events
There are six Olympic track cycling events, with equal numbers of riders for men and women in each event.
The Team Sprint includes three riders each from eight qualified countries. Three riders begin with a standing start for this three-lap race, with each rider taking a one-lap turn to increase the speed before pulling off. The last rider's three-lap time decides the winner.
For the Team Pursuit, 10 different teams are pitted against each other in twos - starting on opposite sides of the track. Four riders work together over four kilometres (16 laps) to set the fastest time. The competition takes place across three rounds until there are only four teams left, two fighting for the gold and silver medals, and two racing for the bronze medal.
A second endurance event is the Omnium, which is a series of four different races: the Scratch, Elimination, Tempo and Points Races. Points are scored based on a rider's finishing position in each race until the Points Race, the final event. The points gained in the intermediate sprints and finish determine the Omnium winner.
The Madison includes a maximum of 15 teams from different countries, with riders being selected from entrants of the other endurance events, the Omnium and Team Pursuit.
More fast-twitch athletes come to the fore for the Keirin - a short, mass-start sprint event where up to six riders compete to be first across the line. The top riders move onto the next round until there are only six riders competing for the gold, silver and bronze medals.
The Sprint is the final event for these riders. It begins with riders racing for the fastest time on a flying start 200 metre dash. Then, riders are paired up to sprint against each other in a best-of-three contest. The competition continue in heats until four riders remain to compete for the gold and silver, or the bronze medal.
- Team Sprint
- Individual Sprint
- Keirin
- Team Pursuit
- Omnium
- Madison
2024 Olympics cycling schedule
Date | Event | Time |
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Saturday, July 27 | Men and women time trial | 14:30-18:30 CEDT |
Sunday, July 28 | MTB Women's Cross Country | 14:00-16:30 CEDT |
Monday, July 29 | MTB Men's Cross Country | 14:00-16:30 CEDT |
July 30-August 2 | BMX | various |
Saturday, August 3 | Men's Road Race | 11:00-18:15 CEDT |
Sunday, August 4 | Women's Road Race | 14:00-18:45 CEDT |
Monday, August 5 | Track Cycling: Women's Team Sprint | 17:00-19:40 |
Tuesday, August 6 | Track Cycling: Men's Team Sprint | 17:30-19:55 |
Wednesday, August 7 | Track Cycling: Men & Women Team Pursuit | 12:45-15:30 |
Thursday, August 8 | Track Cycling: Men's Omnium, Women's Keirin | 17:00-19:55 |
Friday, August 9 | Track Cycling: Men's Sprint, Women's Madison | 14:00-15:45 |
Saturday, August 10 | Track Cycling: Men's Madison | 17:00-19:55 |
Sunday, August 11 | Track Cycling: Men's Keirin, Women's Sprint and Omnium | 11:00-14:15 |
Races
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Olympic Games 202427 July 2024 - 29 July 2024 | Paris | JO
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Road Cycling: Women's Individual Time Trial | Invalides - Pont Alexandre III2024-07-27 32.4km
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Road Cycling: Men's Individual Time Trial | Invalides - Pont Alexandre III2024-07-27 32.4km
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Road Cycling: Women's Road Race | Trocadéro - Trocadéro2024-08-04 158km
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Track Cycling: Women's Keirin | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-08
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Track Cycling: Men's Omnium | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-08
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Track Cycling: Women's Madison | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-09
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Track Cycling: Men's Sprint | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-09
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Track Cycling: Men's Madison | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-10
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Track Cycling: Men's Keirin | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-11
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Track Cycling: Women's Sprint | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-11
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Track Cycling: Women's Omnium | Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines2024-08-11
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