Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's points race
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The men's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics
took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome
.
This track cycling
event consisted of a single race in which the cyclist with the most points at the end of the race won. This race was a 40 kilometre, 160 lap race. During the race, cyclists could score points in two ways; The first way to score points is to lap the group. Each time a cyclist gained a full lap on the peloton
, he scored 20 points. If a cyclist lost a full lap to the peloton, however, he lost 20 points. The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints occurring every 10 laps. The first four cyclists in each of the sprints scored points with the first finisher receiving 5 points, the second 3, the third 2, and the fourth 1 point.
Among the medal favorites were Joan Llaneras
(Spain), Vasil Kiryienka
(Belarus), and the defending Olympic champion Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia).
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome
Laoshan Velodrome
The Laoshan Velodrome is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007....
.
This track cycling
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
event consisted of a single race in which the cyclist with the most points at the end of the race won. This race was a 40 kilometre, 160 lap race. During the race, cyclists could score points in two ways; The first way to score points is to lap the group. Each time a cyclist gained a full lap on the peloton
Peloton
The peloton , field, bunch or pack is the large main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close near other riders...
, he scored 20 points. If a cyclist lost a full lap to the peloton, however, he lost 20 points. The other method of scoring points was to place in the intermediate sprints occurring every 10 laps. The first four cyclists in each of the sprints scored points with the first finisher receiving 5 points, the second 3, the third 2, and the fourth 1 point.
Among the medal favorites were Joan Llaneras
Joan Llaneras
Joan Llaneras Roselló is a Spanish World and Olympic points race champion track cyclist. He specialises in the madison and points race events....
(Spain), Vasil Kiryienka
Vasil Kiryienka
Vasili Kiryienka is a Belarusian racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam . Kiryienka finished 2nd in the 10th stage of the 2010 Tour de France, he was outsprinted at the line by Sérgio Paulinho after basically leading him out to the finish...
(Belarus), and the defending Olympic champion Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia).
Results
| Rank | Name | Sprint Points |
Extra Laps |
Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 2 | 60 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 58 | ||
| 16 | 2 | 56 | ||
| 4 | 16 | 1 | 36 | |
| 5 | 14 | 1 | 34 | |
| 6 | 9 | 1 | 29 | |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |
| 9 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 13 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 18 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20 | 0 | |||
| 21 | 3 | -1 | -17 | |
| 22 | +1, -2 | -20, DNF | ||
| 23 | -1 | -20, DNF | ||