Road Race, Team, Men

The race was ridden as a mass start for the first time in Olympic history (apart from 1896 and 1906), after several years of time-trial formats at the Olympics. The course was too easy to break apart the peloton and, consequently, only eight seconds separated the five teams that had three riders to finish the race. French riders finished 1st, 2nd, and =4th in the individual race, giving them a 4.2 second margin for the gold medal over Switzerland. Only five teams were actually placed, because not all individual times could be recorded due to the large pack at the finish, and the timekeeping system failed.