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Road Race, Individual, Men

Date	28 July 1980 — 10:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Cycling Circuit, Krylatskoye Sports Complex, Moskva
Participants	115 from 32 countries
Format	189 km. (117.37 miles) mass start race.

The US-led boycott definitely affected this event as the favorite in the race could not compete. That was Greg LeMond, the first great American road cyclist at the international level. In 1979, LeMond had won the Under-23 World Championships road race, and also won silver and bronze medals on the track at that event, although he was only 18-years-old. He would later become one of the greatest professional cyclists ever, winning the Tour de France in 1986, 1989-90. The favorite in LeMond’s absence was Sergey Sukhoruchenkov (USSR), who had dominated the 1979 season and won the Peace Race, known as the “Tour de France of Eastern Europe.” The home rider did not disappoint. He first rode away on the third lap, but was joined by a group of riders two laps later. The leading pack included two former World Champions, Swiss Gilbert Glaus (1978) and Italian Gianni Giacomini (1979). Sukhoruchenkov broke away again with 32 km. remaining and won by almost three minutes, with fourth place 7:44 in arrears, the largest margin of victory since the event had become a mass start race in 1936.

Far from the leading pack finished Irish rider Stephen Roche, slightly hampered by a knee injury. Seven years later, he would stun the cycling world by winning the World Championship, the Tour de France, and the Giro d’Italia in the same year, a feat only achieved one other time, by cycling legend Eddy Merckx.

Pos	Bib	Competitor	NOC	Time	Margin
1	–	Sergey Sukhoruchenkov	URS	4-48:28.9	–	Gold
2	–	Czesław Lang	POL	–	at 2:58	Silver
3	–	Yury Barinov	URS	–	at 2:58	Bronze
4	–	Thomas Barth	GDR	–	at 7:44
5	–	Tadeusz Wojtas	POL	–	at 7:44
6	–	Anatoly Yarkin	URS	–	at 8:26
7	–	Adrie van der Poel	NED	–	at 8:26
8	–	Christian Fauré	FRA	–	at 8:26
9	–	Marc Madiot	FRA	–	at 8:32
10	–	Andreas Petermann	GDR	–	at 8:49
11	–	Gilbert Glaus	SUI	–	at 8:49
12	–	Harry Hannus	FIN	–	at 8:49
13	–	Jiří Škoda	TCH	–	at 8:49
14	–	Marco Cattaneo	ITA	–	at 8:49
15	–	Jacques Hanegraaf	NED	–	at 8:52
16	–	Peter Jonsson	SWE	–	at 9:05
17	–	Vlastibor Konečný	TCH	–	at 9:10
18	–	Gianni Giacomini	ITA	–	at 9:10
19	–	Herbert Spindler	AUT	–	at 9:10
20	–	Jesús Torres	VEN	–	at 9:10
21	–	John Herety	GBR	–	at 9:10
22	–	Krzysztof Sujka	POL	–	at 9:10
23	–	Yury Kashirin	URS	–	at 9:10
24	–	Kari Puisto	FIN	–	at 9:10
25	–	Michael Wilson	AUS	–	at 9:10
26	–	Peter Winnen	NED	–	at 9:10
27	–	Giuseppe Petito	ITA	–	at 9:10
28	–	András Takács	HUN	–	at 9:10
29	–	Richard Trinkler	SUI	–	at 12:09
30	–	Francis Castaing	FRA	–	at 15:39
31	–	Henning Jørgensen	DEN	–	at 15:39
32	–	Olaf Ludwig	GDR	–	at 15:39
33	–	Jacques van Meer	NED	–	at 15:39
34	–	Mario Medina	VEN	–	at 15:39
35	–	Hubert Seiz	SUI	–	at 15:39
36	–	Johann Traxler	AUT	–	at 17:19
37	–	Ladislav Ferebauer	TCH	–	at 17:19
38	–	Mauno Uusivirta	FIN	–	at 17:19
39	–	Bernt Scheler	SWE	–	at 17:19
40	–	Zoltán Halász	HUN	–	at 17:19
41	–	Billy Kerr	IRL	–	at 17:19
42	–	Verner Blaudzun	DEN	–	at 17:19
43	–	Régis Clère	FRA	–	at 17:19
44	–	Anders Adamson	SWE	–	at 17:29
45	–	Stephen Roche	IRL	–	at 20:29
46	–	Luc De Smet	BEL	–	at 20:37
47	–	Jeff Williams	GBR	–	at 20:37
48	–	Jürg Luchs	SUI	–	at 20:37
49	–	Neil Martin	GBR	–	at 20:37
50	–	Bruno Bulić	YUG	–	at 22:07
51	–	György Szuromi	HUN	–	at 24:44
52	–	László Halász	HUN	–	at 24:44
DNF	–	Kevin Bradshaw	AUS	–	–
DNF	–	Remo Sansonetti	AUS	–	–
DNF	–	Graham Seers	AUS	–	–
DNF	–	Hans Lienhart	AUT	–	–
DNF	–	Jan Nevens	BEL	–	–
DNF	–	Ronald Van Avermaet	BEL	–	–
DNF	–	Jan Wijnants	BEL	–	–
DNF	–	Gilson Alvaristo	BRA	–	–
DNF	–	José Carlos de Lima	BRA	–	–
DNF	–	Fernando Louro	BRA	–	–
DNF	–	Davis Pereira	BRA	–	–
DNF	–	Borislav Asenov	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Yordan Penchev	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Andon Petrov	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Nencho Staykov	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Joseph Evouna	CMR	–	–
DNF	–	Joseph Kono	CMR	–	–
DNF	–	Thomas Nyemeg	CMR	–	–
DNF	–	Nicolas Owona	CMR	–	–
DNF	–	Gregorio Aldo Arencibia	CUB	–	–
DNF	–	Carlos Cardet	CUB	–	–
DNF	–	Antonio Quintero	CUB	–	–
DNF	–	Zeragaber Gebrehiwot	ETH	–	–
DNF	–	Jemal Rogora	ETH	–	–
DNF	–	Tilahun Woldesenbet	ETH	–	–
DNF	–	Musse Yohannes	ETH	–	–
DNF	–	Sixten Wackström	FIN	–	–
DNF	–	Joe Waugh	GBR	–	–
DNF	–	Bernd Drogan	GDR	–	–
DNF	–	Tony Lally	IRL	–	–
DNF	–	Alberto Minetti	ITA	–	–
DNF	–	Peter Aldridge	JAM	–	–
DNF	–	El-Munsif Ben Youssef	LBA	–	–
DNF	–	Ali Hamid El-Aila	LBA	–	–
DNF	–	Mohamed Ganfud	LBA	–	–
DNF	–	Nuri Kaheil	LBA	–	–
DNF	–	Luvsandagvyn Jargalsaikhan	MGL	–	–
DNF	–	Batsükhiin Khayankhyarvaa	MGL	–	–
DNF	–	Dorjpalamyn Tsolmon	MGL	–	–
DNF	–	Dashjamtsyn Tömörbaatar	MGL	–	–
DNF	–	Joe Farrugia	MLT	–	–
DNF	–	Carmel Muscat	MLT	–	–
DNF	–	Alfred Tonna	MLT	–	–
DNF	–	Jan Jankiewicz	POL	–	–
DNF	–	Mircea Romașcanu	ROU	–	–
DNF	–	Teodor Vasile	ROU	–	–
DNF	–	Maurizio Casadei	SMR	–	–
DNF	–	Mats Gustafsson	SWE	–	–
DNF	–	Michal Klasa	TCH	–	–
DNF	–	Vinko Polončič	YUG	–	–
DNF	–	Bojan Ropret	YUG	–	–
DNF	–	Bojan Udovič	YUG	–	–
DNF	–	David Gillow	ZIM	–	–
DNF	–	Michael McBeath	ZIM	–	–
DNF	–	Allan Jacobsen	DEN	–	–
DNF	–	Per Sandahl Jørgensen	DEN	–	–
DNF	–	Olinto Silva	VEN	–	–
DNF	–	Juan Arroyo	VEN	–	–
DNF	–	Salloum Kaysar	LBN	–	–
DNF	–	Kamal Ghalayni	LBN	–	–
DQ	–	Kurt Zellhofer	AUT	–	–
DQ	–	Albert Micallef	MLT	–	–
DQ	–	Roberto Tomassini	SMR	–	–