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Road Race, Individual, Men

Date 2 August 1992 — 8:30
StatusOlympic
LocationSant Sadurní Cycling Circuit, Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
Participants154 from 61 countries
Format194.4 km. (120.6 miles) mass start race.

The favorites in the race were the Dutch rider, Erik Dekker, and the American, Lance Armstrong. On the next-to-last lap, a three-rider break formed and Dekker was in it, while Armstrong was too closely marked and did not catch it. With Dekker were the Latvian, Dainis Ozols and the Italian, Fabio Casartelli. They stayed away and Casartelli held off Dekker in the sprint to win the gold medal. All the leading riders later turned professional. Armstrong had one of the greatest cycling careers ever, winning seven consecutive Tours de France (1999-2005). Dekker became a solid professional rider in the peleton, winning four stages at the Tour de France and the 2001 Amstel Gold Race. Ozols rode professionally from 1995-2000, winning a stage in the 1996 Peace Race.

Fabio Casartelli eventually became a domestique on the Motorola team and supported Armstrong in the 1995 Tour de France. On the 15th stage of that race, he went off a curve in the Pyrenees, while descending the Col de Portet d’Aspet, and hit his un-helmeted head on a concrete pylon. Doctors were quickly on the scene but he died almost instantly. The next day, the peleton allowed Motorola teammate Armstrong to ride away uncontested to victory, in Casartelli’s memory. As Armstrong crossed the finish line, he raised both hands to the sky, and looked up, remembering and honoring his fallen teammate.

PosBibCompetitorNOCTimeMargin
1–Fabio CasartelliITA4-35:21–Gold
2–Erik DekkerNED–at 0:01Silver
3–Dainis OzolsLAT–at 0:03Bronze
4–Erik ZabelGER–at 0:35
5–Lauri AusEST–at 0:35
6–Andrzej SypytkowskiPOL–at 0:35
7–Sylvain BolayFRA–at 0:35
8–Arvis PiziksLAT–at 0:35
9–Raido KodaniporkEST–at 0:35
10–Grant RiceAUS–at 0:35
11–Lars MichaelsenDEN–at 0:35
12–Michel LafisSWE–at 0:35
13–Urs GüllerSUI–at 0:35
14–Lance ArmstrongUSA–at 0:35
15–Ángel EdoESP–at 0:35
16–Darren SmithAUS–at 0:35
17–Richard GroenendaalNED–at 0:35
18–Christian AndersenDEN–at 0:35
19–Roland MeierSUI–at 0:35
20–Davide RebellinITA–at 0:35
21–Tomokazu FujinoJPN–at 0:35
22–Jacek MickiewiczPOL–at 0:35
23–Saulius ŠarkauskasLTU–at 0:35
24–Kiko GarcíaESP–at 0:35
25–František TrkalTCH–at 0:35
26–Gianni VignaduzziCAN–at 0:35
27–Miloslav KejvalTCH–at 0:35
28–Wanderley MagalhãesBRA–at 0:35
29–Peter LuttenbergerAUT–at 0:35
30–Steffen WesemannGER–at 0:35
31–Xavier PérezAND–at 0:35
32–Kevin KimmageIRL–at 0:35
33–Svyatoslav RyabushenkoEUN–at 0:35
34–Claus MøllerDEN–at 0:35
35–Conor HenryIRL–at 0:35
36–Simeon HempsallGBR–at 0:35
37–Timm PeddieUSA–at 0:35
38–Bjørn StenersenNOR–at 0:35
39–Tang XuezhongCHN–at 0:35
40–Carlos Alberto MoyaVEN–at 0:35
41–Nathael SagardCAN–at 0:35
42–Aleksandar MilenkovićIOA–at 0:35
43–Juan Carlos RoseroECU–at 0:35
44–Zhu ZhengjunCHN–at 0:35
45–Lars Kristian JohnsenNOR–at 0:35
46–Hussein MonsalveVEN–at 0:35
47–Pyotr KoshelenkoEUN–at 0:35
48–Pascal HervéFRA–at 0:35
49–José RoblesCOL–at 0:35
50–Federico MoreiraURU–at 0:35
51–Graeme MillerNZL–at 0:35
52–Héctor PalacioCOL–at 0:35
53–Arnolds ŪdrisLAT–at 0:35
54–Andreas LanglAUT–at 0:35
55–Zbigniew PiątekPOL–at 0:35
56–Georg TotschnigAUT–at 0:35
57–Karsten StenersenNOR–at 0:35
58–Csaba SteigHUN–at 0:35
59–Brian FowlerNZL–at 0:35
60–David CookGBR–at 0:35
61–Matthew StephensGBR–at 0:35
62–Jacques LandryCAN–at 0:35
63–Valter BončaSLO–at 0:35
64–Wang ShusenCHN–at 0:35
65–Paul SlaneIRL–at 0:35
66–Aleksey BochkovEUN–at 0:35
67–Michael AnderssonSWE–at 0:35
68–Christian MeyerGER–at 0:35
69–Pavel PadrnosTCH–at 0:35
70–Armin MeierSUI–at 0:35
71–Mirco GualdiITA–at 0:35
72–Rob CompasNED–at 1:12
73–Tom BamfordNZL–at 1:20
74–Sergio TesitoreURU–at 1:31
75–Bob MionskeUSA–at 7:10
76–Libardo NiñoCOL–at 8:44
77–Glenn MagnussonSWE–at 9:11
78–Radiša ČubrićIOA–at 9:53
79–Jamsrangiin Ölzii-OrshikhMGL–at 9:53
80–Károly EisenkrammerHUN–at 16:46
81–Scott RichardsonRSA–at 23:04
82–Emili PérezAND–at 23:04
83–Dashjamtsyn MönkhbatMGL–at 26:50
84–Kozo FujitaJPN–at 26:50
DNF–Juan GonzálezAND––
DNF–Robert PetersANT––
DNF–Robert MarshANT––
DNF–Lucien DirkszARU––
DNF–Gerard van VlietARU––
DNF–Patrick JonkerAUS––
DNF–Wim OmloopBEL––
DNF–Erwin ThijsBEL––
DNF–Michel Van HaeckeBEL––
DNF–Douglas LambBIZ––
DNF–Michael LewisBIZ––
DNF–Ernest MeighanBIZ––
DNF–Fernand GandahoBEN––
DNF–Cossi HouegbanBEN––
DNF–Tonny AzevedoBRA––
DNF–Hernandes Quadri JúniorBRA––
DNF–Saber Mohamed HasanBRN––
DNF–Jameel KadhemBRN––
DNF–Dennis BrooksCAY––
DNF–Michele SmithCAY––
DNF–Miguel DroguettCHI––
DNF–Eleuterio ManceboESP––
DNF–Biruk AbebeETH––
DNF–Asmelash GeyesusETH––
DNF–Tekle HailemikaelETH––
DNF–Hussain EslamiIRI––
DNF–Khosrow GhamariIRI––
DNF–Hussain Mahmoudi ShahvarIRI––
DNF–Chesen FreyISV––
DNF–Jazy GarciaGUM––
DNF–Manuel GarcíaGUM––
DNF–Martin SantosGUM––
DNF–Aubrey RichmondGUY––
DNF–Mitsuteru TanakaJPN––
DNF–Dashnyamyn Tömör-OchirMGL––
DNF–Norberto OconerPHI––
DNF–Murugayan KumaresanMAS––
DNF–Wayne BurgessRSA––
DNF–Faustin MparabanyiRWA––
DNF–Emmanuel NkurunzizaRWA––
DNF–Alphonse NshimiyiamaRWA––
DNF–Guido FrisoniSMR––
DNF–Malcolm LangeRSA––
DNF–Koku AhiakuTOG––
DNF–Komi MoreiraTOG––
DNF–Ali Al-AbedUAE––
DNF–Mansoor Bu OsaibaUAE––
DNF–Weng Yu-YiTPE––
DNF–Robinson MerchánVEN––
DNF–Mobange AmisiCOD––
DNF–Selenge KimotoCOD––
DNF–Vincent GomgadjaCAF––
DNF–Obed NgaiteCAF––
DNF–Christ YarafaCAF––
DNF–Stefan BaraudCAY––
DNF–Emmanuel MagnienFRA––
DNF–Michael McKayJAM––
DNF–Arthur TennJAM––
DNF–Vatche ZadourianLBN––
DNF–Domingo VillanuevaPHI––
DNF–Realdo JessurunSUR––
DNF–Khalifa Bin OmairUAE––
DNF–Ndjibu N'GolomingiCOD––
DNF–Jamal Ahmed Al-DoseriBRN––
DNF–Armen ArslanianLBN––
DNF–Medhadi Al-DosariKSA––
DNF–Saleh Al-QobaissiKSA––
DNF–Mohamed Al-TakroniKSA––
DNF–Mikoš RnjakovićIOA––
DNF–Neil LloydANT––