Individual Time Trial, Men
| Date | 28 July 2021 — 14:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Suntō District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Participants | 39 from 31 countries |
| Details | Distance: 44.2 km Intermediate 1: 9.7 km Intermediate 2: 15.0 km Intermediate 3: 22.1 km Intermediate 4: 31.8 km Intermediate 5: 37.1 km |
The time trial was held over two circuits of an undulating 22.1 km in and around the Fuji Speedway, with the backdrop of Mount Fuji. The race started and finished in the Speedway. Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara had retired since winning his second gold medal at Rio, which meant Belgium’s Wout van Aert, runner-up in both the 2020 World Time Trial and Road Race Championships, was favourite to replace Cacellara as champion. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands), Australia’s 2019 world champion Rohan Dennis, and Remco Evenepoel (Belgium), runner-up to Dennis at the 2019 Worlds, were all considered as potential Olympic medallists. The top two ranked UCI road cyclists Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia had to also be in contention after their recent run of successes. Also, worth watching was Italy’s Filippo Ganna, the 2020 world time trial champion.
The leader at the first split at 12.7 km was the last man to set off, Filippo Ganna, but he led Roglič by 0.59 sec. At the 15 km split, the Croat was in the lead but by an even smaller margin, 0.04 sec. over Wout van Aert, runner-up to van Ganna at the 2020 Word Championships. Roglič extended his lead to just over eight seconds at the halfway mark, at which stage Tom Dumoulin was second with Ganna still in third.
The next split saw Roglič increase his lead to over 30 seconds with Rohan Dennis second and Dumoulin in the bronze medal position. As Dennis skipped back on the penultimate split, Roglič was looking unbeatable with a 42 second lead over Dumoulin and Ganna in second and third place. The former ski jumper, and two times winner of the Vuelta a España, Roglič, posted a winning time of 55:04.19 (48.157 k/ph) and was over a minute ahead of Dumoulin and Dennis, who had pushed Ganna out of the bronze medal position, and into fifth place, with Switzerland’s Stefan Küng finishing fourth.
| Pos | Bib | Competitor | NOC | Time | Intermediate 1 | Intermediate 2 | Intermediate 3 | Intermediate 4 | Intermediate 5 | Split 1-2 | Split 2-3 | Split 3-4 | Split 4-5 | Split 5-Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Primož Roglič |  SLO | 55:04.19 | 12:56.96 (2) | 18:15.26 (1) | 27:29.93 (1) | 40:43.22 (1) | 45:59.95 (1) | 5:18.30 (3) | 9:14.67 (2) | 13:13.29 (1) | 5:16.73 (1) | 9:04.24 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Tom Dumoulin |  NED | 56:05.58 | 12:59.63 (3) | 18:20.91 (5) | 27:38.32 (2) | 41:14.78 (3) | 46:42.29 (2) | 5:21.28 (7) | 9:17.41 (3) | 13:36.46 (3) | 5:27.51 (7) | 9:23.29 (5) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Rohan Dennis |  AUS | 56:08.09 | 13:04.13 (5) | 18:24.52 (6) | 27:39.14 (4) | 41:14.16 (2) | 46:49.79 (5) | 5:20.39 (5) | 9:14.62 (1) | 13:35.02 (2) | 5:35.63 (18) | 9:18.30 (2) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Stefan Küng |  SUI | 56:08.49 | 13:06.30 (7) | 18:20.01 (4) | 27:45.52 (6) | 41:28.62 (5) | 46:46.03 (4) | 5:13.71 (1) | 9:25.51 (6) | 13:43.10 (5) | 5:17.41 (2) | 9:22.46 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Filippo Ganna |  ITA | 56:09.93 | 12:56.37 (1) | 18:18.69 (3) | 27:38.62 (3) | 41:15.49 (4) | 46:44.34 (3) | 5:22.32 (8) | 9:19.93 (4) | 13:36.87 (4) | 5:28.85 (10) | 9:25.59 (7) | |||
| 6 | – | Wout Van Aert |  BEL | 56:44.72 | 13:01.12 (4) | 18:15.30 (2) | 27:40.21 (5) | 41:50.04 (6) | 47:16.00 (6) | 5:14.18 (2) | 9:24.91 (5) | 14:09.83 (12) | 5:25.96 (6) | 9:28.72 (10) | |||
| 7 | – | Kasper Asgreen |  DEN | 56:52.21 | 13:17.55 (9) | 18:40.00 (8) | 28:15.48 (8) | 42:07.36 (7) | 47:25.80 (7) | 5:22.45 (9) | 9:35.48 (9) | 13:51.88 (7) | 5:18.44 (3) | 9:26.41 (8) | |||
| 8 | – | Rigoberto Urán |  COL | 57:18.69 | 13:36.33 (18) | 19:02.40 (17) | 28:30.26 (13) | 42:14.17 (9) | 47:46.52 (8) | 5:26.07 (14) | 9:27.86 (7) | 13:43.91 (6) | 5:32.35 (12) | 9:32.17 (11) | |||
| 9 | – | Remco Evenepoel | BEL | 57:21.27 | 13:26.47 (14) | 18:45.15 (10) | 28:29.77 (12) | 42:34.53 (10) | 47:53.85 (10) | 5:18.68 (4) | 9:44.62 (13) | 14:04.76 (10) | 5:19.32 (4) | 9:27.42 (9) | |||
| 10 | – | Patrick Bevin |  NZL | 57:24.29 | 13:19.64 (11) | 18:49.30 (13) | 28:19.13 (9) | 42:12.03 (8) | 47:46.81 (9) | 5:29.66 (20) | 9:29.83 (8) | 13:52.90 (8) | 5:34.78 (16) | 9:37.48 (12) | |||
| 11 | – | Alberto Bettiol | ITA | 57:38.06 | 13:15.24 (8) | 19:02.00 (16) | 28:46.69 (17) | 42:44.53 (12) | 48:19.63 (14) | 5:46.76 (33) | 9:44.69 (15) | 13:57.84 (9) | 5:35.10 (17) | 9:18.43 (3) | |||
| 12 | – | Geraint Thomas |  GBR | 57:46.61 | 13:23.83 (13) | 18:48.42 (12) | 28:25.62 (11) | 42:47.13 (14) | 48:21.40 (15) | 5:24.59 (13) | 9:37.20 (11) | 14:21.51 (19) | 5:34.27 (15) | 9:25.21 (6) | |||
| 13 | – | Hugo Houle |  CAN | 57:56.46 | 13:20.44 (12) | 18:40.85 (9) | 28:25.58 (10) | 42:46.11 (13) | 48:13.89 (11) | 5:20.41 (6) | 9:44.73 (16) | 14:20.53 (17) | 5:27.78 (9) | 9:42.57 (14) | |||
| 14 | – | Stefan de Bod |  RSA | 57:57.10 | 13:33.68 (17) | 18:57.48 (14) | 28:42.75 (15) | 42:53.99 (15) | 48:19.11 (13) | 5:23.80 (11) | 9:45.27 (17) | 14:11.24 (13) | 5:25.12 (5) | 9:37.99 (13) | |||
| 15 | – | Maximilian Schachmann |  GER | 58:33.82 | 13:31.53 (16) | 19:00.25 (15) | 28:44.91 (16) | 43:01.55 (16) | 48:35.71 (16) | 5:28.72 (19) | 9:44.66 (14) | 14:16.64 (15) | 5:34.16 (14) | 9:58.11 (19) | |||
| 16 | – | João Almeida |  POR | 58:33.97 | 13:43.93 (21) | 19:20.87 (21) | 29:00.98 (19) | 43:06.23 (18) | 48:48.37 (17) | 5:36.94 (23) | 9:40.11 (12) | 14:05.25 (11) | 5:42.14 (21) | 9:45.60 (15) | |||
| 17 | – | Rémi Cavagna |  FRA | 58:39.06 | 13:04.71 (6) | 18:27.56 (7) | 28:03.09 (7) | 42:39.56 (11) | 48:18.76 (12) | 5:22.85 (10) | 9:35.53 (10) | 14:36.47 (22) | 5:39.20 (19) | 10:20.30 (28) | |||
| 18 | – | Maciej Bodnar |  POL | 58:47.10 | 13:51.90 (24) | 19:18.32 (20) | 29:04.72 (21) | 43:21.65 (19) | 48:54.96 (19) | 5:26.42 (15) | 9:46.40 (19) | 14:16.93 (16) | 5:33.31 (13) | 9:52.14 (18) | |||
| 19 | – | Nikias Arndt | GER | 58:49.39 | 13:40.68 (19) | 19:04.81 (19) | 29:00.97 (18) | 43:30.14 (21) | 48:57.76 (21) | 5:24.13 (12) | 9:56.16 (22) | 14:29.17 (21) | 5:27.62 (8) | 9:51.63 (17) | |||
| 20 | – | Aleksandr Vlasov |  ROC | 58:55.40 | 13:18.01 (10) | 18:45.69 (11) | 28:35.91 (14) | 43:02.95 (17) | 48:52.22 (18) | 5:27.68 (18) | 9:50.22 (21) | 14:27.04 (20) | 5:49.27 (27) | 10:03.18 (22) | |||
| 21 | – | Nélson Oliveira | POR | 58:59.22 | 13:56.18 (25) | 19:23.80 (23) | 29:11.26 (23) | 43:26.05 (20) | 48:57.38 (20) | 5:27.62 (17) | 9:47.46 (20) | 14:14.79 (14) | 5:31.33 (11) | 10:01.84 (20) | |||
| 22 | – | Tanel Kangert |  EST | 59:05.25 | 13:57.90 (26) | 19:24.57 (24) | 29:10.59 (22) | 43:31.64 (22) | 49:14.35 (22) | 5:26.67 (16) | 9:46.02 (18) | 14:21.05 (18) | 5:42.71 (22) | 9:50.90 (16) | |||
| 23 | – | Tobias Foss |  NOR | 59:51.68 | 13:47.65 (22) | 19:21.16 (22) | 29:17.44 (24) | 44:06.82 (24) | 49:49.65 (24) | 5:33.51 (21) | 9:56.28 (23) | 14:49.38 (25) | 5:42.83 (23) | 10:02.03 (21) | |||
| 24 | – | Brandon McNulty |  USA | 59:57.73 | 13:28.23 (15) | 19:04.80 (18) | 29:01.94 (20) | 43:51.67 (23) | 49:40.49 (23) | 5:36.57 (22) | 9:57.14 (24) | 14:49.73 (26) | 5:48.82 (26) | 10:17.24 (26) | |||
| 25 | – | George Bennett | NZL | 1-00:28.39 | 14:05.46 (30) | 19:47.53 (31) | 29:58.88 (28) | 44:40.28 (25) | 50:21.82 (25) | 5:42.07 (27) | 10:11.35 (27) | 14:41.40 (23) | 5:41.54 (20) | 10:06.57 (23) | |||
| 26 | – | Michael Kukrle |  CZE | 1-00:41.55 | 14:05.81 (32) | 19:48.77 (32) | 29:58.09 (27) | 44:42.74 (26) | 50:30.02 (26) | 5:42.96 (29) | 10:09.32 (26) | 14:44.65 (24) | 5:47.28 (24) | 10:11.53 (24) | |||
| 27 | – | Richie Porte | AUS | 1-00:53.67 | 14:00.56 (29) | 19:46.61 (30) | 29:55.59 (25) | 44:48.66 (27) | 50:41.94 (27) | 5:46.05 (32) | 10:08.98 (25) | 14:53.07 (27) | 5:53.28 (30) | 10:11.73 (25) | |||
| 28 | – | Nicolas Roche |  IRL | 1-01:23.13 | 14:07.53 (33) | 19:46.19 (29) | 30:12.23 (32) | 45:16.16 (28) | 51:03.71 (28) | 5:38.66 (24) | 10:26.04 (31) | 15:03.93 (28) | 5:47.55 (25) | 10:19.42 (27) | |||
| 29 | – | Tao Geoghegan Hart | GBR | 1-01:44.81 | 13:59.31 (27) | 19:42.06 (27) | 30:10.16 (29) | 45:25.45 (29) | 51:17.79 (29) | 5:42.75 (28) | 10:28.10 (32) | 15:15.29 (29) | 5:52.34 (29) | 10:27.02 (29) | |||
| 30 | – | Toms Skujiņš |  LAT | 1-02:04.93 | 14:11.80 (35) | 19:51.19 (35) | 30:10.72 (30) | 45:37.98 (30) | 51:29.01 (30) | 5:39.39 (25) | 10:19.53 (29) | 15:27.26 (31) | 5:51.03 (28) | 10:35.92 (31) | |||
| 31 | – | Patrick Konrad |  AUT | 1-02:05.08 | 14:05.68 (31) | 19:50.03 (33) | 30:19.64 (34) | 45:40.73 (31) | 51:37.86 (31) | 5:44.35 (31) | 10:29.61 (33) | 15:21.09 (30) | 5:57.13 (32) | 10:27.22 (30) | |||
| 32 | – | Aleksey Lutsenko |  KAZ | 1-02:21.67 | 13:47.67 (23) | 19:40.67 (26) | 30:15.37 (33) | 45:49.70 (33) | 51:45.22 (32) | 5:53.00 (35) | 10:34.70 (34) | 15:34.33 (32) | 5:55.52 (31) | 10:36.45 (32) | |||
| 33 | – | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier |  ERI | 1-03:22.80 | 14:09.56 (34) | 19:51.08 (34) | 30:12.03 (31) | 45:49.00 (32) | 51:53.62 (33) | 5:41.52 (26) | 10:20.95 (30) | 15:36.97 (33) | 6:04.62 (35) | 11:29.18 (35) | |||
| 34 | – | Lawson Craddock | USA | 1-03:52.99 | 14:00.14 (28) | 19:43.87 (28) | 29:56.64 (26) | 46:11.61 (34) | 52:17.01 (34) | 5:43.73 (30) | 10:12.77 (28) | 16:14.97 (36) | 6:05.40 (36) | 11:35.98 (37) | |||
| 35 | – | Saeid Safarzadeh |  IRI | 1-05:14.62 | 15:01.09 (36) | 21:01.01 (36) | 32:09.27 (36) | 48:06.80 (36) | 54:19.85 (36) | 5:59.92 (37) | 11:08.26 (36) | 15:57.53 (35) | 6:13.05 (37) | 10:54.77 (33) | |||
| 36 | – | Azzedine Lagab |  ALG | 1-05:21.53 | 15:01.63 (37) | 21:04.05 (37) | 31:57.97 (35) | 47:40.51 (35) | 53:42.57 (35) | 6:02.42 (38) | 10:53.92 (35) | 15:42.54 (34) | 6:02.06 (34) | 11:38.96 (38) | |||
| 37 | – | Lukáš Kubiš |  SVK | 1-06:25.20 | 15:14.51 (38) | 21:04.49 (38) | 32:21.89 (37) | 49:09.16 (37) | 55:10.26 (37) | 5:49.98 (34) | 11:17.40 (37) | 16:47.27 (37) | 6:01.10 (33) | 11:14.94 (34) | |||
| 38 | – | Ahmad Badreddin Wais |  EOR | 1-08:40.46 | 16:18.22 (39) | 22:25.36 (39) | 33:55.83 (38) | 50:50.70 (38) | 57:10.44 (38) | 6:07.14 (39) | 11:30.47 (38) | 16:54.87 (38) | 6:19.74 (38) | 11:30.02 (36) | |||
| – | Ion Izagirre |  ESP | – | 13:42.12 (20) | 19:39.24 (25) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | 5:57.12 (36) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |