2008 Beijing Olympics Cycling Schedule and Results
August 9 - August 23
Men's Road Race|Women's Road Race|Men's Road Time Trial|Women's Road Time Trial|Track Events|BMX|Men's Mountain Bike|Women's Mountain Bike
Saturday, August 9: Men's Road Race, 245.19 km.
Results:
- 1. Samuel Sanchez (Spain) 6hr 23min 49sec. 38.33 km/hr
- 2. Davide Rebellin (Italy) s.t.
- 3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) s.t.
- 4. Alexander Kolobnev (Russia) s.t.
- 5. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg) s.t.
- 6. Michael Rogers (Australia) s.t.
- 7. Santiago Botero (Colombia) @ 12sec
- 8. Mario Aerts (Belgium) s.t.
- 9. Michael Barry (Canada) @ 16sec
- 10. Robert Gesink (Netherlands) @ 18sec
- 11. Levi Leipheimer (USA) @ 20sec
- 12. Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark) @ 22sec
- 13. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) s.t.
- 14. Jerome Pineau (France) s.t.
- 15. Cadel Evans (Australia) s.t.
- 16. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Poland) s.t.
- 17. Christian Vande Velde (USA) @ 30sec
- 18. Paolo Bettini (Italy) @ 35sec
- 19. Vladimir Karpets (Russia) @ 1min 10sec
- 20. Murilo Fischer (Brazil) @ 2min 28sec
- 40. George Hincapie (USA) @ 2min 36sec
- 49. Carlos Sastre (Spain) @ 7min 17sec
Sunday, August 10: Women's Road Race, 126.4 km.
Results:
- 1. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) 3hr 32min 24sec. 35.69 km/hr
- 2. Emma Johansson (Sweden) s.t.
- 3. Tatiana Gudero (Italy) s.t.
- 4. Christiane Soeder (Austria) @ 4sec
- 5. Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (Denmark) @ 9sec
- 6. Marianne Vos (Netherlends) @ 21sec
- 7. Priska Doppmann (Switzerland) s.t.
- 9. Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania) s.t.
- 10. Zulfiya Zabirova (Lithuania) s.t.
- 20. Trixi Worrack (Germany) @ 28sec
- 21. Susan Ljunskog (Sweden) s.t.
- 24. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) @ 33sec
- 25. Kristin Armstrong (USA) @ 43sec
- 29. Oenone Wood (Austrailia) @ 53sec
- 39. Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) @ 1min 1sec
- 41. Judith Arndt (Germany) @ 1min 27sec
August 13:
Women's Road 23.5 km Individual Time Trial.
Results:
- 1. Kristin Armstrong (USA) 34min 51.7sec. 40.45 km/hr
- 2. Emma Pooley (Great Britain) @ 24.29sec
- 3. Karin Thurig (Switzerland) @ 59.27sec
- 4. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) @ 1min .9sec
- 5. Christine Thorburn (USA) @ 1min 2.44sec
- 6. Judith Arndt (Germany) @ 1min 8.05sec
- 7. Christine Soeder (Austria) @ 1min 29.03sec
- 8. Priska Doppmann (Switzerland) @ 1min 36.07sec
- 9. Zulfiya Zapirova (Kazakhstan) @ 1min 37.75sec
- 10. Susan Ljunskog (Sweden) @ 1min 41.78sec
Men's Road 47.3 km Individual Time Trial
Results:
- 1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 1hr 2min 11.43sec. 45.63 km/hr
- 2. Gustav Erik Larrson (Sweden) @ 33.36sec
- 3. Levi Leipheimer (USA) @ 1min 9.68sec
- 4. Alberto Contador (Spain) @ 1min 18.08sec
- 5. Cadel Evans (Australia) @ 1min 23.54sec
- 6. Samuel Sanchez (Spain) @ 2min 25.81sec
- 7. Svein Tuft (Canada) @ 2min 28.01sec
- 8. Michael Rogers (Australia) @ 2min 35.42sec
- 9. Stef Clement (Netherland) @ 2min 47.99sec
- 10. Robert Gesink (Netherland) @ 2min 51.45sec
Friday, August 15
Men's Team Sprint qualifying
- 1. Great Britain 42.950sec. New World Record
- 2. France 43.541sec
- 3. Germany 44.197sec
- 4. Netherlands 44.213sec
- 5. Australia 44.335sec
- 6. Japan 44.454sec
- 6. Malaysia 44.725sec
- 8. USA 45.346sec
- 9. China 45.556sec
- 10. Greece 45.645sec
Men's Team Sprint round 1
Heat 1:
- 1. Australia 44.090sec
- 2. Netherlands 44.212sec
Heat 2:
- 1. Germany 43.699sec
- 2. Japan 44.437sec
Heat 3:
- 1. France 43.656sec
- 2. Malaysia 44.822sec
Heat 4
- 1. Great Britain 43.034sec
- 2. USA 45.423sec
Men's Team Sprint Final
- 1. Great Britain (Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Jamie Staff) 43.128sec. 62.604 km/hr
- 2. France (Gregory Bauge, Kevin Sireau, Arnaud Tornant) 43.651
- 3. Germany (Rene Enders, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke) 44.014sec
- 4. Australia (Ryan Bayley, Daniel Ellis, Mark Franch) 44.022sec
Women's 3000 Meter Individual Pursuit qualifying. 8 go to the next round.
- 1. Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) 3min 28.443sec. 51.812km/hr
- 2. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3min 28.641sec
- 3. Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine) 3min 31.942sec
- 4. Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3min 34.312sec
- 5. Sarah Hammer (United States) 3min 35.471sec
- 6. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 3min 36.063sec
- 7. Katie Mactier (Australia) 3min 38.178sec
- 8. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) 3min 39.561sec
- 9. Karin Thurig (Switzerland) 3min 40.862sec
- 10. Maria Luisa Calle (Colombia) 3min 41.175sec
Men's 4000 Meter Individual Pursuit qualifying. 8 go to the next round.
- 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), 4min 15.031sec. 56.463km/hr
- 2. Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 4min18.99sec
- 3. Alexei Markov (Russia) 4min 21.498sec
- 4. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 4min 21.53sec
- 5. Steven Burke (Great Britain) 4min 22.26sec
- 6. Antonio Tauler (Spain) 4min 22.462sec
- 7. Taylor Phinney (United States) 4min 22.86sec
- 8. Alexander Serov (Russia) 4min 23.732sec
- 9. Bradley McGee (Australia) 4min 26.084sec
- 10. Sergi Escobar (Spain) 4min 26.102sec
Saturday, August 16
Men's Keirin round 1. 2 best from each heat qualify for Round 2, others go to repechage.
Heat 1:
- 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.492sec
- 2. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)
- 3. Toshiki Fushimi (Japan)
- 4. Gregory Bauge (France)
- 5. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
- 6. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
Heat 2:
- 1. Mohd Awang (Malaysia) 10.613sec
- 2. Shane Kelly (Australia)
- 3. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
- 4. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine)
- 5. Sergey Polynsky (Russia)
- 6. Yong Feng (China)
Heat 3:
- 1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.787sec
- 2. Josia Ng (Malaysia)
- 3. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan)
- 4. Denis Spicka (Czech Republic)
- 5. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
- 6. Robert Chiappa (Italy)
Heat 4:
- 1. Ryan Baylen (Australia) 10.500sec
- 2. Theo Bos (Netherlands)
- 3. Gideon Massie (USA)
- 4. Arnaud Tournant (France)
- 5. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece)
- 6. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
- 7. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
Mens' Keirin repechage
Heat 1:
- 1.Arnaud Tornant (France) 10.487sec
- 2. Christos Volikakis (Greece)
- 3. Yong Feng (China)
- 4. Toshiaki Fushimi (Japan)
Heat 2:
- 1. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) 10.669sec
- 2. Denis Spicka (Czech Republic)
- 2. Sergey Polynskiy (Russia)
- 3. Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
- 4. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
Heat 3:
- 1. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan) 10.758sec
- 2. Andrii Vynokurov (Ukraine)
- 3. Ricardo Lynch (Jamaica)
- 3. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
- 4. Sergey Polynskiy (Rossia)
Heat 4:
- 1. Gregory Bauge (France) 10.880sec
- 2. Maximilian Levy (Germany)
- 3. Athanasios Mantzouranis (Greece)
- 4. Gideon Massie (USA)
- 5. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
Men's Keirin round 2. 3 from each heat go to final.
Heat 1:
- 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.481sec
- 2. Shane Kelly (Australia)
- 3. Arnaud Tornant (France)
- 4. Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
- 5. Gregory Bauge (France)
- 6. Ryan Bayley (Australia)
Heat 2:
- 1. Ross Edgar (Great Britain) 10.974sec
- 2. Kiyofumi Nagai (Japan)
- 3. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)
- 4. Mohd Awang (Malaysia)
- 5. Theo Bos (Netherlands) DNF
- 6. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) DNF
Men's Keirin final
Gold Medal heat for places 1 - 6:
- 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 10.450sec. 68.899 km/hr
- 2. Ross Edgar (Great Britain)
- 3. Kiyufumi Nagai (Japan)
- 4. Shane Kelly (Australia)
- 5. Carsten Bergemann (Germany)
- 6. Arnaud Tornant (France)
Heat 2 for Places 7 - 12:
- 7. Gregory Bauge (France) 10.690sec
- 8. Ryan Bayley (Australia)
- 9. Josiah Ng (Malaysia)
- 10. Mohd Awang (Malaysia)
- 11. Kamil Kuczynski (Poland)
- 12. Theo Bos (Netherlands) DNS
Mens' 40 kilometer Points race final
- 1. Joan Llaneras (Spain) 60 points
- 2. Roger Kluge (Germany) 58
- 3. Chris Newton (Great Britain) 56
- 4. Cameron Meyer (Australia) 36
- 5. Vasili Kiryienka (Belarus) 34
- 6. Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Denmark) 29
- 7. Zachary Bell (Canada) 27
- 8. Mikato Iijima (Japan) 23
- 9. Milan Kadlec (Czech Republic) 22
- 10. Greg Henderson (New Zealand) 13
Men's 4000 Meter Individual Pursuit round 1
Heat 1:
- 1. Steven Burke (Great Britain) 4min 21.558sec
- 2. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 4min 22.471sec
Heat 2:
- 1.Alexei Markov (Russia) 4min 22.308sec
- 2. Antonio Tauler (Spain) 4min 24.974sec
Heat 3:
- 1. Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 4min 19.232sec
- 2. Taylor Phinney (USA) 4min 26.644sec
Heat 4:
- 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4min 16.571sec
- 2. Alexander Serov (Russia) 4min 25.391sec
Men's 4000 Meter Individual Pursuit final
Gold medal heat:
- 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4min 16.977sec
- 2. Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 4min 19.611sec
Bronze Medal heat:
- 1. Steven Burke (Great Britain) 4min 29.947sec
- 2. Alexei Markov (Russia) 4min 24.149sec
Women's 3000 Meter Individual pursuit round 1
Heat 1:
- 1. Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3min 32.478sec
- 2. Sarah Hammer (USA) 3min 34.237sec
Heat 2:
- 1. Lesla Kalitsovska (Ukraine) 3min 31.785sec
- 2. Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 3min 36.808sec
Heat 3:
- 1. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3min 27.703sec
- 2. Katie Mactier (Australia) 3min 37.296sec. Overtaken
Heat 4:
- 1. Wendy Hovenaghel (Great Britain) 3min 27.829sec
- 2. Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic) DNF
Sunday, August 17
Women's 3000 Meter Individual Pursuit final
Gold Medal heat:
- 1. Rebecca Romero (Great Britain) 3min 28.321sec. 51.843 km/hr
- 2. Wendy Houvenaghel (Great Britain) 3min 30.395sec
Bronze Medal Heat:
- 1. Lesya Kalitoska (Ukraine) 3min 31.413sec
- 2. Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 3min 34.156sec
Men's 4000 Meter Team Pursuit qualifying. Top eight go to next round.
- 1. Great Britain. 3min 57.101sec. 60.733 km/hr
- 2. New Zealand. 3min 59.277sec
- 3. Australia. 4min 2.041sec
- 4. Denmark. 4min 2.191sec
- 5. France. 4min 3.679sec
- 6. Netherlands. 4min 4.806sec
- 7. Spain. 4min 6.509sec
- 8. Russia. 4min 6.518sec
- 9. Ukraine. 4min 7.833sec
- 10. Colombia. 4min 11.397sec
Men's 200 Meter Sprint qualifying. 18 go to the next round.
- 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) 9.815sec
- 2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) 9.857sec
- 3. Stefan Nimke (Germany) 10.064sec
- 4. Kevin Sireau (France) 10.098sec
- 5. Mickael Bourgain (France) 10.123sec
- 6. Maximilian Levy (Germany) 10.199sec
- 7. Mohd Awang (Malaysia) 10.272sec
- 8. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) 10.314sec
- 9. Theo Bos (Netherlands) 10.318sec
- 10. Mark French (Australia) 10.337sec
- 11. Kazunari Watanabe (Japan) 10.346sec
- 12. Ryan Bayley (Australia) 10.362sec
- 13. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) 10.373sec
- 14. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan) 10.391sec
- 15. Michael Blatchford (USA) 10.470sec
- 16. Lei Zhang (China) 10.497sec
- 17. Lukasz Kwiatowski (Poland) 10.504sec
- 18. Denis Dmitriev (Russia) 10.565sec
Men's 200 Meter Sprint 1/16 final
Heats. Winners go to 1/8 finals, losers go to repechage round:
- 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) beat Denis Dmitriev (Russia)
- 2. Jason Kenny (Great Britain) beat Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
- 3. Stefan Nimke (Germany) beat Lei Zhang (China)
- 4. Kevin Sireau (France) beat Michael Blatchford (USA)
- 5. Mickael Bourgain (France) beat Tsubasa Kitatsuru (Japan)
- 6. Maximilian Levy (Germany) beat Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
- 7. Ryan Bayley (Australia) beat Mohd Awang (Malaysia)
- 8. Roberto Chiappa (Italy) beat Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)
- 9. Theo Bos (Netherlands) beat Mark French (Australia)
Repechage winners, also go to 1/8 finals: Teun Mulder (Nethrelands), Mohd Awang (Malaysia), Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)
Men's Sprint 1/8 final
Heats. Winners go to 1/4 finals, losers go to repechage round:
- 1. Chris Hoy (Great Britain) beat Kazunaru Watanabe (Japan)
- 2. Jason Kenny (Great Briain) beat Mohd Awang (Malaysia)
- 3. Teun Mulder (Netherlands) beat Stefan Nimke (Germany)
- 4. Theo Bos (Netherlands) beat Kevin Sireau (France)
- 5. Mikael Bourgain (France) beat Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
- 6. Maximilian Levy (Germany) beat Ryan Bayley (Australia)
Repechage winners, also go to 1/4 finals: Kevin Sireau (France), Mohd Awang (Malaysia). Losers will go to race for 9-12 place.
Women's 200 Meter Sprint qualifying. 12 go on to the next round.
- 1. Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) 10.963sec
- 2. Shuang Guo (China) 11.106sec
- 3. Anna Meares (Australia) 11.140sec
- 4. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) 11.167sec
- 5. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania) 11.222sec
- 6. Clara Sanchez (Fance) 11.365sec
- 7. Natalia Tsylinskaya (Belarus) 11.372sec
- 8. Jeannie Reed (USA) 11.400sec
- 9. Lisandra Guerra (Cuba) 11.462sec
- 10. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands) 11.533sec
- 11. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia) 11.544sec
- 12. Sakie Tsukuda (Japan) 12.134sec
Women's Sprint 1/8 final. Winners go to 1/4 finals, losers to repechage.
Heats:
- 1. Victoria Pendelton (Great Britain) beat Sakie Tsukuda (Japan)
- 2. Shuang Guo (China) beat Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia)
- 3. Anna Meares (Australia) beat Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
- 4. Willy Kanis (Netherlands) beat Lisandra Guerra (Cuba)
- 5. Jennie Reed (USA) beat Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
- 6. Clara Sanchez (France) beat Natalia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
Women's Sprint repechage winners, go to 1/4 finals: Natalia Tsylinskaya and Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania). Losers will race for 9 - 12 places.
Men's 4000 Meter Team Pursuit round 1
- Heat 1: Denmark (3min 56.831sec) beat France (disqualified)
- Heat 2: Australia (3min 58.633sec) beat Netherlands (overtaken)
- Heat 3: New Zealand (3min 57.536sec) beat Spain (overtaken)
- Heat 4: Great Britain (3min 55.202 seconds. New world record) beat Russia (overtaken)
Monday, August 18
Women's 25 kilometer Points Race final
- 1. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) 30 points
- 2. Yoanka Gonzalez (Cuba) 18
- 3. Leire Olaberria (Spain) 13
- 4. Maria Luisa Calle (Colombia) 13
- 5. Lesya Kalitsova (Ukraine) 10
- 6. Katherine Bates (Australia) 10
- 7. Pascale Jeuland (France) 8
- 8. Olga Slyusareva (Russia) 8
- 9. Gina Grain (Canada) 6
- 10. Yan Li (China) 6
- Sarah Hammer (USA), Satomi Wadami (Japan) and Verena Joos (Germany) all crashed and failed to finish.
Men's 4000 Meter Team Pursuit final
Gold Medal heat:
- Great Britain (Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Winggins) beat Denmark (Michael Morkov, Casper Jorgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Alex Rasmussen) with a new world record time of 3min 53.314sec. 61.719 km/hr.
Bronze Medal heat:
- New Zealand (Sam Bewley, Hayden Roulston, Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent) beat Australia (Jack Bobridge, Graeme Brown, Mark Jamieson, Luke Roberts).
Men's Sprint quarterfinal
- Mickael Bourgain (France) beat Theo Bos (Netherlands)
- Maximilian Levy (Germany) beat Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
- Jason Kenny (Great Britain) beat Kevin Sireau (France)
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) beat Mohd Awang (Malaysia)
Women's Sprint quarterfinal
- Willy Kanis (Netherlands) beat Jennie Reed (USA)
- Anna Meares (Australia) beat Clara Sanchez (France)
- Shuang Guo (China) beat Natalia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) beat Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
Tuesday, August 19
Men's 50 kilometer Madison final
- 1. Argentina (Juan Curuchet, Walter Perez), 8 points
- 2. Spain (Joan Llaneras, Antonio Tauler) 7
- 3. Russia (Mikhail Ignatiev, Alexei Markov) 6
- At 1 lap:
- 4. Belgium (Iljo Keisse, Kenny De Ketele) 17points
- 5. Germany (Roger Kluge, Olaf Pollack) 15
- 6. Denmark (Michael Moerkoev Christiansen, Alex Nicki Rasmussen) 14
- 7. France (Matthieu Ladagnous, Jerome Neville) 12
- 8. Netherlands (Jens Mouris, Peter Schep) 6
- 9. Great Britain (Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins) 6
- 10. New Zealand (Greg Henderson, Hayden Roulston) 5
- At 4 laps
- 16. USA (Michael Friedman, Bobby Lea) 3 points
Men's Sprint semifinal
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) beat Mickael Bourgain (France)
- Jason Kenny (Great Britain) beat Maximilian Levy (Germany)
Men's Sprint 9th - 12th place final
- 9. Stefan Nimke (Germany)
- 10. Roberto Chiappa (Italy)
- 11. Ryan Bayley (Australia)
- 12. Kauneri Watanabe (Japan)
Men's Sprint 5th - 8th place final
- 5. Kevin Sireau (France)
- 6. Teun Mulder (Netherlands)
- 7. Theo Bos (Netherlands)
- 8. Mohd Awang (Malaysia)
Men's Sprint finals
Gold Medal final
- Chris Hoy (Great Britain) beat Jason Kenny (Great Britain) in 2 straight heats, 10.228sec, 10.216sec.
Bronze Medal final
- Mickael (France) beat Maximilian Levy (Germany)
Women's Sprint 9th -12th place final
- 9. Swetlana Grankowskaja (Russia)
- 10. Lisandra Guerra (Cuba)
- 11. Yvonne Hijgenaar (Netherlands)
- 12. Sakie Tsukuda (Japan)
Women's Sprint 5th - 8th place
- 5. Clara Sanchez (France)
- 6. Natalia Tsylinskaya (Belarus)
- 7. Jennie Reed (USA)
- 8. Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
Women's Sprint semifinal
- Victoria Pendleton (Great Britain) beat Willy Kanis (Netherlands)
- Anna Meares (Australia) beat Guo Shuang (China)
Women's Sprint finals
Gold Medal heat
- Victoria Pendleton beat Anna Meares in 2 straight heats (11.363sec, 11.118sec)
Bronze Medal heat
- Guo Shang beat Willy Kanis in 2 straight heats
Wednesday August 20 - Thursday August 21: BMX events. I won't be posting these results
Mountain Bike Events
Saturday, August 23: Men's 34.4 km MTB Cross Country race
- 1. Julien Absolon (France) 1hr 55min 59sec
- 2. Jean-Christophe Peraud (France) @ 1min 7sec
- 3. Nino Schurter (Switzerland) @ 1min 53sec
- 4. Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) @ 1min 55sec
- 5. Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy) @ 4sec
Friday, August 22: Women's 25.8 km MTB Cross-Country race.
- 1. Sabine Spritz (Germany) 1hr 45min 11sec
- 2. Maja Wloszczowska (Poland) @ 41sec
- 3. Irina Kalentyeva (Russia) @ 1min 17sec
- 4. Catherine Pendrel (Canada) @ 1min 26sec
- 5. Ren Chenyuan (China) @ 2min 29sec