2020 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Road Race (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Road race (234 km)
gender	Men
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Musashinonomori Park (start) Fuji Speedway (finish)
Competition phase	July 24, 2021
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Cycling competitions at the 2020 Olympics
qualification
Road cycling
Road racing	Women	Men
Individual time trial	Women	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Women	Men
Team sprint	Women	Men
Keirin	Women	Men
Omnium	Women	Men
Madison	Women	Men
Team pursuit	Women	Men
Mountain bike
Cross country	Women	Men
BMX
Freestyle	Women	Men
run	Women	Men

The road race of men in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place on July 24 2021st

Route

The race is started from Musashinonomori Park in Chofu . The athletes have to cover 234 kilometers to the finish line at Fuji Speedway and complete a total of 4,865 meters in altitude. The race initially runs through the mostly flat outskirts of Tokyo. After 80 kilometers there is an ascent on Dōshi Street with a total height of 1000 meters. The course continues through several small villages and dense forest to Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture . After crossing the Kagosaka Pass, there is a 15-kilometer descent. This is followed by an ascent of 14.3 kilometers on Fuji , the highest mountain in the country. The gradient in this part of the course averages 6.0%. Then the athletes drive to the section at Fuji Speedway. You cross the finish line twice and reach the last section of the route with the Mikuni Pass. Here an ascent with a length of 6.8 kilometers, a height of 1,159 meters and an average gradient of 10.2% has to be completed. In some places this section has a gradient of 20%. Along the Yamanaka Lake and over the Kagosaka Pass, the race will lead to the finish at Fuji Speedway.

Result

July 24, 2021, Start: 11:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. CET )

Web links

• Cycling on the official Tokyo 2020 homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Road Cycling road detail. In: Tokyo2020. IOC, 2019, accessed February 11, 2019 .