Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's time trial
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Men's Time Trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Of the top riders, it soon became clear that Sydney 2000 time trial gold medal winner Russian rider Viatcheslav Ekimov
was setting the time to beat. The current world time trial champion, Michael Rogers from Australia, appeared to match Ekimov's times, but faded in the final kilometres. Tyler Hamilton
, from the USA, had problems with his radio shortly after the start, and rode the race effectively without radio communication. Hamilton finished strongly claiming the gold medal for the USA, averaging 50.062 km/h to finish the 48 km course in 57:31.74. Ekimov was awarded the silver medal, with a time of 57:50.58 nearly 19 seconds behind Hamilton, with another American, Bobby Julich, in a time of 57:58.19 inching out Michael Rogers (58:01.67) for the bronze medal.
Michael Rich (58:09.46) from Germany finished 37 seconds behind Hamilton for fifth, with Kazakhstan rider Alexandre Vinokourov 1:26 behind the leader. The last person to start, the 2000 Olympics road race winner and former world time trial champion Jan Ullrich
from Germany, could not match the pace and ended with a time of 59:02.04, one and a half minutes behind Hamilton in seventh position.
Tyler Hamilton
's gold medal came into question when he failed a blood doping test. He was allowed to keep the medal after a lab mix-up spoiled the backup blood sample. Hamilton subsequently failed another doping test during the following month's Vuelta a España
. This time, the backup sample confirmed the offense, and Hamilton was given a two-year ban.
On May 20, 2011, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hamilton returned his gold medal to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after Hamilton acknowledged to 60 Minutes that he used doping products during his career.
(DNS/F = Did Not Start/Finish)
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
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Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Medalists
Of the top riders, it soon became clear that Sydney 2000 time trial gold medal winner Russian rider Viatcheslav Ekimov
Viatcheslav Ekimov
Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov , nicknamed Eki, is a Russian former professional racing cyclist...
was setting the time to beat. The current world time trial champion, Michael Rogers from Australia, appeared to match Ekimov's times, but faded in the final kilometres. Tyler Hamilton
Tyler Hamilton
Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer...
, from the USA, had problems with his radio shortly after the start, and rode the race effectively without radio communication. Hamilton finished strongly claiming the gold medal for the USA, averaging 50.062 km/h to finish the 48 km course in 57:31.74. Ekimov was awarded the silver medal, with a time of 57:50.58 nearly 19 seconds behind Hamilton, with another American, Bobby Julich, in a time of 57:58.19 inching out Michael Rogers (58:01.67) for the bronze medal.
Michael Rich (58:09.46) from Germany finished 37 seconds behind Hamilton for fifth, with Kazakhstan rider Alexandre Vinokourov 1:26 behind the leader. The last person to start, the 2000 Olympics road race winner and former world time trial champion Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...
from Germany, could not match the pace and ended with a time of 59:02.04, one and a half minutes behind Hamilton in seventh position.
Tyler Hamilton
Tyler Hamilton
Tyler Hamilton is a former American professional road bicycle racer and former Olympic gold medalist. Hamilton became a professional cyclist in 1995, and during the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Tour de France was a teammate of Lance Armstrong who won those races.Hamilton appeared at the 2000 Summer...
's gold medal came into question when he failed a blood doping test. He was allowed to keep the medal after a lab mix-up spoiled the backup blood sample. Hamilton subsequently failed another doping test during the following month's Vuelta a España
2004 Vuelta a España
The 59th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 4 to September 26, 2004...
. This time, the backup sample confirmed the offense, and Hamilton was given a two-year ban.
On May 20, 2011, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hamilton returned his gold medal to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after Hamilton acknowledged to 60 Minutes that he used doping products during his career.
Results
| Rank | Cyclist | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 57:31.74 | ||
| 57:50.58 | ||
| 57:58.19 | ||
| 4 | 58:01.67 | |
| 5 | 58:09.46 | |
| 6 | 58:58.14 | |
| 7 | 59:02.04 | |
| 8 | 59:04.76 | |
| 9 | 59:27.25 | |
| 10 | 59:42.38 | |
| 11 | 59:49.40 | |
| 12 | 59:50.28 | |
| 13 | 59:59.63 | |
| 14 | 1:00:07.23 | |
| 15 | 1:00:09.89 | |
| 16 | 1:00:22.80 | |
| 17 | 1:00:27.29 | |
| 18 | 1:00:31.49 | |
| 19 | 1:00:35.73 | |
| 20 | 1:00:37.49 | |
| 21 | 1:00:38.05 | |
| 22 | 1:00:44.31 | |
| 23 | 1:01:00.47 | |
| 24 | 1:01:21.10 | |
| 25 | 1:01:25.63 | |
| 26 | 1:02:16.56 | |
| 27 | 1:02:21.28 | |
| 28 | 1:02:50.32 | |
| 29 | 1:03:00.72 | |
| 20 | 1:03:07.05 | |
| 31 | 1:03:10.36 | |
| 32 | 1:03:20.11 | |
| 33 | 1:03:43.70 | |
| 34 | 1:03:45:84 | |
| 35 | 1:04:22.58 | |
| 36 | 1:06:19.29 | |
| — | DNF | |
| — | DNS | |
| — | DNS |
(DNS/F = Did Not Start/Finish)