On Saturday (4 a.m. Belgium time), the Olympic peloton will look for gold successor Greg Van Avermaet in Tokyo. See the full list of men’s Olympic road race participants here. Who is challenging our Belgian quintet?
- Top 10 attendees at the Tour de FranceTadej Pogacar (1st), Richard Carapaz (3rd), Wilko Kieldermann (fifth), Aleksig Lutsenko (seventh), Guillaume Martin (eighth), Rigoberto Uran (10th)
- Missing from the top ten in the Tour de France: Jonas Weinggaard (second), Ben O’Connor (fourth), Enrique Mas (sixth), Belo Bilbao (ninth)
- Attendees from the top ten in Rio de Janeiro 2016: Greg van Avermaet (1st), Jacob Fuglsang (2nd), Rafal Majka (3rd), Tunnel Kangert (9th)
- Missing from the top 10 in Rio de Janeiro 2016: Julian Alfelipe (fourth), Joaquim Rodriguez (fifth), Fabio Aru (sixth), Luis Meintjes (seventh), Andre Zeets (eighth), Rui Costa (tenth)
- Also do not look for: Peter Sagan, Egan Bernal, Dylan Tunes, Wout Poels, Matej Mohoric, Sepp Kuss, Diego Ulissi, Daniel Martinez, Romain Bardet, Hugh Carthy, Tom Pidcock, Mathieu van der Poel, Chris Froome, Mikel Landa, Mark Padoen and Miguel Angel Lopez
List of men’s road race participants:
Algeria
LAGAB Azzedine
HAMZA Mansouri
Argentina
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
Australia
Dennis Rohan
Dorbridge Lock
Hamilton Lucas
Ritchie’s door
Azerbaijan
Asadov Elchin
Belgium
Van Avermaet Greg
Benno Tisg
EVENEPOEL Remco
Van Aert Water
Fansevent More
Burkina Faso
Damon Paul
Canada
Michael Woods
Bovine clouds
Soil Hugo
China
Wang Ruidong
Chinese Taipei
Feng Chun Kai
Colombia
Quintana Cairo
Uran Rigoberto
Higuita Sergio
Chavez Esteban
Costa Rica
Amador Andre
Denmark
FUGLSANG JACOB
Asgreen Casper
Jules Jensen Christopher
Valgren Michael
Germany
Schesmann Maximilian
Buchmann Emmanuel
Arendt Nikkias
Jishki Simon
Ecuador
Narvez Jonatan
Carapaz Richard
Eritrea
Gebregzebir Amanuel
Jerusalem Marawi مرح
Estonia
Kangart Tunil
peter brush فرشاة
France
Cavagna Remy
Cosinfroy Benoit
Judo David
Martin Guillaume
Elsound Kenny
Greece
TZORTZAKIS Polychronis
Britain
Jiu Jiegan Heart Tao
Thomas Gerrant
yes Adam
Yeats Simon
Guatemala
RODOS OCHOA Manuel Hosea
Hong Kong, China
CHOY SHARK FUNG
Hungary
Walter Attila
Ireland
Martin Dun
Nicholas Roche
Eddie Dunbar
Iran
SAFARZADEH Saeid
Italy
Caruso Damiano
Moscow Gianni
petul alberto
CICCONE Julio
Nepalese Vincenzo
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Japan
Arashiro Yukiya
Masuda Narioki
Kazakhstan
Bronsky Vadim
Grozdev Dmitri
LOETSENKO Alexei
Croatia
Romac Josip
Latvia
Scoggin Toms
Niland Crest
Lithuania
SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
Luxembourg
enjoy kevin
Reiss Michel
Mexico
Fryer Motizuma Eder
Morocco, West, sunset
Mohsin Mohsen
Namibia
by LANGE Tristan
Holland
Dumoulin Tom
Mollema Book
Silarman Wilco
Van Parel Dylan
Hook Yuri
Norway
Free and open source software Tobias
Lynesund Andreas
Holgard Marcus
Johanssen Tobias Haaland
New Zealand
Bennett George
Bevin Patrick
Austria
Bernsteiner Hermann
Konrad Patrick
MHLBERGER GREGOR
Panama
Jory Lopez Christopher
Peru
Navarro Callie Ruiner
Poland
Bodnar Macej
KWIATKOWSKI Michał
Majka Rafai
Portugal
Mrs. John
Oliveira Nelson
Romania
Grosso Edward Michael
Russia
Sivakov Pavel
Vlasov Alexander
Zacharine Noor
Slovenia
Roglic Primoz
Poojakar Tadig
Polanke Jan
Tratnic Jan
Slovakia
Sajan Juraj
Cabbage Look
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Spain
Valverde Alejandro
Izagiri Gorka
IZAGIRRE Ion
Harada Jesus
Farr Omar
Czech Republic
Shlegel Michel
Stepper Zdenek
KUKRLE MICHAEL
United States of America
MCNULTY Brandon
Craddock Lawson
Belarus
Ryabushenko Alexander
South Africa
Gibbons Ryan
nothing
DE BOD Stefan
Switzerland
Hershey Mark
Kong Stefan
SCHÄR MICHAEL
Mader Geno
Fifth lucky time for Valverde?
Alejandro Valverde will be at the start of the Olympic road race for the fifth time on Saturday. The 41-year-old Spaniard never finished in the top ten, but the course appears to be tailored to the blanket of aging this year. Can he still win an Olympic medal in – most likely – the last Olympics?
Previous articles:
- Athena (2004): 17
- Beijing (2008): 13 H
- London (2012): 18th place
- Rio (2016): 30 H
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