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Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Men's cycling road race; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
	Jan Ullrich (pictured in 2006) won the race.
Venue	Centennial Parklands, Sydney
Date	27 September
Competitors	154 from 41 nations
Winning time	5:29:08
Medalists
	← 1996 2004 →

The men's individual road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was held on Wednesday, 27 September 2000 (the second day of competition of the games) with a race distance of 239.4 km. The estimated global TV audience was 600 million. They were specifically held in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.^[1] There were 154 cyclists from 41 nations competing.^[2] The maximum number of cyclists per nation had been five since professionals were allowed in 1996. The event was won by Jan Ullrich of Germany, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race (though Olaf Ludwig of East Germany had won in 1988). His teammate Andreas Klöden's bronze made this race the first time one nation had taken two medals in the event since 1988—when West Germany had done so by taking silver and bronze (making an all-German podium then, with Ludwig's gold). Alexander Vinokourov took silver for Kazakhstan's first medal in the event.

Background

This was the 16th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932; the time trial had been re-introduced in 1996 alongside the road race. The change to including professionals in 1996 meant that 2000 was the first Games that saw significant repeat competitors in the event (which had typically seen top cyclists turn professional after one appearance); Atlanta silver medalist Rolf Sørensen of Denmark and bronze medalist Max Sciandri of Great Britain returned. Favorites were "difficult" to select for the one-day race. Lance Armstrong (1999 and 2000 Tour de France winner) and Jan Ullrich (1997 Tour de France winner) were among the prominent cyclists, but the road race was a very different event from a Tour and "neither was considered a great sprinter".^[2]

Egypt and Kyrgyzstan each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its 16th appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

The mass-start race was on a 239.4 kilometre course over the Cycling Road Course in Sydney's Centennial Parklands. The distance had been increased from previous Olympic road races (particularly pre-1996, though the distance was nearly 20 kilometres more than 1996 as well) to be more consistent with professional races.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 27 September 2000	10:00	Final

Results

A three-cyclist breakout occurred with 25 kilometres to go: Ullrich and two of his Deutsche Telekom teammates, Vinokourov and Klöden.^[2]

Rank	Cyclist	Nation	Time
	Jan Ullrich	Germany	5:29:08
	Alexander Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	+ 9"
	Andreas Klöden	Germany	+ 12"
4	Michele Bartoli	Italy	+ 1' 26"
5	Laurent Jalabert	France	s.t.
6	Frank Høj	Denmark	s.t.
7	Piotr Wadecki	Poland	s.t.
8	George Hincapie	United States	s.t.
9	Paolo Bettini	Italy	s.t.
10	Dmitri Konychev	Russia	s.t.
11	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	+ 1' 29"
12	Axel Merckx	Belgium	s.t.
DPG^[3]	Lance Armstrong	United States	~~s.t.~~
14	Erik Zabel	Germany	+ 1' 38"
15	Max van Heeswijk	Netherlands	s.t.
16	Gordon Fraser	Canada	s.t.
17	Óscar Freire	Spain	s.t.
18	Jaan Kirsipuu	Estonia	s.t.
19	Robbie McEwen	Australia	s.t.
20	Zbigniew Spruch	Poland	s.t.
21	Markus Zberg	Switzerland	s.t.
22	Arvis Piziks	Latvia	s.t.
23	Peter Wrolich	Austria	s.t.
24	Rolf Aldag	Germany	s.t.
25	Léon van Bon	Netherlands	s.t.
26	Andrej Hauptman	Slovenia	s.t.
27	Vladimir Duma	Ukraine	s.t.
28	Glenn Magnusson	Sweden	s.t.
29	Pavel Tonkov	Russia	s.t.
30	Henk Vogels	Australia	s.t.
31	Ruber Marín	Colombia	s.t.
32	Uroš Murn	Slovenia	s.t.
33	Nico Mattan	Belgium	s.t.
34	Fred Rodriguez	United States	s.t.
35	Maximiliano Sciandri	Great Britain	s.t.
36	Serguei Ivanov	Russia	s.t.
37	Oscar Camenzind	Switzerland	s.t.
38	John Tanner	Great Britain	s.t.
39	Serguei Outchakov	Ukraine	s.t.
40	Nicki Sørensen	Denmark	s.t.
41	Gerrit Glomser	Austria	s.t.
42	Olexandr Fedenko	Ukraine	s.t.
43	David McCann	Ireland	s.t.
44	Raimondas Rumšas	Lithuania	s.t.
45	Laurent Brochard	France	s.t.
46	Andrei Teteriouk	Kazakhstan	s.t.
47	Christopher Jenner	New Zealand	s.t.
48	Zbigniew Piątek	Poland	s.t.
49	Tyler Hamilton	United States	s.t.
50	Omar Pumar	Venezuela	s.t.
51	Matthias Buxhofer	Austria	s.t.
52	Antonio Cruz	United States	s.t.
53	Alexandr Shefer	Kazakhstan	s.t.
54	Mauro Gianetti	Switzerland	s.t.
55	Erki Pütsep	Estonia	s.t.
56	Jens Voigt	Germany	s.t.
57	Sergei Yakovlev	Kazakhstan	s.t.
58	Piotr Przydział	Poland	s.t.
59	Rolf Sørensen	Denmark	s.t.
60	Abraham Olano	Spain	s.t.
61	Julian Dean	New Zealand	s.t.
62	Christophe Moreau	France	s.t.
63	Richard Virenque	France	s.t.
64	Laurent Dufaux	Switzerland	s.t.
65	Volodimir Gustov	Ukraine	s.t.
66	Francesco Casagrande	Italy	s.t.
67	Marc Wauters	Belgium	s.t.
68	Alex Zülle	Switzerland	s.t.
69	Marco Pantani	Italy	s.t.
70	Pavel Padrnos	Czech Republic	s.t.
71	Rik Verbrugghe	Belgium	s.t.
72	Eric Wohlberg	Canada	s.t.
73	Andrei Kivilev	Kazakhstan	s.t.
74	Ciarán Power	Ireland	+ 5' 50"
75	Viacheslav Ekimov	Russia	s.t.
76	Tomáš Konečný	Czech Republic	s.t.
77	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	+ 7' 06"
78	Bjørnar Vestøl	Norway	s.t.
79	Peter Van Petegem	Belgium	s.t.
80	Tristan Hoffman	Netherlands	s.t.
81	Andris Reiss	Latvia	+ 12' 53"
82	José Medina	Chile	+ 12' 54"
83	Manuel Guevara	Venezuela	+ 13' 35"
84	Carlos Maya	Venezuela	s.t.
85	Scott Guyton	New Zealand	+ 14' 13"
86	David George	South Africa	+ 16' 43"
87	Milan Dvorščík	Slovakia	+ 22' 45"
88	Alexis Méndez	Venezuela	+ 23' 39"
89	Murilo Fischer	Brazil	s.t.
90	Martin Riška	Slovakia	s.t.
91	Óscar Pineda	Guatemala	s.t.
92	Pedro Pablo Pérez	Cuba	+ 23' 40"
—	Scott McGrory	Australia	DNF
	Matt White	Australia	DNF
	René Haselbacher	Austria	DNF
	Thomas Mühlbacher	Austria	DNF
	Czeslaw Lukaszewicz	Canada	DNF
	Brian Walton	Canada	DNF
	Luis Fernando Sepúlveda	Chile	DNF
	Santiago Botero	Colombia	DNF
	Jhon García	Colombia	DNF
	Fredy González	Colombia	DNF
	Víctor Hugo Peña	Colombia	DNF
	Radim Kořínek	Czech Republic	DNF
	Ján Svorada	Czech Republic	DNF
	Lars Michaelsen	Denmark	DNF
	Michael Sandstød	Denmark	DNF
	Mahmoud Abbas	Egypt	DNF
	Amer El-Nady	Egypt	DNF
	Mohamed Abdel Fattah	Egypt	DNF
	Mohamed Kholafy	Egypt	DNF
	Juan Carlos Domínguez	Spain	DNF
	Santos González	Spain	DNF
	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	Spain	DNF
	Lauri Aus	Estonia	DNF
	Innar Mändoja	Estonia	DNF
	Janek Tombak	Estonia	DNF
	Christophe Capelle	France	DNF
	Nick Craig	Great Britain	DNF
	Rob Hayles	Great Britain	DNF
	Jeremy Hunt	Great Britain	DNF
	Jazy Garcia	Guam	DNF
	Hossein Askari	Iran	DNF
	Ahad Kazemi	Iran	DNF
	Yoshiyuki Abe	Japan	DNF
	Evgeny Vakker	Kyrgyzstan	DNF
	Raivis Belohvoščiks	Latvia	DNF
	Andris Naudužs	Latvia	DNF
	Dainis Ozols	Latvia	DNF
	Artūras Kasputis	Lithuania	DNF
	Remigijus Lupeikis	Lithuania	DNF
	Saulius Šarkauskas	Lithuania	DNF
	Erik Dekker	Netherlands	DNF
	Koos Moerenhout	Netherlands	DNF
	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Norway	DNF
	Svein Gaute Hølestøl	Norway	DNF
	Thor Hushovd	Norway	DNF
	Glen Mitchell	New Zealand	DNF
	Piotr Chmielewski	Poland	DNF
	José Azevedo	Portugal	DNF
	Bruno Castanheira	Portugal	DNF
	Vítor Gamito	Portugal	DNF
	Orlando Rodrigues	Portugal	DNF
	Robert Hunter	South Africa	DNF
	Evgeni Petrov	Russia	DNF
	Martin Hvastija	Slovenia	DNF
	Tadej Valjavec	Slovenia	DNF
	Roman Broniš	Slovakia	DNF
	Róbert Nagy	Slovakia	DNF
	Magnus Bäckstedt	Sweden	DNF
	Michel Lafis	Sweden	DNF
	Martin Rittsel	Sweden	DNF
	Serhiy Honchar	Ukraine	DNF
	Gregorio Bare	Uruguay	DNF