Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

Men's cycling road race at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Venue	Fort Copacabana 241.5 km (150.1 mi)
Date	6 August 2016
Competitors	144 from 61 or 62 nations

Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of cyclists
Road cycling
Road race		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Track cycling
Sprint		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Omnium		men		women
Mountain biking
Cross-country		men		women
BMX
BMX		men		women
Qualification

The men's road race is one of Eighteen cycling events of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to start and finish on 6 August at Fort Copacabana.

Qualification

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Course

The men's course will be 241.6 km long. Starting at Fort Copacabana, the peloton will head west to pass through Ipanema, Barra, and Reserva Maripendi Beaches via the coastal road leading to the 24.8 km (15.4 mi) Pontal / Grumari circuit loop. After four laps of the Grumari sector (99.2 km of 241.5 km), the course returns east via the same coastal road to enter the 25.7 km (15.9 mi) Vista Chinesa Circuit loop at Gávea for three laps (77.1 km of 241.5) before finishing back at Fort Copacabana.

2016 Olympic cycling road course maps

2016 Olympic Cycling Men's Road Course: 241.5 km

2016 Olympic Cycling Grumari Circuit: 24.8 km

2016 Olympic Cycling Vista Chinesa Circuit: 25.7 km

Start list

Main article: List of cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The following NOCs have qualified riders to compete in the road race event. The following riders have been confirmed by their respective NOCs.

NOC	# Athletes	Confirmed Athletes	Ref
Algeria	2
Argentina	3
Australia	4
Austria	2
Azerbaijan	1
Belgium	5
Belarus	2
Brazil	2
Bulgaria	1
Canada	3
Chile	1
Colombia	5	Esteban Chaves Sergio Henao Miguel Ángel López Nairo Quintana Rigoberto Urán
Costa Rica	1
Croatia	2
Czech Republic	4
Denmark	3
Dominican Republic	1
Ecuador	1	Byron Guamá
Eritrea	1
Spain	5
Estonia	2
Ethiopia	1	Tsgabu Grmay
France	4
Great Britain	5
Germany	4
Greece	1	Ioannis Tamouridis
Guatemala	1
Hong Kong	1	Leung Chun Wing
Iran	3
Ireland	2
Italy	5
Japan	2
Kazakhstan	2
South Korea	2
Latvia	2
Lithuania	2
Luxembourg	1
Morocco	3
Mexico	1
Namibia	1
Netherlands	4	Tom Dumoulin Steven Kruijswijk Bauke Mollema Wout Poels
Norway	4
New Zealand	2
Poland	4
Portugal	4
Puerto Rico	1
Romania	1
South Africa	2
Russia	3
Rwanda	1
Slovenia	4
Serbia	1
Switzerland	4
Slovakia	1
Sweden	2
Tunisia	1
Turkey	2
United Arab Emirates	1	Yousif Mirza
Ukraine	3
United States	2
Venezuela	2
Tripartite	1

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Over time limit (OTL)

Under UCI regulations for one-day road races (article 2.3.039), "Any rider finishing in a time exceeding that of the winner by more than 5% shall not be placed."