Paris Olympics: Men’s Road Race – Preview

The men’s Paris Olympic Games road race on Saturday, August 3, kicks off the second weekend of road events in central Paris before the switch to the velodrome for the track events. The women’s road race will be held 24 hours after the men’s race on Sunday, August 4, on similar courses with the finish below the Trocadéro after sprinting across the Pont d’Iéna bridge.

Just 90 athletes will compete in the road races, with the men racing for 273km, via a long rolling loop to the southeast of Paris and then two laps of an 18.4km circuit that includes a cobbled climb up to the spectacular Montmartre.