Cycling Road: Men's Road Race at Rio 2016 in full length | Throwback Thursday

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Relive the full Men's Road Race of the Cycling Road competition from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Jakob Fuglsang from Denmark, Greg van Avermaet from Belgium, and Rafael Majka from Poland all made it to the top 3. Who would win the Gold Medal in the end? Enjoy watching and find out!
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[@Olympics]

What is your favorite Olympic moment of all time? Let us know in the comments below and it might be featured in the next #ThrowbackThursday!

[@alphanimtheskykid]

I would like to see the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake 2002, because the music was so amazing.

[@OUTTAIDEAS88]

Men's and Women's 5 and 10k at Rio. Men's and Women's 2008 road race.

[@danielcampos8800]

Men's Volleyball Final | Barcelona 1992 | Brazil v Netherlands

[@carlosponce7592]

Tennis doubles final ATHENS 2004 CHI vs GER

[@aagg6124]

Henin's comeback at the SF in 2004

[@AlessandroEcheverria]

Probably the nicest cycling race in olympic history. I was there watching.

[@BlueHopi144]

Belgium was proud that day to win a Gold in cycling .

[@mariaaustria4435]

Wow! Lucky you to be there.

[@RobertoHerreraPeres]

This race was brutal. Was a survival race. Really enjoyed to watch

[@RobertoHerreraPeres]

@@BlueHopi144 👋👋👋

[@albertocontador5962]

not only in olympic parts , i think is the nicest day s race in the historiy of cycling , off course matter of environmanet to . amazing

[@savievankint]

thank God this was uploaded. The highlight version of this race is a complete trash, you didn't saw how the selection was made, who was jumping across groups, and many more. It's like the one who created the highlight version never saw any cycling race or never saw any sporting event. I've just waited too long to see this full race and greatly appreciate Olympic channel for this upload! Cheers!!

[@daviddang82]

no kidding right?! 4 yrs later

[@dominikschrott7412]

Jajaja!!! No thank this channel it was uploaded...

[@r.briquet1117]

I am Belgian and a HUGE fan of cycling. I am ''only'' 36 years old but I have been watching cycling for 30 years for sure ! And what I can say when thinking back about this one is that... this was simply the biggest cycling emotion of my life. I remember shouting like crazy in front of my screen once it was clear that he was going to win. It was a HUGE upset, helped by the unfortunate fall of Nibali and Henao. I never expected we even get a single medal on such a hard race. And the best ? 2/3 days later, I flew away of my country for Rio and went to more than 10 events ... Road cycling was in the beginning of the olympic games and the flights were just too expensive for me then... Good memories...

[@azog1103]

I hope we could win another time this year! With Remco and Wout we have good chances with us

[@sentheman5321]

Same

[@mcycliste2144]

Greg a trop fait plaisir. Quel combativité !

[@AllanAlmeida07]

Brazilian here and cheering for WVA in Tokyo.

[@AidenSShin]

This course is really gorgeous, really showing the beauty of Rio.

[@uPenguin]

and dangerous...showing the dangers of Rio ;)

[@GreenBeast0G]

And brutal for riders! 💪

[@felipegoncalves4051]

The only beautiful part of Rio is the south side. 90% of the city is hideous and dangerous.

[@BurgerTime7441]

Having full videos of these long one-day races really shows how crazy/intense they are. 7 hours of smashing it on the bikes. Jeez. The level of these guys is incredible

[@omarvegaviramontes2095]

By the way that Van Avermaet rode that day, he truly deserve that gold medal. Nibali was te strongest but had bad luck, looking forward to see him at Tokyo

[@kevinpaulelmexi]

apoco siii jajjajjaja

[@omarvegaviramontes2095]

kevin cervantes nambe we, ya me pagan

[@sebastiangieger7874]

I'm still heartbroken about the Nibali/Henao crash.

[@MrPardosaul]

Me too

[@maosanchez8346]

Soy colombiano y todavía duele mucho la caida de henao

[@RobertoHerreraPeres]

I am watching it from Rio 5 years later! That time I was not interested in cycling as I am now. I'm really enjoying to watch! Specially because I know every corner of the course from a car perspective. If I think to ride that circuit one day, I just remember that I would take more than 15 hours to complete it!

[@RobertoHerreraPeres]

a single lap into this course is about 125 km. Ride at 15km/h would take 8 hours and 30 minutes to complete

[@AllanAlmeida07]

As subidas de canoas e vista chinesa são SENSACIONAIS. Duras mas maravilhosas, vale MUITO subir um dia. A floresta da Tijuca inteira é sensacional para o ciclismo

[@betofogo17]

What a course! From amazing views to cheerful crowd, from cobblestone to steep descents, it has everything.

[@FreakierBowl7]

Didn’t even realize primoz roglic was in this race. Hoping he’s healthy for this years olympics!

[@virginiavagt2718]

O

[@elijahkwon422]

Just before the Slovenians rose to the top

[@maticrupnik7844]

oh he is, believe me!

[@iminc5498]

Difficult to win the Olympics if you haven’t done the full Tour usually. It’s usually a guy that’s done the Tour that wins

[@jotac9119]

Carapaz

[@yyyyyy4358]

great circuit, great sights, great race, great commentators perfect!

[@rodrigobarrosoliveira9974]

Most bealtiful Cicling Road ever.

[@rikbond1960]

Wonderful race in a wanderful place!!!

[@savievankint]

Just look at the emotion of Laurens de Plus at the end after knowing Greg won. A picture worth seeing a thousand times!

[@tt-rt6lp]

participants in this game were all fighting their own battles. Respect all of participants!!! +)I didn't think I was watching all time of this video;;

[@BernardoOliveiraApostas]

I’m from Rio de Janeiro and we loved it!

[@fehhh2972]

I loved this, congratulations Belgium and everyone! Foi maravilhoso, o Rio é lindo! 🥇🇧🇪 🥈🇩🇰 🥉🇵🇱 4🇨🇵 5🇪🇦 6🇮🇹 7🇿🇦 8🇰🇿 9🇪🇪 10🇵🇹

[@lemontonk]

Spoilers smh

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

I only know this as “The One Where They All Crashed”

[@andrewulriksen]

I would love to see the full event of the men’s 2008 Beijing road race. I was there and it was awesome

[@hannahuang6118]

Looking forward to. Thank you and please load more Olympic Cycling.

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

Rio do Janeiro, what a nice place!!!!!

[@joaoflor480]

I love living here

[@OchaFauzan01]

My legs feel insane pain by just watching this clip

[@djarvils]

The same here! If you are a cyclist then you have kinda idea what a leg killer this race is.

[@Kat-zj5kd]

I feel tired

[@VG-pv7jn]

Amazing Scenery

[@vinicruz583]

Absolutely awesome 4:35:00

[@Trixx-j7n]

Beautiful City!

[@RajendraPatel.]

I Love you people how passionate for this game. Great work for nation. Love from India. ❤️❤️❤️❤️👌🏼

[@hiddenrob6289]

Love from the east coast, love the cylcling videos just what I need to get it going the blood I love it. I always watch these before I go out and get my body moving. I always watch one of these, and then put up my heavy playlist like Delta Parole, Three Days Grace, System and then I just go haaaaard!!!! Tactic hasnt let me down yet.

[@deciocouto3372]

wildest ever road race... congrats to all the finishers!!

[@abdulshakursparta2040]

I'm just enjoying the racing while reading the comments🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

[@gonca4602]

I waited so long for this

[@aliancemd]

The Polish guy deserved a gold metal for that impressive effort

[@pobsarducttapeproducts8763]

I disagree. I felt bad for him cause he had such a huge lead then got run down. Hopefully he comes back with a vengeance in 2021.

[@fadjrimaurendra]

Yeah but he's leg already reach the limit

[@JeffSmith-eq3kc]

@@fadjrimaurendra yeah it's so tough to ride out in front also. With only ten kilometers left he probably thought that lead three would get caught and he'd be out of a medal entirely. I think he was very pleased with bronze and he did his teammate well who was a beast for 230km.

[@JeffSmith-eq3kc]

@@pobsarducttapeproducts8763 25 seconds isn't a huge lead at all when being chased and rising alone. He rode incredibly well and easily could've been caught by the larger group behind him.

[@pobsarducttapeproducts8763]

@@JeffSmith-eq3kc it is a huge lead or it isn’t... either way when the door is that wide open I wouldn’t think about letting only two people pass me; I wanna win. Those gentlemen FELL OFF THEIR BIKES and then went around him like it was a two man race and he wasn’t there.

[@claudioviniciusreisdeazeve3697]

Que prova fantástica! Final emocionante! Absolutamente avassaladora!

[@MrFreeGman]

Take a shot every time the commentators say the word "cobbles"

[@lattiure]

Finally! Thank ou

[@golfhax]

thanks for the upload. lots of action in this one. a few of the best riders on the day went down unfortunately but tons of action in the mountains, a lot of attacks it was entertaining.

[@robertridley9279]

This looks a great route to travel on when not trying to win a race so that you can take in the scenery

[@user-vy3dg7uh4e]

5:58:35 lolol he really thought he could run with them

[@diogenes1351]

me chasing the kids who stole apples from my lawn

[@the-mathwizard]

Me in first few kilometers : Lung.exe has stopped working

[@OchaFauzan01]

More like my thighs exploded

[@VinyZikss]

@@OchaFauzan01 nah you'll run out of breath way before your muscles start exploding

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@OchaFauzan01 exploded for real.

[@Ryz414]

@@VinyZikss 100% true.

[@Lic.juliogonzalez]

Linda carrera. La vi toda🤗

[@IvanFedorov1905]

A terrific race full of tragic and glories!

[@markedwards6931]

57:13 200 km to go 3:33:27 100 km to go 4:08:15 75 km to go 4:51:53 50 km to go 5:35:06 25 km to go 6:04:46 10 km to go 6:15:26 final km 6:16:01 finish

[@lattiure]

6:28:02 wait! those are Froome and Thomas passing in front of me? I'm going to ignore them

[@robsonfariadossantos231]

Demais que foi a Prova, circuito muito dinâmico com subidas íngremes, os atletas mais fortes da atualidade somando com a bela cidade do Rio, melhor impossível!

[@VinyZikss]

rio só é bonito vista de cima

[@antoniodavirbrito]

6:16:48-Moment of victory

[@gabrielppol]

finalmente a prova completa! o highlight dessa prova foi feito de má vontade com certeza

[@lech6666]

6:02:42 Nibali and Henao crash

[@NathanTran]

CRASHED!

[@joaoflor480]

Love to living at this wonderful city! I’m training to do this circuit!

[@eliteharrington7377]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Cycling...a dance between man and machine that covers distance 🥇🥈🥉

[@Trixx-j7n]

Cidade Maravilhosa!

[@orionpatrial]

Você também é maravilhosa😉

[@deciocouto3372]

what?!? Van Avermat flatted w 165 to go?!? How he could possibly win??? what a legend!!!

[@rahulrx885]

I LOVE CYCLING 😁

Take a shot every time the commentator confuses Steve Cummings with Ian Stannard

[@justarelaxednerd3520]

Alaphillippe dropping Froome was insane, a shame it isn't shown in this video

[@mcycliste2144]

Lorsque j'ai vu le profil de la course, je m'étais dit que c'était impossible pour la Belgique. Et ce Greg a fermé la gueule. Quel homme !

[@gillou811]

Même Gilbert à l'arrivée en revient pas de la performance vers 6:30:00

[@DrGonzo-ne8ju]

5:58:20 Vai!!! Vaiiii!! Vaiiiii!!!! 😂 Unfortunatly the italian went a little too fast later. What a great race on a beatiful track.

[@GreenBeast0G]

What a raceeeeeee!!! 🤯🤯 I'm a newbie in road racing ,and its so unpredictable. Just freaking awesome!! But I wonder what will happen if those two leaders didnt crash.

[@claudioviniciusreisdeazeve3697]

Ofereceu-se a prova inteira. Muito bom!

[@BMI2048]

As a Belgian who lives in Rio de Janeiro and who just today climbed Vista Chinesa with his race bike, I can only say: 'ja godverdoeme ja, de koers is van de Greg!'

[@Glorize933]

Anh haba ng ride two days ko natapos ang panonood ko ang ganda ng mga bike

[@sephjo9138]

Pinakita ba kung pano maghabol ung breakaway? mga ganun ba?

[@OchaFauzan01]

1:10:16 someone yelled idiot lmao

[@viajandodebike2022]

lol

[@MakusinMeringue]

Race starts at 6:40

[@newtonveriano9044]

A prova completa. .. top D mais ... 6:10 horas de adrenalina. ... bruuutaaaal

[@kusariorait]

Women's Volleyball Olympic Final 2004 Russia vs China Please!!!

[@viajandodebike2022]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Renatow]

I feel sorry for my bike every time i have to ride on these freaking cobbles

[@wesileymonteiro7321]

It was a wonderful race!

[@vinicruz583]

Procurou esse take a anos!!

[@jessbagz7776]

nothing else to do when in dire quarantine but watch this through. its disappointing that they did not captured most of the crushes and breakaways.

[@nickracho1437]

Wow so beautiful 🤩

[@orionpatrial]

Sensacional...caaara, é algo inexplicável, simplesmente algo de outro mundo vê o grupo que mantinha a fuga descendo e contornando as curvas após passerem pela Mesa do Imperador e durante a descida da Vista Chinesa. Reparem que a motocicleta que gerava as imagems pra TV "sobra" várias vezes após as bikes fazerem as curvas, devido a velocidade lancinante dos cara na ponta. Do car-alho...lindo demais assistir isso. Pra quem não conhece...eu recomendo: Pedalem na Vista Chinesa e na Mesa do Imperador e saberão do que estou falando. Além de ter alta velocidade, é um percurso altamente tecnico...em cada curva do declive..um centímetro errado ao tangenciar o trajeto, uma freada a mais ou a menos é CHÃO. 6:02:49 Temos a queda de Vicenzo Nibali e S. Henao a exemplo do que estou dizendo.

[@AllanAlmeida07]

Já escalei várias vezes a partir do jardim botânico, mas nunca desci por ali. Pra quem mora perto é um lugar incrível pra treinar, não tem do que reclamar

[@JoseOliveira-vm6ne]

esses caras são monstros por pedalar forte por tão longo tempo. O Roglic sumiu na prova?

[@mrloop1530]

6:16:10 Such a lovely and loving cult

[@djarvils]

3:03:10😯😯😯 Bottles are going everywhere! Every time in this stupid place a bunch of riders drop out.

[@taylorallen5396]

“The hardest course in the history of cycling” Ahahahahaha...not exactly. Maybe in the Olympics.

[@Satoshi_Nakamoto_258]

Agree. Probably in the history of the Olympics. I live and ride in Rio, this is a very tough course, especially because of the heat.. also being a single day one shot ride for the medal, it was brutal! Cheers!

[@danielespitia866]

CARRERAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DEL CICLISMO MUNDIAL: 1-TOUR DE FRANCE 2-OLÍMPICOS MTB, RUTA, PISTA 3-GIRO DI ITALIA 4-MUNDIALES UCI RUTA 5-VUELTA A ESPAÑA 6-OLÍMPICOS BMX 7-MUNDIALES UCI PISTA 8-MUNDIALES MTB UCI 9-MUNDIALES UCI BMX

[@luizcarlosnascimentodepaul4953]

If you think as a stage from all other stages from the Tour....yes, this was the hardest race in history.....lots os flat sessions, lots of steep sessions, technical descents, even also a "Paris/Roubaix session, windy , hot weather....and sorry, this was also the beauty race in history and an Olympic race, what we do we need more 😉

[@thomasa3819]

@@luizcarlosnascimentodepaul4953 this was not the hardest race in history

[@thiagov6123]

As someone who has done the Vista Chinesa climb many times, I dont doubt it one bit. I climb it once and my HR is blowing up at 185 even on my lowest gear (34-30). These guys did the climb 3 times after a grueling semi-flat section with cobbles...

[@elated6556]

4:25:50 they Should seriously move out of the way and give the bikers some Space.

[@jifj9517]

They are annoying

[@ericabs]

2:57:29 wow

[@mauriciopirlo9306]

Cois linda é o ciclimo, ainda no Rio de janeiro,em pleno 2021 essa desgraça que vivenciamos saldades de ver todas essas pessoas nas praias lotando calçadão,e curtindo uma corrida de bike quem esteve ai, nunca vai esquecer..triste isso que estou assistindo hoje. 16/042021

[@jatojo]

6:10:46 The great, decisive move by Fuglsang. Rodriguez repeatedly refused to sit in the front, probably hoping for a sprint in a big group. Without that Fuglsang attack, it might have ended 1. Majka, 2. Alaphilippe, 3. Rodriguez.

[@l.d.t.6327]

without the Fuglsang attack, GvA would still have been second. Ps: thanks for linking the time of the attack. It was the last decisive moment in the race.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Here we are again.

[@LucaBonato]

6:02:50 when all italians' hearths stopped. We threw away a olympic medal, and last year world champion with Trentin

[@alexhazard6871]

The gap was 12secondes not sure they would have made it to the finish together

[@LucaBonato]

@@alexhazard6871 we will never know. Nibali is a great descender, probably the gap would have been greater.

[@joaovictorsilvateobaldo2043]

True monsters.

[@NathanHeaver]

anyone know if their is a way I can see all the other events from rio 2016 including qualifiers? or is their a 1 hr daily highlight show somewhere?

[@Barnaby_bo]

Greatest race ever. Who's the commentators?

[@adamcycling4531]

Majka💪

[@alex9046]

6:02:00 these dudes are outrunning a motorbike lol

[@alexwright2761]

See those pebble stones road (1:10:10) is not suitable for the Men's and Woman's road race as this is extreme very dangerous and maybe caused too many injuries to every bike riders.

[@johnseifert6927]

Definitely could have shown the breakway gap time more often.

[@davimol3530]

3:12:06 ouch

[@KirillVyatkin-g2u]

30:15 they broke the speed limit😅

[@AndreHMarcal]

3:39:10 so beautiful 😍😍

[@joaocarlosnatal5831]

Como sempre por aqui entre nós latinos americanos, só destacam os colombianos, como vimos em uma parte do vídeo um único colombiano, revezando com alguns europeus escap!ados em fuga. Parabéns a eles!

[@deepak__2102]

FOR ME ALL ARE WINNERS 😊

[@minthu6955]

rio, hongkong...no.all day every day

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

Gutted for Vincenzo Nibali and Sergio Henao.

[@danielespitia866]

CARRERAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DEL CICLISMO MUNDIAL: 1-TOUR DE FRANCE 2-OLÍMPICOS MTB, RUTA, PISTA 3-GIRO DI ITALIA 4-MUNDIALES UCI RUTA 5-VUELTA A ESPAÑA 6-OLÍMPICOS BMX 7-MUNDIALES UCI PISTA 8-MUNDIALES MTB UCI 9-MUNDIALES UCI BMX

[@Rahul-eh3rf]

I'm so used to seeing Fuglsang in blue for Astana and GvA in red for BMC that it was so weird seeing their colors reversed. Thought Fuglsang won it for a second

[@deciocouto3372]

Just watching this race. But sad not to hear the name of Murilo Fischer (Brazil) at the head of affairs w Italians and Spanish riders cha beating sing the break... He is at the end of his career, and a brilliant one. He was the European champion in 2005 coming from a second divisionteam, (Naturino- Sapore di mare) only to move to Liquigas/Cannondale the next year... beating the likes of Oscar Freire in Spain (maiorcca)... can´t spell that... but also did great in Classics and the Tour... Cheers to the local rider!!

[@felipegoncalves4051]

5:01:34 - O BR atazanando o Avermaet com água kkkkkkkkkkk

[@Opressed]

5:58:35 Diego ?