Paris 2024 Olympics (Cycling):
Men:
- Gold: Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) – 6:19:34
- Silver: Valentin Madouas (France) – 6:20:45
- Bronze: Christophe Laporte (France) – 6:20:50
- 77th: Charles Kagimu (Uganda) – 6:50:49 – 25
The men’s road cycling race at the Paris 2024 Olympics ended on Saturday, 3rd August.
A grueling total of 273 kilometres were covered by the cyclists with 2800m of elevation.
Belgian Remco Evenepoel became the first male cyclist in history to win the cycling road race and time trial at the single Olympic games in the shadow of the famous Eiffel Tower in France’s capital city.
Evenepoel, 24, clocked 6:19:34 to beat the field that had 99 cyclists.
Two French cyclists Valentin Madouas and Christophe Laporte settled for silver and bronze respectively.
Madouas, 28, covered the total distance in 6:20:45 as Laporte, 31, covered the same distance in 6:20:50.
Meanwhile, Charles Kagimu became the first Ugandan to complete the road race in the Olympics with a timing of 6:50:49.
Kagimu, 25, finished in the 77th position with 13 other cyclists not able to complete the race under warm weather conditions.
Besides Cycling, Uganda was also represented by swimming, rowing and athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
