Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) won the Gold medal in the individual time-trial at the Rio Olympics. This is Fabian’s second Olympic Gold medal. He also won the individual time-trial at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He rode the hilly, rain-slicked course along the coast in 1 hour, 12 minutes, 15.42 seconds to finish 47 seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands. Three-time Tour de France champion, Chris Froome, claimed the Bronze medal by finishing one minute and two seconds behind Cancellara’s winning time.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s individual time trial, 54.56km
1. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) in 1-12-15
2. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) at 47 secs
3. Chris Froome (Great Britain) at 1-02
4. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain) at 1-06
5. Rohan Dennis (Australia) at 1-10
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