The Men's points race was held on 19 October 2012. 25 riders participated, the heat distance was 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) – or 80 laps – with a sprint every 10 laps for extra points and the final distance was 40 kilometres (24.9 miles) – or 160 laps. A lap gained 20 points.[1][2]
Medalists
edit| Gold |  Elia Viviani (ITA)
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| Silver |  Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS)
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| Bronze |  Sergiy Lagkuti (UKR)
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Results
editHeats
editThe 10 best riders advanced to the final. The races were held at 14:55.[3][4]
Heat 1
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Sprint Points | Lap Points | Final sprint | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Savitskiy | Russia |
11 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Sergiy Lagkuti | Ukraine |
11 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Maximilian Beyer |  Germany |
10 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Ingmar De Poortere |  Belgium |
10 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | Bryan Coquard |  France |
9 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | Liam Bertazzo | Italy |
8 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Jiří Hochmann |  Czech Republic |
8 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | Théry Schir |  Switzerland |
6 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Andreas Graf |  Austria |
6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Mateusz Nowaczek |  Poland |
4 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 11 | Ilia Koshevoy |  Belarus |
3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| – | Eerik Idarand |  Estonia |
0 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Šarūnas Kuncevičius |  Lithuania |
2 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
Heat 2
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Sprint Points | Lap Points | Final sprint | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Italy |
31 | 20 | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Milan Kadlec | Czech Republic |
27 | 20 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Mykhaylo Radionov | Ukraine |
14 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Tristan Marguet | Switzerland |
13 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Wojciech Pszczolarski | Poland |
8 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Yauheni Shamsonau | Belarus |
7 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Theo Reinhardt | Germany |
7 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Andreas Müller | Austria |
5 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | Morgan Lamoisson | France |
4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia |
4 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 11 | Darijus Džervus | Lithuania |
5 | −20 | 12 | −15 |
| 12 | Mika Simola |  Finland |
3 | −20 | 3 | −17 |
Final
editThe race was held at 21:13.[5]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Sprint Points | Lap Points | Final sprint | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Elia Viviani | Italy |
44 | 0 | 6 | 44 |
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Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia |
26 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
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Sergiy Lagkuti | Ukraine |
25 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 4 | Andreas Müller | Austria |
17 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Tristan Marguet | Switzerland |
14 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Liam Bertazzo | Italy |
9 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 7 | Wojciech Pszczolarski | Poland |
8 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | Milan Kadlec | Czech Republic |
7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Theo Reinhardt | Germany |
6 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Andreas Graf | Austria |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Bryan Coquard | France |
5 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | Yauheni Shamsonau | Belarus |
3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | Théry Schir | Switzerland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Ingmar De Poortere | Belgium |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Jiří Hochmann | Czech Republic |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Ivan Savitskiy | Russia |
2 | 0 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Maximilian Beyer | Germany |
1 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Mateusz Nowaczek | Poland |
0 | 0 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Mykhaylo Radionov | Ukraine |
0 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Morgan Lamoisson | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | DNF |