Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's road race

The Men's road race cycling events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on September 17 at Flamengo Park, Pontal. Events took place over eight events, spanning twelve classifications.

Classification edit

Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function. The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired.

Cycling classes are:^[1]

B: Blind and visually impaired cyclists use a Tandem bicycle with a sighted pilot on the front
H 1–4: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs use a handcycle
T 1–2: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their balance use a tricycle
C 1-5: Cyclists with an impairment that affects their legs, arms and/or trunk but are capable of using a standard bicycle

Men's road races edit

B edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
B	Vincent Ter Schure Netherlands	Ignacio Ávila Spain	Steve Bate Great Britain

H2 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
H2	William Groulx United States	Luca Mazzone Italy	Tobias Fankhauser Switzerland

H3 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
H3	Paolo Cecchetto Italy	Maximilian Weber Germany	Charles Moreau Canada

H4 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
H4	Vico Merklein Germany	Rafał Wilk Poland	Joël Jeannot France

H5 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
H5	Ernst van Dyk South Africa	Alessandro Zanardi Italy	Jetze Plat Netherlands

C1-3 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C1-3	Steffen Warias Germany	Kris Bosmans Belgium	Fabio Anobile Italy

C4-5 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C4-5	Daniel Abraham Gebru Netherlands	Lauro César Chaman Brazil	Andrea Tarlao Italy

T1-2 edit

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
T1–2	Hans-Peter Durst Germany	David Stone Great Britain	Néstor Ayala Ayala Colombia

References edit

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