Individual Time Trial, Men
| Date | 13 August 2008 — 13:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Gonglu Zixingche Saichang, Juyongguan | |
| Participants | 39 from 29 countries | |
| Format | 47.3 km. | |
The men raced two laps of the Beijing road course for a time trial of 47.3 km. The favorite was Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara, World Champion in 2006-07 and considered the best time trialist in the men’s peloton. Others to watch included German Stefan Schumacher, who had twon both time trials at the 2008 Tour de France, and the 2007 Tour de France champion, Spain’s Alberto Contador. He was the last starter of 39 riders and at that time the leader on the road was Sweden’s Gustav Larsson, who had started 32nd. Larsson was followed by top pro racer Levi Leipheimer (USA) but Leipheimer could only move into second place. Nobody bettered their times until Cancellara went on the course. Cancellara started slowly, and was placed only third at the first checkpoint. But he made his time on the downhill sections of the course, and came in just over 33 seconds ahead of Larsson. The 2008 World Champion, Bert Grabsch (GER), placed 14th.
| Pos | Bib | Competitor | NOC | Time | Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Fabian Cancellara |  SUI | 1-02:11.43 | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Gustav Larsson |  SWE | 1-02:44.79 | at 33.36 | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Levi Leipheimer |  USA | 1-03:21.11 | at 1:09.68 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Alberto Contador |  ESP | 1-03:29.51 | at 1:18.08 | |||
| 5 | – | Cadel Evans |  AUS | 1-03:34.97 | at 1:23.54 | |||
| 6 | – | Samuel Sánchez | ESP | 1-04:37.24 | at 2:25.81 | |||
| 7 | – | Svein Tuft |  CAN | 1-04:39.44 | at 2:28.01 | |||
| 8 | – | Mick Rogers | AUS | 1-04:46.85 | at 2:35.42 | |||
| 9 | – | Stef Clement |  NED | 1-04:59.42 | at 2:47.99 | |||
| 10 | – | Robert Gesink | NED | 1-05:02.88 | at 2:51.45 | |||
| 11 | – | Steve Cummings |  GBR | 1-05:07.91 | at 2:56.48 | |||
| 12 | – | David Zabriskie | USA | 1-05:17.82 | at 3:06.39 | |||
| 13 | – | Bert Grabsch |  GER | 1-05:26.20 | at 3:14.77 | |||
| 14 | – | Vincenzo Nibali |  ITA | 1-05:36.01 | at 3:24.58 | |||
| 15 | – | Ryder Hesjedal | CAN | 1-05:42.33 | at 3:30.90 | |||
| 16 | – | Rein Taaramäe |  EST | 1-05:47.33 | at 3:35.90 | |||
| 17 | – | Vladimir Karpets |  RUS | 1-05:52.38 | at 3:40.95 | |||
| 18 | – | Chris Anker Sørensen |  DEN | 1-05:55.42 | at 3:43.99 | |||
| 19 | – | Denis Menshov | RUS | 1-06:10.54 | at 3:59.11 | |||
| 20 | – | Vasil Kiryienka |  BLR | 1-06:12.19 | at 4:00.76 | |||
| 21 | – | Marzio Bruseghin | ITA | 1-06:20.95 | at 4:09.52 | |||
| 22 | – | Kim Kirchen |  LUX | 1-06:29.63 | at 4:18.20 | |||
| 23 | – | Andrey Mizurov |  KAZ | 1-06:32.05 | at 4:20.62 | |||
| 24 | – | Santiago Botero |  COL | 1-06:35.43 | at 4:24.00 | |||
| 25 | – | Maxime Monfort |  BEL | 1-07:12.71 | at 5:01.28 | |||
| 26 | – | László Bodrogi |  HUN | 1-07:27.49 | at 5:16.06 | |||
| 27 | – | Simon Špilak |  SLO | 1-07:34.86 | at 5:23.43 | |||
| 28 | – | Matej Jurčo |  SVK | 1-07:52.92 | at 5:41.49 | |||
| 29 | – | Matías Médici |  ARG | 1-07:53.09 | at 5:41.66 | |||
| 30 | – | David George |  RSA | 1-07:55.21 | at 5:43.78 | |||
| 31 | – | Andriy Hryvko |  UKR | 1-08:01.25 | at 5:49.82 | |||
| 32 | – | Brian Vandborg | DEN | 1-08:10.20 | at 5:58.77 | |||
| 33 | – | Przemysław Niemiec |  POL | 1-08:43.43 | at 6:32.00 | |||
| 34 | – | Hossein Askari |  IRI | 1-08:46.30 | at 6:34.87 | |||
| 35 | – | Raivis Belohvoščiks |  LAT | 1-08:54.96 | at 6:43.53 | |||
| 36 | – | Denys Kostiuk | UKR | 1-09:04.04 | at 6:52.61 | |||
| 37 | – | Matija Kvasina |  CRO | 1-09:06.49 | at 6:55.06 | |||
| 38 | – | Fumiyuki Beppu |  JPN | 1-11:05.14 | at 8:53.71 | |||
| – | Stefan Schumacher | GER | [1-05:25.38] | [at 3:13.95] | 1 |