Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial The men's road time trial, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 1 August over a course in southwest London and Surrey. Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain won the gold medal. Each nation in the top 15 of the 2011 UCI World Tour, top 7 of the UCI Europe Tour, top 4 of the UCI America Tour, top 2 of the UCI Asia Tour and leaders of the UCI Oceania and Africa Tours qualified to have one rider in the race.
2009 Tour of Britain 2009 Tour of Britain The 2009 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 12 September till 19 September 2009. The race was the sixth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain and the seventieth British tour in total. It formed part of the 2008–2009 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun in Scunthorpe and ended with a circuit stage in London. The 16 teams which participated in the race were: The first stage win was taken by Christopher Sutton (Garmin–Slipstream) after the peloton caught a long breakaway by Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil) and