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.
2006 Tour of Britain 2006 Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain 2006 took place in Great Britain from 29 August to 3 September 2006. A UCI category 2.1 event, the tour consisted of six stages covering a distance of , starting in Glasgow and finishing in The Mall, London. The stage was dominated by an early breakaway of three riders who were never caught, finishing 2½ minutes ahead of the peloton. The stage ended in a mass sprint. During the race, Goss won enough time bonuses in the sprints to take the overall lead from Pedersen. The stage was dominated by a crosswind.