Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
# Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place in two separate locations. Track cycling took place at the Izu Velodrome from 25 to 28 August 2021 and road cycling took place on the Fuji Speedway from 31 August to 3 September 2021.

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

The competition was dominated by the squads from Great Britain and The Netherlands, winning 19 gold medals from 51 events. Great Britain, as in 2008, 2012 and 2016 dominated the track events, while the Netherlands were particularly strong in road racing.

Among the highlights were Great Britain's Sarah Storey becoming her country's most successful ever Paralympian, echoing the achievement of Jason Kenny in the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning her 15th, 16th and 17th gold medals in her eighth Paralympic Games.

## Classification

Cyclists are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. This method is known as a functional system and was introduced in 2012. Athletes are classified according to their functional ability across four broad categories (blind or partially sighted tandem, handcycle, tricycle and standard bicycle). The class number indicates the severity of impairment with "1" being most impaired. The classification system allows cyclists to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Riders with recovering or deteriorating conditions such as MS are eligible but must have been reclassified within six months of a World Championships or Paralympic Games to ensure their classification is correct. Specialised equipment including prostheses is only allowed where it has been specifically approved.

### B – tandem bicycle

This class is for athletes who have visual impairments and therefore ride tandem bicycles with a sighted cyclist (known as a pilot). B1, B2, and B3 athletes compete together in this class.

### H (1-5) – handcycle

This class is for athletes who are lower limb amputees, have paraplegia, or have involuntary or uncoordinated movement, and ride a handcycle using arms to turn pedals for propulsion. H1–4 cyclists compete in the reclined position, whereas H5 cyclists compete in a kneeling position.

### T (1-2) – tricycle

This class of athletes compete using a tricycle instead of a bicycle, due to lack of balance, or a restriction in the ability to pedal due to muscle tension, or uncoordinated or involuntary movements. tension, uncoordinated movements or involuntary movements.

### C (1-5) – standard bicycle

This class is for athletes with a limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or range of motion, and impairments affecting co-ordination, such as uncoordinated and involuntary movements.

### Factored events

Some cycling events are factored. This can happen when cyclists from different classes compete against each other and means that the results take into account the severity of the impairments of each competitor. As a result, some riders within an event will have their times ‘factored’ while other riders will not, or will have their time factored in a different calculation. The gold medal goes to the athlete with the fastest time after all the required times have been calculated. It is therefore possible for an athlete to break a paralympic or world record in their event for their specific classification, but to finish behind a differently classified athlete in that event after factoring. In such a case, the record is still treated as an official World, or as the case may be, Paralympic Games record within their classification for that event.

## Participating nations

As of June 2021

* Argentina (3)
* Australia (12)
* Austria (6)
* Belgium (8)
* Brazil (5)
* Canada (8)
* China (8)
* Colombia (6)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (10)
* Germany (12)
* Great Britain (20)
* Greece (2)
* Guyana (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (1)
* Ireland (5)
* Italy (11)
* Japan (4) (Host nation)
* Malaysia (5)
* Netherlands (10)
* New Zealand (6)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (2)
* RPC (8)
* Serbia (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (5)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (3)
* South Korea (3)
* Spain (10)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (5)
* Thailand (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United States (14)
* Venezuela (1)

## Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)

| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | France | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | China | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | United States | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | RPC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | Japan* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Italy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 51 | 51 | 51 | 153 |

## Medalists

### Road cycling

**Men's events**

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Time trial details | B | France Alexandre Lloveras pilot: Corentin Ermenault | 41:54.02 | Netherlands Vincent ter Schure pilot: Timo Fransen | 42:00.77 | Spain Christian Venge Balboa pilot: Noel Martín Infante | 42:52.12 |
| Time trial details | H1 | Pieter du Preez South Africa | 43:49.41 | Fabrizio Cornegliani Italy | 45:44.56 | Maxime Hordies Belgium | 47:01.23 |
| Time trial details | H2 | Sergio Garrote Muñoz Spain | 31:23.53 | Luca Mazzone Italy | 31:23.79 | Florian Jouanny France | 32:41.62 |
| Time trial details | H3 | Walter Ablinger Austria | 43:39.17 | Vico Merklein Germany | 43:41.06 | Luis Miguel García-Marquina Spain | 43:48.68 |
| Time trial details | H4 | Jetze Plat Netherlands | 37:28.92 | Thomas Fruehwirth Austria | 38:30.61 | Alexander Gritsch Austria | 39:58.93 |
| Time trial details | H5 | Mitch Valize Netherlands | 38:12.94 | Loïc Vergnaud France | 39:15.16 | Gary O'Reilly Ireland | 39:36.46 |
| Time trial details | C1 | Mikhail Astashov RPC | 24:53.37 | Aaron Keith United States | 24:55.40 | Michael Teuber Germany | 24:58.67 |
| Time trial details | C2 | Darren Hicks Australia | 34:39.78 | Ewoud Vromant Belgium | 36:11.79 | Alexandre Léauté France | 37:07.16 |
| Time trial details | C3 | Benjamin Watson Great Britain | 35:00.82 | Steffen Warias Germany | 35:57.41 | Matthias Schindler Germany | 36:17.95 |
| Time trial details | C4 | Patrik Kuril Slovakia | 45:47.10 | Jozef Metelka Slovakia | 46:05.05 | George Peasgood Great Britain | 46:08.93 |
| Time trial details | C5 | Daniel Abraham Gebru Netherlands | 42:46.45 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | 43:19.11 | Alistair Donohoe Australia | 43:36.80 |
| Time trial details | T1–2 | Chen Jianxin China | 25:00.32 | Giorgio Farroni Italy | 27:49.78 | Tim Celen Belgium | 30:44.21 |
| Road race details | B | Netherlands Vincent ter Schure pilot: Timo Fransen | 2:59:13 | Netherlands Tristan Bangma pilot: Patrick Bos | 3:05:01 | France Alexandre Lloveras pilot: Corentin Ermenault | 3:06:14 |
| Road race details | H1–2 | Florian Jouanny France | 1:49:36 | Luca Mazzone Italy | 1:53:43 | Sergio Garrote Munoz Spain | 1:54:36 |
| Road race details | H3 | Ruslan Kuznetsov RPC | 2:34:35 | Heinz Frei Switzerland | 2:34:35 | Walter Ablinger Austria | 2:35:06 |
| Road race details | H4 | Jetze Plat Netherlands | 2:15:13 | Thomas Frühwirth Austria | 2:20:56 | Alexander Gritsch Austria | 2:22:38 |
| Road race details | H5 | Mitch Valize Netherlands | 2:24:30 | Loïc Vergnaud France | 2:24:30 | Tim de Vries Netherlands | 2:24:40 |
| Road race details | C1–3 | Benjamin Watson Great Britain | 2:04:23 | Finlay Graham Great Britain | 2:05:43 | Alexandre Léauté France | 2:11:06 |
| Road race details | C4–5 | Kévin Le Cunff France | 2:14:49 | Yegor Dementyev Ukraine | 2:15:11 | Daniel Abraham Netherlands | 2:15:20 |
| Road race details | T1–2 | Chen Jianxin China | 51:07 | Tim Celen Belgium | 52:15 | Juan José Betancourt Quiroga Colombia | 52:41 |

**Women's events**

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Time trial details | B | Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy pilot: Eve McCrystal | 47:32.07 | Great Britain Lora Fachie pilot: Corrine Hall | 48:32.06 | Sweden Louise Jannering pilot: Anna Svärdström | 49:36.06 |
| Time trial details | H1–3 | Annika Zeyen Germany | 32:46.97 | Francesca Porcellato Italy | 33:30.52 | Renata Kałuża Poland | 33:50.32 |
| Time trial details | H4–5 | Oksana Masters United States | 45:40.05 | Sun Bianbian China | 47:26.53 | Jennette Jansen Netherlands | 48:45.69 |
| Time trial details | C1–3 | Keiko Sugiura Japan | 25:55.76 | Anna Beck Sweden | 26:18.03 | Paige Greco Australia | 26:37.54 |
| Time trial details | C4 | Shawn Morelli United States | 39:33.79 | Emily Petricola Australia | 39:43.09 | Meg Lemon Australia | 41:14.42 |
| Time trial details | C5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | 36:08.90 | Crystal Lane-Wright Great Britain | 37:40.89 | Kerstin Brachtendorf Germany | 38:34.49 |
| Time trial details | T1–2 | Jana Majunke Germany | 36:06.17 | Carol Cooke Australia | 36:38.46 | Angelika Dreock-Käser Germany | 36:53.88 |
| Road race details | B | Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy pilot: Eve McCrystal | 2:35:53 | Great Britain Sophie Unwin pilot: Jenny Holl | 2:36:00 | Sweden Louise Jannering pilot: Anna Svärdström | 2:36:00 |
| Road race details | H1–4 | Jennette Jansen Netherlands | 56:15 | Annika Zeyen Germany | 56:21 | Alicia Dana United States | 56:24 |
| Road race details | H5 | Oksana Masters United States | 2:23:39 | Sun Bianbian China | 2:26:50 | Katia Aere Italy | 2:28:11 |
| Road race details | C1–3 | Keiko Sugiura Japan | 1:12:55 | Anna Beck Sweden | 1:13:11 | Paige Greco Australia | 1:13:11 |
| Road race details | C4–5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | 2:21:51 | Crystal Lane-Wright Great Britain | 2:21:58 | Marie Patouillet France | 2:23:49 |
| Road race details | T1–2 | Jana Majunke Germany | 1:00:58 | Angelika Dreock-Käser Germany | 1:03:40 | Jill Walsh United States | 1:05:48 |

**Mixed team event**

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Road race relay details | H1–5 | Italy Paolo Cecchetto Luca Mazzone Diego Colombari | 52:32 | France Riadh Tarsim Florian Jouanny Loïc Vergnaud | 53:03 | United States Ryan Pinney Alicia Dana Alfredo de los Santos | 53:11 |

### Track cycling

**Men's events**

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Time trial details | B | Great Britain Neil Fachie pilot: Matt Rotherham | 58.038 WR | Great Britain James Ball pilot: Lewis Stewart | 59.503 | France Raphael Beaugillet pilot: François Pervis | 1:00.472 |
| Time trial details | C1–3 | Li Zhangyu China | 1:03.877 WR | Alexandre Léauté France | 1:05.031 WR | Jaco van Gass Great Britain | 1:05.569 WR |
| Time trial details | C4–5 | Alfonso Cabello Spain | 1:01.557 WR | Jody Cundy Great Britain | 1:01.847 PR | Jozef Metelka Slovakia | 1:04.786 |
| Individual pursuit details | B | Netherlands Tristan Bangma pilot: Patrick Bos | — | Great Britain Steve Bate pilot: Adam Duggleby | — OVL | Poland Marcin Polak pilot: Michal Lardosz | 4:07.850 |
| Individual pursuit details | C1 | Mikhail Astashov RPC | — | Tristen Chernove Canada | — OVL | Li Zhangyu China | 3:39.273 |
| Individual pursuit details | C2 | Alexandre Léauté France | 3:31.478 WR | Darren Hicks Australia | 3:35.064 | Liang Guihua China | 3:34.781 |
| Individual pursuit details | C3 | Jaco van Gass Great Britain | 3:20.987 | Finlay Graham Great Britain | 3:22.000 | David Nicholas Australia | 3:25.877 |
| Individual pursuit details | C4 | Jozef Metelka Slovakia | — | Carol-Eduard Novak Romania | — OVL | Diego German Duenas Colombia | 4:35.607 |
| Individual pursuit details | C5 | Dorian Foulon France | 4:20.757 | Alistair Donohoe Australia | 4:24.095 | Yehor Dementyev Ukraine | 4:22.746 |

**Women's events**

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Time trial details | B | Netherlands Larissa Klaassen pilot: Imke Brommer | 1:05.291 PR | Great Britain Aileen McGlynn pilot: Helen Scott | 1:06.743 | Belgium Griet Hoet pilot: Anneleen Monsieur | 1:07.943 |
| Time trial details | C1–3 | Amanda Reid Australia | 35.581 WR | Alyda Norbruis Netherlands | 36.057 | Qian Wangwei China | 38.070 WR |
| Time trial details | C4–5 | Kadeena Cox Great Britain | 34.433 WR | Kate O'Brien Canada | 35.439 | Caroline Groot Netherlands | 35.599 WR |
| Individual pursuit details | B | Great Britain Lora Fachie pilot: Corrine Hall | 3:19.560 | Ireland Katie-George Dunlevy pilot: Eve McCrystal | 3:21.505 | Great Britain Sophie Unwin pilot: Jenny Holl | 3:23.446 |
| Individual pursuit details | C1–3 | Paige Greco Australia | 3:50.815 WR | Wang Xiaomei China | 3:54.975 | Denise Schindler Germany | 3:55.120 |
| Individual pursuit details | C4 | Emily Petricola Australia | — | Shawn Morelli United States | — OVL | Keely Shaw Canada | 3:48.342 |
| Individual pursuit details | C5 | Sarah Storey Great Britain | — | Crystal Lane-Wright Great Britain | — OVL | Marie Patouillet France | 3:39.233 |

**Mixed events**

| Event | Class | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team sprint details | C1–5 | Great Britain Kadeena Cox Jaco van Gass Jody Cundy | 47.579 WR | China Li Zhangyu Wu Guoqing Lai Shanzhang | 47.685 | Spain Ricardo Ten Argilés Pablo Jaramillo Gallardo Alfonso Cabello | 49.209 |
