{"id":7169,"date":"2016-08-17T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T08:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/viviani-wins-rio-2016-omnium\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:36:21","slug":"viviani-wins-rio-2016-omnium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/viviani-wins-rio-2016-omnium\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long-Awaited Gold for Italian Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cycling program of the Rio Olympics stood out for its drama in cycling history, especially the road part. Overall, these Games would have counted among the unsuccessful outings for a cycling superpower like Italy, were it not for the outstanding all-rounder Elia Viviani.<\/p>\n<p>Elia races both on the road (just think of his Giro stage in 2015) and on the track, where he is a multiple European champion and a World Championship medalist. A European title is prestigious, but it still doesn&#8217;t count among the top wins. For a performer of Elia&#8217;s genre it is very hard to collect such wins, because the number of events where he can succeed is very limited, especially at the Olympic Games. For him and riders like him, at the Olympics it is only possible in the omnium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><priv-fac-lite-youtube class=\"fusion-hidden lty-load\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" videoid=\"_rcPMO6xrsE\" class=\"landscape\" params=\"wmode=transparent&autoplay=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-button-label=\"Play Video\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" data-thumbnail-size=\"auto\" data-no-cookie=\"on\"><\/priv-fac-lite-youtube><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder\" style=\"width:600px; height:360px;\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder-content\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-label\">For privacy reasons YouTube needs your permission to be loaded. For more details, please see our <a class=\"privacy-policy-link\" href=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/privacy-policy\/\" rel=\"privacy-policy\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/div><button data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" class=\"fusion-button button-default fusion-button-default-size button fusion-privacy-consent\">I Accept<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the omnium is a cycling multi-event. The race in 6 events lasts two days, and the winner is the one who collects the most points across these six events.<\/p>\n<p>As I already wrote, on the first day, after three events, only the outlines of the contenders could be seen. Before the last event, the 160-lap points race, these outlines became clear. Eight contenders still had a chance of winning the omnium.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5687\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5687\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5687\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-CAVENDISH-Mark101p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-CAVENDISH-Mark101p.jpg\" alt=\"15 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL) Men Omnium Points Race 66 CAVENDISH Mark (GBR) Dimension Data VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky HANSEN Lasse Norman (DEN) Stolting Service Group Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20580%20386%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-CAVENDISH-Mark101p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-CAVENDISH-Mark101p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 August 2016<br \/> 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)<br \/> Men Omnium Points Race 66<br \/> CAVENDISH Mark (GBR) Dimension Data<br \/> VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky<br \/> HANSEN Lasse Norman (DEN) Stolting Service Group<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The race was tense and could have turned dramatic too: because of a wrong move by omnium favorite Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), three riders crashed, among them the leader after five events and Mark&#8217;s main rival, Italy&#8217;s Elia Viviani.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5686\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5686\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5686\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Crash004p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Crash004p.jpg\" alt=\"15 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL) Men Omnium Points Race 66 PARK Sanghoon (KOR) VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky O'SHEA Glenn (AUS) ONE Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20580%20386%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Crash004p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Crash004p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 August 2016<br \/> 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)<br \/> Men Omnium Points Race 66<br \/> PARK Sanghoon (KOR)<br \/> VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky<br \/> O&#8217;SHEA Glenn (AUS) ONE<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately Elia was able to continue and, despite his rivals&#8217; great efforts, gave up first place to no one. Elia won Italian cycling a long-awaited Olympic gold! Grande Elia!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5685\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5685\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5685\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Podium006p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Podium006p.jpg\" alt=\"15 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL) Men Omnium 1st : VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky 2nd : CAVENDISH Mark (GBR) Dimension Data 3rd : HANSEN Lasse Norman (DEN) Stolting Service Group Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20580%20386%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Podium006p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-Podium006p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 August 2016<br \/> 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)<br \/> Men Omnium<br \/> 1st : VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky<br \/> 2nd : CAVENDISH Mark (GBR) Dimension Data<br \/> 3rd : HANSEN Lasse Norman (DEN) Stolting Service Group<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Briton had to settle for silver, and the London Olympic champion in this event, Denmark&#8217;s Lasse Norman Hansen, was third this time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5684\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5684\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5684\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-VIVIANI-GAVIRIA002p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-VIVIANI-GAVIRIA002p.jpg\" alt=\"15 August 2016 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL) Men Omnium Points Race 66 VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky GAVIRIA Fernando (COL) Etixx - Quickstep Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20580%20386%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27580%27%20height%3D%27386%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-VIVIANI-GAVIRIA002p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sample-VIVIANI-GAVIRIA002p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 August 2016<br \/> 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)<br \/> Men Omnium Points Race 66<br \/> VIVIANI Elia (ITA) Sky<br \/> GAVIRIA Fernando (COL) Etixx &#8211; Quickstep<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2015\u20132016 two-time world omnium champion, Colombia&#8217;s Fernando Gaviria, finished just off the podium, in the most heartbreaking fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time the women&#8217;s omnium got under way, and the preliminary rounds of the women&#8217;s individual sprint continued.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: <em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside post thumbnail image:\u00a0<em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Japanese photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yuzuru SUNADA<\/a> for permission to use his works in our publications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cycling program of the Rio Olympics stood out for  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351,348],"tags":[635,636,422,452,634,464],"class_list":["post-7169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympics","category-track","tag-elia-viviani","tag-fernando-gaviria","tag-mark-cavendish","tag-olympic-games","tag-omnium","tag-rio-2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Long-Awaited Gold for Italian Cycling &#8211; 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