Riders from Iberian peninsula claimed the fulcrum of the 2021 Olympic men’s road race. Olivera Nelson of Portugal and Alejandro Valverde of Spain as Les Cuspides finished 41st and 42nd among the 82 finishers in a race that ended up without a Point d’Appui.

Nelson and Valverde were part of a group of 19 riders who came home together a little over 10 minutes adrift of the gold medalist, Richard Carapaz of Ecuador.

More than 40 riders did not finish the race, many of them abandoning after a large crash with 150 kilometers still remaining.

The Lanterne Rouge went to Hugo Houle of Canada.