Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was made up of three disciplines:

The track cycling was held at the Vodafone Arena, the (road cycling) Time Trial took place on a course on the St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road, and the State Mountain Bike Course, Lysterfield Park hosted the mountain bike event. The road race was contested on a circuit through the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Men's track cycling: Sprint | Team Sprint | 1 000 m Time Trial | 4 000 m Individual Pursuit | 4 000 m Team Pursuit | 20 km Scratch Race | 40 km Points Race | Keirin
Men's road cycling: 30 km - 40 km Time Trial | 160 km - 180 km Road Race
Men's mountain biking: Cross Country

Women's track cycling: Sprint | 500 m Time Trial | 3 000 m Individual Pursuit | 25 km Points Race
Women's road cycling: 25 km - 30 km Time Trial | 100 km - 120 km Road Race
Women's mountain biking: Cross Country

Cycling Medal Table by Country

Track Cycling medal count

2006 Commonwealth Games
Track Cycling medal count
Pos Country Total
1 Australia Australia 7 5 3 15
2 England England 3 4 2 9
3 Scotland Scotland 1 1 4 6
4 Canada Canada 0 1 1 2
5 Isle of Man Isle of Man 1 0 0 1
6 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1 1 2
7 Wales Wales 0 0 1 1
12 12 12 36

Road Cycling medal count

2006 Commonwealth Games
Road Cycling medal count
Pos Country Total
1 Australia Australia 4 3 2 9
2 South Africa South Africa 0 1 0 1
3 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1 1
Wales Wales 0 0 1 1
4 4 4 12

Mountain Biking medal count

2006 Commonwealth Games
Mountain Biking medal count
Pos Country Total
1 England England 1 1 0 2
2 Canada Canada 1 0 2 3
3 New Zealand New Zealand 0 1 0 1
2 2 2 6

Cycling Medals by Event

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

Medal Athlete Speed
Gold Australia Ryan Bayley (AUS)
Silver Scotland Ross Edgar (SCO)
Bronze Canada Travis Smith (CAN)

Women's Sprint

Medal Team Speed
Gold England Victoria Pendleton (ENG)
Silver Australia Anna Meares (AUS)
Bronze Australia Kerrie Meares (AUS)

Men's Team Sprint

Medal Team Speed
Gold Scotland Scotland (Ross Edgar, Chris Hoy, Craig MacLean) 60.973
Silver England England (Matthew Crampton, Jason Queally, Jamie Staff) 60.936
Bronze Australia Australia (Ryan Bayley, Shane Kelly, Shane Perkins) 60.377

Women's 500 m Time Trial

Medal Athlete Speed
Gold Australia Anna Meares (AUS) 52.438
Silver England Victoria Pendleton (ENG) 51.930
Bronze Australia Kerrie Meares (AUS) 51.121

Men's 1 000 m Time Trial

Medal Athlete Speed
Gold Australia Ben Kersten (AUS) 58.238
Silver England Jason Queally (ENG) 58.206
Bronze Scotland Chris Hoy (SCO) 57.998

Women's 3 000 m Individual Pursuit

Medal Team Speed
Gold Australia Katie Mactier (AUS)
Silver Australia Katherin Bates (AUS)
Bronze England Emma Jones (ENG)

Men's 4 000 m Individual Pursuit

Medal Athlete Speed
Gold England Paul Manning (ENG) 54.587
Silver England Rob Hayles (ENG) 53.608
Bronze England Steve Cummings (ENG) 54.387

Men's 4 000 m Team Pursuit

Medal Team Speed
Gold England England (Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton)
Silver Australia Australia (Ashley Hutchinson, Matthew Goss, Stephen Wooldridge)
Bronze New Zealand New Zealand (Hayden Godfrey, Timothy Gudsell, Marc Ryan, Peter Lathan)

Men's 20 km Scratch Race

Medal Athlete Speed
Gold Isle of Man Mark Cavendish (IOM) 51.965
Silver Australia Ashley Hutchinson (AUS)
Bronze Scotland James McCallum (SCO)

Women's 25 km Points Race

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Australia Katherine Bates (AUS) 30
Silver Australia Rochelle Gilmore (AUS) 21
Bronze Scotland Kate Cullen (SCO) 13

Men's 40 km Points Race

Medal Athlete Points
Gold Australia Sean Finning (AUS) 137
Silver New Zealand Hayden Roulston (NZL) 119
Bronze Wales Geraint Thomas (WAL) 110

Men's Keirin

Medal Team Speed
Gold Australia Ryan Bayley (AUS)
Silver Canada Travis Smith (CAN)
Bronze Scotland Ross Edgar (SCO)

Road Cycling

Women's 25 km - 30 km Time Trial

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Australia Oenone Wood (AUS) 37:40:87 mins
Silver Australia Kathy Watt (AUS) 37:56.07 mins
Bronze Australia Sara Carrigan (AUS) 38:00.32 mins

The women's Time Trial was held on 21 March 2006 on a 29km course on the St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road.

Men's 30 km - 40 km Time Trial

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Australia Nathan O'Neill (AUS) 48:37:29 mins
Silver Australia Ben Day (AUS) 49:01.67 mins
Bronze New Zealand Gordon Mccauley (NZL) 49:50.70 mins

The men's Time Trial was held on 21 March 2006 on a 40km course on the St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road.

Women's 100 km - 120 km Road Race

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Australia Natalie Bates (AUS) 2:56:08 hours
Silver Australia Oenone Wood (AUS) 2:59:13 hours
Bronze Wales Nicole Cooke (WAL) 2:59:13 hours

The women's road race took place on 26 March 2006.

Men's 160 km - 180 km Road Race

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Australia Mathew Hayman (AUS) 4:05:09 hours
Silver South Africa David George (RSA) 4:05:13 hours
Bronze Australia Allan Davis (AUS) 4:05:21 hours

Mountain Biking

Men's Cross Country

Medal Athlete Time
Gold England Liam Killeen (ENG) 2:13:11 hours
Silver England Oli Beckingsale (ENG) 2:13:26 hours
Bronze Canada Seamus McGrath (CAN) 2:13:43 hours

The mountain biking events took place on 23 March 2006 at Lysterfield Park.

Women's Cross Country

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Canada Marie-Hélène Prémont (CAN) 1:55:04 hours
Silver New Zealand Rosara Joseph (NZL) 1:56:31 hours
Bronze Canada Kiara Bisaro (CAN) 1:57:59 hours

The mountain biking events took place on 23 March 2006 at Lysterfield Park.

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