Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's time trial B
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The men's time trial class B track cycling event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 1 September 2024 in the Vélodrome National, Paris. This class is for the cyclist who is blind or has visual impairments, they will then ride with tandem bicycles together with a sighted cyclist (also known as the pilot). There will be 11 pairs from 9 different nations competing.
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| Venue | Vélodrome National, Paris | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 1 September 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 58.964 | ||||||||||||
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Competition
The 11 pairs were placed into their own heats individually (1 heat including a single 1 pair) where they performed a qualifying time trial. The six fastest pairs qualified for the gold final.
The B classification is described as follows:
- Athletes who are blind or visually impaired. They compete using a two-person cycle known as a tandem, with a sighted "pilot" in the front seat. Under UCI rules, a professional cyclist must not be active for 12 months in any UCI professional tour (starting January 1 of the year) or be selected to any national team in a UCI-sanctioned championship, except Masters (over 40), in order to apply as a para-cycling pilot.
The gold and silver medalists from Tokyo returned. Neil Fachie, piloted by Matt Rotherham seeking a record third Paralympic title in the event in four appearances (having won silver in 2016), while James Ball, piloted by Steffan Lloyd sought to win his first.[1] World bronze medalist, Thomas Ulbricht, piloted by German Olympic legend Robert Förstemann sought to become the first German tandem to win the event.
In a close event, the three pre-race favourites qualified for the final, led by the German Ulbricht. In the final, however, the two British teams asserted themselves, with James Ball, piloted by Steffan Lloyd, taking their first Paralympic Games victory in the event over veteran Neil Fachie, piloted by Matt Rotherham, winning his second silver to go with his two previous golds in the event. Ulbricht and Förstemann could not match the British teams, but did not leave empty-handed, as they hung on to win a deserved bronze medal.
In doing so, Förstemann became one of the few cyclists to win both an Olympic Games medal and a Paralympic Games medal, 12 years after winning bronze in the team sprint at London 2012.
Schedule
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)[2]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 1 September | 11:00 | Qualifying |
| 13:51 | Final |
Records
At the commencement of the event the following world and Paralympic Games records were in place:[3]
| Event | Record | Name | Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
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| Men's B 1000m Time Trial | W.R. | Neil Fachie Pilot: Matthew Rotherham |
 Great Britain |
58.038 | Tokyo | 28 August 2021 |
| P.R. |
Results
Qualifying
| Rank | Heat | Cyclists | Nation | Result[4] | Notes |
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| 1 | 6 | Thomas Ulbricht Pilot: Robert Förstemann |  Germany | 59.480 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | James Ball Pilot: Steffan Lloyd | Great Britain | 59.793 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Kane Perris Pilot: Luke Zaccaria |  Australia | 1:00.374 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Neil Fachie Pilot: Matt Rotherham | Great Britain | 1:00.543 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Martin Gordon Pilot: Eoin Mullen |  Ireland | 1:01.158 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Kazuhei Kimura Pilot: Kiaki Miura |  Japan | 1:02.022 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Lorenzo Bernard Pilot: Davide Plebani |  Italy | 1:03.744 | |
| 8 | 2 | Branden Walton Pilot: Spencer Seggebruch |  United States | 1:04.080 | |
| 9 | 3 | Maximiliano Gómez Pilot: Sebastián Tolosa |  Argentina | 1:05.022 | |
| 10 | 2 | Damien Vereker Pilot: Mitchell McLaughlin | Ireland | 1:06.740 | |
| 11 | 1 | Frederick Assor Pilot: Rudolf Mensah |  Ghana | 1:24.722 |
Final
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Result[5] | Notes |
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 | James Ball Pilot: Steffan Lloyd | Great Britain | 58.964 | |
 | Neil Fachie Pilot: Matt Rotherham | Great Britain | 59.312 | |
 | Thomas Ulbricht Pilot: Robert Förstemann | Germany | 59.862 | |
| 4 | Kane Perris Pilot: Luke Zaccaria | Australia | 1:00.940 | |
| 5 | Martin Gordon Pilot: Eoin Mullen | Ireland | 1:01.158 | |
| 6 | Kazuhei Kimura Pilot: Kiaki Miura | Japan | 1:02.567 |