Uzbekistan's Murodjon Kholmurodov finishes 64th in men’s road race

The Tokyo Olympics officially kicked off with the Opening Ceremony on July 23, and now cycling fans have 16 days of competition to look forward to.

There are five cycling disciplines—Road race, mountain bike, BMX racing, BMX freestyle, and track cycling—and 22 events among those five disciplines. A medal will be handed out each day from July 24 until August 8, with the exception of July 29.

Uzbekistan's Murodjon Kholmurodov finished 64th in the 150 miles of men’s road race was a long affair that started at Musashinonomori Park on Saturday morning in Tokyo—Friday.

As the first cycling event of the Olympics, it was under 150 miles of racing and over 4,800 meters of climbing, featured searing hot temperatures and plenty of early breakaways.

With four miles to go, Carapaz—the 2019 Giro d’Italia winner and third-place finisher at this year’s Tour de France—attacked McNulty and sped towards the finish. McNulty struggled to maintain a gap ahead of the chasers, and he was caught with roughly three miles to go.

Carapaz soloed smoothly into the finish to collect the first cycling gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics by more than a minute. Behind him, van Aert managed to sprint for silver in a photo finish, with Pogačar taking the bronze medal. Behind them, Bauke Mollema of The Netherlands scored fourth, Woods in fifth and McNulty in sixth in an impressive performance for the 23-year-old.