The Men's time trial B road cycling event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place on the afternoon of 14 September at Flamengo Park, Pontal. 24 riders (with pilots) competed over two laps of a fifteen kilometre course.
The B classification is for cyclists with visual impairment. Sighted guides act as pilots in these events, which take place on tandem bikes. The event was won by British riders Steve Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby, adding to their gold medal on the track in the individual pursuit. Road race gold medalist Vincent ter Schure, piloted by Timo Fransen took the silver for the Netherlands, and Australia's Kieran Modra won the bronze.
Results Men's road time trial B. 14 September 2016, Rio.
RankRider Guide Nationality Time Deficit Steve BateGuide :Adam Duggleby 34:35.33 0 Vincent Ter SchureGuide :Timo Fransen 34:44.16 +0:08.83 Kieran ModraGuide :David Edwards 35:09.06 +0:33.73 4 Stephen De VriesGuide :Patrick Bos 35:52.73 +1:17.40 5 Przemyslaw WegnerGuide :Artur Korc 36:18.39 +1:43.06 6 Damien VerekerGuide :Sean Hahessy 36:23.05 +1:47.72 7 Emanuele BersiniGuide :Riccardo Panizza 36:35.37 +2:00.04 8 Carlos Gonzalez GarciaGuide :Noel Martin Infante 36:35.43 +2:00.10 9 Jarmo OllanketoGuide :Tommi Martikainen 36:39.83 +2:04.50 10 Ignacio Avila RodriguezGuide :Joan Font Bertoli 36:45.05 +2:09.72 11 Marcin PolakGuide :Michał Ładosz 36:50.06 +2:14.73 12 Aaron ScheidiesGuide :Benjamin Collins 36:53.10 +2:17.77 13 Matt FormstonGuide :Nick Yallouris 36:55.25 +2:19.92 14 Vladislav JanovjakGuide :Jan Gallik 36:57.24 +2:21.91 15 Daniel ChalifourGuide :Jean-Michel Lachance 37:09.53 +2:34.20 16 Tristan BangmaGuide :Teun Mulder 38:02.81 +3:27.48 17 Peter RyanGuide :Marcin Mizgajski 38:59.85 +4:24.52 18 Mohd WahabGuide :Muhamad Misbah 40:06.96 +5:31.63 19 Raul VillalbaGuide :Ezequiel Romero 40:46.89 +6:11.56 20 Kai KruseGuide :Stefan Nimke 42:48.42 +8:13.09 21 Athanasios BarakasGuide :Konstantinos Troulinos 45:38.46 +11:03.1 22 Arnold ButuGuide :Laszlo Garamszegi 46:27.55 +11:52.2 24 James BallGuide :Craig MacLean DNF 0
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