Olympic Cycling 2016: Men's Track Omnium Medal Winners, Times and Results

Italy's Elia Viviani claimed the gold medal in the men's omnium at Rio 2016 on Monday, as he produced an exemplary points race to protect his lead from the first five events.

Great Britain's Mark Cavendish came in second, with the 31-year-old claiming his first Olympic medal after he was left disappointed at London 2012 and Beijing 2008. 

He was pushed all the way by Lasse Hansen, the defending champion, but despite a huge effort from the Dane, he had to settle for bronze. 

Here are the scores for the top three after a fascinating two days of action:

Medallists	Scratch Race	Individual Pursuit	Elimination Race	Time Trial	Flying Lap	Points Race	Total
Elia Viviani (ITA), Gold	28	36	40	36	38	29	207
Mark Cavendish (GBR), Silver	30	38	28	30	36	32	194
Lasse Hansen (DEN), Bronze	40	40	6	32	34	40	192

Full results at Rio2016.com.

It was close in the fight for the medal positions going into the final two events. Viviani led the way with 140 points; Cavendish and the Frenchman Thomas Boudat were tied in second with 126 points, while Hansen and the Colombian Fernando Gaviria were a little further back with 118. 

Hansen, 24, led comfortably after the first two events, having won both the scratch race and the individual pursuit, per British Cycling:

However, he dropped to sixth overall, as he bafflingly was the first rider to fall out of the elimination race, earning just six points to eventual winner Viviani's 40.

Cavendish was looking good to place well in the elimination race, before frustration got the better of him when he was boxed in and he illegally dropped below the track to make a pass. He earned 28 points for coming seventh.

In the time trial, New Zealand's Dylan Kennett produced a personal-best time of just over a minute to win the event, and Viviani, Hansen and Cavendish all finished well to stay in contention.

Kennett also headed the standings in the penultimate discipline, setting a flying lap of 12.506 seconds.

Cavendish moved into second on his own after a third-place finish, but the 27-year-old Viviani stretched his lead in the overall rankings to 16 points by posting the second-fastest flying lap.

Peloton Watch provided the top eight riders with just the points race to go:

In the last and deciding event, Hansen made the first threatening break, as he went in search of the 20-point bonus for gaining a lap on the field. He eventually made the move stick to jump into the silver-medal position with 113 laps to go. 

Five laps later, Cavendish caused a crash that saw Viviani go down while the Briton survived. Amid some commotion as the fallen riders rejoined, Germany's Roger Kluge and Gaviria got their own 20-point bonuses as they made up a lap.

South Korea's Sanghoon Park came off worst from the crash and was unable to rejoin the pack. The race was neutralised as he was stretchered out the velodrome.

The lull allowed some of those who had made attacks to settle back down, and Cavendish looked to stretch the race upon resumption.

Viviani looked solid as he played a defensive game, protecting his lead by responding at the right time to his main competitors.

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When Cavendish claimed all five points in the 12th of the 16th sprints, the Italian grabbed three points behind him and kept similarly close to Hansen when the Dane burst forward in the 13th.

Viviani then won the 14th sprint ahead of Cavendish, and the Team GB rider moved himself level on terms with Hansen in the battle for the silver medal.

The Italian had the event all but wrapped up as the final laps unfolded and it became a battle for second between Hansen and Cavendish.

The Dane looked to stretch the race but could not pip Cavendish in the final two sprints, which means the 30-time Tour de France stage winner took the silver medal.