The Men's points race was held on 19 October 2012. 25 riders participated, the heat distance was 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) – or 80 laps – with a sprint every 10 laps for extra points and the final distance was 40 kilometres (24.9 miles) – or 160 laps. A lap gained 20 points.[1][2]
Medalists
edit| Gold | Elia Viviani (ITA) |
| Silver | Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) |
| Bronze | Sergiy Lagkuti (UKR) |
Results
editHeats
editThe 10 best riders advanced to the final. The races were held at 14:55.[3][4]
Heat 1
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Sprint Points | Lap Points | Final sprint | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Savitskiy | Russia | 11 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Sergiy Lagkuti | Ukraine | 11 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Maximilian Beyer | Germany | 10 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 | Ingmar De Poortere | Belgium | 10 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 5 | Bryan Coquard | France | 9 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | Liam Bertazzo | Italy | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Jiří Hochmann | Czech Republic | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | Théry Schir | Switzerland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Andreas Graf | Austria | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Mateusz Nowaczek | Poland | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 11 | Ilia Koshevoy | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| – | Eerik Idarand | Estonia | 0 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Šarūnas Kuncevičius | Lithuania | 2 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
Heat 2
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Sprint Points | Lap Points | Final sprint | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Viviani | Italy | 31 | 20 | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Milan Kadlec | Czech Republic | 27 | 20 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Mykhaylo Radionov | Ukraine | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Tristan Marguet | Switzerland | 13 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Wojciech Pszczolarski | Poland | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Yauheni Shamsonau | Belarus | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Theo Reinhardt | Germany | 7 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Andreas Müller | Austria | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | Morgan Lamoisson | France | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 11 | Darijus Džervus | Lithuania | 5 | −20 | 12 | −15 |
| 12 | Mika Simola | Finland | 3 | −20 | 3 | −17 |
Final
editThe race was held at 21:13.[5]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Sprint Points | Lap Points | Final sprint | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elia Viviani | Italy | 44 | 0 | 6 | 44 | |
| Kirill Sveshnikov | Russia | 26 | 0 | 2 | 26 | |
| Sergiy Lagkuti | Ukraine | 25 | 0 | 3 | 25 | |
| 4 | Andreas Müller | Austria | 17 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Tristan Marguet | Switzerland | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Liam Bertazzo | Italy | 9 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 7 | Wojciech Pszczolarski | Poland | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 8 | Milan Kadlec | Czech Republic | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Theo Reinhardt | Germany | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Andreas Graf | Austria | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Bryan Coquard | France | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | Yauheni Shamsonau | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 13 | Théry Schir | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Ingmar De Poortere | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Jiří Hochmann | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | Ivan Savitskiy | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Maximilian Beyer | Germany | 1 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Mateusz Nowaczek | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Mykhaylo Radionov | Ukraine | 0 | −20 | 0 | DNF |
| – | Morgan Lamoisson | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNF |