Olympic Games - Mens Road Race (Rio de Janeiro), 237kms
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Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Just in case you didn't know, the Olympics take place in Rio de Janeiro this time...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
The Italian team lines up for a posed shot - they are the team to beat, it seems...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Spain is equal to Italy in many ways, maybe they can win Gold today..?
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Team Ireland - Nicholas Roche and Dan Martin - have their own high ambitions, but it won't be easy...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Sven Erik Bystrom and Jarlinson Pantano lead the early escape away from Copacabana...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
The peloton gets its first sighting of the Atlantic Ocean as it approaches the first hills of the day...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Life is a breeze, unless you're racing in the Olympic Games Road Race...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
The peloton climbs the southern section of the course for the first of four laps - and it is as steep as it looks..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
A cyclist from Turkey has crashed on a nasty stretch of cobbles...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Daryl Impey got caught up in the spill, but he's making his way back...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Some sections of the southern climb are over 17-percent..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Greg Van Avermaet needs his bike fixed - and quickly..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Imanol Erviti is the man chasing for Spain with the gap at eight-minutes...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Alessandro Di Marchi takes his turn at the front for Italy...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Philippe Gilbert is now in need of some mechanical help, but there's no BMC car to be seen in the Olympics..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Fabian Cancellara comes back to his team car for a tactical discussion with his Trek D.S Luca Guercilena...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Richie Porte is well hidden in the peloton for now, but great things are expected of him later-on...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Kochetkov and Bystrom lead the escape back towards the sea with their lead down to six-minutes now...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
The views are stunning as the peloton skirts the Brazilian coastline 40-kilometres south of Rio de Janeiro...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
The peloton is led by Poland, and Czech republic as it climbs above a surfing beach...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Zdenek Stybar makes an attack with his teamates on the long stretch of cobbles - he thinks it's Paris-Roubaix..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Geraint Thomas leads the peloton down the tricky descent for the last time...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Taylor Phinney is right at the head of affairs too...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Wouter Poels had a great Tour de France - so why not also a great Olympic Games..?
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Frank Schleck descends in his last ever Olympics in his last-ever season as a professional...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Nicholas Roche looks like he's really enjoying the descent..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Adam Yates is less happy on the descent - but he'll love the final circuits today..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
An Iranian cyclists smashes into a wall on the descent - both the wall and the cyclist survived unscathed..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
George Bennett is a lone Kiwi in the race, but the finale might be right up his street...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
The police are riding shotgun in front of the Olympic race - and they're getting a priveliged view of the racing..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Spain is doing most of the chasing now, with Erviti still hard at work...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Steven Cummings starts to work for Team GB as the hilly finale begins...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Damiano Caruso matches Cummings for Italy, the action is about to start..!
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Kochetkov and Kwiatkowski are all that's left of the escape, but their lead is only one minute or so...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Caruso is the nearest chaser with Van Avermaet and Thomas just about in contact...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Van Avermaet shows his strength, but is he working for himself or for Gilbert..?
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Sergio Henao has joined the move, with just Kwiatkowski left up the road...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
A counter-attack is coming from behind with Bennett latched-on at the back of it...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Van Avermaet is in control of the race with Kwiatkowski caught and some re-inforcements coming from behind...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Joan Castroviejo leads the peloton, but Spain seems to have missed the main move - as has Chris Froome...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Kwiatkowski now leads the race with riders like Aru, Nibali, Yates, Henao and Thomas right behind him...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Fabio Aru leads Caruso and Nibali as the final climb looms just down the road...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
There's an Astana-Sky-Tinkoff battle as Nibali jousts with Zeits, Majka and Henao at the head of the race...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Jacob Fuglsang adds another Astana member to the developing move...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Nibali has attacked, taking Majka, Henao and Fuglsang with him...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Joachin Rodriguez is trying to join this elite group, but he cannot make contact...
Olympic Games - Mens Road Race
Henao and Nibali have jumped away in the last climbing kilometres of this race...