Olympic Games - Womens Road Race (Rio de Janeiro), 137kms
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Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
The Dutch team poses with defending Olympic Champion Marianne Vos...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
The womens peloton passes Ipanema beach on its way out of town...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
The womens road race starts its first climb with Italy, Germany and Poland leading the way...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Emma Pooley decides the time is right to attack - after about 10-kilometres..!
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Lotte Kopecky has launched a lone escape along the wind-blown coastal road...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
A training Michal Kwiatkowski shouts encouragement at the women competitors - what a true fan..!
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
The peloton is three-minutes behind the escaper as it plunges down to a surfing beach 40-kilometres into the race...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Eri Yonamine of Japan stops to fix her bike as the first steep hill begins...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
The peloton is splitting up as the steep ascent begins to hurt...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Ellen Van Dijk leads a chase group containing Bronzini, Worrack and Plitcher, they're closing-in on Kopecky...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Linda Villumsen is the sole New Zealander in this race, but is she saving her energy for Wednesday's TT..?
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Rachel Naylan is one of Australia's big hopes, especially with that hilly finale...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Anna Plichter leads the escape that's been joined by Kristin Armstrong...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Katrin Garfoot starts a counter-attack from the peloton, but it won't get far...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Emmap Pooley is right at the front again, but maybe she's there too early..?
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Armstrong leads the way around the coastal circuit, but the peloton is closing-in on them...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Van Dijk's still in front but the peloton is just about on to them now...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Amanda Spratt is looking comfortable near the front of the peloton...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Armistead is alongside Neylan, and looking like a World Champion too...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Anisha Vekemans has got into a new escape on the long road back to Rio - but Marianne Vos is in there as well..!
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Marianne Vos and Ferrand-Prevot are helping this escape build a one-minute gap before the final climbs...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Evelyn Stevens has started chasing hard on the first climb - the gap has already shrunk...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
A new-look group of leaders has Mara Abbott and Moolman-Pasio working hard to drop their rivals...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Abbott starts to burn the watts as the group of leaders shrinks, dropping Vos, Armitstead, and many others...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Emma Johansson is chasing at 20-seconds...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Armistead has lost almost one-minute, but she'll fight back on the descent...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Abbott is looking supreme as her rivals drop away on the final climb...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Annemierke Van Vleuten is the only one who can stay with Abbott - she's even attacking the American now..!
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Abbott jumps again before starting the descent - where Van Vleuten crashes out badly...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Abbott finds herself alone after Van Vleuten's crash - but her 20-seconds lead might not be enough..!
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Anna Van der Breggen wins from Johansson and Longo-Borghini after they caught Abbott in the last-kilometre..!
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Mara Abbott shows the emotions of being caught just 150-metres short of a Gold medal...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Lizzie Armitstead takes 5th place, just 20-seconds behind the medal winners...
Olympic Games - Womens Road Race
Anna Van der Breggen celebrates her victory with Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo-Borghini