At least the sun came out for the medal ceremony!
Today's women's cycling road race was a much more exciting affair than yesterdays men's race. The second half of the race saw appalling conditions, experienced by Triple P out on the road side, with a lot of nasty crashes. It was so dark we thought that we wouldn't be able to get any photos but managed a few.
L to R Shelley Olds (US), Zabelinskaya (Russia), Armitstead (UK) and Vos (Netherlands) storm through Triple P's village
Olga Zabelinskaya's attack on Box Hill made the race and it was good to see her getting a bronze for her effort. Shelley Olds, who was in the breakaway foursome, was unlucky to puncture in Esher but it took some of the pressure off the others as the American is a formidable sprinter.
This photo gives an idea of how bad the rain was. All three sported road rash from earlier falls
Armitstead didn't put a pedal wrong tactically but beating current world number one, the formidable Marianne Vos, in a sprint was always going to be a big ask. The Dutch team consistently attacked and made the race exciting viewing so for them to end up with the gold medal was well deserved. A much better result than the men's race!
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