Cyc: Road riders get down to business

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2008
Cyc: Road riders get down to business

Australia's SIMON GERRANS is among a pack of 25 riders who've caught the leaders with
around 100 kilometres remaining in the Olympic road cycling race.

GERRANS is the lone Australian in the group which includes recent Tour de France winner
CARLOS SASTRE of Spain and JENS VOIGT of Germany.

Australia's top gold medal hope CADEL EVANS is in the steadily closing main group ..

along with fellow Aussies STUART O'GRADY and MICK ROGERS.

After starting in downtown Beijing .. the final 160 kilometres of the race has been
run over a course that follows one of the most picturesque sections of the Great Wall
of China.

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KEYWORD: OLY08 CYC (BEIJING)

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