Cycling Road Races
A medal win for Team GB in the women’s cycling
road!
Spectators lined the streets on the weekend of the 28 and 29
July to watch the Cycling Road Races, with the men’s race taking
place on the Saturday and the women’s on the Sunday. The race
route in the borough covered Knightsbridge, Brompton Road and
Fulham Road. The gold medal for the men’s race, which covered
a 250 km /156 miles route, went to Alexandr Vinokurov from
Kazakhstan. The silver medal went to Rigoberto Uran Uran from
Colombia and bronze to Alexander Kristoff from Norway.
The women's race gave Team GB their first medal win of the
Games, with Elizabeth Armitstead taking the silver. The gold
medal was won by Marianne Vos from the Netherlands and the bronze
medal went to Olga Zabelinskaya from the Russian Federation.
For further results information and more pictures of both races
visit the London 2012 website: