OLYMPICS RECAP
No success for the Australian or Canberra riders during the Olympic road events.
Men's Road Race
The Olympic road program started with the men's road race. The Australians put veteran Olympian Stuart O'Grady in the first breakaway. It was a good move as the favourites, the Team GB missed the move and had to do all the work in the peloton. Michael Rogers valiantly tried to bridge the gap between the peloton and the breakaway, however, the rampaging peloton eventually caught him.
The race was taken out by Kazahstan rider Alexandr Vinokurov. The other interesting aspect of the road race was the spray by Mark Cavendish who claimed that the Australianss did not work hard enough to help him win the gold medal. We may be part of the Commonwealth Mark, but we are not part of the Team GB.
The best place Aussie rider was Stuart O'Grady in 6th spot. Michael Rogers finished in 91st spot.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete |
| 1 | 87 | VINOKUROV Alexandr |
| 2 | 52 | URAN URAN Rigoberto |
| 3 | 122 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 4 | 29 | PHINNEY Taylor |
| 5 | 120 | LAGUTIN Sergey |
| 6 | 24 | O'GRADY Stuart |
| 7 | 18 | ROELANDTS Jurgen |
| 8 | 40 | RAST Gregory |
| 9 | 8 | PAOLINI Luca |
| 10 | 82 | BAUER Jack |
| 11 | 31 | BOOM Lars |
| 12 | 96 | FUGLSANG Jakob |
| 13 | 43 | COSTA Rui Alberto Faria |
| 14 | 3 | SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon |
| 15 | 85 | KREUZIGER Roman |
| 16 | 51 | HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis |
| 17 | 88 | GRIVKO Andriy |
| 18 | 4 | VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro |
| 19 | 17 | GILBERT Philippe |
| 20 | 54 | CHAVANEL Sylvain |
| 80 | 21 | EVANS Cadel |
| 83 | 22 | GERRANS Simon |
| 85 | 23 | GOSS Matthew Harley |
| 91 | 25 | Roger Michael |
Women's Road Race
Australia can into the race with Canberra's Chloe Hosking as one of the favourites for the race. The questions was whether Chloe would be able to get over Box Hill twice.Chloe was looking good on the approach to Box Hill as the race, in terrible weather, was a mild affair. However, after a series of attacked by the Dutch women, the bunch started to self-destructed. Chloe kept in touch with the leaders on the the start of Box Hill. Unfortunately, her legs 'blew up' and she slipped back into the field. There was no coming back as the attacks continued.
Chloe siad after the race ''In the end you can make a heap of excuses, but I didn't have the fitness to keep up with the other girls and that's what I want to improve.''
Chloe finished outside the time limit and therefore did not get a placing. Better luck in Rio Chloe.
The best place finished was Shara Gillow in 39th place.
Men's Time Trial
Michael Rogers was Australia's only participant in the time trial. It was Michael Rogers third Olympics. He previous finished 4th in the time trial in Athens (should be elevated to third with doping offence of Tyler Hamilton) and fifth in Beijing road race.Michael Rogers exceptional form continued in the race. While it was all about the 32-year-old Brit, Bradley Wiggins, who claimed his fourth Olympic gold and seventh medal in in all (a British record haul of Games medals), Rogers secured a top 10 finish - 6th overall.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete |
| 1 | 2 | WIGGINS Bradley |
| 2 | 3 | MARTIN Tony |
| 3 | 7 | FROOME Christopher |
| 4 | 4 | PHINNEY Taylor |
| 5 | 6 | PINOTTI Marco |
| 6 | 10 | ROGERS Michael |
| 7 | 1 | CANCELLARA Fabian |
| 8 | 9 | GRABSCH Bert |
| 9 | 19 | CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan |
| 10 | 24 | BRAJKOVIC Janez |
Women's time trial
Impressive. That was the only way to explain Kristin Armstrong's victory in the women's time trial. The only Aussie in the race was Shara Gillow, who finished just outside the top 10 in 13th spot.
NATIONAL ROAD SERIES - LAKES OIL TOUR OF GIPPSLAND
The Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland finished today and Canberra riders were impressive again. There were no stage wins, however, Ben Hill (RBS Morgans) finished in second place in the overall General Classification, only 20 seconds from Tour winner - Will Walker (Drapac Porsche).
RBS Morgans took out the overall teams classification thanks to impressive efforts by Hill and Joe Lewis. Ben Hill also picking up the King of the Mountain jersey. Suzuki-Trek finish in 16th spot, 25 minutes behind team winner RBS Morgans. Hill and Lewis were the most consistent riders picking up several top 10 finishes over the 9 stages.
The next race is the Tour of the Great South Coast (Victoria) that commences on 15 August. This is another 9 stage race made up of a number of criterium races.
General classification
| 1 | 66 | William WALKER (DPC) | 11h20:40 |
| 2 | 17 | Ben HILL (RMA) | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Patrick SHAW (GEN) | 24 |
| 4 | 33 | Neil VAN DER PLOEG (STR) | 25 |
| 5 | 9 | Jai CRAWFORD (GEN) | 44 |
| 6 | 12 | Anthony GIACOPPO (GEN) | 57 |
| 7 | 102 | Alex CLEMENTS (PGN) | +1:03 |
| 8 | 3 | Luke DAVISON (BFL) | +1:04 |
| 9 | 142 | Gordon MCCAULEY (LKO) | +1:08 |
| 10 | 20 | Johnnie WALKER (RMA) | +1:17 |
| 28 | 58 | Timothy CAMERON (SZT) | +2:34 |
| 45 | 18 | Joe LEWIS (RMA) | +7:01 |
| 50 | 70 | Stuart SHAW (DPC) | +9:01 |
| 73 | 61 | Damien WRIGHT (SZT) | +19:56 |
| 78 | 2 | Marc Williams (BFL) | 23:27 |
| 79 | 59 | William LIND (SZT) | +23:56 |
| 91 | 64 | Sam SAUTELLE (SZT) | +28:33 |
| 94 | 60 | Ivan MICHELIN-BEARD (SZT) | +30:20 |
| 98 | 62 | Mitchell PEARSON (SZT) | +33:34 |
| 123 | 161 | Mitch FLYNN (SZT) | +52:55 |
| 133 | 63 | Joshua LIND (SZT) | +1h11:22 |
| dnf | 82 | Mitchell LOVELOCK-FAY (JHS) |
Nathan Haas (Garmin-Sharp) is riding in the USA this week. He is competing in the Tour of Elk Grove, a three stage race that commenced over night. After the ITT, Nathan is currently sitting in 50th spot. After the Tour of Elk, Nathan will then head to the Tour of Utah.
Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) will be hoping for more success in the US at the Tour of Utah that commences on 7 August.
Michael Matthews (Rabobank Cycling) - Seems that the whole Canberra entourage will be riding in the Tour of Utah this week. Michael will be leading Rabobank's sprint efforts.
Adam Phelan (under 23 Australian National Team) - Returns to racing after a 1 month break in the Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli (Italy).
Jessie MacLean (GreenEdge-AIS) -Jessie was one of the Australia's best finishers in the Erpe-Mere (Belgium). Jessie finished in 25th spot.
Chloe Hosking (Team Specialized Lululemon) is competing in the La Route de France this week. Chloe finished in 9th spot in the opening ITT Stage.
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