Olympic men's road race

[shaper]

Going to be a crazy descent

['Dale]

Aru continues to struggle as Majka has a dig. Nibali, Henao and Thomas stick with him. Van Avermaet is fighting to get back on.

 

Meintjies and J Rod still in chase

Looking good

[Benjamin]

Pls tell me Yates didn't get pulled out the bunch to wait?

[HappyMartin]

Go Louis. What a ride by him.

['Dale]

Bardet has connected with Froome as Fuglsang joins forces with the leading group. This is poised beautifully.

['Dale]

20 kms to go

['Dale]

Aru dropped and now caught by J Rod and Luigi ????????

['Dale]

Fuglsang takes a pull closely followed by Nibali

 

AND MEINTJIES MAKES CONTACT????????????????????????

[HappyMartin]

Pls tell me Yates didn't get pulled out the bunch to wait?

To me it looks like the pace got a bit hot for him. He dropped back and then Froome picked him up. No race radios so I don't think it was an instruction. Didn't look like it anyway.

 

LM makes contact.

[shaper]

JRod and louis get back on ... excellent ride

['Dale]

That eye of the needle descent before the next climb ????

['Dale]

WHO WILL MEDAL (yes it's a verb)

 

Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium), Geraint Thomas (Great Britain), Sergio Henao (Colombia), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Rafal Majka (Poland), Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark), Fabio Aru (Italy), Andrey Zeits (Kazakkhstan), Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain), Louis Meintjes (South Africa)The medals will come from this group

['Dale]

Henao and Nibs pulls away on the final climb!!

[Gen]

Check the temperature has dropped, the Spez bikes are orange now

[shaper]

Nibs attacks again

['Dale]

Majka joins them

 

And Nibs goes again!!

 

17 to go