Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa's tough few years ended even tougher in Beijing.
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Sabine Spitz crossed the line in first carrying her bike
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Geoff Kabush (Canada) got the holeshot and led for the first part of lap one.
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Fans line the final descent where gold medallist Julien Absalon
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History in the making: BMXers bolted down the start ramp adorned with the Olympic Games rings.
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Anne-Caroline Chausson made even more history for France.
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Kyle Bennett (United States of America) leads the charge down the
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British glory: Great Britain finished the track meet the way it started - on top.
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British pride: With the United Kingdom holding the next Olympic Games
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Juan Esteban Curuchet (Argentina) was emotional after taking his first gold medal in the men's madison,
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Belgium's Iljo Keisse and Kenny De Ketele desperately reach for one another during the men's madison.
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The Laoshan Velodrome was packed to the rafters for the final night.
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Some of the finishing margins - like this one between Australia's Anna Meares and Shuang Guo (China) - were breathtaking.
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Australia's Anna Meares was pumped after realising she made it
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Great Britain blasted around the course and almost caught the Danes.
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The Kiwis celebrate their bronze medal victory over Australia.
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Heading up? Chris Hoy (Great Britain) and Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
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Chris Hoy (Great Britain) muscles his way to a two-race elimination
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Marianne Vos savors the win a great turn around of luck
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Nowhere to go: Sarah Hammer (USA) goes right over Wadami Satomi (Japan), Verena Jooss (Germany) and Trine Schmidt (Denmark).
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Sarah Hammer (USA) in obvious pain after crashing in the points race.
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Marianne Vos (Netherlands) goes on the attack and ends up taking a lap
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Australia caught the Dutch squad's remnants on its way to
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I'm the Bos: Theo Bos (Netherlands) reacts to beating
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More Great gold: Great Britain's Rebecca Romero celebrates
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A focussed Chris Hoy set a new Olympic record in the 200m...
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Chris Hoy (Great Britain) has pleanty of practice at celebrating ahead of his home Olympic Games in 2012.
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Give us a hoy: Chris Hoy (Great Britain) stands proudly at the centre of the podium
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Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) waves the flowers on top of the Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit final podium.
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German Rene Enders was emotional after helping his team
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Frenchmen Kevin Sireau and Arnaud Tournant get some support from the boards
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Hard knock: Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) falls during the men's team sprint
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With two Tour de France time trial wins to his name German Stefan Schumacher was one of the big favourites
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Relief: Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) enjoys his gold medal moment.
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Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) shows the strain
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Tounge wagging time: Denis Menchov (Russia) never found a rhythm
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USA's Levi Leipheimer ensured his homeland was on the podium in both the men's and women's time trials.
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Cadel Evans (Australia) fought hard but couldn't pull out a medal winning ride.
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She had a great effort in the road race but Nicole Cooke was completely exhausted
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Golden farewell: Kristin Armstrong finished off her Olympic Games career on top.
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Still got it: Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) may be 49 years of age, but she's still a medal contender.
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Little legend: Days after doing her bit for Nicole Cooke's gold-winning road race campaign, Emma Pooley took her turn
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Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) came close to losing the Olympic Games road race, but instead stormed to victory.
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Russia's Natalya Boyarskaya tried to get away on the finishing circuit.
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Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) wipes away a day of intensive racing
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Women's road race medal winners Emma Johansson (Sweden), Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), and Tatiana Guderzo (Italy)
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There might not have been many fans on the finishing curcuit, but the Spanish fans were
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Samuel Sánchez (Spain) can't believe he just won the gold medal.
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Paolo Bettini (Italy) leads Fabian Wegmann (Germany) through the great arch
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Wet patch: Riders pass through the showers that were set up to keep body temperatures cool.
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At 30 years of age Samuel Sánchez (Spain) couldn't believe
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Riders pass Tiananmen Gate at the start of the race.
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Bradley Wiggins listens to some beats while warming up for Great Britain's training session.
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USA riders stired up a media dust storm when they arrived in Beijing
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After a poor performance in the Olympic Games time trial, we wonder if Stefan Schumacher (R) regretted his
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He was the defending champion but Paolo Bettini showed little signs of pressure when he arrived in Beijing
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New Zealand's Timothy Gudsell has some fun celebrating his 'victory' at the finish line
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