Rio de Janeiro (CNN) Greg van Avermaet won a breathtaking cycling road race as three of the leaders crashed on the final descent towards the finish alongside Rio's Copacabana Beach. A Rio 2016 spokesman explained: "The security services found a suspicious package close to the cycle road race finishing line in Copacabana and as a precaution decided to perform a controlled explosion. The three-time Tour de France champ tried to close the gap in the final 15 km of the race but it was too little, too late. Van Avermaet won Belgium's first gold medal by a male athlete since swimmer Fred Deburghgraeve was victorious in the 100 meters breaststroke final at the Atlanta Games 20 years ago. Froome, however, made it clear that his main target -- and better chance for winning gold -- would come in Wednesday's time trial.

Source: CNN August 06, 2016 20:36 UTC