Van Avermaet is no stranger to tough, long-distance courses, but until this year he had been something of a nearly man. It's very special," added Van Avermaet after heading an unlikely podium. RIO DE JANEIRO - Greg Van Avermaet described winning Olympic gold as "the greatest feeling ever" after he beat the odds and dodged some high-speed crashes to win the men's road race on Saturday. "It was a brutal, brutal, strange old race." Nibali's crash left Majka, a lightweight climber, out in front on his own and he didn't have the power to resist the charging Van Avermaet and Jakob Fuglsang.

Source: Bangkok Post August 06, 2016 22:41 UTC