If it is to be his last Olympics, Dan Martin went out in typically brave, battling fashion — the 34-year-old finishing 16th in a gruelling 234km cycling road race in Tokyo yesterday. He was best of the Irish trio, finishing 16th in 6.09:04, 3:38 behind Richard Carapaz, who won Ecuador its second ever Olympic gold medal. I just missed a couple of seconds to be in that front selection that was fighting for the medals. He finished 76th, one place behind Nicholas Roche, who had sacrificed his own race to serve as Irish domestique. “I felt good at the time and you never knew what could have happened, but it didn’t pay off.

Source: Irish Independent July 25, 2021 01:38 UTC