The guard apparently did not know that van der Breggen was a competing athlete. Organizers have struggled with the cycling program since the moment the Olympics were awarded to Tokyo. First, there were plans for a temporary velodrome to be built in the Japanese capital, allowing the biggest portion of the cycling program to be held in the heart of the Olympics. As a result, only a couple of reporters from the normally huge contingent of British media that typically follows its powerhouse cycling program were able to cover Tom Pidcock winning his country's first mountain bike gold medal. I was told that Anna Plichta was up front, so when I caught up with her, I thought we were in the lead," van der Breggen said.

Source: Fox News July 28, 2021 00:11 UTC