RIO DE JANEIRO - Risk is part of the Olympic contest for Greg Van Avermaet who won a crash-filled Rio Games cycling road race. Amid heat, bone-jarring cobblestones that Van Avermaet is a specialist in, and wind, only 63 of the 144 starters finished the race. "He went to the Olympics in Moscow (1980) as a road cyclist also," said Van Avermaet. Van Avermaet has followed in family footsteps in cycling as his father was also a professional. Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet celebrates after winning the Men's Road cycling race in the Rio 2016 Olympic GamesItalian Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali crashed on a high speed descent 12 kilometers from the end and broke his collar bone.

Source: Bangkok Post August 07, 2016 04:52 UTC