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| Race favorite Mark Cavendish (GB) signs-in while Great Britain teammate and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins looks on. These two were expected to get the host nation off to a good start. | share this photo
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| Britian's Prince Charles, Camilla (Duchess of Cornwall) with UCI President Pat McQuaid, as the peloton awaits the start at The Mall | share this photo
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| The peloton rolls past Buckingham Palace | share this photo
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| 250 km to go... | share this photo
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| Needless to say, there were many partisan fans among the large crowd on hand | share this photo
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| The 5% grade Box Hill climb was ridden nine times. Fans were charged to view from this part of the course | share this photo
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| Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz) biding his time. We'll see him again later. | share this photo
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| The hill turned out to be hard enough to zap the strength of the sprinters | share this photo
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| A panoramic from the top of Box Hill | share this photo
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| Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and David Millar at the front of the chase. Great Britain didn't have enough men to control a 250 km race. | share this photo
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| A straight section near the finish with huge crowds on both sides | share this photo
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| Here comes the two man break | share this photo
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| Rigoberto Uran (Col) leading Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz) | share this photo
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| The chase about 15 seconds back | share this photo
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| A two man break survives after breaking clear near the end of the 250 km race that started and ended at The Mall | share this photo
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| 39 year-old Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz), who is set to retire at the end of the year, beats 25 year-old Rigoberto Uran (Col) who was caught looking over the wrong shoulder before the two man sprint in the home stretch | share this photo
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| This sprint was for third and not first as expected | share this photo
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| Eight seconds later, Alexander Kristoff (Norway) won the bunch sprint for the bronze medal ahead of Taylor Phinney (United States of America) | share this photo
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| The sprinter group finshed 40s back | share this photo
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| Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara is comforted by a Swiss coach at the finish after crashing near the the finish. It's not clear which was more painful, his elbow injury which may prevent him from competing in the TT or the missed opportunity at winning the Olympic RR. | share this photo
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| He can't retire now; Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz) is the 2012 Olympic men's road race champion. | share this photo
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| The unexpected podium: 2nd Rigoberto Uran (Colombia), 1st Alexandr Vinokurov (Kazakhstan) 5:45:57, 3rd Alexander Kristoff (Norway) + 8s. | share this photo
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