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Men's Road Race Results: Sanchez takes Olympic gold in Beijing

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2008 Olympic Road Race – Beijing, China
1. Samuel Sanchez (Spain), 245km in 6:23:49 (38.4kph)
2. Davide Rebellin (Italy), same time
3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland), s.t.
4. Alexander Kolobnev (Russia), s.t.
5. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg), s.t.
6. Michael Rogers (Australia), s.t.
7. Santiago Botero (Colombia), s.t.
8. Mario Aerts (Belgium), at 0:12
9. Michael Barry (Canada), at 0:16
10. Robert Gesink (Netherlands), at 0:18
11. Levi Leipheimer (United States), at 0:20
12. Chris Anker Soerensen (Denmark), at 0:22
13. Alejandro Valverde (Spain), at 0:22
14. Jérôme Pineau (France), at 0:22
15. Cadel Evans (Australia), at 0:22
16. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Poland), at 0:22
17. Christian Vande Velde (United States), at 0:30
18. Paolo Bettini (Italy), at 0:35
19. Vladimir Karpets (Russia), at 0:1:10
20. Murilo Fischer (Brazil), at 2:28
21. Fabian Wegmann (Germany), at 2:28
22. Erik Hoffmann (Namibia), at 2:28
23. Christian Pfannberger (Austria), at 2:28
24. Gustav Larsson (Sweden), at 2:28
25. Nicki Sorensen (Denmark), at 2:28
26. Radoslav Rogina (Croatia), at 2:28
27. John Augustyn (South Africa), at 2:28
28. Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal), at 2:28
29. Ignat as Konovalovas (Lithuania), at 2:28
30. Jackson Jesus Rodriguez Ortiz (Venezuala), at 2:28
31. Mat t Lloyd (Australia), at 2:28
32. Kurt Asle Arvesen (Norway), at 2:28
33. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus), at 2:28
34. Remi Pauriol (France), at 2:28
35. Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia), at 2:28
36. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukraine), at 2:28
37. Simon Gerrans (Australia), at 2:28
38. Thomas Lofqvist (Sweden), at 2:36
39. Thomas Rohregger (Austria), at 2:36
40. George Hincapie (United States), at 2:36
41. José Serpa (Colombia), at 2:38
42. Johan Vansummeren (Belgium), at 2:38
43. Frank Schleck (Luxembourg), at 2:38
44. Andrey Mizurov (Kazakhstan), at 2:38
45. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic), at 2:46
46. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg), at 2:51
47. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mexico), at 4:19
48. Rein Taaramae (Estonia), at 7:00
49. Carlos Sastre (Spain), at 7:17
50. Franco Pellizotti (Italy), at 7:17
51. Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan), at 7:17
52. Hossein Askari (Iran), at 10:33
53. Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukraine), at 10:33
54. Julian Dean (New Zealand), at 10:37
55. Jacek Tadeusz Morajko (Poland), at 10:37
56. Ryder Hesjedal (Canada), at 10:37
57. Mat ija Kvasina (Croatia), at 10:37
58. Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden), at 10:37
59. Svein Tuft (Canada), at 10:37
60. Denis Menshov (Russia), at 10:37
61. Jurij Golcer (Slovenia), at 10:37
62. Jan Valach (Slovakia), at 10:37
63. Marzio Bruseghin (Italy), at 10:37
64. Nicholas Roche (Ireland), at 10:37
65. Laurens Dam Ten (Netherlands), at 10:37
66. Peter Kusztor (Hungary), at 11:55
67. Ivan Stevic (Serbia), at 11:55
68. Gat is Smukulis (Latvia), at 12:59
69. Tanel Kangert (Estonia), at 12:59
70. Gonzalo Garrido (Chile), at 12:59
71. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway), at 12:59
72. Andre Cardoso (Portugal), at 15:53
73. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Belarus), at 15:53
74. Dainius Kairelis (Lithuania), at 15:53
75. Petr Bencik (Czech Republic), at 15:53
76. Alexandr Pliuschin (Moldovia), at 15:53
77. Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine), at 15:53
78. Sergey Ivanov (Russia), at 15:53
79. Ghader Mizbani (Iran), at 15:53
80. David George (South Africa), at 15:53
81. Philip Deignan (Ireland), at 15:53
82. Glen Chadwick (New Zealand), at 15:53
83. Aliaksandr Usau (Belarus), at 26:10
84. Tomasz Marczynski (Poland), at 26:10
85. Nebojsa Jovanovic (Serbia), at 26:10
86. Takashi Miyazawa (Japan), at 31:35
87. Rafaa Chtioui (Tunisia), at 39:15
88. Park Sungbaek (South Korea), at 39:15
89. Kin San Wu (Hong Kong), at 42:08
90. Luciano Mendonca (Brazil), at 44:38

Did Not Finish
Alberto Contador (Spain)
Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Pierrick Fedrigo (France)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Pierre Rolland (France)
Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
Ben Swift (Great Britain)
Stef Clement (Netherlands)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Lars Petter Nordhaus (Norway)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
Brian Bach Vandborg (Denmark)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand)
Patricio Almonacid (China)
Evgeniy Gerganov (Bulgaria)
Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan)
Gabriel Rasch (Norway)
Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
Henry Raabe (CRC)
Mehdi Sohrabi (Iran)
Mario Contreras (El Salvador)
Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
Vladimir Efimkin (Russia)
Jason McCartney (United States)
Roger Hammond (Great Britain)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
Roman Bronis (Slovakia)
Hichem Chabane (Algeria)
Juan José Haedo (Argentina)
Zhang Liang (China)
Ahmed Belgasem (Libya)
Gerald Michael Ciolek (Germany)
Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia)
Jonny Bellis (Great Britain)
Gallardo (Bolivia)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria)
Matias Medici (Argentina)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina)
Robert Hunter (South Africa)
David Zabriskie (United States)
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