Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
Men’s Road Race at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling).In a race that showed numerous break away attempts it wasn’t until Paolo Bettini and Sérgio Paulinho broke away from the group with a couple of laps remaining and opened up a comfortable gap on the final lap that an idea of the medal positions could be gained. With the peloton giving up the chase of the leaders Axel Merckx broke away to open up a sufficient gap for him to take bronze.