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BBC News-20210724-14:04:00

An historic first day for the people of ecuador. they won their second gold medal ever in the men s road race cycling. the race lasted for over 6 hours and it was a bit of a rollercoaster one too. but in the end, it was richard carapaz who broke away with six kilometres to go and held on, to cross the line with his rivals out of sight. it s ecuador s first gold medal since 1996 and it s been a good few weeks for him. he was 3rd in the tour de france, last week. he s a teammate of gerint thomas in cycling s team ineos, and for the second olympics running, thomas saw his medal hopes ruined by a crash. fellow brit tao geoghegan hart lost control of his front wheel. both fell onto the tarmac and although they got back on, they had lost too much ground and eventually thomas pulled out. wout van aert of belguim won silver by a tyre width ahead of tour de france champion, tadej pogacar who took the bronze to put slovenia on the medals ....

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