Ciclistul elvețian Fabian Cancellara a obținut miercuri medalia de aur în proba masculină de contratimp din cadrul Jocurilor de la Rio, devansându-i pe olandezul Tom Dumoulin, clasat al doilea, și pe câștigătorul Turului Franței, britanicul Chris Froome, sosit al 3-lea, după 54,5 kilometri.
La ultima sa Olimpiadă, Fabian Cancellara, în vârstă de 35 de ani, a obținut al doilea său aur la Jocuri, după cel de la Beijing, din 2008.
Cancellara a fost cronometrat în 1 h 12 min 15 sec 42/100, Dumoulin, în 1:13:02.83, iar Froome, în 1:13:17.54.
Elvețianul, supranumit „Spartacus”, a disputat ultima sa cursă mare, el prevăzând să se se retragă din activitate la finalul sezonului, fără să mai participe la Mondiale, notează AFP. În cariera sa, el a câștigat opt etape în Turul Franței, unde se poate lăuda cu 29 de tricouri galbene, cele mai multe pentru un ciclist care nu a câștigat competiția.
Miercuri, Froome a luat bronzul, la fel ca la Londra, când s-a impus compatriotul său Bradley Wiggins.
Proba similară feminină, desfăşurată pe distanţa de 29,7 km, a fost câştigată de Kristin Armstrong (Statele Unite), care le-a devansat pe Olga Zabelinskaya (Rusia) şi Anna Van Der Breggen (Olanda).
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