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rjknell: Emma Johansson, Sweden, wearing an especially ill-advised hat
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rjknell: Amber Neben, USA
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rjknell: Linda Villumsen, New Zealand
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rjknell: Marianne Vos, Netherlands
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rjknell: Kristin Armstrong (USA) on her way to a second gold medal.
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rjknell: Laihsani of Morocco
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rjknell: Martinez Gil of Venezuela
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rjknell: Haghi of Iran
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rjknell: Nazaret of Brazil makes the effort
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rjknell: Beppu of Japan gives it loads
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rjknell: Bazayev of Kazakhstan, probably trying a lot harder than it looks.
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rjknell: McCann of Ireland
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rjknell: Lars Boom of the Netherlands
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rjknell: Jack Bauer of New Zealand
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rjknell: Philippe Gilbert of Belgium lays it on the line.
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rjknell: Vinokourov of Kazakhstan. Booooo!
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rjknell: Choppers!
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rjknell: Ryder Hesjedal of Canada. Won the Giro but didn't win today.
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rjknell: Oliveira of Portugal
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rjknell: Boassen Hagen of Norway
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rjknell: Westra of the Netherlands
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rjknell: Mick Rogers of Australia
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rjknell: Big Bert Grabsch
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rjknell: Big Bert again
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rjknell: Sylvain Chavanel of France
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rjknell: About 20 seconds after Chavanel, the noise levels increase by an order of magnitude as Chris Froome comes belting round the corner on his way to a magnificent bronze medal.
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rjknell: Marco Pinotti. 5th overall, missed 4th by 11 seconds. If he'd put aero shoe covers on he'd have saved 15-30 seconds…
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rjknell: Taylor Phinney. 4th overall in both the road race and the TT.
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rjknell: Luis Leon Sanchez. A serious contender for a medal but broke his chain on the start ramp and then had a flat about 30 seconds before this was taken. Not a goood day for the Spanish national champion.
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rjknell: Tony Martin, Germany