The Olympic dream for Mark Cavendish has ended in disappointment.
The 'Manx Missile' was bidding for Britain's first gold medal at the Olympics and the first for the Isle of Man for a century.
But in the end the gap between Team GB – who were 54 seconds behind with 23 kilometres remaining – and the rest of the pack was too much.
The gold medal was won by Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov with Colombia's Roberto Uran claiming silver and Norway's Alexander Kristoff taking bronze.
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