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29th Olympic Games - JO
Beijing, China, August 9-23, 2008
Photography
Road Races Time Trials Track BMX MTB
Beijing impressionsFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Greg Chang/Photosport International
August 23: Men's Cross Country MTB For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/Photosport International
August 22: Women's Cross Country MTB For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/Photosport International
August 21: Women's BMX Semi-Finals and Finals For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 21: Men's BMX Semi-Finals and Finals For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 20: Men's and Women's BMX Qualifying For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 19: Men's Sprint Finals For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/Photosport International
August 19: Women's Sprint Finals For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/Photosport International
August 19: Men's Madison Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/Photosport International
August 19: Men's Sprint Semifinal For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 19: Women's Sprint Semifinal For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
August 18: Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
August 18: Men's Sprint Quarterfinals For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
August 18: Women's Sprint Quarterfinals For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
August 18: Women's Points Race Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
August 17: Men's 4000m Team Pursuit First Round For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 17: Men's Sprint 1/8 Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 17: Women's Sprint 1/8 Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
August 17: Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 17: Men's Sprint 1/16 Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 17: Men's Sprint Qualifying Round (200m) For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 17: Women's Sprint Qualifying Round (200m) For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 16: Men's Keirin Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 16: Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
August 16: Men's Points Race Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
August 16: Women's Individual Pursuit Qualifying Round For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 16: Men's Individual Pursuit First Round For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 15: Men's Team Sprint Final For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 15: Women's Individual Pursuit Qualifying Round For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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August 15: Men's Individual Pursuit Qualifying For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Greg Chang/PhotoSport International
August 15: Men's Team Sprint Qualifying For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 15: Track riders prep for goldFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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August 13: Men's Individual Time Trial For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Jean-François Quénet
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
August 13: Women's Individual Time Trial For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Kristin Armstrong celebrates her gold
on the podium.
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Armstrong during her gold-winning ride
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The podium with (l-r) Emma Pooley
in third, Kristin Armstrong and bronze medalist Karin Thürig.
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Emma Pooley looked a bit like from outer space
during her ride to second place.
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Kristin Armstrong shows off her gold medal,
and prepares to tell the world's press 10,000 times that no, she's not related to Lance.
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Kristin Armstrong (USA) on the Olympic podium.
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Wood struggled near the end,
and was passed by Armstrong who started 4 minutes later.
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Judith Arndt (Germany) starts the climb.
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Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) starts out nice and smooth
in the hot and humid conditions.
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At the end, Cooke puts everything into it
but came up short of a second medal.
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Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) warms up
before the Olympic time trial.
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Min Gao of China
rolls out of the start booth.
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World Champion Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) started well,
but struggled on the climb.
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Emma Pooley (GBr), Armstrong (USA), and Thurig (Swi) on the podium.
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Britain's Emma Pooley
was an early starter, and silver medal winner.
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Emma Pooley (Great Britain) shows off her new medal.
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Switzerland's Karin Thurig takes bronze.
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Oenone Wood (Australia) looks good near the start.
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Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France)
came within a second of a medal.
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Dr. Christine Thorburn (USA)
didn't quite find medal-winning rhythm.
Images by
Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
August 10: Women's Road Race For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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AFP Photo
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
August 9: Men's Road Race For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
Jean-François Quénet
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Norwegians before the start:
In the absence of Thor Hushovd, Gabriel Rasch, Lars-Petter Nordhaug and Kurt-Asle Arvesen led the charge.
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Matt Lloyd, Michael Rogers and Cadel Evans like at camping in Yong ding men.
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Italy's Franco Pellizotti, Vincenzo Nibali, Paolo Bettini
and Davide Rebellin were focused on defending Bettini's Olympic title.
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The Spanish dream team:
Carlo Sastre, Alberto Contador, Samuel Sánchez and Alejandro Valverde.
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Stef Clement was disappointed with his Tour de France,
as he was sick in July, but was motivated for the Olympic Games road race.
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The Belgian team's riders stretching their legs
on race morning.
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Belgium's Maxime Monfort was woken by the fireworks
from the opening ceremony at midnight, but was still enthusiastic on the start line this morning.
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Christian Vande Velde (USA) is still smiling
after his successful Tour de France last month.
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French talk tactics: Rémi Pauriol, Pierrick Fédrigo,
Cyril Dessel and Pierre Rolland.
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The Saunier Duval saga hasn't affected the good humour
of Brazil's Luciano Pagliarini and Latvia's Raivis Belohvosciks.
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Australia's Michael Rogers chose to leave
the starting area alongside defending champion Paolo Bettini (Italy).
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Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde
are taking Olympic Games road race seriously...and are serious contenders.
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John Lee Augustyn and Robert Hunter carried the flag
for South Africa after riding the Tour de France for Barloworld.
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The Schleck brothers - Frank and Andy - met with their Danish team-mate
and neighbour in Luxembourg Chris Anker Sorensen.
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Olympic Games: What an experience
for Libya's Ahmed Belgasem.
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Algeria's Hichem Chabane usually rides
in South Africa for Konica-Minolta.
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AFP Photo
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
Images by
Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
Track pre-race eventsFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Casey Gibson/www.cbgphoto.com
Roadies count down as trackies arriveFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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AFP Photo
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United States of America riders train alongside
another North American from the Canadian national squad. USA has an incredibly strong line-up for tomorrow, featuring George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Jason McCartney, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie.
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Riders from various teams tackle the climb near China's Great Wall
including members from the United States of America and Canadian national teams.
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Norwegian national team riders fly by a Chinese temple
during a training ride.
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The Belgian national team has some fun while training for tomorrow's race.
Mario Aerts, Christophe Brandt, Maxime Monfort, Jurgen Van Den Broeck and Johan Van Summeren make up the Belgian squad for Saturday.
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New Zealand's Timothy Gudsell has some fun
celebrating his 'victory' at the finish line of tomorrow's road race course during a training ride. Gudsell will ride for Kiwi team leader Julian Dean during tomorrow's men's race.
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The women have an extra day before their race,
but Great Britain's hope Nicole Cooke is using ever remaining minute she has. Cooke will have a tough time this weekend, with the Briton lining up against some strong women's squads.
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Stuart O'Grady leads the Australian national squad
during a training ride. Behind O'Grady is Tour de France double runner-up Cadel Evans. The Australian squad also includes Tour stage winner Simon Gerrans, Australian champion Matthew Lloyd and Michael Rogers.
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France's Cyril Dessel goes it alone on the climb
while training in Beijing for tomorrow's race. Pierrick Fédrigo, Rémi Pauriol and Jérôme Pineau join Dessel on the French squad for this year's Olympic Games.
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Defending Olympic Champion Paolo Bettini readies for a
training ride. The Italian is a contender for this weekend's race, but whether the Italian team can work as well as its Spanish rivals remains to be seen.
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Brothers in arms: Team CSC team-mates Frank and Andy Schleck
will be strong this weekend. The duo will team up with Kim Kirchen to form the Luxembourg team for this weekend's event. All three experienced Tour de France success this year, but can they back it up in China?
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Security is tight everywhere in Chine, including at the Laoshan Velodrome.
Local guards are seen here patrolling the incredible velodrome facility.
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An American track rider circles around the boards
inside the incredible Laoshan Velodrome.
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The United States of America track riders put the previous day's controversy behind them,
where they arrived at Beijing airport wearing breathing masks, and focused on a training session at the velodrome.
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The Netherlands squad makes its way around China's
impressive Laoshan Velodrome.
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France's track squad will be one of the strongest at this year's Olympic Games.
But Great Britain has focused its efforts on track racing and has a top squad to challenge with.
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British track cyclist Chris Hoy prepares for a warm-up session.
A day after landing in Beijing Hoy was already in practice at the Laoshan Velodrome for next week's track events.
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Track cyclist Victoria Pendleton is another of Great Britain's
gold medal hopefuls for this year's Olympic Games.
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Bradley Wiggins listens to some beats while warming up
for Great Britain's training session. Photographers were keen to capture Wiggins at the Laoshan Velodrome, with the rider expected to be a gold medal contender next week.
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All warmed up: Great Britain's track team hits the Laoshan Velodrome.
The team is hoping to secure a swag of medals, with the hope of entering their home Olympic Games in four years time as defending champions.
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The British and Chinese squads were out training ahead of this evening's opening ceremony.
China is hosting this year's Olympic Games while Great Britain will host the 2012 Games in Manchester.
Images by
Casey Gibson
Images by
Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
Riders ready for Beijing road raceFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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AFP Photo
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Sara Mustonen, of Sweden's cycling team, practices near the Great Wall of China
in Badaling, with a team-mate behind. The riders are 78 km north of Beijing, where the Olympic village is located.
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Finished! Two Mexican riders cross the finish line
which has already been constructed for this weekend's road race.
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Susanne Ljungskog, of Sweden's cycling team, passes under an arc
of the Great Wall of China in Badaling, 78 km north of Beijing, during a training session.
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Ready to roll: The finish for this weekend's Olympic Games road races
has already been constructed. Many riders have already been out training on the course ahead of the weekend's race.
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A group of Olympians roll over the Great Wall of China
as they train on the course for this weekend's Olympic Games road race.
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Where do I go for my gold medal? Great Britain's Chris Hoy
navigates his way through Beijing airport. Hoy is one of his homeland's many track gold medal hopefuls.
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Chris Hoy (Great Britain) answers questions by media,
who are on hand waiting for athletes to arrive at Beijing airport.
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He's the defending champion but Paolo Bettini
shows little signs of pressure as he arrives in Beijing for the Olympic Games. The Italian will defend his Olympic gold medal this weekend.
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Samuel Sanchez, of Spain's cycling team, smiles at the locals
while training near the Great Wall of China in Badaling.
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A local fan poses for a photo with Spain's cycling team.
The Spanish squad enters this weekend's road race as one of the strongest teams, with riders like Alejandro Valverde leading the charge.
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After two big wins in as many months Alejandro Valverde is a strong contender
for this weekend's Olympic Games road race.
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Spain's Oscar Freire takes some locals by surprise
while out training in Beijing.
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Training hard? German cyclists enjoy a bite to eat.
Stefan Schumacher (R) is sitting next to team-mate Bert Grabsch (C) at the athletes' Olympic village.
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Gonzalo Garrido (left) and Patricio Almonacid (right) of Chile's cycling team take in the sights
as they ready for the weekend's road race.
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Beijing's National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest,"
pictures with (August 4) and without smog (August 2).
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Germany's Bert Grabsch leads his national team
with Stefan Schumacher and Fabian Wegmann (l & r) behind while training in Beijing earlier this week.
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USA riders arrive in Beijing wearing face masks
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A USA rider wearing a face mask
to protect against Beijing's smog.
Before the showFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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AFP Photo
Road course pre-rideFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
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Rob Jones/www.canadiancyclist.com
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