London Olympics Photos July 28 - Aug 1

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Race favorite Mark Cavendish (GB) signs-in while Great Britain teammate and Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins looks on. These two were expected to get the host nation off to a good start.	Britian's Prince Charles, Camilla (Duchess of Cornwall) with UCI President Pat McQuaid, as the peloton awaits the start at The Mall	The peloton rolls past Buckingham Palace
250 km to go...	Needless to say, there were many partisan fans among the large crowd on hand	The 5% grade Box Hill climb was ridden nine times. Fans were charged to view from this part of the course
Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz) biding his time. We'll see him again later.	The hill turned out to be hard enough to zap the strength of the sprinters	A panoramic from the top of Box Hill
Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and David Millar at the front of the chase. Great Britain didn't have enough men to control a 250 km race.	A straight section near the finish with huge crowds on both sides	Here comes the two man break
Rigoberto Uran (Col) leading Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz)	The chase about 15 seconds back	A two man break survives after breaking clear near the end of the 250 km race that started and ended at The Mall
39 year-old Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz), who is set to retire at the end of the year, beats 25 year-old Rigoberto Uran (Col) who was caught looking over the wrong shoulder before the two man sprint in the home stretch	This sprint was for third and not first as expected	Eight seconds later, Alexander Kristoff (Norway) won the bunch sprint for the bronze medal ahead of Taylor Phinney (United States of America)
The sprinter group finshed 40s back	Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara is comforted by a Swiss coach at the finish after crashing near the the finish. It's not clear which was more painful, his elbow injury which may prevent him from competing in the TT or the missed opportunity at winning the Olympic RR.	He can't retire now; Alexandr Vinokurov (Kaz) is the 2012 Olympic men's road race champion.
The unexpected podium: 2nd Rigoberto Uran (Colombia), 1st Alexandr Vinokurov (Kazakhstan) 5:45:57, 3rd Alexander Kristoff (Norway) + 8s.	Great Britain fans were left disappointed

Stage 2:  Women's Road Race  Full Results and Report

The three women sprint in full-flight at The Mall after 140 km of racing	Three women break succeeds in the pouring rain. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) celebrates her win against Lizzie Armitstead (Great Britain) and Olga Zabelinskaya (Russia) + 2s	There's a hair-raising victory salute; Marianne Vos wins gold for the Netherlands
27 seconds later, Ina Teutenberg (Germany), Giorgia Bronzini (Italy), Emma Johansson (Sweden) led the field across for 4th, 5th and 6th	The sun thankfully reappeared for the podium ceremony	Your 2012 London Olympics Women's RR podium: 2nd Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain), 1st Marianne Vos (Netherlands) 3:35:29, 3rd Olga Zabelinskaya (Russian Federation) + 2s

Stage 3:  Women's TT  Full Results and Report

Kristin Armstrong (United States of America) repeats her 2008 Beijing Gold Medal performance by winning the London Olympics Women's 29 km Individual Time Trial by 15s in 37:34.82	The top three women from the London Olympics TT waiting for the podium: 2nd Judith Arndt (Germany) + 15.47, 1st Kristin Armstrong (United States of America) 37:34.82, 3rd Olga Zabelinskaya (Russian Federation) + 22.53

Stage 4:  Men's TT  Full Results and Report

Start ramp reflection on the visor of Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	In front of partisan crowd of British supporters, Bradley Wiggins continued his dominance of individual time-trial events this year	Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins on his way to delivering the first Gold Medal performance by the host nation at this year's event
Bradley Wiggins (GBR) won the 44km ITT in 50:39.54	The current World Champ, Tony Martin (Germany), has had a tough year with injuries. Although, he looked as silky smooth as usual on the bike, he finished 2nd + 42s	Kenyan born and raised Christopher Froome made it 1st and 3rd for Great Britain finishing 1:08 back of Wiggins' winning time
The defending Olympic Men's TT champ was hampered by an injured elbow sustained during the road race several days ago. Fabian Cancellara finished 7th +2:15.	In any TT event, it always seems at least one unfortunate rider has really bad luck. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spain) came into the TT with a good chance of obtaining a medal, but a broken chain and later a flat, ended his chances.	Your 2012 London Olympics Men's TT podium with Bradley Wiggins reveling in glory at becoming Britain's most successful Olympic athlete ever and about to receive his 7th Olympic career medal
2nd Tony Martin (Germany) + 42s, 1st Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 44km in 50:39.54 and 3rd Christopher Froome (Great Britain) + 1:08