:00:10. > :00:16.Welcome back to coverage of the final race of the men's omnium, the
:00:17. > :00:20.points race. Mark Cavendish desperately trying to hang on to a
:00:21. > :00:24.position in the medals. Could it even be gold within his sites? It
:00:25. > :00:25.will depend on the next 58 laps. Simon Brotherton and Chris Boardman
:00:26. > :00:46.are in the commentary box. We have 57 laps to go, Gaviria in
:00:47. > :00:57.the lead, Chung is up there, Buda keen to have a go. -- Boudat. Mark
:00:58. > :01:02.Cavendish is having a luck. He is well down on points, Boudat, but the
:01:03. > :01:07.engine is there. Five laps to go to the next sprint. To get this
:01:08. > :01:10.working, they will have to do it quickly, Cavendish not sure whether
:01:11. > :01:14.to bank on this one, has decided not to and sat up to wait for the group.
:01:15. > :01:22.I wonder whether that was the Rightmove. I think Boudat was one of
:01:23. > :01:30.the wheels that I would be looking for in this championship. He is keen
:01:31. > :01:35.to animate the race, and Boudat has a three lap advantage. Lasse Hansen
:01:36. > :01:43.leads the chase, Glenn O'Shea from Australia right on his wheel. Dylan
:01:44. > :01:51.Kennett from New Zealand in the black. A slight lull in relative
:01:52. > :01:58.terms. Boudat of the front, and Cavendish choosing not to go with
:01:59. > :02:00.him, so here's five points, a single sprint, but behind Hansen, and
:02:01. > :02:07.within touching distance of Viviani as well. Cavendish not involved in
:02:08. > :02:12.this sprint for the line, you have the Frenchman in the lead, and
:02:13. > :02:28.behind Boudat, really starting to feel that effort. It was very tight
:02:29. > :02:33.between Viviani and Veldt. Viviani gets three more points. The sprint
:02:34. > :02:37.wasn't so important, it is the fact that Viviani has now found himself
:02:38. > :02:41.off the front, and he is committed to this move now, he has a group of
:02:42. > :02:45.five and it will be difficult. Cavendish has to get on top of this
:02:46. > :02:50.very quickly. Cavendish was relying on Lasse Hansen, the defending
:02:51. > :02:55.champion, to close the gap, and he did start to do that but Cavendish
:02:56. > :03:01.didn't continue the chase. Roger Kluge and Fernando Gaviria are
:03:02. > :03:09.continuing that chase, so that helps Cavendish. Cavendish not quite on
:03:10. > :03:13.the wheels at the moment, probably feeling it now like everyone else.
:03:14. > :03:18.They still have four more sprints in this race, and he needs to make
:03:19. > :03:25.every one count. Tough attritional race for these riders. Kennett is
:03:26. > :03:30.just one point behind Cavendish and he also has a good sprint, so
:03:31. > :03:34.Cavendish has a site on moving up the medal table, but also keeping
:03:35. > :03:37.the one he has currently got. Five points behind the silver medal
:03:38. > :03:42.position currently held by Hansen, but just a point clear of the Kiwi
:03:43. > :03:46.behind him. There is Bobby Lea from the United States, I'm not sure he
:03:47. > :03:54.is going to get back into the race whether he is finished, he may be
:03:55. > :03:59.out. 44 laps to go. Tim Veldt has a little daylight, doesn't like the
:04:00. > :04:02.look of it, rolls up the track. That is the man in Gold medal position at
:04:03. > :04:06.the moment, he races the Team Sky during the season on the road, an
:04:07. > :04:10.accomplished track rider. Kennett got himself an terms by virtue of
:04:11. > :04:14.gaining a lap, and suddenly he was 20 points closer and breathing down
:04:15. > :04:20.the neck of Mark Cavendish, and what a powerful riders well. Roger Kluge
:04:21. > :04:26.had a little luck, and Gaviria now decides he would attack, and he has
:04:27. > :04:35.the company Leung Chun Wing from Hong Kong. Cavendish keeping a close
:04:36. > :04:39.eye on that as Prado from Mexico goes on side. Tim Veldt thinks about
:04:40. > :04:44.it. Two laps away from the next sprint. Gaviria has got to attack,
:04:45. > :04:48.so we can expect to see some launches from him, because he is off
:04:49. > :04:54.the podium now, fifth. He is not too far away, but he would need a break
:04:55. > :04:58.as they come around. Mark Cavendish nicely placed in fourth. Cavendish
:04:59. > :05:03.could do with hoovering up a few points here. Viviani is just a
:05:04. > :05:07.couple of riders behind him, he is very much aware of the situation,
:05:08. > :05:12.and realises he could do with taking five points from this sprint. Round
:05:13. > :05:17.the banking, into the finishing straight, Cavendish has a little
:05:18. > :05:22.luck, five points in the bag, 34 Viviani, but Mark Cavendish chipping
:05:23. > :05:25.away. Hansen managed to tack onto the back of that group, and they are
:05:26. > :05:30.riding high and wondering if someone well attack. Just waiting for that
:05:31. > :05:35.move, but Cavendish spotted it immediately, and Viviani is really
:05:36. > :05:39.gassed here, but he managed to make the gap. This looks dangerous,
:05:40. > :05:44.Viviani still in Gold medal position on 197, but Hansen and Cavendish
:05:45. > :05:51.eyelevel, and look at the three of them now forming a breakaway group.
:05:52. > :05:56.With 38 laps to go. It would help him secure a bronze medal position.
:05:57. > :06:03.He would fare well in a sprint with these two. They would be guaranteed
:06:04. > :06:06.if they work together of being just a point apart, so he wouldn't be
:06:07. > :06:11.able to catch Viviani of the three of them went away. Cavendish not
:06:12. > :06:14.interested in doing any work, Hansen dragged those riders around for a
:06:15. > :06:20.couple of laps and now he will try to do the same. Cavendish at the
:06:21. > :06:25.moment content to follow. He is now on equal points with Hansen,
:06:26. > :06:31.Cavendish, 189 points each, so all to play for for that silver medal.
:06:32. > :06:37.If you eyelevel on points at the end, it comes down to your position
:06:38. > :06:42.in the final sprint. Kluge is trying to keep it level, trying not to let
:06:43. > :06:48.too many people go away, as much so that they don't form a bridge. Kluge
:06:49. > :06:51.I think realises that getting away as his best option of getting
:06:52. > :06:54.involved in the shake-up here, because if it comes down to a
:06:55. > :06:58.sprint, he certainly would be involved. They can let him go
:06:59. > :07:01.because there is such a big gap between him and the podium at the
:07:02. > :07:07.moment, and he isn't going to threaten anybody even if he doesn't
:07:08. > :07:14.take a lap. He is down on 159 points, he would move up into fifth
:07:15. > :07:17.if he did take a lap. Dylan Kennett from New Zealand is forth at the
:07:18. > :07:24.moment. Six points behind Mark Cavendish. Kluge being given some
:07:25. > :07:32.rope, he could well take a lap here, he would gain 25 in total. Boudat is
:07:33. > :07:36.having a go again, still full of beans, full of vim and vigour,
:07:37. > :07:42.trying to make things happen in this final race. He is on 150, said he
:07:43. > :07:45.would also close on a potential medal, but it is getting more and
:07:46. > :07:51.more difficult for them to get away now as the fatigue sets in.
:07:52. > :07:57.Cavendish seems content to not contest this sprint with two riders
:07:58. > :08:00.in front and more minor places available, but Viviani is after
:08:01. > :08:05.every point you can get, so Germany on the front with Kluge. Hansen is
:08:06. > :08:11.going to score, so he will move a point away from Cavendish. Hansen
:08:12. > :08:18.will score three, got the better of Gaviria there. Cavendish is a long
:08:19. > :08:22.way back at the moment. Cavendish on the wheel of Glenn O'Shea, the
:08:23. > :08:27.Australian, who moves up the track. Real commitment from Lasse Hansen
:08:28. > :08:31.both in that sprint and sense as he goes down the back straight. Kluge
:08:32. > :08:40.has just been caught, and Hansen ploughs on. There he is, number six,
:08:41. > :08:44.he won in London four years ago. Mark Cavendish will join up, but
:08:45. > :08:50.Hansen has just gone. He is trying to bludgeon them into submission
:08:51. > :08:56.here. It is turning into a real slugging match, really, as everybody
:08:57. > :09:01.is absolutely on the rivet. Gaviria, gasping, tries to catch his breath
:09:02. > :09:05.as Hansen again hits the front, and Cavendish just a couple of bike
:09:06. > :09:09.lengths behind to give area there, Cavendish in the Navy with the White
:09:10. > :09:13.helmet behind Fernando Gaviria, those two were team-mates the last
:09:14. > :09:19.couple of years, not this season. Cavendish has since moved on. Hansen
:09:20. > :09:27.surrendered for now, has gone to sit at the back, and recover as much as
:09:28. > :09:36.he can. 25 laps to go. Viviani on 197 points, Hansen on 191, Cavendish
:09:37. > :09:42.189, give area 177. It is tight for the silver certainly at the moment.
:09:43. > :09:46.I think Cavendish can move up here. He is the superior sprinter, he
:09:47. > :09:52.could do it in a single sprint, and they have three remaining, of
:09:53. > :09:57.course. That is 15 points in total. We are inside the last 25 laps, you
:09:58. > :10:00.can feel the tension in the air. It is starting to build here for a
:10:01. > :10:09.thrilling finale to this men's omnium. Cavendish will try to finish
:10:10. > :10:13.his search for an Olympic medal. Everybody happy to have a little
:10:14. > :10:16.break now. Cavendish just rolling down, bringing the race back down to
:10:17. > :10:24.the bottom of the track, makes it more difficult for people to attack.
:10:25. > :10:28.A slight lull in the action here before the grand finale. They can
:10:29. > :10:31.almost smell the finish, 22 laps to go, everybody getting ready for this
:10:32. > :10:39.next sprint, starting to try to position themselves. Cavendish will
:10:40. > :10:43.want points, and so does Viviani. Cavendish looked as though he were
:10:44. > :10:48.trying to box Viviani in, but Viviani got ahead. Hansen is making
:10:49. > :10:53.another charge from the back, there is no stopping him, he is like a
:10:54. > :10:56.steam train. Mark Cavendish keeps cocking his head to the right to
:10:57. > :10:59.keep an eye on the Danish rider as they take the bell this time, and
:11:00. > :11:04.Cavendish avoids that outswing from Viviani and goes around the outside,
:11:05. > :11:09.shoulder to shoulder, what a battle between these three sprinters.
:11:10. > :11:16.Gaviria, Viviani and Cavendish, and Cavendish has to settle for three
:11:17. > :11:20.points, Viviani leads them home. Hansen is going to have to attack to
:11:21. > :11:25.protect his silver medal position, he rolls through down the bottom of
:11:26. > :11:31.the track, but it is becoming quite predictable, Cavendish waiting for
:11:32. > :11:35.him to come through. Cavendish joint on 192 with Hansen, his advantage
:11:36. > :11:38.has been wiped out once more, but he is on the attack again. He has
:11:39. > :11:43.rolled off the front, and nobody has followed him, he is such a strong
:11:44. > :11:47.rider, he is going to keep plugging away, if you don't want to bring him
:11:48. > :11:52.back. I think half the field couldn't follow him if they tried,
:11:53. > :11:54.they are gasping for air here. Hansen is unstoppable, on the attack
:11:55. > :12:01.once again with Tim Veldt of the Netherlands. Mark Cavendish fourth
:12:02. > :12:10.in line, looking to close that gap. He has Monteiro and Kabuki behind
:12:11. > :12:16.him. He is responsible for closing the gap, because he is under threat.
:12:17. > :12:22.He just swings up and thinks the momentum of the race will bring
:12:23. > :12:26.these three back into the fold. Hansen continues to use up a lot of
:12:27. > :12:31.energy here. I don't think he has looked around to check to see that
:12:32. > :12:36.they are all back together. Viviani is also going across lowly.
:12:37. > :12:40.Cavendish needs to be careful. He has backed off a little at the
:12:41. > :12:44.moment. And that gap is opening, everybody happy to take a break, but
:12:45. > :12:50.he has had a breather and nets across. Back on the gas. Hansen on
:12:51. > :12:53.the front, with Viviani in the white and blue shorts in behind him, and
:12:54. > :13:02.Hansen just assists for a moment or two. 14 laps remaining, 13 when they
:13:03. > :13:07.come around next time, just ten points left in this race. It will be
:13:08. > :13:13.very difficult for somebody to take a lap now, because there isn't much
:13:14. > :13:18.racing left to do. Viviani diving down the track, and Boudat had to
:13:19. > :13:22.keep his wits about him, he was almost put on the deck, something he
:13:23. > :13:26.pointed out. Everybody is resigning themselves to the fact that this
:13:27. > :13:30.will be a sprint, they are rolling around the bottom. Two laps to go to
:13:31. > :13:33.the next sprint, Cavendish quite well down the group. It looks like
:13:34. > :13:37.he will try to consolidate silver rather than push for gold, which at
:13:38. > :13:44.this stage of the race is a wise move. Veldt, Viviani and Zakkar off
:13:45. > :13:50.attack, and next time over the line they will be one lap away from the
:13:51. > :13:57.penultimate sprint, 11 laps to go. Veldt, Viviani, Zakharov, Cavendish
:13:58. > :14:00.moving forward now. I think he can see Hansen, gets behind him, but he
:14:01. > :14:04.needs to get that one point ahead of Lasse Hansen, and if he does, he is
:14:05. > :14:10.definitely in the silver medal position on his own. Hansen found a
:14:11. > :14:13.second wind to charge across, he realised that Cavendish might move
:14:14. > :14:19.across to that group, and they could pull away. I don't think he has got
:14:20. > :14:23.the legs with just the final sprint remaining now, and Cavendish in
:14:24. > :14:31.silver medal position. Viviani has nine laps to go, nine laps before he
:14:32. > :14:37.could become the Olympic champion. Boudat looks again on the inside
:14:38. > :14:40.France. Roger Kluge on the lookout for any potential breakaway, inside
:14:41. > :14:43.the last ten maps of the race. A breakaway would be good for Mark
:14:44. > :14:47.Cavendish now, because it would mop up the points, and now he has a
:14:48. > :14:52.1-point advantage, and he would secure that silver medal. The same
:14:53. > :14:55.for Viviani, he would be happy for these guys to go, because none of
:14:56. > :14:59.them would affect the medals, so they are just taking away the
:15:00. > :15:04.points. The only loser in that field there is Hansen. Viviani three times
:15:05. > :15:09.a World Championship medallist on the track. Will he land a big
:15:10. > :15:16.Olympic title here? Six laps to go, and he is on the had to make sure.
:15:17. > :15:20.Germany, France and Colombia in the lead. Mark Cavendish right at the
:15:21. > :15:23.back, he is just marking the one man. Viviani has rolled off the
:15:24. > :15:28.front, likes to finish in style, and no one has gone after him either, so
:15:29. > :15:34.he might get to celebrate in style. Mark Cavendish has just made his one
:15:35. > :15:39.man all he is thinking about here. Cavendish keeping close tabs on the
:15:40. > :15:46.Dane, Lasse Hansen. Here are the three leaders on the track, inside
:15:47. > :15:49.the last five laps. Kluge, Boudat, World Championship couple of years
:15:50. > :15:55.ago, and Gaviria, world champion for the last two years, what a finish at
:15:56. > :16:00.the front, those three, none of them have the chance to become Olympic
:16:01. > :16:08.champion here now. Viviani, puffing and blowing, four laps to go.
:16:09. > :16:18.Hansen will rush him now. It is his only shot and Mark Cavendish, he has
:16:19. > :16:21.been watching him carefully, has led handsome get behind him, I think he
:16:22. > :16:29.has the legs and he has picked him up with two laps to go. The long
:16:30. > :16:41.sprint is on and Cavendish on the wheel of 20 line. Boudat right
:16:42. > :16:46.behind. They take the Bell. They are not contesting the win overall but
:16:47. > :16:54.Lasse Norma is on the attack for Denmark. Cavendish moves ahead, he
:16:55. > :17:03.is making sure he can get that final point on the line to consolidate
:17:04. > :17:06.that silver medal here comes Boudat -- Boudat, Mark Cavendish gives up
:17:07. > :17:12.the final point on offer that make sure he has the silver medal. That
:17:13. > :17:17.is for Great Britain after all the effort and all the Olympic
:17:18. > :17:18.heartache, Mark Cavendish has an Olympic medal, a silver medal and it
:17:19. > :17:32.is richly deserved. But Fernando Gaviria Rendon has the
:17:33. > :17:40.gold medal. He started this final race in the lead and he clung on the
:17:41. > :17:46.lead -- 45 Micro. In terms of trying to win the Olympic title, you have
:17:47. > :17:54.to give some special prize to Lasse Hansen, the defending champion who
:17:55. > :17:58.finishes with the bronze medal -- Viviani. Viviani had to work so
:17:59. > :18:05.hard, great to see this level of the motion. The fact that he has just
:18:06. > :18:12.realised that he is the new Olympic omnium champion. He was fourth in
:18:13. > :18:19.the World Championship. There is Mark Cavendish who has had a great
:18:20. > :18:23.season. Mission accomplished in the Tour de France. He had never worn it
:18:24. > :18:31.before and a medal on the track. He came in fairly late, but he is
:18:32. > :18:37.committed to it and he has the reward of a silver medal. He is
:18:38. > :18:40.looking for his family in the crowd. They are all here, they have been
:18:41. > :18:49.watching him throughout this competition. Lasse Hansen, deserve
:18:50. > :18:53.it bronze medal position. Coming into this competition, no would have
:18:54. > :18:58.had Mark Cavendish down as the favourite. He fought hard, he got
:18:59. > :19:03.mad Olympic medal that has eluded him for so long, not the colour he
:19:04. > :19:08.would have liked, but here and that silver medal and he did the best job
:19:09. > :19:13.he could with personal bests. It was a tough and long and attritional
:19:14. > :19:18.race and you can see how much it means both to 12 Micro and Mark
:19:19. > :19:32.Cavendish who is greeted by his family at track-side -- Viviani.
:19:33. > :19:37.Mark Cavendish, silver medallist. He has family there. They had their
:19:38. > :19:43.fingers in their ears because of the noise. Now the smile comes. His
:19:44. > :19:48.little baby boy will one day be told the story of the day that his dad
:19:49. > :19:55.tried to win an Olympic medal and he did it. I never realised a race over
:19:56. > :20:02.160 macro could be so tense for so long. It was a classic race and a
:20:03. > :20:08.good climax to the omnium. On reflection when he watches this and
:20:09. > :20:12.he has time to look back on the last year of his career, he will be
:20:13. > :20:18.delighted with the silver medal. What a challenge that was. The right
:20:19. > :20:22.man won, Viviani was too strong. Fantastic performance. We will be
:20:23. > :20:26.hearing the reaction from Mark Cavendish and it will be interesting
:20:27. > :20:31.to know if he can get over the disappointment of not winning and
:20:32. > :20:35.being satisfied with having contributed to that medal board
:20:36. > :20:42.which now moves up to 41 for Team GB but also to complete a dream that he
:20:43. > :20:46.has that he could be the all-rounder rider to do what he has done in the
:20:47. > :20:51.Tour de France, to also have done it here on the track and it was an
:20:52. > :20:55.eventful race. We will break it down and one of the first was Lasse
:20:56. > :21:00.Hansen who ended up being in this duel for the silver medal, making a
:21:01. > :21:05.break and getting 20 points and slapping the rest of them. Following
:21:06. > :21:09.his great pursuit, he knew he had the strength to get a lap and by
:21:10. > :21:18.getting that he gained 20 points and was crucial. This crash, the Korean
:21:19. > :21:25.is taken out but so is the eventual winner, Viviani, you can see that
:21:26. > :21:30.Viviani, in his suit is all part. To get up from that and still win is
:21:31. > :21:40.extraordinary. Tough athletes, you can see him apologising. Let us hear
:21:41. > :21:44.from Mark Cavendish. A silver medal, you have achieved so much on the
:21:45. > :21:49.bike, you really committed to these Olympics, I know you would have
:21:50. > :21:58.loved the gold medal, but you must be delighted. I am happy. Viviani
:21:59. > :22:01.was the best guy there. He took the points in the elimination, that
:22:02. > :22:06.would have put me there are with him. I will be ruin that, but there
:22:07. > :22:17.was nothing I could do, he was strong. It was hard to get away.
:22:18. > :22:23.Some of the minor placings, they let others go and not me and that will
:22:24. > :22:29.end up being clipped bait for the same stuff as London, they love all
:22:30. > :22:35.of that. I am happy, what can I do. I have to let go, I have my Olympic
:22:36. > :22:40.medal. You fully committed to these Olympics, we saw you in the Tour de
:22:41. > :22:47.France, and to see you here, getting this medal with the medal, what does
:22:48. > :22:51.that mean to you? It is really nice. I still think a gold medal would
:22:52. > :23:02.finish the collection but that is just me. It is just how I am. I am
:23:03. > :23:10.super happy. Honestly. I think everyone, the lads the other night,
:23:11. > :23:15.I think I am not just proud, but the sprint, everyone who has won, the
:23:16. > :23:21.team is behind us, we have incredible riders in Great Britain,
:23:22. > :23:26.but I have seen the nutritionist, the mechanics, the guy who developed
:23:27. > :23:30.the bikes and pursuits, the data analysts, it is incredible how they
:23:31. > :23:36.have worked. I have just learned a whole new thing and I have learned a
:23:37. > :23:40.whole new thing for that. I know for a fact out -- without those guys I
:23:41. > :23:48.would not be on the podium. I owe them a great deal. It would have
:23:49. > :23:51.been nice for a shame to be here. Tokyo in four years' time? I do not
:23:52. > :23:55.think so. I am tired. I cannot do that cycle playing again, that
:23:56. > :24:03.Olympic cycle. I said that years ago, though, I will retire at some
:24:04. > :24:09.point, but a month at home, they will be sick of me and will want me
:24:10. > :24:14.back on my bike. Thank you. Thank you. It is funny, in their heat of
:24:15. > :24:20.the immediate post-battle, why on earth would you feel you can do
:24:21. > :24:22.another four years, but he loves the Commonwealth Games and loves
:24:23. > :24:28.representing the Isle of Man. That is only two years away and as we
:24:29. > :24:31.discuss, and those shorter term targets are sometimes easier to
:24:32. > :24:36.compute. It depends whether he decides to go back on the road
:24:37. > :24:40.immediately. I am sure he would go for the road race. It depends on the
:24:41. > :24:47.circuit, if it was flat, he might consider it. He is disappointed and
:24:48. > :24:51.frustrated, he knows that was a great result and you look at Lasse
:24:52. > :24:59.Hansen who made a terrible mistake in the elimination race, that would
:25:00. > :25:02.have put there. As he said, Viviani was the right winner and when it
:25:03. > :25:07.came down to a sprint, Viviani tended to win and you could see how
:25:08. > :25:14.emotional he was and the whole of the last lap he was in tears. For
:25:15. > :25:19.Italy, it was the seventh gold medal of the games. Viviani has victory
:25:20. > :25:25.sewn up, but Lasse Hansen in the red is the man that Mark Cavendish is
:25:26. > :25:30.covering. He was sitting in his way over the last two or three laps, he
:25:31. > :25:37.knew it was the silver medal. He is looking behind, Lasse Hansen has
:25:38. > :25:42.already blown it, there was no big celebration, there was a sense of
:25:43. > :25:46.disappointment, but he has to see this as a massive achievement to
:25:47. > :25:50.come back on the road and have adapted to these different events,
:25:51. > :25:56.it is not one specific thing, it is about being the best all-rounder and
:25:57. > :26:04.he was that almost. Just a word on the contribution that families make,
:26:05. > :26:11.how tough is it on the family of an Olympic cyclist? Ewart have to ask
:26:12. > :26:17.them. It is tough. Racing, you watch it and you were nervous, but it is
:26:18. > :26:22.living with an Olympic athlete and the fact they have to put your sport
:26:23. > :26:27.first and they have to be selfish. They are the team behind the riders
:26:28. > :26:31.as well as the support staff and the coaches, your family are your best
:26:32. > :26:37.supporter and you cannot do without them. What is your view of what Mark
:26:38. > :26:42.Cavendish you do, he is 31 years old? It is down to enjoyment, if he
:26:43. > :26:53.can have a break, get back on his bike and reset his goals, there is
:26:54. > :26:55.plenty of life left in him, looking at the Tour de France, overall stage
:26:56. > :27:01.victories, total, that would be something he would be interested in.
:27:02. > :27:10.What is the record? 35 or 34. I know Simon will know. We now come to the
:27:11. > :27:20.third element of the women's omnium. Laura leaves. That light will flash
:27:21. > :27:27.if you are last annual be eliminated and it happens every other lap and
:27:28. > :27:36.this is a brilliant race to watch. Simon Khan tell us about it. The
:27:37. > :27:41.greatest of them all, 34 stage wins. He was a five-time winner of the
:27:42. > :27:48.tour and Mark Cavendish closing in on the study for reaching 30 in the
:27:49. > :27:52.Tour de France. We are underway in the elimination race. She is
:27:53. > :27:57.smarting from the defeat in that pursuit event Laura Trott, this is
:27:58. > :28:05.her favourite discipline and she is the favourite to watch. She can make
:28:06. > :28:17.holes out of nowhere. She is keen to get underway Hammer won. Sarah
:28:18. > :28:25.Hammer on the front. The Cuban is at the back of the field and she is. It
:28:26. > :28:31.is Marlies Mejias Garcia who is the first one out in this race. Hammer
:28:32. > :28:37.leading things, happy to sit on the front. She is pushing the air out of
:28:38. > :28:42.the way but she stays safe. Laura Trott is on the inside. In the White
:28:43. > :28:48.helmet with the Navy skin suit behind the New Zealand rider. She
:28:49. > :28:53.knows she is OK there. So many times, watching the back of the
:28:54. > :29:03.race, but she can find her way around no matter where she is in the
:29:04. > :29:18.peloton. There are goes 38 and the rider who will be out next, it is
:29:19. > :29:21.the Japanese rider -- Pikulik. Laura Trott, coming around the outside,
:29:22. > :29:30.Hammer has not moved from the front jet. Laura Trott in a good position
:29:31. > :29:35.on this elimination lap and out goes Pikulik from Poland. Trott nicely in
:29:36. > :29:40.shelters since the start of the event, pushing the wind, deciding
:29:41. > :29:47.she will have a spell in the front. Hammer box den but that is OK, still
:29:48. > :29:52.plenty of bodies behind her. Laura Trott on the front of the pack and
:29:53. > :29:58.at that back it is Beveridge from Canada, but she has time to get out
:29:59. > :30:08.of the position she finds herself in, pressure on the Japanese
:30:09. > :30:15.contender. That is a real surprise to see Beveridge out at this point,
:30:16. > :30:22.she was ranked tenth. Now on the inside of the track, it is Laura
:30:23. > :30:27.Trott. Now the contender from Belarus moves to the front and still
:30:28. > :30:31.at the back is the rider from Taipei. Really nervous, despite
:30:32. > :30:36.having lots of people behind her, she wants to be in the first two or
:30:37. > :30:47.three every time. Desperate not to make a mistake. She is hoping to get
:30:48. > :30:56.back gold medal that has eluded her. Three-time silver medallist in the
:30:57. > :31:03.Olympic Games. And next elimination lap coming up and I think that the
:31:04. > :31:21.rider from Taipei will be the next ago, she is struggling at the back.
:31:22. > :31:32.Welcome back to further coverage of the Olympics. Mark Cavendish took
:31:33. > :31:36.the silver medal in the omnium. Laura Trott is currently involved in
:31:37. > :31:40.the elimination race, it is the third of six events in the omnium
:31:41. > :31:47.and the aim here is not to finish last when they spread to every other
:31:48. > :31:51.lap. We are on sprint seven of 16 and Laura Trott is looking
:31:52. > :31:52.comfortable. We will leave you on BBC Two and join us