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The crowd on both sides now have just going mad. They can't smile as

they come up to the line. They are allowing themselves to think, we

are Olympic champions! Great Britain into the record books.

Great Britain are the Olympic champions and it could not go to

more worthy winners. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, we stand up

and so Luke shook for the British rowing team and for the country.

The dead - salute you. Wasn't that just remarkable?

We may have had to wait until day 5 but that was well worth the wait.

Not just a gold medal but a victory of breathtaking dominance. And now

we're off the mark let us hope that a gold medals are like London buses.

He is the master of the time trial. The master of the Tour de France.

Bradley Wiggins rides into the record books!

We have waited a long time for this one up and the sad to note it could

easily be two. I hope you have got you're Golden sideburns ready.

Back to the road now and the women's time-trial has just

finished. The great hope for Great Britain was Emma Pooley. She is so

talented on the road and actually has a P.H. D in soil Engineering!

She was silver medallist in 2008 in Beijing. She really is a crime.

This does not play to her strength. -- a climber. Sadly she was just in

second place in this stage. It has been a dramatic road race. We can't

explain what else will be going on there a little later on. -- we can.

Lizzie Armitstead was also competing for Great Britain and

would have been desperate to follow up her silver medal from the road

race. Kirsten Armstrong was the real star as far as the United

States was concerned. She put in an absolutely stunning performance.

That was how things got going as far as the women were concerned.

Let us hear from bezique arms debt. -- from Lizzie Armitstead.

This was not your preferred event. How was it for you as much it was

really awful. The time trial rests on my team, their mentality and the

way they train, you have to put yourself through some dark places

in your mind to get through that. I saw that it was 10 kilometres to go

and I could not believe it. I have never felt such pain. It is very

competitive at the moment, very close. It does not look as though

Emma Pooley has been able to crack this one. It was not really suited

for her. She was fantastic in the road race

and played a big difference such it would have been good to see her on

the podium. But the level at the moment is just incredible. To be

successful on a course not suited to you was always going to be a

Challenge. Well congratulations and a sterling

effort. She was never really expected to excel in that time

trial. But could Emma Pooley hang on in their? This is what happened

on in their? This is what happened in the concluding part of the race.

31 seconds off the pace of the Russian. That is an incredible ride.

She is going to be really happy with that.

We wait now Villumsen. She was silver medallist in Copenhagen 12

months ago. She drives on for the line. The Russian it is still going

to beat in the gold medal position. It is going to be close but I

reckon if she is going to go silver at this stage. Second for Villumsen.

What a finish we are in for it here. She is going to be very nervous now.

It is a would say the best performance of her career. Is she

going to get a medal? Look at this very narrow section of the course.

The crowds massive as they wait for the arrival of the two serious

medal contenders still out on the course. Judith's aunt, a top podium

finisher - Arndt. She is so versatile.

Armstrong just has a handful of minutes to get the last bit of

effort out. I think that is Marianne Vos. What

an incentive that would be to try to pull out pure speed. Armstrong

is going to catch the world champion. I'm waiting to see that.

I think it was Marianne Vos. Of course she was caught by Arndt.

So the Russian leading, New Zealand in second place. And this is

Armstrong sweeping past Marianne Vos. Marianne Vos has been caught

with three minutes via Armstrong were just squeezes through. She is

just going to take the shortest line around this course. That was a

great incentive for her in the closing stages. And it is a quick

time for Judith Arndt. Here it comes. She goes into the lead. She

has taken at seven seconds off the time. And now the defending

champion, Kristen Armstrong. can see the experience now. She has

time to pace beautifully over the distance.

And we confirm the medal positions. Villumsen in bronze and must be

biting her nails now. She is a fighter and desperately

wants this. She looked solid in the road race at the weekend. And it is

very good. It looks as if Christen Armstrong is going to maintain her

title. And retain the crown as the Olympic champion and win her second

Olympic gold medal. Coming up to the line now. Armstrong at of the

United States wins the Gold Medal digging 15 seconds off the time of

the German Judith Arndt. Villumsen pushed down to fourth.

What a ride. Celebrations beginning to unfold.

Your face says it all, a bitter disappointment for you there.

We always knew the course was never going to be necessarily suited to

you. You prefer something with more climbing in it. How hard was it?

You always have to push hard. I did that. I do not think I could have

gone any faster. In the time-trial you cannot affect

anyone else. You just write your best. I'm disappointed. But if

someone else is better, good on them and they deserved to win.

Lizzie Armitstead was St UWE Road so well for her in a road race. It

is difficult to back it up when you put in that kind of effort.

I was pleased to be able to help Lizzie Armitstead get the medal and

she fully deserves silver. The time-trial on Box Hill would

have been better for me. But the support out there is fantastic. I

support out there is fantastic. I have never heard so much noise!

really feel for her there. She would have been desperate to match

or to better that silver from Beijing. But in the end she

finished 6th which she was clearly disappointed about. Christopher

Armstrong from the United States managed to pull it out when it

mattered. Emma Pooley disappointed there.

Nicole Cooke is with me. You'll have grabbed a few minutes. A

fantastic win by Armstrong. It is very hard for Emma Pooley, she gave

it her absolute everything. It is just one of the worst moments in

sport when that happens. But it was Kristin Armstrong. She started fast,

steady through the second section and finished strongly. It was an

incredible ride and a great continuation of her career. She is

now a double Olympic champion. And a thrilling finale for the podium

as well. Looking forward to the men's race,

and Bradley Wiggins goes in it as the favourite. He is the favourite.

He is probably thinking he just cannot wait to get started. He

really has a serious chance of getting a gold medal in the time-

trial. And Chris Froome may even have snatched an adult as well. It

will be interesting to see how they both get on. It is important to

mention it Chris Froome because he did come second in the Tour de

France. Looking up the other rivals, of Fabien Cancellara from

Switzerland, he broke his collarbone earlier in the year. He

went down in the road race and we thought he may have damaged his

collarbone again. How strong is he looking? Physically he is probably,

he's got the legs but it just depends how he can hold it together

and get through the pain. I am sure he will give it absolutely

everything. You would not want to count him out but it is not an

ideal man up into one of the biggest races. Tony Martin Laird

from Germany, he helped the team a little in the road race but he

broke his wrist earlier and says he is still in pain. Will he provide a

particular Challenge? He is the reigning world champion. And again

he is the rider who has not had an amazing season this year. So a

little bit of an outsider. But he is a champion and perhaps cannot

raise his game on the day. Well we Now hopes are high for British

boxing at the games not least because Great Britain can call on

the power and presence of Antony Joshua. It is a traditionally sport

for Ireland too. We will see one of their rising stars but first here

is what it is all about. Boxing. Only amateur boxers and boxers

competing in the world series can compete at the Olympic Games. And

for the first time in Olympic history, London 2012, we will see

female boxers competing. Olympic boxers wear red or blue, all wear a

head-guard and vest and use ten ounce gloves. Men's bouts are

fought over three, 3 minute rounds while the women's will be over four

two minute rounds. One referee will control the bout inside the ring

and five judge also score outside the ring. Using an electronic

scoring system. To score a point the knuckle area of a glove has to

hit the for get area. The person with the most points at the end of

the bout wins. If a boxer is knocked down and fails to get up

within a ten second count, they automatically loose. If a coach

feels their boxer should not continue, they will concede defeat

by throwing in the towel at any point except during a count. If you

would like to get involved in Olympic sports go to the website.

Here with go. Time for live boxing, always one of the most popular

sport of the popular questions I have had on Twitter for the past

couple of weeks is why are the scores no longer displayed on

screen? I do understand it makes it hard to follow the fight, it is

just to keep the judging fair and impartial which is something that

we all want to see. So let us head to the ExCel centre, we are live,

if you look, we are about to see one of the Irish superstars,

bantamweight fighter John Joe a preliminary contest. And for both

of these men it is the second Olympic Games. Youngest Irish boxer

in Beijing four years ago. He qualified for London through the

contest. In the boxing tournament in the Olympic Games. And this is

going to be a tough one for Ireland. The 23-year-old in his second

Olympic Games and he has had two world bronze medals in 2009 and the

one last year, from Baku earned him the right to be here. His opponent

qualified through the world series of boxing division, which is a

hybrid division, a kind of hybrid tournament set up by the amateur

international boxing association, nine male boxer, two women, Ireland

with five male boxers and the four time woman's champion Katie Taylor.

Even in, hands low, economical style. Came comfortableibly against

the Danish boxer in his opening contest, 21-6 and his opponent got

rid of his man 15-7. Even in can't afford to fall short. This Kazakh,

he is a counter puncher, southpaw, a nightmare opponent to be honest,

if you fall short with your attack here, he comes back his counter. He

is skilful this Kazakh boxer. He will feint. He wants you to lead

wauf the jab and he will counter you with the right hook. It is

important that even in is accurate, fast with the feet, gets in with

the shots like that one and can't afford to fall short here. In his

opening contest even in, the Irishman dominated the centre of

the ring. He now is being forced to move round and his opponent is

taking centre ring. A different tactic from even in. Fast feet from

the Kazakh. Lost in his opening contest four years to a Cuban,

whereas even in beat an Algerian boxer and went on to be defeated

only by 9-2. The closest contest. It's the right tactic what even in

is doing. He is not lunging in and being careless. That was not a bad

counter. What he has to do more of is edge closer and feint with his

jab, he has to draw the lead of the Kazakh and throw down the pipe. He

must draw the opponent on to the shot. Like most southpaws the boxer

from Caz -- Kazakhstan is waiting for him to come to him. He is

hoping to get that left counter across. Even in has sin ter ring.

Even in. Not much in this Not at all. The Kazakh nearly lost his

balance. Even in has moved away and is that going to make a difference

he has won it by 5-2, the Irishman. Even he will be delighted with that

in the corner with Billy wash, they will be chuffed about that. What a

good opening round. -- Billy Walsh: That is a great score for Nevin.

Now tactics will change from the Kazakh, he may come on his front

foot more. That may suit Nevin. He has to stay nice and tight. But to

be three points up, you don't see that very often in this tournament

so far, so they will be really advantage at the start of this

second round, in favour of the man in red, the Irishman John Joe Nevin.

Seeded number five, world rated number four in the most recent

rankings. Certainly because of that, would have been favourite for this

contest, but the man he is up against has been round the block a

time or two and he knows he's will have to put the foot on the gas and

force the pace. That means will come forward and Nevin, he is a

good counter puncture, that might suit him. Great right hand by the

Irishman. It will suit him more, what he has to do is keep, just

that is good. I was going to say kept the left hooks go, he has to

keep his nerve. It will be a test of character. Hold his nerve, bring

him on to the shots. The Kazakh is going to come forward, which he is

doing. He is confident. He should walk on to the punches. They have

anticipated and Nevin is moving away and getting that right hand

across into the middle. This is good work by the Irishman, lovely

change of direction. He is boxing especially Nevin at the moment.

key to his timing, he is starting to counter attack and as his

opponent is coming forward Nevin is starting to beat him to the punch.

A good tactic. The, I don't agree with that, Nevin is boxing on the

back foot and the referee says you have to come forward, I don't agree.

I think he is boxing the perfect fight, the Irishman. If you go

beyond a certain period of time without trying to throw a punch the

referee can have a word with you, for passivety. I didn't think he

was going to be passive. That wasn't passive. That was on the

squashed nose of the Kazakh. Coming up to the end of two minute, the

second round, if anything, I reconNevin has extended this lead.

He has boxed cleverly, single qal - - quality shots the Jungs can't

miss. Five with a key pad with red and blue button, if they press

three within a minute, or a second I should say, sometimes we think it

looks like a minute! Press the button and the score is reported.

No running score up the top left hand corner any more. At the moment,

the hand that will be raised and the name that will be read out is

that of John Joe Nevin from Ireland. He has outworked his opponent in

this second round. He has turned the tables. Normally this Kazakh

boxer aims to frustrate the opponents what is happening is

Nevin is doing that, he is bringing him on to shots. The Kazakh cannot

close the gap down and he is walking on to punches. Right hand

is crucial and the timing with that punch almost also. But the Kazakh

has to get Klose to Nevin but the Irishman is not letting him do that.

referee. 10-5 to Ireland with three minutes to go. 5-2, 5-3. We thought

the second round was more in favour than Nevin's favour but he is five

points up and surely he is not going to lose this one. Good shot

by the Kazakh but a great shot to the body be the Irishman. He is box

especially, brings him on the a short right upper cut. Beat on to

the punch. That was a typical counter attack. Nevin quickened the

feet up and beat him to the punch. There is that right hand again

there. Similar tactic, his timing is perfect up to now, Nevin.

Difficult to pull that back for the attention to the coaches in the

corner. Four years ago in Beijing, the man in red representing Ireland

here in London 2012. He is under three minutes away from going one

better. Got here because the, got to the semifinals of the World

Championships last year, and went out very very narrowly to England's

Luke Campbell. It was 12-12. Very close round and as it turned out

Campbell through a greater volume of punches. --. Threw. Nevin has to

be content with a second world bronze. Under pressure but he is a

good man at finding distance when he has to find that reverse gear.

He has turned into the outout-and- out counter puncher. He is bringing

his opponent on to the shots. It is important he stays concentrated and

his Rigg ring position is so important. He doesn't need to be on

the rope, if he is, that will allow the Kazakh to land come pi basing

mun -- punches. Got stay centre, keep calm, keep a cool head and

keep bringing him on the that right hand. Good boxing. The stkpwhrvings

Again he gets on with the right hand. The referee has been harsh on

Nevin, he is getting out of the way and the referee has been

interpreting that as a lack of willingness to box, but that is not

the case, he has been clever. the one who is winning the contest,

so I haven't agreed with the referee when he has stopped him

from moving back. I know you can't run away, but you certainly, he

certainly has been landing the better shot. Look at that. He is

moving away and then sneaks the shot there. The Kazakh was not

aware of that. It is very good boxing on the back foot from this

Irishman. Just about a minute remaining, can the Kazakh, he has

been outworked and outpunched and outthought by the Irishman, the man.

They will be devastated the Kazakhs because they really rate this fella.

I have seen him train and spar many times, this Kazakh, and he is very

good indeed. But, Ireland's Nevin here has his number. Less than a

minute. Oh. Lovely switch of direction by nevirpbgs just threw

out that right hand and flicked in a left. He has been frustrating

since about the start of the second round, he has been frustrating the

Kazakh all the way through. I think he was hurt with a shot there.

There was no need to stand as long combinations off. Nevin got in with

a good right hand. Abutalipov should have been able to step back

but he hasn't done it. Just a few seconds to go. Nevin hanging on.

The referee said no to that one. An odd decision.

And look at that, he knows he has won it. That is a tremendous

performance from Nevin. Abutalipov would have been favourite to win

this. He brought him on to the shops. He was caught at time of 2

in that last round. But he has box like a veteran. He frustrated his

opponent, a tremendous display. The movement from the waist and was

superb. There is that a sharp jab. Well here we go. The winner by a

score of 15 points to 10 is the red corner, representing Ireland.

John Joe Nevin There he has won it comfortably against a Bury good

comfortably against a Bury good opponent. -- very good.

What a fantastic performance. He only made it through to this stage

in Beijing before being knocked out. He is getting closer to a medal for

it Ireland. In just about half-an- hour we have the men's time trial.

But before that time for some canoe slalom. Richard Hounslow could have

been working at these Games as a security guard as part of the

British military. He had applied to join the armed forces but the last

change of mind saw him become a change of mind saw him become a

He and David Florence will be riding in a the C2 final later in

the week. He really has been coming on strong. His best run came on the

second run in the heats. That was good enough for 11th place. Now he

is aiming to make the final for the first time. A little bit wide in

the spin gate. He pushes the boat back out towards Gate 14. Richard

Hounslow being roared on by this massive crowd. He knows the course

quite well. He has not experienced this actual course before but he

knows the way the water reactor. That was a mile -- a remarkable run

it earlier. He has to maintain his concentration. He has to pick up

the speed on this last section and give nothing away.

Push hard all the way to the finish. The crowd is enough to push him all

the way to the down in fourth place. It looks as if he was questioning

something there. I am not quite sure I saw the two second penalty

sure I saw the two second penalty either.

Such a difficult looking sport. You could see the confusion on his face.

Not agreeing with what the judges saw. But that left him sitting in

10th position with two to go. Clinging on to a chance to make it

Clinging on to a chance to make it into the final.

There will be his own determination in the Spanish team to try to make

amends and bring a muddle home. Hernanz's job now to make it

through to the final. At the moment he is going well. No penalties so

far for at the Spaniard. He is looking lively but just dropped a

little bit on gate number nine. He wants to jump over at the little

stopper on the way. He is back out into the flow. Just got down to 13.

He is looking stronger and technically very good at the moment.

This is a very good performance from the Spaniard.

He just rides across and does not get stuck in the stopper. This is

bad news for British supporters because it will mean the

elimination of Richard Hounslow. He flies through the finish but lost

some time in the last couple of gates.

I wonder if he was just using it off a little so he can't really

attack it in the final. -- he can. It was a well executed run. Kept

himself as tight to the poles as he could. Just making sure it kept

running, not taking too big a hit. We should Hounslow will feel

disappointment I am sure. -- the third round. What will the

different Configuration mean this time to the German?

So far, so good. He is putting in at a strong

performance. A little bit of lost time there are around 89.

-- gate nine. Aigner's concentration is A1 at the moment.

He is totally alert. This is a similar situation to the he the

other day. A modest start but blasting the rest of the course.

Does he want to finish as number one? This is a superb performance

from the German. He will be outside the time set by Kauzer. You have to

question his commitment in the last question his commitment in the last

four or five gates. Richard, you did not make it. Just

sum up how you're feeling? Very disappointed. I did not even

realise I had hit the gate but even without that her loyalty I would

not have got through. It feels like an opportunity missed. I have not

put down at the performance that I know I can. Looking back at the

results, it was not difficult to make the finals. I am just gutted.

Genuinely heartbreaking to have to speak to you in the circumstances.

It was the same width David Florence yesterday. Any sense of

the pressure of the home crowd, it has been a pressure cooker and

perhaps too much? It is difficult to say. It is hard to put your

finger on it. The nature of the sport is unpredictable. The top

guys put it in time and time again. When you are on the start blocks

and you hear the crowd cheering it is pretty intense. But I was

enjoying it. Making the finals, it was there for me but anything can

happen at once you reach the finals. You have the chance to redeem

yourself tomorrow. Definitely. You do not want to be relying on

another category. This whole doubling up thing that day that and

I do, it is great that if you do not do well in once you can do well

in the other but still it is hard to come away from the competition

feeling fully satisfied. It is something that very few people have

done. David and I have put everything into it in the past four

years. Like you say, we still have the C2. Jonathan Edwards is still

there. I would not like to say you are a bad luck charm! It has been

horrible. As said it today that yesterday and to Richard today,

this is where they have trained and to see their hopes and dreams

shattered in front of their eyes and then to speak to them and see

that look in their eyes of just how disappointed they are, without any

answers to where it went wrong, it has been horrible. So where has it

gone wrong? Was that the pressure from the crowd? The whole home

advantage for home disadvantage is an interesting debate. It is

interesting that the venues where you would expect to have a home

advantage, here at the Lee Valley and white water centre and also

down in Weymouth where Ben Ainslie is struggling, you would think it

would give the British competitors an advantage but it seems to have

almost gone the other way. I think it is that expectation. And that

whole other dynamic of funding. Everything that has gone in to make

these Attlee's success what may also play on their mind. --

Training these guys and guilting this place worthy for a World

Championship, which is what it will hope host, and I guess that does

play on their minds? It must. The important thing to mention about

the money spent here, I think �13 million is it will be a legacy

venue and regardless, I guess or not of the success of the paddlers

here, this will continue and do very very well indeed. Nonetheless,

this idea of creating a kind of participation legacy from the game,

this will sit heavily on the shoulders of the pad lefrs,

obviously their funding for the following year, going to Rio, rests

on the performances here, so there is lots of different factors, it is

not just the hopes and dreams of individual involved. Having spoke

to David and Richard, are you confident that tomorrow n the C2

you won't make it a hat-trick of negative interviews? I wouldn't say

I was hugely confident. I don't think either of them have responded

brilliantly to the pressure. On a positive note Lizzie Neave

qualified second a couple of days ago, and I think the opposite thing

happened for her, I think she, she improved her performance level. She

rose to the occasion, so high hopes for her. Fingers crossed for her

and the men. Thank you for joining us and if you would like to

continue seeing the final in the men's K1 you can see that on the

red button. That goes about 3.05. There is plenty of sport happening

today. On BBC Three right now you can see live table tennis. China so

dominant in this sport, over the years. You can press the red button

for different sporting venues, and sports as well. Last night wasn't

it fantastic. Great Britain's women up against Brazil. Brazil of course

have never won a gold at the Olympic Games. Here they are taking

on New Zealand. They the are at St James's Park at the moment. You can

press the red button, and at Wembley it has been difficult, for

the badminton, plenty of disqualifications after that

controversy. A difficult 24-hours for the sport, all four pairs

disqal past couple of hours who were involved in the controversial

attempt to lose the match yesterday. You can see China and Korea taking

each other on. One all and four all so it is looking exciting. At the

start of the show we saw them cross the line but in is just how

dominant a display the British women delivered earlier in the

women's pair. The commentary comes a remarkable story is now under way.

Seven minutes away from Olympic history. We have Great Britain's

Helen Glover, Stan in lane three, alongside them -- Heather Stanning,

Australia, Kate Hornsey. They are in five. Already now, Great Britain

have jumped out of the starting gate, Romania in one, Romania are

the defending Olympic champions, we have five time Olympic champion in

the bow seat. Great Britain, they mean business. It is game on.

Germans have gone out fast as well. Closest to us in lane six. They

have the early lead but I don't expect them to hold that. Look out,

they are already stretching out, Great Britain, looking fine. They

have settling into a rhythm. Middle of the race rhythm. Quick look

across there and already they have moved out in front. They have the

Olympic, twice Olympic champions from Romania up in lane one, who

are now back in fourth place. But Great Britain doing what they have

done for the last two years, just looking fantastic, what they have

done, look at that, already a length. What they do so well and

what they have learned in the last winter was to be flexible. To be

able to respond to the attack that comes at the end and which caught

them out last year at the World Championships, when New Zealand

attacked them at the end. But in is fantastic. Look at them. -- but

this is fantastic. An exceptional start from Helen Glover and Heather

Stanning. Helen Glover from Minerva Bath rowing club. They are storming

away in the first quarter, it is absolutely wonderful to see. So 500,

the crowd down here have gone mad. They are now clear, there is clear

water on Great Britain as they head towards the record book, but right

now they will be, that will all be irrelevant to them. It is about

dictating and executing their plan. We thought it was important to show

you the way that the women started their race, incredibly dominant.

And the pattern continued. A length clear by 500 metres but being

chased by Australia and New Zealand. However the pace from the British

woman was relentless. Being spurred on by the crowd. Heather and Helen

entered the final 250 metre, the Grandstand erupted. At one point it

looked like they were trying to muster a smile, as was predictable

by this point, the gold was theirs. Look at the emotion. Let us flare

the first gold medallists after they finally recovered, and managed

they finally recovered, and managed to get out of the boat.. Helen,

Heather, well done. Thank you. Fantastic performance. You know...

I don't need to ask you any questions. Tell us, tell us what is

happening in that body of yours at the moment? I don't know. It wants

to go into shut down but it can't. It is too excited. I am shattered

and ecstatic at the same time. I want to collapse but I am so

overjoyed. I want to jump round. I don't know. Probably talking

rubbish. Matthew and Steve are watching on the screen, and you

smiled, with 250 to go. They were saying "Don't smile, you haven't

won it yet.". That is probably a grimace. I remember thinking never

think we have got this. Then we got through the orange buoys and I

thought we have got this. A serious rowing question to start with, you

decided if we get out early nobody is going to catch us, that is what

you did. Yes we could see from the race we have done this season, we

got ahead and pushed on the margin and that is what we wanted to do.

We didn't want to give anything back. We wanted to keep the same

margin in all the World Cup up to now. Had Helen keep going in my ear,

she was going go on, give us more. I can see them, they are behind us.

We have a message from you from some of your colleagues from

Afghanistan. If you put the head phones on. Here is what they have

Brilliant. Brief and to the point. What is your message to them?

Thanks very much guys, for all the support. I know you a long way away,

but you have been supporting me and it means so much. I am proud to be

associated with you, and well done keep doing what you are doing and I

will see you soon. Four years ago you watched the agents in Beijing,

you could never imagine four years on you would be in this position,

who knows how many people are watching you who have never rowed

and thinking that could be me in Rio. If I can do it take the chance,

not just in rowing, if you work hard and try your best, anyone can

do anything. Enjoy the anthem. will do. Congratulations to our

first gold medallist in rowing and our first medallists here at London

2012. Wasn't that wonderfulful what you didn't hear but a lovely

message from her colleagues who are working away in the armed forces,

she has take an career break to purr pursue her rogue, she is now

an Olympic gold medallist, wasn't it lovely seeing Helen's reaction,

he kept rile -- realising that she really was an Olympic champion.

Remarkable reactions, then you heard John say enjoy the National

Anthem and they did get the chance to pick up their medals. Please

stand for the National Anthem of NATIONAL AB THEM OF GREAT BRITAIN -

30,000 people here at Dorronsoro joining in with the National Anthem.

As the whole country is on its feet. Eton dorn you we salute you Helen

Glover and Heather Stanning, Olympic champions here at Eton

Dorney. And yes, the tears continued to flow. How wonderful to

see that flag. How great to hear that anthem. This is what it means

for the medal table. China and the It puts us 14th at the moment.

There you go. The moment it happened. The medals going round

the neck, the smiles on the faces and I wouldn't be surprised if the

tears continue to flow. There are a few celebrations down at Eton

Dorney for the next little while. Now, to the moment that we have

been waiting for this afternoon. A chance for Bradley Wiggins to

achieve more than just an Olympic medal. Success would see him not

only top off the greatest sporting year of his life he would become

Great Britain's most decorated athlete.. Excuse me I will speak in

English for a bit. We are just going to draw the raffle numbers

now! I didn't even have a drink inside me with when I did that.

is so formal that stuff, you have the President of France with me. It

wasn't about that, really, that is why I turned to the fan, all those

people had come and it is about them. They are the ones that

support you. I would love to have bought them all a drink. It was

brilliant. That is what it is about. So, yeah, maybe as disrespectful as

it was to the sponsors and all the prawn sandwiches in front of me, I

felt it was much more appropriate to give time to them. Country has

gone Wigtastic, people are sporting sideburns, mod T-shirt, riding

Vespas. It is good it has that effect. A bit strange for me, but,

you know, I do it to be individual, and so, but it is good. The biggest

name in cycling, you are the winner of the Tour de France? Am I

officially bigger than Cav now? I haven't done a Head and Shoulders

ad though. Just the scale of the win, and the reaction in this

country, do you pinch yourself? was a bit overwhelming. I was used

to seeing that happen to Open other people, Chris, Chris Hoy, when he

came back from Beijing. I don't think any of us appreciate what

cycling is going through at the moment. You so concentrate on

performance, we are down-to-earth by the nature of the sport. We

don't fully appreciate what it is doing for the profile of the sport.

To win the Tour de France takes an incredible effort. What sacrifices

do you have to make to get where you are? A lot. I mean, apart from

the training, physical side that everyone does, six tweefbs year I

have to live on a mountain in Tenerife, miss children's birthday,

kids break up for the Easter holidays and you are leaving that

day and they don't know where you are for two week, sleep in the

spare bedroom in a tent for weeks on end. Having a family and being a

father and husband, and all that isn't conducive to trying to win

the Tour de France. The two just don't go together, but, you know,

if you have a supportive family like I have you can do. I don't

know how long I can do it for. I couldn't do six like Lance did.

This is your fourth Olympic, you have won six medals. You are

steeped in Olympic history, what do they mean "no" you? It is like

something you come back to, you don't miss them, so to come back

here, same people, same staff, you know and it is good that, every

four years I get a bit older and more successful, so from this 19-

year-old lad in Sydney, right through, you haven't changed a bit.

I am looking forward to going out there and trying to win my fourth

gold in the time trials, so it is going to be amazing. Someone

mentioned to me the other day, which I didn't give a thought to, I

am unbeaten in time trials this year, soy thought, well, I never

give it a thought, you know, so that is quite nice statistic to

have going into the Olympic time trial. Each one brings the best

adds you have to be at your best, I think I'm at the best at the moment.

Well I just won the Tour so I must be. Have a safe journey home and

don't get too drunk. He might do that tonight if he manages to pick

up the gold today. What a year, today is his big moment in the

Olympic game, come on Britain. A. Not the only one that should be

wearing these, my only piece of advice, don't use super glue. He

was thank to the team's evident to achieve his dreams and win that

yellow jersey three weeks' ago, despite his own best efforts as

part of the team he waipblz to launch Mark Cavendish to gold.

Today the man with the sideburn, it It is across this the 44 kilometre

course that Bradley Wiggins will look to push him self quicker than

anyone else. It starts off at Hampton Court and looks back

towards Kingston. It is fast, flat and Bradley Wiggins is unbeaten in

this discipline in the past year. He has demolished all challengers.

Chris Froome is less suited to this course. But he is still in with the

chance of a muddle. Fabien Cancellara of Switzerland and Tony

Martin of Germany the other chances of medal places. But they are both

carrying injuries. Bradley Wiggins, the man with the sideburns, have

now it is his chance to manage to secure a gold medal on that course.

Over to Hampton Court Palace for Over to Hampton Court Palace for

Bradley Wiggins's big moment. Edvald Boason-Hagen of Norway

stance. And still all the big favourites to come. From the early

starters, the fastest time is the Brazilian rider. In fact that has

just been beaten by the Japanese Norwegian now, Edvald Boason-Hagen.

Such a talented rider. He supported Bradley Wiggins this year in the

rider from Lithuania. The quickest time we have had at the first stage

Jack Bauer, who may just have settled down after that near miss

with the fence! This is Denis Menchov. He has always been there

for at thereabouts. He slowly slipped backwards this year at the

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds

year, finishing second overall in the Paris to Nice.

That is the face of a man who is here to suffer. Very focused on the

into a southerly direction. Most of this course is well sheltered and

should not cause too much of a problem for them.

The bend in the first 300 metres of the race is probably the most

difficult. A good start by the Dane, going to

the top of the leader board. all-rounders. There is a lot of

road there and I'm surprised that they are not using it all.

The conditions now are improving. There is a winter getting a but it

is a warm and the sun is out. Chris Froome just warming up. He was

recently second in the Tour de France. And had a very good time

trial as well. Gustave Larsson had been one of these strange helmets.

He got the silver medal in the time-trials in Beijing. So he is

very good against the clock. I'm struggling to see what the

bridge through that corridor of faces. He has been a bit quiet. He

had a superb performance in China but not much sense.

He won the national championships. And a stage back in Paris-Nice.

Michael Rogers, a really good time trial there. 32 years of age. From

Australia. He completed the Tour de France in the 23rd place. He was a

time-trial specialist but then he started to climb mountains. He has

got fantastic form. He has been very much in support of his team

for the past month so it will be interesting to see what he can do

now he is off the leash in a discipline that he knows well. He

is in great shape but just has not had a chance yet of this year to

use it for himself. He is one of several racing brothers. This is

going to be his last Olympic Games so he will be keen to make the most

of that opportunity. He is the youngest of three brothers. His

older brother represented the Australia many times as well. So he

would like to go out on a high is possible. Bak has still posted the

quickest time. Grabsch, 37 years of age. Second in their national

Championship this year. No mean as quickly as you can on a normal

road bike. He is an experienced man in his discipline. He knows there

is 50 minutes of racing ahead. Energy is expensive.

Eight more competitors to take the start. Sylvain Chavanel is the next

of those. Sylvain Chavanel posted some

fantastic time trials this year. Third in the opening prologue of

the Tour de France. 5th in the final time-trial. So you would

expect to see him in the top eight or the top five today. But he is

against some serious specialists. Brajkovic coming up now. He goes

ahead, slicing 2.56 seconds off from Great Britain. We first saw

him riding in the Commonwealth Games in Australia. He is a good

rider. Second last year in the Tour of Spain. I think he could win the

the professional teams in cycling can be signed for the first time

today. So well -- there will be lots coming out on the news wires

tonight. His form is such that you cannot discount him. Here's the man,

the man of the moment, Bradley Wiggins, the winner of the Tour de

France, in the form of his life. He is poised to move into sporting

immortality. If he wins a medal today, no matter what colour, he

will have got more medals in the Olympic Games than at any other

British competitor. But that will not be on his mind, it will be all

about trying to win. We had a glimpse of the sports scientist who

has been instrumental with Team Sky and the success of Brad Wiggins.

Next to go, the national champion of Italy. He used to be on the same

end of the contest. Five more to go after this. He beat Geraint Thomas

into second place in the Shearer did earlier this year. -- Giro

d'Italia. He will be happy with that time. Great ride by Gilbert.

Same time as Brajkovic. Now, a man in form, Sanchez, from Spain. He

won a stage in the Tour de France, stage 14, and he got third in the

final Time Trial in the Tour the France. I feel he has a possibility

of a podium position. Yes, I think so, and so does he. Oh, he has had

a problem, something has broken! He is looking down. He has just broken

his chain! Can he get another bike? They are getting it off the roof.

But starting your day by losing what will be 25 seconds. He has

hurt his knee as well. He will get a lot of support from the crowd,

but doing that at the start, for somebody who's potentially going to

get a medal, what a devastating start. I reckon he lost between 20

and 25 seconds, not to mention the effect on his morale. Well,

desperately bad luck for Sanchez. You cannot believe it, can you?

caught the team out as well, you do not expect mechanical failure

within the first two metres of the race. We will keep an eye on that,

see whether he is within 30 seconds of a muddle. Here's a man who we

have been talking about as a possible dark horse today, 22-year-

old Taylor Phinney. He is so talented. He rode on the track

actually in Beijing. He earned prologue in Italy, but he has not

raced since. He went back to Colorado to put the final

preparations to his fall. He is a former world Time Trial champion.

It comes from a great pedigree. His mother was the Olympic gold medal-

winner in Los Angeles on the road. His father also has a great

pedigree. He could be a dark horse. Yes, he has been out of sight for

quite a few months, since Italy. We have not got much information about

him since then, but we do know that he has been preparing specifically

for this. He likes the flatter courses, as this man does not,

Chris Froome. He would much prefer the mountains. But his form is such

at the moment that he may be able to overcome that problem. He has

got one of the asymmetric bar chain rings, favoured by Bradley Wiggins.

Now, the world champion, Tony Martin. A 27-year-old German. He

had a crash on the first stage of the Tour de France, which

eventually forced him to retire. He will be wearing a brace on his arm

under his top there. You can never discount this talented German.

CHRIS BOARDMAN: Having those problems in the Tour de France, and

earlier in the year as well, we have got to put him down as unknown.

The pedigree is there, the background is there, but we do not

know what to expect. He certainly looks in good shape to me. In the

Time Trial, if you have a wrist injury, most of your weight is

taken on the elbow, so you can train quite effectively for this,

and some riders have even done so with a broken collarbone, as

demonstrated by Armstrong just a few hours ago.

HUGH PORTER: now, we are waiting for Bradley Wiggins, the man of the

moment, to come into the starting house. Here comes Castroviejo, from

Spain. His time at that point makes him the quickest, he has gone 20

seconds faster than Brajkovic. Now, then, a face of concentration,

Bradley Wiggins, the man who has just won the Tour de France. He is

teeing himself up for a tilt at the gold medal here. As I said earlier,

if he wins a medal of any colour, he will become the most decorated

British Olympian of all time, with seven medals to his credit. Wiggins

gets under way! Unbeaten in the Time Trial this year, that's not

counting prologues, the short ones. But Bradley Wiggins is on his way.

What an opportunity for him. London at heart, although he lives in the

north-west now. But he considers this to be a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity. There is plenty of pressure for him to perform, both

for himself, and for the thousands and thousands of people lining the

route today. But if anybody can deal with pressure, it is Brad

Wiggins. He certainly can. Second in the World Championships last

Chris Froome is settling down to the challenge ahead. It is a great

course for those that can concentrate. It is a very internal

race. We saw him just going through the checkpoint. I think I saw it

flashing up as five seconds ahead. One man to go, and here he is,

Fabien Cancellara, the defending champion. He is a sensational time-

trialler. He won the Olympic title in Beijing, beating Larsson by 33

seconds. There was some speculation about him not riding today. He has

got heavy bruising on his shoulder having come off during the road

race a few days ago. We will see whether it has affected him. But on

his day, almost unbeatable. It is a fantastic course for him as well.

He likes a flat course. No problem for him at all. It was very much

out of character, that crash at the weekend, he simply miscalculated

the corner, locked up his wheels, and went down hard into that

barrier. But just like Tony Martin, he is an unknown today. You would

say he would be one of the two favourites, but very much unknown,

after that crash. Personally, I think if he is here, he will be one

of the main contenders. He would not have started if he was not

confident he could do it. There is Brad Wiggins, the man who has won

three gold medals in a Olympic Games on the track. Two British

riders who really performed magnificently in the recent Tour de

France, finishing first and second in the end. Chris Froome, looking

good, holding that nice, compact style. This is Tony Martin. It is

all about these final six competitors.

CHRIS BOARDMAN: These first checkpoints are going to be

fascinating to see. Some of them might have gone off too quickly,

especially the early riders, but these latter riders are all much

more experienced. The first split will give us a very good idea of

who will be in contention for a medal. As we come back to Chris

Froome, originally from Kenya, now, of course, part of the British set-

up. It will be interesting to see whether he does consider a transfer

between teams in the professional game, with that deadline for

transfers being today, as we were saying. Coming up to the checkpoint

here, Boasson Hagen, and he is 17 seconds shy of the time of the

leader, Castroviejo. It is Chris Froome who leads at the first split,

actually. He is six seconds ahead of Larsson at the moment. But now,

we will start to get the times of Sanchez and Phinney, those will be

the next interesting ones. We can just keep a look out here for the

late starters, at the 7.3 kilometres point. We are very keen

to see how evenly matched people like the man we are looking at now,

Cancellara, Wiggins and Martin are. The early splits will I feel give

us an idea of the kind of ride after a week, but he pulled out

because his wife gave birth to their second daughter. As the next

finisher comes in, Lahsaini, from Morocco. He is one of the early

starters, but that time of course is going to crumble. That's the

first rider in. So, Castroviejo has caught Hesjedal. That is a surprise.

I thought Hesjedal would perform better than that at this Olympic

Time Trial. Look at the crouching style of the Spaniard, really low

down, turning a very big gear as he waiting for his time split. Let me

just tell you, Taylor Phinney has gone through one second faster than

Chris Froome at 7.3 kilometres. So, the man we said could be a dark

horse, Phinney, has not disappointed at this early stage.

He is the fastest at 7.3 kilometres. That's a good ride by the man from

Venezuela, coming in now. I think the winning time might be inside

the 50 three-minute mark today. We're still looking at Chris Froome,

but of course, behind him, we have got Sanchez. Sanchez will be out of

it, because he had that disastrous start with the broken chain. We're

waiting for the times now of Martin, Wiggins and Cancellara. Look at the

crowd. What a fantastic experience to have, to ride on British roads

with that many Union Jacks flying in front of you. It is quite

fantastic. Time coming in for Tony Martin, the world champion, he has

gone through 7.3 kilometres in 8.22, nine seconds faster than Phinney.

And we have got Wiggins and Cancellara still to go through that

first split. Martin, the world champion, my goodness me, he looks

good. It was a puncture in the opening prologue which stopped him

contesting back, but apart from that, he was on a par with Fabian

Cancellara. Martin is a prodigious talent, we saw that when he won the

world title in Copenhagen last year. He came home with a brilliant

victory, one minute 15 seconds faster than Wiggins. But he has had

his problems, as I said, breaking that bone in the wrist, but for the

moment, for me, he is looking very and Cancellara. The latest time by

the Venezuelan. Confirmed for you. No, it was 57.41. As go back to

Froome. Such a fantastic climber is Chris Froome, and future Tour de

France winner, we think. Sweeping down here, Western Green Road. The

smooth surface, he is happy with that. It has come through Bradley

Wiggins at the 7.3 kilometre split as gone through five secondss off

the pace of Tony Martin, so five seconds shy of the World Champions

time. Only one more rider to come through that and that of course is

Fabian Cancellara, it is early days they are early indication. I think

Bradley Wiggins is going to be OK with that, he is very much in touch

at seven kilometre, everybody is panning out the starting style.

Depend whether they are starting to come out carefully and pace it over

the distance, Wiggins has start ed too fast in Spain, he paid the

price, he learned you have to be careful at the start, so we will

get a better indication when they get to the 18 kilometre mark.

are waiting for Cancellara's split time. So, this is Bradley Wiggins,

nice compact style, a man of course, that can ride 4.15 for 4,000 metres

in the individual pursuit. He was a member of that well drill yued nit

that clinched the medal in Beijing, don't go too far over Bradley! We

almost saw the American crash there. He is not taking any chances there

at all. There is something of an ungainly style, a bit, well just a

slight frame, struggles to get all the power down on to the road. As

we switch back to Bradley Wiggins, doesn't look in any kind of

difficulty at the moment, that smooth style, karktris --

characteristic of Bradley Wiggins. Confirm the time at the first split

of Cancellara, it is eight minutes 28 seconds which is one second

slower than Wiggins but six seconds slower than Tony Martin of Germany.

So the three big players are already dualling out there on the

road and Phinney in touch on 8.31 and Froome is there on 8.32. As our

next fin esh -- fin Iisher Beppu, an average speed of 47.4. We can

see that creep up towards possibly surface the 50 kilometres an hour

mark before we get to the end of this event. Look at Wiggins, he

will be wear of what is going on throughout with his main opponent

and the Tour de France winner really has enjoy add euphoric

greeting into the start area. But those times in that first split,

7.3 kilometres, very interesting. What a compact punchy style here of

Castroviejo of Spain. He is having a great ride. As he takes a drink,

he really has started the race incredibly fast. As we go back to

Michael Rogers here, as he approached the checkpoint. We were

unsure of what he was going to do, well, it is certainly respectable.

At best here he will post the fastest time by far. He is going to

go quicker than Castroviejo. So, the triple World Champion Rogers,

faithful servant to Wiggins in the Tour de France, she going to go to

the top of the leaderboard. Lots more big names still to come. But

Rogers still looking good. Let us look at the split. It is 24.02.

Takes 18 seconds off the time of Castroviejo. Technical first

section is be lying of the average speeds. Very fast run in today.

lean is Bradley Wiggins. He has lost a lot of weight which has

enabled him to be able to climb the mountains well, and he has had

bootcamps over there on the vom can nick mountain in Tenerife where he

has been doing has training, continually powering away up that

steep mountain. You get fairly lean in the month of July when you are

using up thousands of calories. There is an aerodynamic component

because your sill weth is reduced by a few millimetres all the way

round, not to mention the weight as well, which is beneficial. Hampton

Court roadway now. The next split time will be interesting. The next

is Grabsch, a former World Champion, as the next finish coming in, this

is Basayev. He is a minute slow of the leader at this stage, which is

still Beppu, the Japanese rider, so Beppu still leading. It looks like

the people who came in are the favourites, are delivering. That

cans lar, Wiggins, Martin the people we thought would be in play.

Here comes Grabsch, the 37-year-old German. 24.09 so the time of

Michael Rogers is out of reach here. Let us see how far shy he is of the

Australian at this point. There it s14 seconds fob Grabsch. Second at

this point then. For the former World Champion from Germany. So

Beppu still leading, 55.40. And second at 55.50 is Nazaret from

Brazil. Third from Kazakhstan, his time will be, how long will it be

up there, we will have to see. That is Basayev. This is Cancellara, he

is rolling on that saddle. For wand on the peak as we confirm the

position after 7.3 kilometres. Tight. Just under five seconds.

Wiggins trails with Cancellara third, just under six. What a

contest we have got here. It is going to go all the way, this one.

Five seconds, everybody is still in touch. Taylor Phinney nine second,

it is stretching out, a lot to give away on a flat course but still

possible for him to nudge on the the podium from that distance away,

from the top three. After that, well, I don't think they are going

to be able to make up that distance unless somebody has an issue as we

switch back to Michael Rogers. Looking good, isn't he, Michael

Rogers, as I said earlier, came from a track background, and one

medals at the Commonwealth games in 1998, but he was a member as well

of the well drilled team pursuit squad of Australia. He has got some

superb road wins to his credit, he won the tour of California, tour of

Germany, he has been right up there, superb man to have has a domestic

in the team. I think he has enjoyed the lesser responsibility, as we

get our first shot coming up to the necks check with Froome. The man

that started ahead of him, Chavanel was the man who started a minute-

and-a-half ahead of Froome. Let us look at the split. Very very quick.

It is going to go inside the time of Rogers. You can see the time

confirmed. Here comes Froome. Let us have a look. He is on form,

isn't he, this man. The runner up in the Tour de France, Chris Froome

looking very very good indeed. Softly spoken, it be lies his

athletic delivery on that bike. Is he going to be half a minute

quicker? He is not going to be far off it. Here he comes, 24 seconds

faster than Rogers. At the second point of 18 com ters. He is on a

ride. That is a huge chunk of time so we can expect the main riders to

come through, perhaps another kilometre an hour faster than that

as we see the style of Froome, coming round this corner, he

settled into this race now. This is the interesting checkpoint for me

this is the one we are interest interested in. The first one you

need to stay in touch but the 18 kilometre mark will define who it

is who is vying for a podium place. Young Phinney, even if he doesn't

medal today, he has a tremendous future ahead of him, has Phinney,

and he looks good on the bike. has his work to do here, nine

seconds down at that first check, it is quite a chunk on this flat

course but he is only a couple of seconds away from getting on to the

podium. Well, that is an interesting thing, I didn't think

there was any descent on this course that warranted tucking down

to make himself as small as possible. Is this Sanchez again?

Looks like he has had more trouble? We were talking about him as being

a possible contender. Yes, there he is delayed and stopped again. He

has had a puncture. Is it a back wheel change It's a rear wheel

change. I think the day over for him. What turbl luck. He has come

with great form after that Tour de France. That is a disaster. It must

be hard to keep the motorration to keep going. We had him flagged up a

as medal contender and he would have been had he not had these

problems. Pinotti, another brilliant season time trialler, but

his time of 23.55 is not going to put Froome under any pressure at

all here comes Pinotti. That underlines the quality of the ride

by Froome. 26 seconds slower Chris, in 18 kilometre, you can analyse

from that, that Froome is on a flyer. Well, he is certainly

setting the the mark, isn't he. Taylor Phinney, we are waiting to

see what he is going to do, Because he will be next. He has prepared

for this vent for the past few months. We haven't seen anything of

him in competition, it has been all about this Olympic time trial.

did all that preparation as we come back now to Bradley Wiggins. Such

an official style. I doesn't look like he is trying hard. His muscles

are contracting in equality. There is no movement in his back pocket

he was carrying a radio, so he is getting time checks all the way

round. The British team has set up time checks on route. Even though

he is in front of Cancellara his time checks won't be any more than

that minute-and-a-half difference. You see how cautiously he went

round that turn, Cancellara playing on his mind, the crash from the

road race, as we look at the running time here of Bak of Denmark.

Who is going to be the next to finish. The leading time, sorry Bak,

you can see the leading time. This is Boom coming in and Boom's time,

56.53 so it hasn't disturbed the leading poss, they are still intact.

-- positions we are waiting to see whether yun Phinney can challenge

for the top position at the 18 kilometre point. -- young Phinney.

Well, it is all about that check, and for me, as I pensioned, it does

define who is going to be challenging for a medal. Two or

three minutes from now we will see Tony Martin coming through that

checkpoint. He clearly is, you can see by the muscle definition, it

all ind case he is on form, he has got over the cashes and focused on

this opportunity, this Olympic time trial and on a course that suits

him very well. Martin motoring along as we get back to Phinney,

who is just ploughing this furrow down the middle of the road. He has

his own private carpet of Tarmac ahead of him. The open clear road.

It's the race of truth. That call it that in France. It is you versus

the distance, the one-and-a-half minute window between yourself and

your opponents, so you can be cheated or knocked off or

outsprinted. Here comes Phinney, up to the 18.4 kilometre point. Now

the quickest time we have had so far there, is Froome on 23.38,

shown on the screen. And he is not going the beat Froome. So fin qi

knows he is in a battle -- Phinney knows he is in a battle. So Phinney

is there in 23.59. That is 21.5 seconds Chloe slower than the

British rider. Well, you will notice with the camera shots we

only get front shots, because none of these vehicles are allowed to go

in front of the riders because that gives them an unfair advantage,

they can slip stream. Even the motorbike cameras have to be at

least half a length behind the riders. There has been another

catch here, another catch has taken place. Sanchez. Sanchez who

suffered the problems. There has been another catch. I think it's

going to happen now. Sanchez is going to get picked up. Martin is

going to go faster. Sorry Chris, that is the carrot he want, he can

see Sanchez ahead of him. Let us look at the split time. Here it

come, so fastest now, 12 seconds quicker than Froome. Is Tony Martin,

the World Champion, he splits there on 18.4 kilometre, 23.25. He has

only taken two sofrpbdz the distance. That is, shows that

Froome has got the distance, because of that Tour de France

endurance, the extra ground work he has put in there, he is going very

well, so has Martin gone off a little bit quickly here? Jack Bauer

coming in for New Zealand. He had some good splits earlier on, so let

us confirm his finishing position, Bauer. Just come in, and he is

third at the moment. With a time of 54 minutes 54 seconds. So, he

hasn't taken the lead away from the previous pacesetter. Which is

at the time on the right! Wiggins looks to me as though he has done a

lot of good work in this second section. There's the time to beat...

Here comes Bradley Wiggins! Wiggins is going to go into the lead. Look

at that! 11 seconds faster than Martin. He is the leader.

CHRIS BOARDMAN: We did say that after his experiences of last year

in the Tour of Spain, he does not start too quickly. He knows that

this race is only about getting over the finishing line. He has got

the courage of his convictions, to start steady and to measure his

efforts across the whole distance. So, at the 18.4 kilometre point,

Wiggins is leading. 11 seconds back, in silver medal position, is Tony

Martin. Third at the moment is Froome. We are still awaiting the

arrival of Fabien Cancellara. But Cancellara was down at the first

split, at 7.3 kilometres. Wiggins, at the moment, is on track

to deliver that gold medal. He is riding incredibly well. Fabien

Cancellara, I think, is the only person who can upset this now, and

he was already on the back foot after that first check. We look now

at Martyn. Actually it is not, it is Sanchez. Yes, Sanchez of Spain,

who has had a shocking day, breaking his chain, and it looked

like a puncher as well. As Froome continues the good work. The

British riders at the moment in first and third, with the world

champion between them. Here comes Cancellara, Spartacus himself, four

times the world champion, defending Olympic champion. He is away, he is

out to be! He is not going to threaten Wiggins Jiyai Shin that

underlines the sheer class and talent of the Tour the France

winner. Cancellara is not going to be in the medals with this, I don't

think. Coming up to the line now... Here is the split... Fourth at the

moment, 30 seconds slower than Brad Wiggins. Well, we said this was the

time check which was going to define who was fighting for the

podium positions. And it has turned out to be the case, Fabien

Cancellara would appear to be out of it now. So, really, it is Froome,

Wiggins and Martin. This is Rodgers, and he has certainly got his race

face on. As we go back to the silky smooth style of Bradley Wiggins.

This is another stellar performance from him. This year, he has won the

Paris-Nice, the Tour de France, amongst others. It is just

unbelievable. Every time he turns out, he is a winner.

CHRIS BOARDMAN: He has got a pedigree which says he will always

be podium competitive. Fabien Cancellara is still in contention

for a medal, but I feel that the gold medal will be contested

between Tony Martin and Brad Wiggins. So, 11 seconds between the

two of them at the 18.4 kilometre point. So, they are through a

halfway point. It is the world champion, Tony Martin, versus the

winner of the Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins. They were first

and second in the World Championships last year in

Copenhagen, when Tony Martin beat Wiggins by one minute 15 seconds.

That's not going to be the case today. Here's Vinokurov, who earned

road race just a few days ago. And it is sixth position for him.

think he can be relatively happy, already having a gold medal in his

pocket. As we go back to Froome. The high street here absolutely

packed to capacity. This is where he actually pulled up on the road

race, so he will have memories of this. Well, he is not pulling up

now. He certainly isn't. Brad Wiggins, in that aerodynamic

position, the legs pumping so efficiently. That caption is wrong,

I think that is actually Froome. They both have similar styles.

are very gangly, Chris Froome walking a bit more from side to

side, to get that effort alt. He prefers the mountains, but I tell

you what, he is making a good job of discourse, considering it is not

ideal for him. We are waiting anxiously for the third time split,

which will be so important, that comes at 29.9 kilometres. After

that, they will be on the run to the finish. That's Wiggins. He has

got his main competitors in front of him now. He had Cancellara

behind him, of course, but I think to all intents and purposes, he is

out of it now, so Brad Wiggins has got everybody in front of him,

which gives him the ability to measure his effort, by getting lots

Denmark. As we go back to the world champion, Tony Martin, with his

silky smooth style. Very, very good style, for people who are watching

these fellas, they can learn a lot from the way they sit on the bike.

The next split will be at 29.9 kilometres. The fastest we have had

through their at the moment is Froome has registered a 35.25.

That's at the 29.9 kilometre point. So, Froome, no indication of

fatigue, he continues to power his weigh. He dearly wants an Olympic

medal, and the way he is going, he is going to get one. All of the

winners in this race are going to come from the Tour de France, that

is the best possible preparation specialist from Italy, Pinotti. He

is a faithful contender when he comes to this, 36 years of age.

Good style from him, but I have to say, he has been outclassed today

by these riders. Can we make it two British medals on the podium? That

really would be something. I think they are capable of doing it. As we

so which back to Tony Martin. the guy that can split them up.

are still waiting for the arrival of Phinney. Cancellara does not

look as though he has got it today. Here comes the next rider into the

finish, Oliveira, from Portugal. He is not going to threaten the top

four. Here he comes, and that puts split time for the serious

contenders. Bradley Wiggins continues, in his wonderful style.

He has been in imperious form. CHRIS BOARDMAN: He will know that

he has just got to keep on top of it now. Once you get this far in,

in the Time Trial, it becomes all about your aerobic efficiency. He

will be getting constant time checks, so all he has got to do is

to keep it going, do not take any unnecessary risks, do not push it

too hard. And he knows how to control himself. He is on course

for a gold medal. Now, what has the young American done during the last

section? We wait to see. Phinney comes through on 36.13. He is 48

seconds off the pace, so he is losing time. Here's a man who is

not. That's right. It is Tony Martin, the world champion. It is

almost feasible here for him to close down on Phinney. If he sees

him in front of him, that would help him. 19 seconds faster. So, at

29.9 kilometres, Chris Froome is in second. We are still waiting for

Wiggins and Cancellara. Cancellara, I feel, is out of this. It is only

Wiggins who can pressurise Tony Martin. I think we are looking at

the final podium places here, Bradley Wiggins heading for gold,

Tony Martin splitting the two British riders, and Chris Froome

and the first of the two will be Brad Wiggins. We are waiting to see

his time at 29.9 kilometres... At the previous time split, he was

ahead of Tony Martin. What will he be here? This is impressive, Chris

Boardman... He is quick, but not really pushing it out that much. 22

seconds, the difference, between Wiggins and Tony Martin. He has got

that lead, but it is certainly not a comfortable buffer. He cannot

afford to make any mistakes on this final leg. So, Bradley Wiggins is

leading Tony Martin by 22 seconds at that final split. Is that window

of advantage going to be enough to give Wiggins his fourth gold medal

and his seventh Olympic medal? Remember, whatever middle he wins

today will make him the greatest British Olympian ever. It would

take his tally up to seven. He looks like a man who's really going

about the job with clinical efficiency. What an incredible

experience, to be riding on the roads of London, surrounded by

hundreds of thousands of British fans. It is the opportunity of a

lifetime, and he is making the most of it. Under the trees he comes,

Bradley Wiggins, just eating away the final kilometres. This is

Cancellara. We wait to see how his time will be shaping up. We are not

seeing him on our long shot yet, so he is still a fair way from that

time check. I don't think Cancellara is going to upset things

here. It is Chris Froome we want to see? Can he disturbed that position

for bronze medal? Back to Chris Froome now, eating up the

concluding kilometres of this Time Trial. And this is Bradley Wiggins,

coming up to Sanchez, of Spain. It has been a disastrous day for

censures, breaking his chain, then having a puncture. Bradley Wiggins

sweeps past him. A little bonus there for Bradley Wiggins. Sanchez

just riding back to the changing rooms, I think, that must be so

disarming, breaking his chain, then certainly gone off the boil.

seemed to fade during the Tour de France as well. He has certainly

not been in good form. Fabien Cancellara there, I don't think he

is going to disturb the podium. He will not dislodge anybody ahead of

him, with 14 kilometres to go. So, Bradley Wiggins is quickest at that

final checkpoint. Second, Tony Martin, the world champion. Third,

Wiggins has tad to deal with the pressure of being the favourite in

this event. But Chris Froome he wants to get himself on the podium.

At the moment I think he has a significant buffer there, he is

going to manage that, so the medals will be decided among the three and

at the moment, it looks like a distinct and sizeable gap between

them. That is likely to be the order we see them come across the

finish line and stand on the podium. The nearest challenge to Froome

Chavanel, and he was 18 seconds slower, and then Cancellara was a

bit slower than that, so it looks as though it will be Chavanel that

could be the nearest challenger to him. Chavanel was 20 seconds at the

last time check. He has come back massively, massively through this

last ten kilometre mark. Chavanel then, we still with still

power in the tank. Froome will have to be on his best. I am not sure we

need to check that. He has gone from being two-and-a-half minute

back, to one minute back, he is coming forward at a tremendous rate,

if that is the case. I think that could be a technical error. Let us

hope Froome has something in the tank. This man looks as though he

is full to the top. That is Wiggins. He doesn't need to dig feep for

anything more. He is fluid. So impressive. Flying along here, he

has wings on his wheels has Bradley Wiggins as he knows he has this

gold medal now, in front of him, waiting for him. Kingston ahead of

him and the River Thames on the left. He hasn't got time to admire

this scenic location, he just has one thing on his mind, and that is

of course to be on the top position of the podium. You have the

positions confirmed there then, through that 30 kilometre split. It

was Wiggins leading by 22 seconds from Tony Martin and bronze medal

being held by Chris Froome on 35 minutes, 25 seconds. We missed a

shot of Martin, he was driving it through the corner, pushing it

right to the edge of the barriers, and, well, he needs do that if he

wants to catch Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins has enough room to not take

desperate risks, he has to stay safe. Don't overcook it, we have

that gold medal within his sights. This is Michael Rogers of Australia.

Rogers now, with a finishing line in his sights, it will be a

respectable time for Roger, the leader is still Castroviejo of

Spain, on 53.29. He will go ahead of him. 50 metres to go. He will be

the new leader. Good ride then by Michael Rogers the triple World

Champion. Rogers goes into the lead. 52 minutes 51. Castroviejo slips

down into second on 53.29. These the men we are waiting for and

particularly Bradley Wiggins. Just coming up to Kingston bridge here,

Bradley Wiggins out of the saddle momentarily, just stretching a bit,

when you are locked into that position, the fatigue in the bottom

of the back builds up. He has done a lot of training to,cope with that.

Showing he can do it, state stay in that position, just a few weeks ago

in the Tour de France, to where he effectively won that race in the

final time trial. It was his last test as we come back to Chris

Froome, the second best rider on that occasion, who is also heading

for a podium spot here if he keeps it together. The man splitting them

apart, Tony Martin of Germany, the classy time triallist, the world

time trial champion at the moment. She powering his way to the finish.

So Tony Martin, a World Champion from Copenhagen last year, as I

mentionederier in commentary, had a very big winning cushion of 1

minute 15 seconds over Wiggins. Cancellara third on that occasion.

There is the confirmation of that position at 29.9 kilometres,

comfortably in the lead is Bradley Wiggins, but it is all about his

concluding 14 kilometres now. Back to Wiggins as we previously saw

Froome. Bradley Wiggins eating up the kilometres now, moving closer

and closer to that Olympic gold medal, in his home town of London.

Moving into sporting immortality as we see the finishing effort here of

Bert Grabsch. This is Grabsch coming in. The 37-year-old German,

a former World Champion, not going to beat Michael Rogers, he goes

second at the moment. The first four are Rogers, from Grabsch, from

Castroviejo and Brajkovic of Slovenia, as we come back again to

Bradley Wiggins, the crowd giving him tremendous support here. Look

at this, lined all the way. Absolutely all the way two or three

deep over the whole of this circuit. Flags waving, he has tremendous

support as we come back again to the World Champion Tony Martin.

Strange style he looks perched almost on that saddle. It is

curious, it has changed a little since the World Championship as

well. Cancellara carrying the injuries, had to abandon the Tour

de France half way through, decided to go home and see the birth of his

child there. 500 meeters to go then for Chris Froome. The leading time

is 52 metre -- my opinions. As Froome takes the right-hander.

Cautious Chris. He is cautious and he lines up now for the run, a bit

of a sprint, as he can see the line ahead. He knows he's is in with a

serious chance of a medal. This is Chris Froome, now taking the left-

hander, and the crowd are roaring him on, the line is getting ever

nearer, the time the beat, 52 minutes 51. Here comes Froome. The

runner up in the Tour de France goes into the lead. His finishing

team 51.57. Chris Froome is leading the time trial. An average speed of

nearly 51 kilometres an hour, that is incredibly fast on these London

roads. 12 technical bends to negotiate, a rolling course, that

really is a strong time. I think only Martin and Wiggins are going

to top it today. You are right. Here is Fabian Cancellara and we

switch back to the World Champion Tony Martin. Eating up the

concludingkphs of the this test against the clock. We can't match

the rung time against wi, but Martin was trailing Wiggins by 22

second, at the 29 kilometre point. There we are. It is all over for

Chris Froome. He just needs to look at the big screen now, and he

wonders if it is going to be silver or bronze for Martin. For Chris

Froome I should say. This is the only person that can deprive him on

that podium spot. Him and Chavanel if the checks prove to be correct,

but I think Cancellara is going to have to fight another day. Hasn't

had the ideal build up to this race, and I think he is out of the

running and it is very rare we see that for the Swiss rider. I don't

think the crash helped him in the road race, overrunning that corner

and colliding with the barrier, but his hasn't been quite the time

trialler he used to be since last year when he was forced down into

third spot. He had a crash there but he lost that fluid style. A man

who hasn't lost any fluidity at all is wigs which, look at this. He is

poetry in potion. -- motion, he sits there and spins that gear

effortlessly. Of all the riders we have seen, nobody is as smooth as

Bradley Wiggins, his body hardly move, his style is so efficient. I

must admit I am stood next to him when he has been warming up and you

here the noise change as he starts to accelerate to do a sprint for

warm up and you can, you can't see any change in his body movement at

all. So, you can see Wiggins is coming in fantastically quickly to

this finish. Tony Martin, Tony Martin is doing a solid ride here,

he was unknown coming into this race, Michael Rogers takes his

place in the holding pen there, on those fantastic seats. Billy No

Mates at the moment! He will get some company. Here is Pinotti. He

comes in and goes second in 52.69. Just over a minute shy of Froome.

He has pushed Rogers down into third. We are waiting for the

arrival now of Phinney, Martin, Wiggins and Cancellara. Phinney

hasn't delivered the way we thought he would, but this man certainly

has. Well, Chavanel has just come in with a finishing time of 56, so

I think we can confirm that was a problem with timing, two ride irs

cross the timing strip at the same time sometimes it confuses the

Copts, that makes more sense to me. Cancellara is up there, as the top

four on this, in this race at the moment. Is that Phinney ahead if it

is it means that Tony Martin is going to catch Phinney for one-and-

a-half minutes and that could help him in the closing stages here,

because that could make him go even quicker in the approach to the line,

and we are not far away from the finish now. We can see it is a head

wind down here, we can see from the flag, Tony Martin choosing to go

down the middle of the road here, just locked in concentration,

Phinney fantastic motivation for him, the American went out very

quick at the start, and thought he was in contention, what he has done

is drive too quickly at as Bradley Wiggins turns into the park.

kilometres to go for Bradley Wiggins. Is it going to be gold

four for Wiggins and is it going to be the seventh medal for him?

think he can see Tony Martin down the road what a massive incentive.

It would be. One-and-a-half minutes Martin start ahead of wigs. Here is

Cancellara, not his day today. Cancellara has had a sensational

career as a time trialler, as we come back to Tony Martin. Look at

the crowd. I thought he was going to go on the grass there for a

moment. Martin goes well, these are the concluding stages of the men's

time trial. Froome is leading. 51.47. Pinotti second, Michael

Rogers third. But that is all going to change, believe me. Froome is

going to get squeezed down, but he could still hang on to the bronze

medal position. The finish is nearly here for Bradley Wiggins,

the winner of the Tour de France, as he ploughs his way through, the

corridor of faces here, to the cacophony of applause, Wiggins on a

gold medal winning ride here as we come back to Tony Martin as he

takes the right-hander and he is now almost at the end of his test

against the clock. 300 metres to gore Martin. We saw Bradley Wiggins

coming under the kilometre mark which means he's is 700 metres

behind the German, 700 metres away from the man who is he is going to

take the gold medal from. Good finish from Phinney. Here comes

Tony Martin now, driving for the line. Martin Finnishs now, and let

us have a look at thatment good ride by Martin, 51.21. He is in the