Olympic Cycling Rui Costa in 13th place

The Portuguese national team road cycling fulfilled to the letter what was intended and Rui Costa was 13. Place in the race background Londres'2012 Olympic Games, in which Alexandre Vinokourov ruined the British advance party.

At the Mall with Buckingham Palace as a backdrop, the British hoped the coronation of Mark Cavendish, but Britain could not control the race and was the one who made the Kazakh party in London, completing the 249.5 mile race in 5:45:57 hours, almost without opposition.

"When Vinokourov started, I thought we would reach out and kept me for further attacks closer to the goal, but it did not happen," lamented Rui Costa, 25, who joined the decisive leak proof and finished eight seconds of the winner , which hit the target on the Colombian Rigoberto Uran Uran, unexpected runner.

Manuel Cardoso, who remained at the Cavendish group for the eventual arrival in compact squad, finished 49th. °, 40 seconds, while Nelson Oliveira, with Trial Stage  still on the horizon, came in 69th. Thereof, with the same difference.

Portugal finish

13. Rui Costa

49th Manuel Cardoso

69th Nelson Oliveira

Rui Costa finished 13 in the Olympics 8 s behind the leader
Mens Road Race Post-Race Coverage
2012 London Olympics Mens Road Race
1 Alexandr Vinokurov (Kazakhstan) 5:45:57
2 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Colombia)
3 Alexander Kristoff (Norway) + 8
4 Taylor Phinney (United States of America)
5 Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
6 Stuart O'grady (Australia)
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Belgium)
8 Gregory Rast (Switzerland)
9 Luca Paolini (Italy)
10 Jack Bauer (New Zealand)
11 Lars Boom (Netherlands)
12 Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)
13 Rui Alberto Faria Costa (Portugal)
14 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spain)
15 Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
16 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Colombia)
17 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain)
19 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
20 Sylvain Chavanel (France)
21 Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia)
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
23 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Russian Federation)
25 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Norway)
26 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spain) + 16
27 Andre Greipel (Germany) + 40
28 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
29 Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
30 Arnaud Demare (France)