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Men's Road Race--Wednesday, July 31
Live coverage. Reload often during the race

8:13 a.m. local time: Conditions are warm, humid and overcast. Most sections of the road are now dry. The 137.8 mile (221.8 kilometer) race covers 17 laps through Atlanta.

The big names in cycling are all here, including Miguel Indurain and Abraham Olano (Spain), Laurent Jalabert and Frederic Moncassin (France), Mario Cipollini and Fabio Baldato (Italy), Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis (Denmark), Alex Zulle (Switzerland), Eugeni Berzin (Russia), Lance Armstrong (United States), and Johan Museeuw (Belgium). In all, more than 190 riders are turning out for the medal run.

8:53 a.m. local time: The peloton is holding a tight and steady formation through the first lap.

9:20 a.m. local time: On the fourth lap of 17, a four-rider 126, 125, 97, 17 break has extended a 20-second break powered by Lars Michaelsen of Denmark, Eduardo Graciano of Mexico, and a pair of Lithuanian riders, Arturas Kasputis and Remigijus Lupeikis.

9:32 a.m. local time: Michael Andersson, the Swedish national champ, has a 15-second solo break.

9:38 a.m. local time: Andersson absorbed, but Brazilian Mauro Ribeiro has now made a lunge. A chance for some TV time for the riders, with the serious contenders holding back.

9:56 a.m. local time: The peloton has consolidated once again.

10:18 a.m. local time: With 11 laps to go, Damian McDonald (Australia), Hernandes Quadri (Brazil), and Miroslav Liptak (Slovakia) have extended a 15-second lead.

10:31 a.m. local time: Liptak and McDonald have opened up a one-minute lead with 10 laps to go. Biggest gap of the day. Brazlian dragged back in.

Indurain is at the back of the peloton.

10:52 a.m. local time: Liptak and McDonald are now more than one minute up on the peloton. A chase group--Aleksandr Vinokurov (Kazakstan) and Dariusz Baranowski (Poland)--follows by 32 seconds.

Romans Vainsteins (Latvia) has gone solo off the front of the peloton.

11:24 a.m. local time: With seven laps to go, Brian Holm of Denmark and George Hincapie of the United States are three seconds ahead.

11:38 a.m. local time: Fourteen riders have jumped off the front, lead by Frankie Andreu (U.S.), Max Sciandri (Great Britain), Djamolidine Abdujaparov (Uzbekistan). The peloton responded immediately and intensely.

11:42 a.m. local time: A chase group with Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie has given chase. Six laps to go.

11:48 a.m. local time: Sciandri and Mauri have broken free and are now clear, out front of their lead break.

11:52 a.m. local time: Andreu has bridged up to Sciandri and Mauri. The trio now carries a 14-second lead over the chase group of 11 riders. The peloton is about 30 seconds behind. Five laps to go.

12:05 p.m. local time: Lance Armstrong has jumped up with the 12-rider chase group that is now closing on the three frontrunners. Also with him are Fabio Baldato (Italy), Johan Museeuw (Belgium) and Richard Virenque (France).

12:25 p.m. local time: Lance Armstrong and rest of the chase group have caught up to the leaders. Now a group of 12 led by Americans Armstrong and Frankie Andreu is about 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the pack.

12:40 p.m. local time: Armstrong just broke with three laps to go. He's got about 5 or 10 seconds on the group of a dozen riders. He's making a move and he's well clear of the group. It's 24 miles to the finish and everybody is freaking because Lance is capable of winning this race. The rest of the riders are concerned about it, obviously.

12:56 p.m. local time: There's a breakaway of three riders now with two laps to go, Max Sciandri (Great Britain), Rolf Sorensen (Denmark), and Pascal Richard (Switzerland). The chase group is about 20 seconds down with Armstrong and Andreu leading. Everything else is totally splintered now.

1:12 p.m. local time: The same three riders are leading, with Andreu chasing 30 seconds behind. A group of seven, including Armstrong, follows one minute behind.

1:24 p.m. local time: Sciandri, Sorensen, and Richard still lead, with Andreu struggling to stay up with them. He's still about 30 seconds behind.

1:31 p.m. local time: Richard gets the gold, with Sorensen winning the silver and Sciandri the bronze. Andreu managed to hold on for fourth place and Armstrong finished in the top 10.

Course reports by Matt Lanning, Outside Online correspondent