The Women's Road Race at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling):

Sara Carrigan , Australia	Judith Arndt , Germany	Olga Slyusareva , Russia

The peloton finally split on the penultimate lap, with a small group going clear that contained a number of the favourites, and significantly two Australian cyclists, Sara Carrigan and Oenene Wood. When Carrigan broke from this group on the final lap, only Judith Arndt was able or willing to chase her down, and the pair stayed clear until the end, Carrigan out sprinting Arndt for the line. Russian sprinter Olga Slyusareva won the chase for bronze ahead of Wood and Nicole Cook of Britain, who had had to work hard to catch up with the chasing group after hitting a barrier on the final lap. The 2000 Olympic champion, Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of the Netherlands clipped another rider and crashed out on the penultimate lap.

Date: August 15

Start: 15:00

Did not finish: Angela Brodtka (Germany), Svetlana Boubnenkova (Russia), Dori Ruano Sanchon (Spain), Anouska van der Zee (Netherlands), Lyne Bessette (Canada), Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Netherlands), Camilla Larsson (Sweden), Sara Symington (Great Britain), Melissa Holt (New Zealand), Lada Kozlikova (Czech Republic), Maaris Meier (Estonia).