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Birmingham — Australia Georgia Baker won the Commonwealth Games women's road race cycling gold medal in Sunday's sprint finish.
Baker's victory came after the Australian won gold in Thursday's women's and men's individual time trials, but the men's victory came after time trial winner Rohan Dennis withdrew. My hopes of even participating in a road race faded. The gold went to New Zealand's Aaron Gate.
Baker ran her 112 km through the West Midlands, breaking away from the pack and arriving at the line in 2:44:46 to win her third gold medal. Titles in points races and team pursuit tracks.
"This is special. It was a real team effort," Baker said.
"Thanks to them for deciding the final leadout, my ride was very good.
"I finished with a fresh leg and that was my goal. I sprinted and reached over the line."
A team of six Australians controlled the race from the start, neutralizing a breakaway attempt on the flat route.
Scotland's Nair Evans, who helped Great Britain win team pursuit silver at the Tokyo Olympics, was the last to derail Australia's bid as the green and gold races rushed to the finish. He dominated the podium by taking the silver medal in front of Sarah Roy.
"From the start of the race, it was as if the race had gone our way," explained Baker. "If it's going to be a bunch of sprints, I'll sprint.
"If it's going to be an aggressive, hard race and other countries are going to make it very hard, Alex (Manly) could sprint.
``I called with about 20 km to go.
Gate took advantage of a fast sprint finish to conclude the 160km race in 3:28:29 to claim the men's road gold medal.
Team his Pursuit, Individual Pursuit and Points on Track It was his fourth gold medal for him following his race victory.
Darryl Impey of South Africa won silver and Finn Crockett of Scotland won bronze.
2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas of Wales launched a solo attack with less than 2km remaining, but the English and Australian riders Dennis said Australia Cycling woke up in discomfort on Saturday morning and was taken to a local hospital for an examination before leaving the race. did not start.
"As a precautionary measure, Dennis has been advised to withdraw from today's road race, but he is being made comfortable and under observation," the team said in a statement. (Reporting by Steve Keating, Birmingham and Manasi Pathak, Bangalore; Editing by Claire Fallon)
