The National Sport front page on Sunday, August 7, 2016 features cyclist Greg van Avermaet of Belgium as he celebrates crossing the finish line in the Olympic men's road race at Fort Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro.
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Having won a stage of the Tour de France last month and held the yellow jersey for three days, the 31-year-old added Games glory to his achievements.
Van Avermaet and Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark caught runaway leader Rafal Majka of Poland with just 1.5km to the finish line at Copacabana beach, where security forces had earlier blown up a suspicious bag.
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