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Sport in brief: August 4, 2024
Remco Evenepoel, of Belgium, shows his gold medals of the men's time trial and road cycling events, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, August 3, 2024, in Paris, France
MEN’S CYCLING: Belgium’s Remco Evenpoel became the first cyclist to win both road race and time trial golds at the same Olympics after cruising to victory in Saturday’s road race.
Despite suffering a puncture and bike change 2.5 miles from the finish, Evenepoel still finished a minute and 10 seconds ahead of France’s Valentin Madouas and Christophe LaPorte.
Tom Pidcock was the highest-placed British rider in 13th place.
