Lizzie Armitstead and Geraint Thomas gained gold within the street races on the ultimate day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on today in 2014.
Armitstead – now Lizzie Deignan – led an England one-two forward of retiring team-mate Emma Pooley in an thrilling ladies’s race.
Pooley, in her final race earlier than switching to endurance triathlons, performed an excellent selfless function within the 98-kilometres occasion – seven laps of a 14km undulating course – and completed with silver as 25-year-old Armitstead triumphed.
“I just feel like I deserve it,” stated the Otley rider, who claimed silver behind Australia’s Rochelle Gilmore in Delhi 4 years in the past and secured Britain’s first medal of London 2012, with Olympic silver behind Marianne Vos of Holland.
“I’ve trained so hard. I’m always on the podium, I don’t win that many races.
“It’s just a confidence thing. Once you’ve got a big title you can call yourself a champion finally.”
England completed prime of the medals desk with 174, 58 of them gold.
Thomas gained gold for Wales within the males’s race, triumphing in torrential rain in a race which turned about survival and brute power.
The 28-year-old from Cardiff, recent from ending the Tour de France per week earlier, twice suffered front-wheel punctures, together with within the final six kilometres as his rivals neared.
But Thomas soloed to victory by one minute 21 seconds as Jack Bauer of New Zealand beat England’s Scott Thwaites to silver, the Yorkshireman having to accept bronze.
“Riding the Tour before, it just adds to how good it feels to come away with two medals. I really didn’t expect it,” stated Thomas, who additionally took bronze within the street time-trial.
“I was coming purely out of national pride and wanting to ride for Wales. I never really expected to medal, if I’m honest.
“To come away with a win and a bronze is more than I could’ve dreamt of.”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk