Germany's Jan Ullrich won the men's road race gold medal in Sydney yesterday. Ullrich, the 1997 Tour de France winner, attacked in the final kilometres to pull away from silver medallist Alexandre Vinokourov, of Kazakhstan, and fellow German Andreas Kloeden, who took bronze.

The sweltering conditions in Sydney took their toll on some of the world's leading riders. Even two-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong suffered in the heat, the American finishing 13th.