With 17 men in the final, it was predictably a drawn-out affair, justbeing shaded by the men's 50km walk that had taken place earlier on Friday as the longest event on the athletics program.
Vicente del Bosque's side have still not clicked in South Africa - and the South Americans put them under real pressure before being controversially reduced to 10 menjust before half-time in Pretoria.
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The 24-year-old had already won a bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit at Beijing in 2008 after being called from the reserve squad with just 48 hours notice.
He had already won a bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit at Beijing in 2008, after being called from the reserve squad with just 48 hours' notice.