Greeting her fellow British athletes homes was Nicole Cooke who captured the country's first gold medal in Beijing in the Women's cycling road race.

迎接英国队凯旋的还有尼科尔·库克·库克在北京奥运会的女子自行车追逐赛中为英国队摘下第一枚金牌。

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The Xiamen International Marathon, which was launched in 2003 and hailed by IAAF as the Gold Label Road Race, is renowned for its charming seaside scenic course.

厦门国际马拉松赛创办于2003年，它受到国际业余田联的欢迎并把它作为金牌赛事，因为它以迷人海滨风景作为赛场。

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O'Grady boasts an impressive CV, having won gold in the Commonwealth Games road race in 2002 and led the Tour de France in 1998 and 2001, winning a stage to Grenoble in 1998.

BBC: SPORT | Other Sport... | Cycling | Stuart O'Grady

Wiggins, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner, and Cavendish, the reigning world road race champion and BBC Sports Personality of the Year, had a magnetic appeal as thousands of spectators turned out at Ipswich Waterfront.

BBC: Tour of Britain: Ipswich welcomes Wiggins and Cavendish

Great Britain won seven out of 10 track cycling golds at the London 2012, and on the road Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins won gold in the men's time trial and Lizzie Armitstead won silver in the women's road race.

BBC: Cyclist