RIO DE JANEIRO: Switzerland's Nino Schurter, third in Beijing and second in London, struck Olympic gold at his third attempt in Sunday's men's mountain bike competition.
The world champion was followed across the line by 2012 champion Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic with Spanish rider Carlos Coloma taking bronze.
Up front Schurter, Kulhavy and Coloma seized control by the end of the first lap with Schurter pulling clear in the sixth and final lap.
France's 2004 and 2008 champion Julien Absalon finished eighth on his Olympic farewell.
Slovakia's road race champion Peter Sagan figured in the opening quarter of an hour before dropping away to finish among the back markers.
Sagan is not the first road racer to tackle this event, Australia's Cadel Evans who won the world title on the road in 2009 came seventh at Sydney 2000.
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