Australia's Mick Rogers, a team-mate of Mark Cavendish at Team Sky, talking on BBC Radio 5 live about Cav missing out on a tilt at gold: "We knew that Cav is the quickest sprinter and he is also in a very strong team. We tried to put a few in them in the early break and Stuart O'Grady was there.
"Cavendish is a great athlete. He is the world's fastest man. I've known him for years. He came into this race as the favourite, that is the way the Olympics is. Credit to him, his team gave it the best. They rode strong and took the race by the horns. They really took responsibility for it but that's cycling."

Mark Cavendish on BBC Radio 5 live: "We rode the exact race we wanted to ride. We wanted to control it and we wanted the group at a minute. We expected teams to come and chase at the end with us. We controlled it with four guys for 250 km and we couldn't do more. We are human beings.
There was a group of 22 who got away and we couldn't pull them back. The four guys who ran all day couldn't do it. The Germans came a bit too late and the other teams seemed to be more content that they wouldn't win as long as we didn't win. That's kind of how it goes.
"I can be proud of how the lads rode today. I'm proud of my country as there was incredible support. The guys are sat there, they are spent. They have got nothing left in the tank. It's incredible to see that. To see what they gave for the cause."