Road cycling: Britain takes two more road cycling golds

Source: Xinhua | 09-13-2008 19:13

BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Britain added two more golds to its haul at Saturday's road cycling competition of Beijing Paralympic Games when Daivd Stone became the first double gold medallist in the event and Darren Kenny won his fourth gold here.

Taking the lead from the start of the mixed road race of CP1/CP2 category, Stone led all the way coming home over three minutes clear of his nearest opponent, Riaan Nel of South Africa and Italian Giorgio Farroni with just a second separating the silver and bronze medallist.

"I am very happy. I want to thank my coach Gary Brickley," said Stone. "It's a beautiful course and it has really nice roads. It's probably the best course.

"I approach my race in the best form I can possibly be in on the day. In regards to today's race, I approached it when we climbed the first hill and rode as hard as I could. Whoever was with me I would have ridden against, but no one was with me and it all went as planned. I just kept on riding, and I finished first."

"It's mainly because of Stone's hard work. He trained more than 20 hours a week. He trained very hard and recovered very fast," said coach Brickley. "He's an incredibly flexible cyclist. He can put relaxation into his race. He's also a great person to be around. His hard work makes him get around at all the races."

After winning Friday's silver in men's CP3 individual time trial, Darren Kenny won his fourth Beijing Paralympics gold in men's road race of LC3/LC4/CP3 category with a time of one hour 37 minutes and 0.74 seconds, two seconds ahead of silver medallist Javier Ochoa of Spain, who defeated Kenny on Friday.

Kenny took three golds in track cycling and this fourth gold made him to win medals in all five competitions he took part in.