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Brian Cazeneuve's
2004 Olympic Medal Picks
Cycling
U.S. OUTLOOK: Tyler Hamilton is the top hope, if he can overcome a back injury sustained in the Tour de France.
Men's Road race
Gold Italy Paulo Bettini
Silver Germany Erik Zabel
Bronze Australia Robbie McEwen
Lance Armstrong declined a spot on the U.S. team last month.
Men's Individual time trial (road)
Gold Germany Jan Ullrich
Silver U.S. Tyler Hamilton
Bronze Australia Michael Rogers
No U.S. rider, male or female, has won an Olympic time trial.
Men's One-km time trial (track)
Gold Germany Stefan Nimke
Silver Netherlands Theo Bos
Bronze France Arnaud Tournant
Nimke missed gold in 2000 by .122 of a second.
Men's 4,000-meter individual pursuit
Gold Spain Sergi Escobar Roure
Silver Australia Brad McGee
Bronze Great Britain Bradley Wiggins
McGee won bronze in Sydney despite riding with a broken left collarbone.
Men's 4,000-meter team pursuit
Gold Australia
Silver Great Britain
Bronze Netherlands
The Aussies have won three consecutive world championships.
Men's Sprint
Gold France Laurent Gané
Silver Netherlands Theo Bos
Bronze Australia Ryan Bayley
Gané hails from the French territory of New Caledonia in the South Pacific.
Men's Olympic sprint
Gold Great Britain
Silver France
Bronze Germany
France edged Britain in the 2000 final by .342 of a second.
Men's Points race
Gold Spain Juan Llaneras Rosselló
Silver France Franck Perque
Bronze Argentina Juan Esteban Curuchet
Rosselló lapped the field to win gold in Sydney.
Men's Madison
Gold Argentina Curuchet & Pérez
Silver Switzerland Marvulli & Risi
Bronze Ukraine Rybin & Yakovlev
None of these countries had duos in the top six in 2000.
Men's Keirin
Gold Australia Jobie Dajka
Silver France Laurent Gané
Bronze France Florian Rousseau
At press time, Dajka was awaiting word on a drug investigation.
Men's Mountain bike
Gold Belgium Filip Meirhaeghe
Silver France Julien Absalon
Bronze Netherlands Bart Brentjens
Meirhaeghe's physique has earned him the nickname Popeye.
Women's Road race
Gold Australia Oenone Wood
Silver Netherlands Mirjam Melchers
Bronze Sweden Susanne Ljungskog
The word oenone means "wood nymph" in Greek.
Women's Individual time trial (road)
Gold Germany Judith Arndt
Silver Spain Joane Arrola Somarriba
Bronze France Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
Longo-Ciprelli, 45, is a six-time Olympian who's won four medals.
Women's 500-meter time trial (track)
Gold Netherlands Yvonne Hijgenaar
Silver China Jiang Yong Hua
Bronze Australia Anna Meares
Jiang holds the world record of 34.000 seconds.
Women's 3,000-meter individual pursuit
Gold New Zealand Sarah Ulmer
Silver Netherlands Leontien van Moorsel
Bronze Australia Katie Mactier
Ulmer broke van Moorsel's world record in May with a time of 3:30.604.
Women's Sprint
Gold Russia Svetlana Grankovskaya
Silver Great Britain Victoria Pendleton
Bronze Australia Anna Meares
World champ Grankovskaya is a brilliant strategist.
Women's Points race
Gold Russia Olga Slusareva
Silver Mexico Belem Guerrero Mendez
Bronze Ukraine Lyudmila Vypyraylo
Slusareva is married to her coach, Mikhail Rostovsev.
Women's Mountain bike
Gold Norway Gunn-Rita Dahle
Silver Canada Alison Sydor
Bronze Germany Sabine Spitz
Dahle has won 10 straight World Cup races.
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