Medal Picks

CYCLING

Men

Road race
• Paolo Bettini, Italy
• Cadel Evans, Australia
• Frank Schleck, Luxembourg
Bettini lives in an Italian town called La California.

Individual time trial (road)
• Cadel Evans, Australia
• Levi Leipheimer, U.S.
• Michael Rogers, Australia
Evans is a strong advocate of the Free Tibet movement.

4,000-meter individual pursuit
• Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain
• Bradley McGee, Australia
• Jenning Huizenga, Netherlands
Wiggins was born in Belgium, where his dad rode as a pro.

4,000-meter team pursuit
• Great Britain
• Australia
• New Zealand
Tight second-place finish behind Brits at '07 worlds.

Sprint
• Theo Bos, Netherlands
• Chris Hoy, Great Britain
• Kevin Sireau, France
Bos's brother, Jan, won two Olympic speedskating medals.

Team sprint
• France
• Great Britain
• Germany
In '07 world final, .3 of a second separated these three.

Points race
• Vasili Kiryienka, Belarus
• Greg Henderson, New Zealand
• Peter Schep, Netherlands
Schep raced in team pursuit at last three Games.

Madison
• Cavendish & Wiggins, Great Britain
• Risi & Marvulli, Switzerland
• Morkov & Rasmussen, Denmark
Wiggins won Madison and both pursuits at '08 worlds.