2016 Rio Olympics - Cycling Road - Final - Men's Road Race - Fort Copacabana - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) of Belgium celebrates as he crosses the finish line REUTERS/Paul Hanna
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet snatched gold in a thrilling finish to the men's Olympic road race, out-sprinting Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang by the Copacabana after Vincenzo Nibali's hopes ended in a high-speed crash on Saturday.
Nibali was surging towards victory following a late attack after six hours of racing around Rio's exotic coastline when he careered out of control on the final descent.
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