Competitors ride during the men’s cycling road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP
Spain’s incredible sporting summer took another surprising step when Samuel Sanchez added the Olympic road race gold medal to the country’s trophy cabinet, already overflowing after Carlos Sastre’s Tour de France victory, Alberto Contador’s win in the Giro d’Italia, [...]

Mikael Lundberg on his way to his second Russian Open victory. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images
Mikael Lundberg became the Russian Open champion for the second time in four years as he held off the field with a final round of 68 in Moscow.
Although the challenge of Englishman Jamie Moul faltered in the final round Jose Manuel [...]