Cycling: Olympians Upstaged by Hayles in Capital Show

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Rob Hayles upstaged Great Britain's Olympic cycling heroes at the opening Tour of Britain stage in London.

The 35-year-old Hampshire rider finished the 53-mile stage in second, beating off competition from Sweden's Magnus Backstedt, as Italian Alessandro Petacchi - recently returned form a 12-month drugs ban - took the first yellow jersey.

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Cycling: Olympians Upstaged by Hayles in Capital Show

Fellow Italian Danilo Di Luca led for most of the London stage, which took in the capital's landmarks and included a King of the Mountains stage at Tower Hill, but paid the price of going out too hard with Hayles storming past him late on to pic...

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