Australia's Cadel Evans drinks champagne during the awarding ceremony of the men's individual time trial at the "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 International Road Cycling Invitational Race in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2007. Cadel Evans, the 2007 Tour de France runner-up, clocked 32 minutes and 28 seconds 92 to take the gold. (Xinhua Photo/Li Ga) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Australian cyclists dominated the track by winning gold and silver medal of the men's time trial at the "2007 Good Luck Beijing" International Road Cycling Tournament here on Sunday.

    Cadel Evans, the 2007 Tour de France runner-up, clocked 32 minutes and 28 seconds 92 to take the gold, while his teammate Michael Rogers snatched the silver in 32:53.66.

    "Yesterday, Italian team cooperated well and controlled the race, but time trial was different, and I did well today," said Evans.

    Italian cyclists dominated the men's road race as they pocketed both the gold and bronze medals, while Evans only finished fifth and refused to be interviewed after the race on Saturday.

    "The weather was hot and humid. This is my first time to come to China, everything here for me was new, I need time to adjust to it, " added Evans.

    When being asked his next target after winning in the Beijing Olympic Games' cycling route, the Australian did not hide his ambition towards Olympic gold.

    "I hope I could stand in the same spot next year in the Beijing Olympics. After the Tour de France, I will come to Beijing," added Evans.

    The bronze medal went to Alexandr Dyachenko of Kazakhstan in 33: 27.52.

    Chinese Olympic hopeful Ma Haijun finished fifth, getting the best result of the Chinese team of the day.

    "Before the race, I just trained for only two weeks. I felt a bit tired after yesterday's and need to gain more energy," said Ma, who will come to Switzerland to be trained by UCI cycling camp nest week.

    As an official event on this year's UCI calendar and one of " Good Luck Beijing" test events, the race was sponsored by the Organizing Committee of "Good Luck Beijing" 2007 International Road Cycling Invitational Race and followed UCI's competition rules.

    The event simply includes the men's road group and the men's road individual time trial. Each team can have six entries to the road group and three to the time trial.

    45 cyclists from 18 teams competed in Sundy's race.

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