Just caught Eurosport's coverage and all the GB men seem to be away in the main pack. Certainly saw Richard Stannard, Stuart Hayes and Tim Don going out on the bike. Marc Jenkins currently leads on the bike by a couple of hundred metres, he broke away on the cobbled hill and Spencer had a major wobble with his front wheel catching in a rut. On lap 4 the pack has re-formed with about 20 or 21 athletes including all the GB squad and it's very unlikely that any of the chasing athletes will be able to bridge the gap so the winner will come from the main group barring accident or disaster. Good commentary from Ian Sweet and Sian Brice and you can even hear Paul Groves doing the main commentary in the background.

After a bit of confusion among the commentators as to whether they had done six or seven laps (the athletes knew and did the full seven) a smaller pack of perhaps 12 or 14 athletes made T2 in 1:27:26. Spencer was in the first block out along with Ivan Rana (ESP) and it seemd that all the GB squad were still together at that point. On the run Ivan Rana of Spain too a commanding lead but suffered cramp on the second descent and was overtaken by Ospalay of the Czech republic. In front of a home crowd it was too good to miss the opportunity and desoite a gallant fightback from Rana to the line Ospalay took the title in approximately 2:03:55 with Rana seconds behind and Van Der Linden (NED) in third. Andrew Johns, the defending champion made up ground to 4th place while Tim Don faded from third on the first lap to take 8th place. Marc Jenkins was 9th and Spencer 11th. No news yet of the rest of the GB squad.