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2008 Beijing Games - Day 1
August 9, 2008
Competitors ride during the cycling men's Road race at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, near the Great Wall in Juyongguan, 78 km north of Beijing.
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The road race was the first endurance sport of the Olympics that tested Beijing's notorious pollution, heat and humidity. Dozens of cyclists who dropped out of the race -- including one of the favorites, German Stefan Schumacher -- said the elements and pollution made the tough course even harder.
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