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Hayden Roulston led New Zealand's Olympic track team to success on the road in Europe as they continued preparing for the Beijing Olympics.
Roulston won the Belgium interclub race in Falmagne today (NZT) in another solid work out for the endurance track team preparing for the pursuit races at Beijing.
The Ashburton rider helped New Zealand into second place on team classification with teammates Marc Ryan (Timaru) eighth, Chris Macic (Auckland) 13th and Westley Gough (Waipukurau) 19th.
Cycling's national programme manager Andy Reid said the performance was encouraging on an extremely hilly course and believes the team are coming into good form as they begin the final push to Beijing.
New Zealand's leading contender for Olympic road race honours Julian Dean will have the best possible build-up for Beijing when he competes in the 95th Tour de France which begins at the weekend.
Dean is the only New Zealander in the field, riding for Garmin Chipotle, one of 20 teams invited to compete in the 21-stage race that covers 3500km.
- NZPA
